The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-05

BESSIE MURPHY.
A young lady with initials "W H." on ring.
MISS HOTTER.
NJ. /. DAVIS.
A. JOHN STEUM.
MARY DAVIS.
PETER BROWN
MINNIE LINTON.
CHARLES FITZHARRIS.
CHARLES BOHNKE.
THOMAS MATTHEW'S.
BERTHA HOFFMAN.
MRS. B. T. HOFFMAN.
FLORENCE HOFFMAN
FREDA HOFFMAN.
MARION HOFFMAN.
JOE HOFFMAN.
DIR. w. c. BEAM.
A. LYTTLE.
LAURA HAMILTON.
MRS. JOHN n. HORNICK.
CONRAD WEESE,
AUGUST DEBRIS.
The dead at Kernsville are:
Three children of \. Shauks.
MRS. WALTER DAWES.
MRS. JOHN HOWKER-
MRS. REAM.
MRS. WESLEY STUFF.
MRS. JACOB SWANK.
JESSIE HAMILTON.
MRS. L. W. DELANEY.
OTTO COOPER
ANNIE REESE.
WINDSOR REESE.
ELLA WHITE.
MAGGIE WHITE.
CHARLES MUSCER.
MRS. ED BRENNAN, daughter Of Bern
hard Cunse.
MRS. KNOLLEY.
SALLIE LANEY.
MRS. KINNEY, mother of Joseph Kinney.
A child of John Murl.
MRS. ROBT. NIXON.
MRS. DYER.
JAMES HOWARD.
MRS. J. J. CRAIG.
j. J. CRAIG.
MRS. RACHEL FORKES.
DAVID FISHER.
MARGARET FISHER
GEORGE FISHER.
JOHN III. FISHER.
FISHERS servant girl.
MRS KINNEY.
Five unknown bodies.
AT other points:
MRS. A. W. LOCKHART of McKeesport
and Mrs. Lockharts father
A servant girl.
MR.. UMBERHOFF and sons
PETER BROWN.
MINNIE LINTON.
CHARLES FTTZHARRIS.
CHARLES B0HNKE.
Three unknown.
man named Dougherty tells s. thrilling
story of a ride down the river on log. When
the waters struck the roof of the house in which
he had taken shelter he jumped astride a tele-
graph pole, riding distance of some twenty
three miles, from Johnstown to Bolivar, before
he was rescued.
Gen. Hastings said this evening that he esti-
mated the loss of human lives at not less than
1000.
1t has been generally believed that the dis
trict in the neighborhoOd of KeTnsville would
be SO extremely prolific of corpses as il has
proven TO be. The New York HerdLds cores
pondent visited that part of the town where
both the river and Stony creek have done their
worst. He found that within the past twenty
four hours almost one thousand bodies had
been recovered or were in sight. The place is
one great repository of the dead. The follow
ing is an additional list of persons lost here
and whose bodies have been identified.
DAVID SWEENEY, Hollidaysburg, Pa
JAMES JONES and daughter, aged nine
years, and son, aged six years.
MRS WILLIAM TR0SS, her six boys and
one daughter.
JACOB LITZ.
MRS T. J. HARRIS. wife of the chief Of
police at Kernsville and family of seven.
JOHN JONES, wife of Policeman Jones at
Kernsville, and family of three or four chill
dren, drowned and not recovered.
STEPHEN JONES.
ORIN JONES and three children, not recov-
cred yet
One hundred and seventy-ive bodies were
recovered at Morrellville; four are still alive
but severely injured. Grandview cemetery
has 800 buried in il. All met death in the
food. They have thirty-five men digging graves.
Seven hundred dead bodies are in the hospital
on Bedford-st. Conneaut. One hundred and
fifty dead bodies are in the schoOlhouse
hospital on Adans-st., Conneaut
Three hundred bodies were found to-day in
sand banks along Stony creek in the vicinity
OF the B. Il O.. railroad One hundred and
eighty-two bodies have been recovered at
Nineveh. The bodies Of James Murphy and
Lille Murphy were recovered from the depris.
Mrs. Murphy is still missing Ex-Sherif John
Ryan and family are among the missing. Parts
OF bodies we're taken out at the railroad bridge.
The hourly recovery of bodies at and near
the vicinity of what was once the Baltimore n
Ohio depot at Johnstown is increasing with
frghtful rapidly. Half of the unknown dead
are mangled, burned or crushed beyond recog-
milton. Ever since the recovery of the first
body there have not been near enough collins
for the dead although hundreds arrive daily,
and owing to the decomposed condition of
most of the bodies they have TO be and are
boxed up Ia rough board boxes, merely store
boxes. and buried at once.
A man named Christ Myers has been rend-
cred completely insane by the fact that his
mother, father two sisters and a brother are
among the missing. When notified of the loss
Of his family be threw I'D his bands aud ex.