The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-04
SCENES and INCIDENTS.
The Pathetic Stories Of Sur
yiyos Of the Great Flood,
THE MANY DEEDS OF HEROISM
Chroniolcd by the Reporters-seyeral
Thieves Strung Up-Trouble FIX.
pected with HungarIans-AIrs,
Touu's Sad Story,

g FenHs SAD story
n JouSsTowN, Pa, June S,-A small
d rigid cold wave has struck the town an
I, the people are badly in need Of clothing
|. The newspaper men are among the sui
iererS 1t is almost an impossibility Il
yet anything to eat, There is nothinl
i To smoke and only water to drink.
TROUBLE EXPECTED,
The citizens committee are making
desperate efforts to preserve peace ant
the Hungarians at Cambria CITY ART
being kept in the house by men will
clubs, who will not permit the Hun
garlals to go outside OF their houses
There seems considerable race prejudice
at Cambria City and trouble may follow
: as both the English and Hqngarians arc
getting worked up to considerable ex-
tent, Quite an exCitlnGscene took place
in the borough OF Johnstown last night.
A Hungarian was discovered by two
men In the act oil blowing up tho safe In
the First National Bank building with
dynamite. A cry was raised aud In a
few minutes crowd had collected and
tho cry OF Lynch him" was raised, and
In less time than 1t takes 10 tell II, the
man was strung UP to Q tree In what
was once about the central portion OF
Johnstown. Not content with this, the
vigilance committee riddled the mans
body full otbullets, lie remained hang.
ing 10 the tree for several hours when
some person cut him down and buried
him With tho other dead,
The funeral OF a large number OF per.
sons took place this afternoon, They
were all carefully wrapped in white
shrouds and have neat, plain Cottins. A
young man from Allegheny City, to-
gether with a number OF the citizens OF
Cambria borough, have charge Of the
bodies at the English Catholic CHURCH,
and arc preparing them for burial az iAst
as they are discovered. Unfortunately
they are keeping no description what
ever oi the unknown dead, rs they are
to be inferred only temporarily. Ser.
gcant Doyle, Corporal Jones and Pri-
Yates Marts and Fording were walking
along tho debris near the river about
9:S0this morning, when they discovered
something that looked like the body OF
human being. Sergeant Doyle went
over to pick UP the body, and he was
Mortified 10 find that 1t was badly burned,
and when he went To pick 1t up the head
fell of. He investigated further and
found four more bodies-two children
and man and woman. Parties who
were there at the time identified the re-
mains as those Of Patrick Hogan and his
family. Hogan's legs were completely
burned of, but the rest OF the bodies
were not badly injured. They were
taken out and carried to the morgue
across the river,
While the aearphegs were at work. In
Johnstown, proper, this morning, they
came upon a house and heard noise
under II. They chopped through the
rool and discovered man In the top
story Of the house. He was pulled out,
but was too weak 10 give his name,
and no one has identified him as yet,
WOMEN IN MEN's CLOTHES.
quite o noYel scene was witnessed
yesterday near Johnstown borough.
Some women, who managed to escape
from the town proper, had 10 wear mems
clothes, as their own had been torn OF
by the Aood,
IN Quo house in Johnstown there 10
81, 100 In money, but it is impossible to
get at It,
The force oi the food can DO estimated
by the fact that 1t carried three cars a
mile and a half and tho tender OF an en-:
Vlne Weighing twelve tons; was carried
ioutteei miles down tho river. A team
Of horses, which wAs standing on Main
street, Just before the flood, were found
a mile and quarter below tho town
yesterday.
Rei%ccstn Rei.%Scsn 4 and 5 o'clock this morning
the body Of m Irish boy was found in
Tho river in Cambria borough. The
body was well preserved and had deep
gasli above the eye. Yesterday alter
noon OH unknown woman's body was
taken out OF the swamp In Cambria bor-
ough. The body was slightly decom.
posed and had an ugly mark or cash on
the forehead. 1t was found sticking
head down In the mud. Almost every
one las astory OF remarkable escape on
a traln.
WONDERFUL ESCAPES.
Michael Rose, an Irishman, tells a
most wonderful story Of his escape. He
says he was walking down Main street,
when he hegrl Fumbling noise and
looking around he imagined II was a
cloud, but in a minute, the water was
upon him. He Hoated with the tide for
some time, when ho was struck with
some floating timber and borne under.
meath water, when he came up he was
struck again, and al last he was caught
by lightning rod and held there for
over two hours, when he was finally
rescued. Mrs. Annie Williams tells q
rather remarkable story. She was Sit
ting lL n y6wlhg machine when the food
cauIe on, SHE heard some people cry.
Ing and jumped out OF the window and
succeeded In getting on the roof Of an
adjoining house. Under the roof she
heard tho cries ot men and women and
saw two men and woman with theii
, heads Just above the water crying, "Fol
Gods sake, either kill US outright OF
rescue u.s." Mrs. WGllams cried iol
help, for the drowning people, but none
came and she saw them giyc up one by
enc,
James P. MCConavby had a terrible
, exheren 10 the water. He saw HI
vile was safe on land, and thought bill
only daughter, q girl aged about 81, wa
also saved, but Just as ho was making
Tor the shore he saw her and went L
) resCuO her. He succeeded In getting
within about ton feet OF land when The
girl looked up and said: "Good bye
father, and expired In his arms before
! lie reached the shore.
|. Nus, gESN's EiTirpt sToRf.
ARrpItY, pale lIttlp woman told par
Q Of heruad story to-day, as she nervouSll
1 ClaSped and unrlaspud her hands Rnt
y cried In q quito llUartbfeaklng way
! Her story was briefly referred 10 In laS
' nights dispatches. Years ago In tht
\ Virginia Valley, somewhere near Win
chester, thiBsAd little soul met aud lovet
d hafd.working, intelligent engineer
!, named Fem, They were married gonl'
! years ago and caine 10 JolinStown ,wherI
they fad a neat comfortable Home
]. !. Ee6p made good wager. IholI sever tt