Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-06-02

,. telegram TO the Register
-sgrBe. PA, June The Johns
,s horror is without a parallel in Am
,s,.hsory. The worst fesrs are con
.-5 and it may be far more serious
M. sr.n now anticipated. Conservative
,.. near the scene Of the disaster esti-
...,,, from 2 600 to 5000 lives have
..,i,.t TsstF1sncs in estimates is
s-.,o,ss unsettled condition Of affairs.
rss s.sufu' ysusy IS stunned by the
s,r Tosrucvn. The devastated, was
s.bsd ibis evening, shortly before
ss Tsrss-tur,bs Of the cnce thriving
saI inundated. No bOats were at
s,t sad o. search is impossible until the
usa subsidies. The relief parties could
ssta Tie town, only being able to
B carson Ciy. Late tonight one OF
a respondents who had started for the
Sc. a-Iy yesterday morning arrived
-s
MADE TIE BLOOD Bun COLD.
sp rts the flood IS appalling. About
dock in the morning his train reached
E EoIlov, having stopped st sll sta
sitter reaching the river. Oa
m vus scores Of persons in search
s,ds aud many sad scenes were
d m the sorrow-stricken ones
sttte mutilated bodies taken from
SISTERS a. almost every point Lsav-
q Hollow the party walked over
kuCanoa City. In many places
a,a 1gToas TO life and limb TO walk,
rcdss we're desperate. Carson
c. reached about noon. Three
--aG Jotlstowu was submerged, ard
a rg7 water was still rushing
p -ls smoke stacks OF the famous Cam
rl ,oa WORKS projected here and there,
sg'la.e Fas euougo to show that the
Structure was ruined. In a whirling
pol. formed og s. sash OF the west ap.
F0cao the famous stone bridge. was a
1ass oi debris, al acrs and even more in
Dimensions
DEATH RICHEST HARVEST
Here it is sall50 persons lost their
l-ss c.inUrg TO the debu. which cspobt
ia and burned to the water .5ge an
sons psrsbng. Their sbrisks h- belp
we're plainly beard by the people on the
1-.ad,s The houses on The bills are
l't tls occupants ars griefs,rickeD. ard
hs'e Is scarcely a dwelling without a dead
N'5 Jo6ns.owu had q population Of
o souls and Woodville, Conemsuab
1i o.5er little banlets on the river be-
.''-7 south Fork and the in-fatsd eitv
alei 1000 more. Not a house il
sanding ID tas little town. Hundressof
'rs are missing
'l- ARMY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
-,s unknown dead viii form a vast
Ano-g the well known residents
'ova sn0wn to have been drowned
D.ebert, Of Diebert & Co.. bank
'-' lived in a large mansion. The
-s colapsed, and Diebert and family
s'1i to watery grave. Miss Nan
-'' ard mother, daughter and wife
'ls Elder solicitor of the Cambria
company also perished. There is 8
riy 10 JohnstOwn tonight, but
PoEerless to render any aid. The
working badly and nothing defn-
'e.eaned til morning. Itisreport-
dispatch from JohnstoWn tonight
.1a, Us bodies had been discovered
aaduct. Another report is that
survivors and 100 bodies are on
--l below the town, and spectators
'-'-s to- reach them. Their cries for
q putll The water is receding,
gre Is siil a high volume, with its
Hent and heavy debris, which
a' mp in a boat a certain death.
IaE DIsAsTER OCCURRED.
are stories that the Pennsylvania
company is being sOundly abused
lying the people that the reser-
'@ 10 danger, and there are others
-isduiiy cost hundreds of lives.
''i7ors say that the back water