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Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
THE NlNEvEA MoReuE.
over Hundred Dead b dies laid Out In
the Planning sfiII

NfNEvEH, June 3.--The scene in Theo-
dore Nunamaker's planning mill at Nine
veh, where seventy-tlree bodies are
lying stretched out cold in death, is
simply appalling. One can get no idea
of the fearful work of the waters until
he has seen these poor. mangied, bespat-
tered bodies. On the Indiana side of the
river at this place about seventy-five
more bodies are laid out In the low
Nineveh flats number of other bodies
can be seen, but so far they have not
been recovered. Arms are protruding
above the water and sand, but the bodies
are in such dangerous places that they
can't be secured without great peril.
The water has subsidized somewhat. but
the current in the stream is still strong
and violent.
The wrecking train collected fifteen
bodies between Derry and Nineyeh.
They were taken 60 the planning mill and
placed III rows about the establishment
No one can have any idea what the
bodies looked like until he has seen them.
Some OF them had their skulls knocked
in as # some brute had hit them with a
bludgeOn. Fine looking women
Had ugly Gashes.
ON their checks, and the deli,ate hands
were scratched and torn as il they had
been dragged through briar pateh.
Their faces were swollen and distorted: I:
mouths were drawn out OF shape. and
the eyeballs were in some instances filed
with mud, us were also the ears. Their
slender garments were bedraggled with
leaves, weeds and grass. mixed with
mud. The little children arranged in
rows looked for all the world like large
Chinese dolls with their round bloated
faces and bloody skins Many Of the
bodies were covered with blood, and
bruised horribly. They were tossed
about, buiTeted by the currents and
dashed against rocks and debris until
they were scarcely recognizable by
friends.
When the waters subsided somewhat
the bodies were left lying in the mud
and grass along the shores where they
are Icing picked up as fast as they can
be found.
Close otseIs'9s going along in the
trains can see lors of bodies partially COW
cred with grass and driftwood. In some
places the debris is piled up as high as
house, and it is supposed bodies are ly-
ing under these masses.
Everywhere on the shores of the stream
the bushes and trees have caught vari-
Gus articles of clothing. At one point
lady's chip hat ornamented the top OF a
young birch, and clothes enough, ragged
and torn, can be picked up to complete
any gentleman's or lady'5 wardrope.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

PETERsBCRG, June 3.-It is nearly
forty yeals since Petersburg he'd its last
biz flood. lt occurred ON March Q. 1851.
bat Il was nothing in comparison with
what has been experienced the last few
days. The violent rains sent the Apo
motaX on loom. The earliest damage
was from the bursting of the receiving
reservoir at the water works. The whole
lower part Of the city is under water.
Every bridge but one spanning the river,
including the Atlantic coast line trestle,
is swept away and all railroad communi-
cation north and south is suspended and
will probably remain so for day or two.
No accurate estimate of the loss bv the
food can be made, but it is not exagger-
ated if placed at 500. 600.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
lumber Yards swept Away.

LANCASTER, Pa, June 3.-The lumber
yards at Marietta have all been swept
away. The Susquehanna is still rising.
Marietta's streets and all tine rolling and
planning mills are partly submerged. Two
men on a raft were carried over the dam
at Columbia yesterday and drowned. The
Pennsylvania canal at Columbia is bad
ly damaged. The Pennsylvania railroad
bridge Is still intact. A great quantity
of logs have passed the bridge, and are
gorged at Turkey Hill, below the town.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

WEIIsvnIE, \. T.. June 3.-The
heavy rains of yesterday raisel creeks
into rivers ard rivers into LIKES al
through this section. Never in .hc ex-
p-rience of the oldest inhabitants has
Weilsviile been visited with such
destructive flood. Both ends Of the
town have been submerged. water in
many instances standing clear TO the
roofs Of houses. Farms on the flats
along Dye creek and the Genesee river
for miles around are under three to ten
feet of water. Buildings, bridges, farm
ing implements and live stock have been
going down the river all day. Several
bad washouts occurred on all the rail
ways. No trains have arrived here since
midnight. Edward Fuetterer was
drowned this morning.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
EEHALFNOT TOLD
'HNST0WN WIPED OUT OF
EXISTENCE.
RON 5000 TO 10000
j, Women and Children Find
Watery Graves.
|EYES ROB THE DEAD.
| PerpetratOrsSummorily Pun
ished by the Citizens.
10 HUNGARIANS SHOT
i Two More Hanged for Pilfer-
ing from the Dead,
! PerpetratOrsSummorily Pun
i8hed by the Citizens.
HUNGARIANS SHOT
! Two More Hanged for Pilfer-
ing from the Dead.

1 CITY Vast CharDel Housc-Thres
Hundred Bodies in one school House.
Iundrcds Supposed TO be Under the
Acre. OF fDehris-Fcars of an Epidemic
! reely Expressed. a Bodies Are BE
ginning 10 Deconpose-The sheriiIs Of
an Counties ON the River Ordered to
bake from the Water All Bodies of
Person, and Animals.
ITTsBUBG. June 3.-The news from
stown is heartrending in the ex-
b.. and instead ef the dispatches
f. Z exaggerated. it is the very oppO-
Il is a difficult matter at this writ
+. b give the total number drowned.
Ii is safe to say that the number will
into the thousands instead Of the
'lreds, as at first predicted, and il
take many days before the whole
Der can be made public. Al day
liay and to-day the people Of this
were going to and fro b leara the
\ { particulars, many of them having
ives either visiting at Johnstown on
3lanenty located there. When the
frst reached here that thieves were
|liy plying their avocation the storm
\ tdignation broke out, and in a short
the police force, sent out on Satur-
was followed on Sunday by several
n anies Of soldiers, who were snbse-
Buy called upon, left for the scene at
+. pn Adiutant General Hastings Is
4 5hnstown and ordered the Pittsburg
1 pr to report for duty.
y tscriptions for the sufferers were re-
n at all the newspaper offices and
i places. About $4,000 in cash,
- clothing and eatables, have been
yed. A storm Of Indignation was
Sunday afternoon when it was
4 ed that the Law and Order society
Il TO allow the manager of Harris
Fe TO give a performance in aid Of
uferers. NY Partner" company
II iesred their services.
echons were taken up in all the
i hes Yesterday in aid of the suf-
The total amount raised is not
'f II, but handsome sum was realized.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

BALTIMORE, Jdne B.. Eight lives are
reported lost at Harper's Ferry. Many
bridges in that valley are gone. Port
Deposit is fooled. The Chesapeake and
Ohio canal IS so badly d.ma ged that it
will never be used again. Eleven lives
are known = have been lost MarYland.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
THE FLOOD AT ELMIRA.
Much Damage 10 Railroads and Other
Pro3erty-Thirteen Lives Reported
Lost at Coming.

ELNIRA. y. Y, June 3.-The wat "
here was from foot 10 foot and half
higher than ever before known. Sun
day afternoon two bodies floated down
the river. A roof upon which three per-
sons were clinging is said TO have passed
by the city last night The body of a
female baby was washed ashore in the
lower portion of the city.
The Eric railway bridge was anchored
in its place by two trains of loaded
freight cars. The water rose to the cars.
which, with the bridge, acted as dam
and forced the water back through the
city on the north side of the Chemug
river. where the principal business
hou ses are located. The water covered
the streets to a depth Of three feet. and
the easements of the stores were quickly
flooded, causing thousands of dollars
damage. The only possibly way of en-
tering the Rathburne House, the princi-
pal hotel of the city. was by boats, which
We're rowed directly into the hotel
office.
On the south side of the river the
waters were held in check for several
hours by the ten-foOt railroad embank-
ment. hut hundreds of families were
driven into the upper stories Of their
houses. Late in the evening 2.09) feet Of
the embanknent was forced away, and
the water carried the railroad tracks
and everything else before it. A lumber
yard in the depths of the rushing water
was swept away. Many horses were
drowned, and three couples on the flats
were rescued by police and fireman.
Three Mixes OF Track Gone.
The Erie passenger train. which had
been here since Saturday morning. went
west to Buffalo late Sunday afternoon
over the Laeaawanna road. On the bic
flats, twelve miles west of here. three
miles of tracks were washed away, and
at Corning the bridge across the river il
gone The Erie express that arrived
here ON Saturday afternoon was held
here by the flood. Part of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad
bridge across the river at Waverly has
gone, and the read uses the Erie tracks
from here TO Binghampton.
On the northern central branch of the
Pennsylvania system the westbound ex-
press train that left here Friday night Is
stalled between Minnequa and Canton
There are great washouts each side of the
track and railroad men say the road will
not be open for a week. The damage 10
property in this city and vicinity Is
estimated at S5O0,00O. The crops through
ont the Chemung Valley are almost
totally destroyed. The Conesque Valley
is also reported To have suffered terribly.
The Fallbrook railroad has lost two
bridges and their track is badly washed
out between Knoxville and WeStfield.
Thirteen lives are said to have been
lost at Corning.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
The President Arranging for Relief.

WASHINGTON. June 3.-The president
did not attend church yesterday, hut was
busy all day arranging with Governor
Beaver by telegraph for the relief OF the
stricken districts in Pennsylvania.
Miss Clara Burton has gone to Harris
burg TO supervise the work of the Red
Cross society in relieving the distress at
JohnstoMn. Pa.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
Railroad Trnck. lynshe,l Aunr.

ANDovER, " Y. June IA terrible
rainstorm visited this section early on
Saturday morning. All the streams
were swollen far above highwater marks.
and fields and roads were overiowed.
No less than dozen bridges in this
town were carried away, and newly
planted crops are utterly ruined. The
water continued 10 rise rapidly until
O'Clock. At that hour the two dams at
the ponds above the village gave way
and the water rushed madly down into
the village. Nearly every street in the
village was overfowed and in many
cases occupants of houses were driven TO
the upper floors for safety. Owens large
tannery was flooded and ruined.
Almost every rod of railroad track was
covered, and much of it viii have TO be
rebuilt The track at some points is
covered fifteen feet with earth, and
trains cannot run for two or three days.
Much lumber, many small buildings and
other property has been carried away.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

snrieKlng people. Inc current came
faster than horse could run and escape
was impossible. Everything was carried
before IT, In eight minutes the destrnc.
ton was completed and the water thirty
feet deep. Everything that could float
had living freight. Nearly every person
had child, and in half hour not a
child was to be seen.
Long train loads of supplies arc here
and sufficient for immediate necessities.
500 Tents from Ohio
have arrived. Help will be needed for
weeks. as thousands are without food
and no way to secure it. The railroad
company is carrying all supplies and
Hood sufferers free.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
Governor nm Issues a ProcIamatlon

ALBANY. n. Y. June 3.-Governor
Hill issued proclamation calling the
attention of the people of New York
10 the disaster which has befallen the
inhabitants of large section of Penn
sylvania, and invoking the efforts OF
citizens and organizations toward reliey-
ing the consenuent distress.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

TO recede. All railroad and wagon
bridges between here and Wiliiamsport
are down. Three men who came down
from Williamsport in a boat report the
loss of twenty-five lives at that place.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
nrines rn.lIr rinndnd.

Mt. CARMEL. Pa, June S.-Ten mines,
employing 5000 men, will be indefinite
~ shut down on account of floods in
this valley. the pumps being under
water and the pits mostly flooded
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

the forest on the hIll above. IL is limited
that an Allegheny county official was one
of the most prominent actors in this
tragedy of justifiable homicide.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
several bridges swept AWAY.

HoRNELLsvILLE. n. Y. June 3.-Sev-
eral bridges On the outskirts of the city
are gone. The high waters are impas-
sable. The railroads viii suffer, par
tieularly the Erie whose property in the
vicinity of the shops is completely sub
merged. work being totally abandoned.
Many washout5 are reported on the
different sections og the Erie Not
train has arrived or departed to-day.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
DOWN TO HARD WORK.

l'g Hands Assist In the Recovery ol
bodies and Rendering Other Aid.
3 <NsT1wN, June 3.-The scene beg
description. Thousands of sight
and anxious friends are gathered
the wrecked city, and hundreds
rkers are busy taking out bodies,
ing debris and caring for the wants
N Survivors,.
. night long men worked like beav-
the railroad track. and al 5 o'clock
y morning the first train passed
lad from Sang Hollow to Johns
hwas rcceiyid all along the line
heers and shouts Of JOY from the
. eds Of sufferers, who were waiting
+ The track eager to obtain the sup
contained ia the relief trains. three
z pen lay In Sang Hollow all night
lg 10 get through. The first train
over the reconstructed track was
kent out by the citizens of Pitts
pnd manned by the Americus club
Captain A. J. Logan was in
ably assisted by Little Jack. chief
commission department, N. Ed
CIarles McFeely, Harry English.
nder Noight, Win Reed and others.
am brought glad news and much
F. relief % hundreds of starving
} and children. The God thank
were enough to touch the heart of
ened cynic.
BobbinE the Dead.
hungarian element is attracting
incipal part Of the attention here.
eniy-iour hours OF more they have
holding high carnival among the
and committing depredations Of
ost horrible nature. The houses
,ng the flooded district were ran
ana devastated. Corpses were
OF clothing, Of jewelry and
in some cases women's fingers
NJ OF 10 secure the rings which
'iitained. One miserable wretch
DIS eau -lit in the act Of mutilating
was chased by a crowd Of citi-
nd when captured was promptly
up 10 a telegraph pole. A com
Officers rescued him before he
aa' much TO the disgust of MANY
de people. whose feelings had
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

LONDON, June 3.-All the newspaper
contain leaders deploring the disaster at
Johnstowu, and sympathizing with
America.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
Uncover, WeIIsviIIe, HornelisviIe and
Bradford Inundated and Much
Damage Reported.

CANAsERAGA, n. Y, june 3.-The
freshet was the most destructive ever
known here. A considerable portion of
this village was inundated at , o'clock
on Saturday morning. The Main street
iron bridge was lifted and carried forty
rods down stream 1t is almost com
pletely wrecked An ordinary-sized
river ran down Main street. Stock was
rescued with difficulty. Everywhere the
damage is very great. The water reached
its highest point at p. N.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
A Vast ChnrnaI Fnled.

PiTTsBURG June Al. J. Buchanan
returned from Johnstown late last even
ing. To reporter he said: THE papers
fail 10 tell the awfulBess of the disaster.
The whole Conemaugh valley is one
vast charnel field. The air is polluted
with fostering bodies. From Sang Hol-
low up the valley TO Youngstown the
telegraph poles and trees are hs nging
full of dangling hCopskirts. pieces of
garments, hats, all bloody and horrible to
look upon. Along bank of laid corpscs
lying with their arms and legs conturted
ard often doubled over trees
six million dollars will not cover the
loss tothe Cambria Iron company. Millions
more fail to give IN estimate Of the total
loss. Fully one-third of the population
and more than that Of its wealth of
JOhnstown is swept away The papers
are not high enough in their estimates. :"
1T is supposed that the houses caught
fire from car of lime being tipped over
on them as they piled up at the railroad
bridge and the scene of their burning
was enough TO make ones hair turn
grey
. The whole present population has
turned themselves into undertakers.
The bodies are being shoveled into rough
boxes and tags put on them. Many of
them are marked wrong in the hurry.
but time is money and strength.
The peOple are hungry. / have had
nothing but coffee and bread since | left
PittsburS. The last SICK of -four in the
stores has been sold. The people are
weak. Too much provisions cannot be
sent"
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
IS Lives Lost at wiIlIamsport.

SUNBURY, Pa, June 3.-The city il
flooded. The water reached the top Of
the river embankments early Sunday
morning, and at 7:30 broke into thu
Third and Fifth wards. compelling the
inhabitants to take TO the upper staries
OF their houses. The water reached
point within eight inches of the great
flood of 1865. At noon the water began
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04
steel Works AnnIhilated.


An eve witness said the water was
three feet deep in the streets. Hundreds
had come to see the flood. when suddenly
the rush came. and soon the water was Q
seething mass of broken houses and
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-04

II was high noon when, descending
the eastern slope, Morrelvilie was seen IN
the distance. That is one Of the subur-
ban wards of JOhnstOwn. II was not 8
pretty view. Ordinarily it would have
been an arena Of hills, wavy IN then
alternating lines Of pine, fir and hemlock
boughs. that wreathed the white, trim
houses Of Morrelville around about. but
the clouds dropped their mist of melan-
choly upon the landscape.
There was something about II all that
even a mile away impressed one with
sense of indescribable sadness. Drawing
nearer the reporter hailed a stalwart iel-
low who was listlesslY carving bundle
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-09
A Word About Catarrh.

'It is the mucous membrane, that wonderful
semi-fuid envelope surrounding the delicate tis-
sues of the air and food passages, that Catarrh
makes Its stronghold. Once established, it eats
into the very vitals, and renders life but long
drawn breath of misery and disease, dulling the
sense of hearing, trammelling the power of
speech, destroying the faculty of smell, tainting
the breath, and killing the refined pleasures Of
taste. Insidiously, by creeping on from simple
cold in the head, it assaults the mem branous
lining and eRvelops the bones, eating through
the delicate coats, and causing Inflammation,
sloughing and death. Nothing short of total
eradication will secure health to the patient and
all alternatives are simply procrastinated suffer.
ings, leading to fatal termination. SANFoRD's
RADICAL CURE, by Inhalation and by Internal
administration, has never failed; even when the
disease has made frightful inroads on delicate
constitutions. hearing smell and taste have
been recovered, and the disease thoroughly
driven out"
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one
bottle of the RADICAL CURE, one box CA
TARRHAL SOLVENT, and one IMPROVED In
HALER, neatly wrapped in one package, with
fall directions; price, ST.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
BOSTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-09
RAILROADS.

DuTsBURG AND LAKE ERIE RAlLRoAD
1889. Central time. DEPART-For Cleveland,
cinnati Chicago and ST. Louis, 300 a. m, "I;35,
$3.50 D. m. For Buffalo, $500 a. m, 4:2n, $3.50 D.
m. For Salamanca, $500 q. M, 4:20 p. m. For
Youngstown and Newcastle, 500 $500 lO:l5 a.
M, I:35 %4:20. 1850 D. m. For Beaver Falls,
500, 1880 $500, 10l5 M, r:S5, 1880 4:20 $50
s9:3Up. IN. For CHARTERS, $500 15:So a. m, 5;35,
s655 7:l5 1880 sos, $500 $3.50 l0:l5 1905 l2:35
HI2i41 lao $3.50 $3.50 I4:Sq S;O5 5i29 +s:o, 'lO:So
EARRIvE-From Cleveland, .e:25 a. m, Fla:sO,
$40 '7:55 D. m. From Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis -I2:5O, T:55 p. m. From Buffalo, -6:@
a. m, 1880, 10 p. m. From Salamanca, D2:30,
~7:55 D. m. From Youngstown and New Castle,
$685. F9:20 a. m, 1880 $50 T:55 10 p. m. From
Beaver Falls, 5:25 '6:25 7;20, $50 a. m, '12:3O,
1:20, $40, T:55, 10 p. m.
p. @. & Y. trains for Mansfield. $50 q. m, 3:30
SOS D. m. For Essen and Beechmont $50 a. m,
F., g. 4 Y. trains from Mansfield, Essen and
P, NICK. z. r. RIDEPART-For New Ha-
ven, 1850 q. m, 1880 p. m. For West Newton,
1850, 9:aO q. M, 1880, $40 D. m.
ARRIyE-From New Haven, fFS:20 a. m, r5:1S
p. m. From West Newton, 6:15, +'s:2o a. M, 1:25,
For McKeesport Elizabeth, Monongahela CITY
and Belle Vernon, 6:3a 1850, 1:l5 a. M, 13:30,
FTa9 Belle Vernon. Monongahela City, Eliza
beth and McKeesport 7:A5 a. M, Ss;2o 1880, 500,
aDaiiy. Tsundays only. +wrl run one hour
late on Sunday. IWill run two hours late on Sum
CITY Ticket once, 6ae smithield Street,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-09
OF CONSUMPTION.

For seven years did Mr.. John v. Hart
man, of 1914 Main street. Sharpsburg, suffer
from catarrh, which gradually grew worse.
until he became afraid he was on the verge of
consumption. He had constant hawking
and splitting, and some of the poisonous
matter that gathered in his throat extended
to his lungs. A cough set in. He felt sore
ness and pain in his lungs and around his
shoulder blades. His throat became sore
and liberated, breath short, his eyes were
weak and had much pain over Them. He
lost flesh, had those terrible night sweats,
and gradually grew weaker. After becoming
cured by the physicians of the Oatarrh and
Dyspepsia Institute, 323 Penn avenue, he givss
the following statemnnt:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-09

DITTSBURG AND CASTLE SHANNON R. r.
i Winter Time Table. On and after December
1882 until further notice. trains will follows
on every day, except sunday. Eastern standard
time: Leaving Pfttsburg-6:ao a M, 7:lO q. m,
$500 m, $3.50 m. IL 80 m, lao D. m, 3:4O D.
m, 5:l0 p. m. $3.50 p. m, 6:SO p. M, $3.50 p. m,
H:So p. m: Arlington-5:40 q. m, $50 a. m, 7:1o
a. m, $500 g. m, 0:20 M, 100 p m, 2:40 D. m,
42o p. m, $40 p. m, $50 p. m, p. M, 1O;Sa
p. m. Sunday trains, leaving Pittsburg-lO a. NJ,
= m p iO I;.D d m p % 4 gR b. % $50
JOHN JAIN, Supt