Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
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River RouIe-Terrible scenes in
Johnstown.
NEW FLORENCE. PA June 1.-The gray
morning light does not seem to show either
hope or mitigation OF the awful rsars OF the
night.
Even here, IA miles from the washed. out
towns, the horror To- IN our midst Seven
bodies have been found on the shore near
this town, two being In tres, man and
woman, where the tide had carried them.
The country psople are coming Into the
news centres In large numbers, telling
stories Of disaster along the river banks In
sequestered places. s''H Et
WOULD NOT REGARD THE wARNISds.
John MCCARTHY, a carpenter, who lives In
Johnstown, reached here about 4 O'Clock.
He left Johnstown at 4. so o'clock yesterday,
and says the scene when he left was lnde-
scribable. The people hal been warned
early In the morning to move to the high
land, but they did not heed the warning,
although twas repeated number of times
up to l O'Clock, when the water poured Into
Olnter street several feet deep. Then the
houses began
ROCKING TO AND FRO,
and finally tho force OF the current carried
buildings across streets and against each
other, breaking them into fragments.
These buildings were freighted with the
poor wretcheA who so shortly before had
laughed at the cry OF danger. MCCARTHY
| Gays In come cases he couuted as many us
| is persons clinRirg TO buildings. McOarthy's
wife was with him. She had three sisters
who lived near her. They eaw the house
tn which their girls Lived carried
away and then they could stand It no
| longer so they hurried away. The hus-
1 band feared his wife would go crazy before
he could drag her away, and they left the
| flooded dlstrict and went inland along the
Il had
| is said TO be next to impossible to get to
| Johnstown proper to-day 10 any manner
| except by row.boat. The roads are cut up
| so that evan the countrymen refuse to
| travel over them In their toughest vehicles.
The only hope rs to get within about three
miles OF Jamestown by special t-ain or by
hand car. This will be done by the As
ISOLATED Press agent within the next hour.
TIE WATERS REoEDINa-DEAp BODIES SHOW
mo Up.
Later-The waters are now receding here
| as rapidly as they rose last night. and "a
| the banks uncover the dead are showing
up. Already nine dead bodies have been
picked up within the limits of this borough
since daylight. None OF them have as yet
been recognized Five OF those found are
women. One lady. probably rs years old
aud rather handsome, had claEped In neI
arms a babe about Bic months old. The
dead body of a young man was discovered
In the branches OF q huge tree which had
been carried down the stream. All thf
orchard croDs and ,shrnbbery along tht
Tho body OF another woman has just beeI
found Ia the river here. Her foot was dis
covered above the surface OF the water.
rope was fastened abont IL and Il IL nov
tied to a tree awaiting assistance to land 1t
-FOUR SAVED, SEVEN DROWNED.
John L. Weber aud his wife, an ole
couple, Mike Metzgar and John FornPJ
were rescued near here this morning
They had been carried from their home II
Cambria City on the roof OF the house
There were seven others on the roof OF thu
house when 1t was carried of BY the angr,
waters. They were all drowned. The!
are unknown to Weber. They drlfted onto
the roof from floating debris. Weber anC
wife were almost helpless from exposure
They are now at the hotel.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
The banks on both sides Of the river n
this place are crowded with anSlou;
watchers and with hotrlfylng fiequenc!
their vigils are rewarded by the discover!
OF dead body. Within the last half hou
three floating bodies have been recovered
at this point and hundreds OF people Iron
Johnstown and up,river towns are hurry
J Ing here in search of their frihlds ant
, relatives who are swept away IN last Right
flood. The most intense excitement pre-
! walls here. The street corners are crowded
, with pale and anxious people who tell 0
the awful calamity with still breath, squire
, Bennett has charge OF the dead bodies an
| he is having them properly cared for. Tue
/ are being prepared for budal but will b
3 held here for identlacation.s
+ BODIES LYING IN THE MUD.
Four boys have Just come from the rive
, bank above here. They say that on To
opposite side q number OF bodies can b
!. seen lying In the mud. They found In
body of a woman on this side. She Wa
. covered with debris but they pulled he
Z out. She had only few tatters OF clothe
on her and the body was bsdly bruised
No news can be received from Johnstowr
and 1t may be many hours before we ca
get any.
ONE HUNDRED DEAD BODIES AT NiSEvEH.
r. b. Rogers, justice OF the peace q
Nineveh, has wired the coroner at Greepi
= burg that Zoe dead bodies have hean foun
! at that place, and he asks what TO DO Wit
. them From this one can estimate that IA
loss o! life will reach more than QUO. N
u one knows; no ore can guess the sick enin
! sight that Is expected to be met by the CO.
y respondents when they arrive at the seen
: above. A report has Just been received tht
90 persons are on an Island near 'Ninevel
& and that man and woman are on part
J, submerged tree. A report has Just reache
q here that at least 100 people were
3 CONSUMED IN THE FLAMES,
y Az Johnstown last night. 1t Is said to hay
Il been an awful horror, but Information ca
n not he obtained here. The air Is hlled Wit
Il thrilling and most incredible stories, bt
4 none OF them has as yet been confifme'
q It Is certain, however, that the worst ca
not be imagined.