New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04

,.,z...,-u p.rn Jur. a-As vet there IS no telling
- -. 80. h,yo been LOST. AdjutAnt General
Hastings who has charge OF everytnrns' - aa
morning. that he supposed there were a. least
Pie under the burning ruins, but inc ohiy ""y y =,
ont how many lives were lost was to nAe census VI
hs ,on,o nav living and subtract that nom the cen
an, 400. m, food Said he In my opihioh' 'net'
Az. anyrbeyr from 1000 20 5000 souls iosL
p,,t,r, Of pittsburs arrived in the city ms
-. ,,nAsr command OF Lieutenant sheppard VINO
, - IN. headquarters Of AdiutantGenerA Hastings.
m the tower The General had JUST gotten UP, Gnu
as the oalcCr approached the ooneral SA'o' VIM
sent you herei' .-,,o.
sIw,, ,sn, By the Chamber Of Commerce. replied
the lieutenant ,..
aws,I want to state that there arc only four peo'
~. ,xho can order you out via. the Governor Al
iutant.Geperal Major General and the commander ="
the Second Brigade. You have oommN'ed SeH"us
breach OF discipline and my advice to you Is 70 EO'
hack to Pittsburg as as possible or you may DC
mustered ont OF service. am surprised mat you
.houd attempt such an oct without any author'S
whatever" ,....
This seemed TO settle the matter, and the pst'erI
started back 10 Pttsburg. In justice 70 lAeu'onS'"
She ppard might Be stated that ho was soin t~ -"
order was issued by tho Governor Senerai hsSuHs'
stated afterward that the sending down OF the sodN
wa. like waving red nag, and II would only tnnu "
create troubIe He said everything was quiet anu ~
mn, an tnxut 10 the citizens Of Johnstown 10 seho Sol
s,srs bere nj present The Washington IhshuS
came in over the Baltimore and oh'o NJ.
ro,d and when Captain SHANNON iep'
10 AdiutautGeneral Hastings, thai geu'i7n'An
that there was DO need for soidio" n'u' 60
70 any were needed. no would ordeS ou' VIC 80.
Guard. He said he had nothing 70 oo Ia No,
pendent organizations, consequently no ~o -
ssr,.n th.n what TO do, further than 30 say tneO
was no need OF any soldiers 49,,
train o, five cars came IN from Cumberland Mo
This p,orninr loaded with provisions and thirty n0n
to help cloan up the rams - and
The general undertaking rooms arc at worA' ~"
about sixty collins. containing bodies OF unAn'"D
yoon,e arr piled up on the station and PLATFORM
The condition Of affairs here IS illustrated ~ INC
circumstances under which thez" dispatches ao S.'
It has been necessary 10 establish the poe1t -,
q, the Associated Press the building which IS oenE
used rs one Of the morgues, and It's telegraph opera
tors arr sending the distressing news 70 mo WITT
while surrounded by the bodies Of the dead' Ipo
Western Union Telegraph Company Is furnishing o'o'S
facility for the transmission OF news
rIntil to-day General Hastings has had headquartnrs
on tho cast side OF the river, but this morning D.
won't 20 the heap OF burning drift, foliowed oy Dou'
1es men carrying collins. and Ssked foT Ao HVn
phadeiphta Harrisburg and all eastern towns 70 40
lsbortug work A man, woman and child vsre uAon
from the ruins. The child was ciaspco ln "a" Gun"
NJ the woman and the trio were evidently hu>SS"'
vito and child II Is most distressing agnt Sv
the relatives Of people who arc supposed 70 % ios'
leading around watching every body - II nAsh
an, Later ten bodies were taken out OF me rum
1Norn was nothing 10 identity them, as thoy were
harmed almost 10 q crisp. 1t IL thought b"wovor'
that several OF them belong 10 ono family a INC!
were all found under the roof OF house tAlS
burned From that time the seArchers fouhd oodie'
and fragments Of bodies al tho rate OF Rom "n
anecn an hour In other parts OF tbs sun
m,rsed districts many bodies wce takou out.
The relief train from Pittsourg, over the baltimore
and Ohio road reached hero ~ o'clock this morning
after an exciting ride up the mountain An @ons
the read at each contributions wcre made 70 tue
already wellaled cars OF provisions. Mekecspor
aided two 20 the three laden from Pttsburg' two moro
warn added NJ BrAddock, three at West Newton, and
20 on an the way to Johnytown until, when tho latter
place Sas reached. the train had ten loaded cars
WHEN JohnstOwn vas rcShod every ono was anxious
DO get 10 work 10 assist in the work OF rescue
party was up and started for tho lower part oil
tn. town Tho path covered with Trees rocks
fences parts Of houses and every imaginable hinS'
ppr-ans beds sJdeboardS and furniture OF all kinds
ver, s,revn from bill to hin. The whole valley oil
Stony Creek for miles up from JohnstoVn 10 nIled
with Debris OF all kinds. Tho line Of the baltimore
| ana Ohio has been cleared Of debris and u Is piled
up on each side high the top OF the cara when
4 the lower part of the town was reaehea the soeAH
| presented beyond description.
| Tn. work OF identifying the dead goes on slowly
| and comparatively fsw far have oocn ideniinoo'
| Among those identified to-day were Nuns Wolf and
Wife Mr. GoIdbert q merchant in ManSt' whose
body vas sent 90 Baltimore, accompanied WIN MS
daughter. Mrs Kateisten, and son, who werU visit
ing Mr.. Bohm the father OF Mrs hatorstein' Ihoy
! were standing In Mr.. Bohms store in hanst which
WA washed away before his eyes. The Hotel Hooert
| WAS entirely washed away, and seventy-two persons
| perished IN the wreck. Behind tho Morre properly
lies q locomotive which carried over tho bridge
| by the flood.
nranch Of the baltimore and Ohio, was al tho Penn
| sylyanta Railroad depot. when tho Hood came. He
SAID when he nTtt the food II wes thirty fee'
high and gradually roso to at least forty feet hefo
IS no doubt that the South Fork dam oroEe" SAN MI
| Donald EFnceu minutes before the Hood came
| rceker the Pehnsylvanta Railroad agent, road me
telegram which he had Just received, ssyint
| the South Fork dam had broken, A. soon az he mao
| This known people IN the station, numbering GOO
made rush for q hin. certainly think saw l'oo'
bodies 90 over the bridge. Tho first house thar cam
down struck tho bridge and At once took fire. and .
fast the Others eamo down they wero eonsunea'
believe ( am safe in saying saw 1000 bodies
burn have no idea that had the bHdg'
been blown up tho loss Of life would have been an
|, less They would have hostod little further wit
the same certainty Of death. Then, again. II wa
impossible for any to have reached the hndg
in order to blow It up. saw hiNen 70 eightee
bodies 90 over tho bridge at tho samo time. ofere
a mao sao to row me scross the river. but he eoul
get no one TO CO."
From under tho large brick schooihouse ie4 bodis
were taken last night and today and I'm every corne
ana place bodics found and buried As fast a
possible Tho necessity for speedy burial Is becomfn
manifest, "a the stencil arising from the bodies
, ! sicle ming A number OF bodies have be-n foun
! with bullet holes IN them, showing oonclusvely tina
IN despair suicide WIS rsorted TO by many.
The stealing by HuDgariaus- at Cambria City an
| points along the railroad has almost ceased. Tn
report Of several iynchings and the drowning OF tW
italians pursusd By citizens yesterday put stop
the differing for a time. Deputy sheriff Rose wa
psiroiiing the river bank. IIo found two Hungar on
attempting TO rob several bodies and at onoe gaV
chase He found two taking 30 the woods and pulle
out pistol and shot twice. wounding both men bad