The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-03


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eAa<ns Hmg bs The waters aefween
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citing taSk Il Is narrox none hsszls,e .
a1axi sliste- series of Esiehf}ai snsses
frofa sssiE 20 side. ran and ron had
crossed. The hridrx rss=~AAeaz Ike 4
ship ia 3 storm. ana within two inches
rI yssaar feet rushed the muddy waser~
of the Csuem3ssgh river. One had 10
cross the Canemsngh rirer as second
roInf Ia arslar 10 reach JahnssoM n
psapEr. This passage WIS accata-
psislsed BY q skiG ferry. The fsfvy-
naan eiung 70 the rope ard
thus pasisss she soad oser. After
Aknsiimg one walks acrxsss sSesosase
sea OF mud IN which there Is Inferred
the remains OF many human bodies.
This yas oace a handsome portion al
the town THE cellars are filed an
viii mud. 50 that person who has
never seen the city can hardly imagine
that houses ever stood here. Large
four story houseS so5idly built have
been swept AWAY and nothing bat
ssnAA sHo story frame houses remain.
The walks 70 tie wrecks os hsasss
were buried In mary Places BY small
branch streams. Occasionally in the
access TO houses eosfid be seen the re-
mains Of victim OF the isoods. The
stencil arising from the mud Is sicken-
ing to AZ extreme degree Along the
route, was strewn wares OF every CON
cxiyahse kind.
GETTING THE EopfEs reaETHEn.
The work OF getting the bodies to-
gcther for identincssion began this
afternoon On Fairfield avenue Il i
large vacant lot At 5 o'clock this was
almost entirely covered with eofEins.
while hetween them and stooping over
them were weeping men and women.
Although the number was short OF
100 at 5 o'clock, others will come in
and therss is no telling what the total
siil be. In one rough box was piece
OF paper with the words three ciis-
dren.o Tonight they were lifted ouf
and all three were placed In one coffin.
The little bodies were almost naked,
and their faces we're bruised and cut.
IN AWFUL cHuRrH scExE.
The scene az Sc. Columbia Catholic
church was awful. Forty or fifty
bodies had been carried into it and
laid on the muddy seats. Lying ia q
row In this church were Eve children
OF from 2 10 years old. No one had
identified them this afternoon. Their
their mouths were tiled with sand
and their eyes often completely COW
cred. No one had come to wash away
the dirt from their tiny faces and
blood stains from their awful cuts and
bruises. Where are their parents2
FLOOD fMPEpEp.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, June D.
The streams have oyeriiowed ard rail-
roads leading into the city are greatly
damaged. The bridges are gone, many
trains are detained and the city is full
Of strangers.
THE FLOOD IN WASHINGTON.
WAsHfNsTos, June 2 The bright
warm sun shone forth pleasantly In
the clear sky here today, but along q
good part OF the principal business
thoroughfares, oD Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and II the adjacent streets to the
southwark there was . dreary waste of
tsirilid, muddy water, that washed
five and six feet dsep against the
sides OF houses, filling tns cellars and
Easements and causing great incon-
yencc and considerable loss of prop
erty.
GREAT ExcTrEMEsr AT rrsBuRG.
rrTrsnuRs, june 1.-The usually
quiet streets Of Pittsburg on Sunday
were today alive with excited people.
where eagerly ~eeking tor news fram
fhe Hooded district OF 1ohnstown. In
front OF the newspaper bulletins the
crowds were so dense as TO almost sus-
penis travel The telegraph Offices
were throneed with people trying in
vain ~ receive sonle word from friends
or relatives in the stricken city. Early
in the morning seven carloads
OF provisions left Union depot
for Johnstown forming q spec
ial train. Many cars loaded with
provisions, etc. are arriving from
points west. north and south. and are
being rapidly forwarded to the scene
OF the disaster. Coffin manufacturers
here are worked TO their fullest ca
pacity and cotiins are being shipped
rapidly This morning ten car Iuads
were sent down containing 2s2u cof-
fins. They will he distributed at
various points along the river. where
the dead have been collected. Re-
ports are coming In from large NUM-
ber of towns throughout the western
part OF the state. Eastern Ohio and
West VirginfA. 81 citizens. mass meet
ings being held, ard donations
made 10 aid sbe sufferers are fast
pouring in. A dispatch from Sfeuben-
Vile, Ohio. states that Mr.. Scott
SaIkeId. With his little son. left that
place on Monday for soath Fork and
il Is feared they persisted In the food.
A heIsvsif by . theatrical company to
I've given In all OF the sufferers was
advertised to be given in one of the
fisea,ers In this city this evening. This
fact coming to the ears OF the Law and
order society, however, the company
was given notice that the performance
woslsi not be permitted. This action
il severely censured by the cousnsn-
nity- The rivers are receding slowly
aud all apprehension Of danger is past.
LIST or THESE ON THE TRAINS.
pH1IAsErrHfA. June 2-for the first
time tn farty-eg gfst hours comnaunicA-
ton wxs had indirectly with Altoona
this evening az the PennsylyagiIa rail-
read office. this city. The superln-
s-fssient 1T Altoona says the Atlantic
express leaving P.ttsbufg at 4. Tn+
Friday. tile Chicago ami New York
liusifed. easthoufsd. which left Pitts
hurg AZ 10 FRIDAY issorning. ami the
Seashore express. which lett Johns
town early Friday snorHisiz, arrived as
Altoona on SATURDAY afternoon All
aife passengers on sbese three trains
are reported 10 te sell Altoona
sends 4 LIST IL The passengers ois
the dav express from ahseags, which
Was caught In the tirgsi 90 E.snen angh,
who are known 20 f~ safe. Among
them are William Henry smith, geis-
erai mauaEer ~ the Asspiated Press.
Chicago. and Mr-. Ellis CARRIER. Aurora.
III. The fs4lesing resss1ns. pssssrl-
gers ON the dsy express are said 70