Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-03

the silk Works. Chief Evans, OF the Pittsburg
Flre department arrived this evening with en-
glnes No. and 10 and several hose carts with
iuli complement of men. large number of
flttsourg physicians came on the same train.
| SOLID WALL OF WATER
Mr.. Grouse, proprietor of the South Park Fish
ing Club Hotel, came to Johnstown this after
noon He ssld that when the dam of Cone
inaugh Lake broke the water seemed to leap,
| scarcely touching the ground. 1t bounded
Gown me valley, crashing and roaring, carrying
| everything before 1t. For mile its front
] seemed like a solid wall twenty feet high
arnlng was given 10 the stricken city. 1t was
.SlJ from I9pth FORK village by freight agent
/ 7leehert- When the great wall that held the
body OF water began TO crumble at the top re
| sent message begging the people of Jamestown
FOR GOD SAKE TAKE To THE HILLS.
| He reports no serious accidents at South Fork
| Richard Davis ran to Prospect Hill when the
| water raised. As to Dechert's message he soyS
| Just such a message had been sent down at each
food time since the laee was made. The warn
was PAID TO II TINS time II can't describe the
| mad rush. he said. "At first it looked like
| dust. That must have been the spray l could
| see houses going down before it
| LIKE A CIuLDs PLAY-BLocKs
Set on their edge in a row, and as it came
| nearer could see houses totter foT a moment
| then rise, and the next moment were crushed
| like shells against each other
| Mrs. James Davis and her two daughters and
| son are nowhere to be found. at WoOdyale
| there wGs a row of brick tenement houses 100
| feet long and three stories high 1t stood with
| IT'S Dr0auSlde TO the current. few of the ten
ants ily d, but many went to their atticS to watch
| the flood. To-day scarcely the foundation of
the row OF brick honses can be found.
| Superintendent kirtlsnd OF the West Penn
J sylvania Railroad arrived at $50 with carload
! OF provisions from Blairsville.
TOO MANY sIGHTsEERs.
| prominent member of the JohnstOwr Safety
| committee said to reporter this evening: For
| Gods sake. tell them at PittSbarg ID sion the
| rush OF slghtSeerS to this stricken locality
| There is enough here to last for weeks aud the
morbid curiosity of these people can Just as well
| De grained later on as now. These crowds has
| greatly embarrassed us to- day. The authorities
must stop it."
Adjutant-General Hastings and Mayor Sanger
| nave assumed entire charge of Johnstown and
| vicinity, and strict discipline viii be enforced
| tom now on as much as possible. General
Hastings headquarters are at the Pennsylvania
| Railroad depot.
| SUPPLY DEPOT ESTABLISHED.
4 supply depot is established at this point,
| and many needy people are being relieved The
bodies that are dug out lie in the station until
| coffin can be obtained. They are buried nm
| Identified On Prospect Hill
James MeMillin, Vice-PreSident of the Cam
hrld iron " orKS. IN conversation this afternoon
SAID; i DO not know what our loss is. The
| upper mill is totally wrecked, and damaged be-
yond repairs. The lower mill i. damaged to
| such an extent hat all the machinery and
| buildings are useless. The mills Will be rebuilt
| Immediately"
| Which was completely destroyed, is owned and
| was operated by the Cambria Iron Company.
| These buildings viii be Immediately rebuilt
and put IN operation as soon as possible. The
loss at This point is complete. The land on
| which 1t stood is today as barren and desolate
as # IT stood in The midst of the Sahara DIES IT.
| supply stores ct this point
The Dartmouth Club, at which the employees
| OF the works boarded. was carried away in the
Hood. 1t contained many occupants at the
| time,
| NONE OF WHOM WERE SAVED.
The estimates OF the losses of the Cambria
Iron Company given is from S2,00O,0O0 to 81 $780,
| 600. But little of This can be recovered
Crossing the bridge VIII CHI spanned the chesr
| Gag by the waters between the stone bridge
| and JohnStoWn is an exciting task II is a mar
| trlghtfuI losses from side to side. A run and
you had crossed. The bridge pitched like a
| ship III a storm, and within two inches of your
! feet rushed the muddy waters of the Cone
! maugh.
A HEARTRESDERING SCENE
The scene at the ST. Columbia Catholic
Church was awful. Forty fifty bodies had
| been carried into it and laid on the muddy
seats. Lying in row in this church were five
children from two to six Years old. No one had
| identified them this afternoon. Their little
| curis were matted with mud. Their nostrils
| were filled with sand and their eyes often com
pletely covered. No one had come to wash
away the dirt from their tiny faces, nor the
| blood stains from their awful cuts and bruises,
| Where are their parents?
| Another incident even of greater moment has
Just been brought to notice. At $50 this morn
Ing an old rallroader, who had walked from
Sang Hollow, stepped up to a Lumber of men
| VINO were cOngrcgated on the platform at the
| station at Currantvil and said Gentlemen
| had l a shotgun with me half an hour ago |
| would now be murderer, yet with no fear of
| ever having to suffer for my crime. Two miles
| below here l watched three men going along
| the Danks OF the river stealing the Jewels from
| the bodies OF the
DEAD WIVES AND DAUGHTERS
ofmen who have been robbed of all they held
| dear on earth"
He had no sooner finished the last sentence
| than five burly men were on their way 10 the
| scene of plumber, one with coil ofrope ard an
| other with revolver.
In twenty minutes they had overtaken two of
their victims, who were then in the act of cut
| ting pieces from the ears ana fingers from the
| hands of two d. ad women. With revolver
| leveied at the scoundrels, the leader of the
| posse shouted,
THROW Up YOUR HANDS
OrTl blow your heads off" With blanched
faces ard trembling forms they obeyed the
order and begged for mercy. They were
| searched, and as their pockets were emntied of
| their CHASTITY finds the Indignation Of the crowd
intensified, and when the bloody finger of an
infant encircled with two tiny gold rings was
found among the plGHacr IN the leader pocket
| cry went up:
4" LYNCH THEM LYNCH THEMn'
| And without a moments delay ropes were
| thrown about their necks and they were dang
ling to the limbs of trees in the branches Of
which an hour before were entauCled the re-
mains they had desecrated.
| One had to cross the Conemaugh at a second
point in order to reach Johnstown proper This
was accomplished by a skitf ferry. The ferry
man chung 10 the rope, pulling the load over
| After landing one walks across a desolate sea of
mud in which there is inferred the remains of
human bodies.
a DEsoIATE WASTE.
1t was once handsome porti n of the town.
| Cellars are filled up with mud so that person
| who has never seen the city can hardly iuag-
inc that houses ever stood where they did
Four streets which were solidly built up with
| houses have been swept away. Nothing but a
two-story frame house remains. The walk up
10 the wrecks OF the houses was INTERRUPTED in
many places by small branch streams Occa-
Sionally across the flats could be seen the re-
mains of a victim.
The stencil arising from the mud is sickening
to an extreme degree Along the route was
strewn wares of every conceivable kind.
Inc work of getting the bodies together for
easy identification was begun this afternoon on
| FAIRFIELD avenue, where there is q large vacant
lot, AT o'clock this was almost entirely COW
cred with collins, while between them and
| STOPPING over them were scores of men and
women. Although the number was short of 100
at o'clock, others will come in, and there is no
telling what the total will be.
On one rough box was a piece of paper with
| these words
| THREE LITTLE CHILDREN"
onight they were lifted out and all three
placed in one coffin. The little bodies were al
most naked, and their faces bruised and cut.
| THE wRECKAGE STILL BURNING.
The Baltimor re and Ohio tracks are now open
but the fire in the wreckase has spread steadily
all day and the upper part of the drift is burning
tonight. fire engine is stationed on the
river bank and others will be gotten here by
the Baltimore and Ohio. The natural gas has
been shut off owing to the many leaks in Johns
town. No fire is allowed in the city. i he walls
OF many of the houses are falling and their
crash can be heard across the river where the
newspaper men are located.
An INTERRUPTED FUNERAL.
A funeral was being held at one of the Catholic
churches at the time of the flood. The congre-
CATION deserted the church and the body was
buried withithe building. citizens commit
tee has issued a proclamation that all men who
are able to work must report for work or leave
the place. There is too much TO do to support
idiers, and the committee will not abuse the
generous help that is being sent by doing so.
1t is impossible to describe the appearance of
Main street. Whole houses have been swept
down this one street and become lodged
Wreekage is piled as high as the twos story win
dows. The reporter could step from the wreck
into the auditorium of the Opera House.
Inc ruins consist OF parts CT houses, trees, saw
logs, reels from the wire factory, etc.
! Many houses have their sidewalks and roofs
torn up, and one can walk directly into what
had ben the second-story bedrooms, or go in