The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-05
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claimed ''My God, what viii come nextg"
From that time, which was last night until the
present he has been hopelessly insane, even at
times becoming violent and wanting TO kill
himself.
KernsvIlle is in a deplorable condition. The
living are unable TO take care 81 the dead. The
majority Of the inhabitants were drowned A
"lean-to" Of boards has been erected on
the only street remaining in the town.
This is the headquarters for the COM
mittee that controls the dead. As quickly
as the dead are brought TO this point they are
placed in boxes and then taken to the Gene.
terry and buried. A supply store has opened
in the iowa. \ milk man who was over-charg-
ing for milk this morning, narrowly escaped
lynchinC. The Infatuated men appropriated
all his milk and distributed il among the poor
and then drove him out Of town. The body Of
the "Hun" who was lynched in an orchard last
night was removed by bis friends dur
ing the night, The inhuman mon
ster had cut of his victims four
fingers of the right hand. he was noticed be-
fore he escaped and dropped the fingers into
his pocket where they were found when he
was captured. The act maddened the men and
they took him to an orchard on the hillside
and hung him.
There is but one street left in the town.
About one hundred and ifty-ive houses are
standing, where once stood thousand. Mons
of the large buildings in which was
have escaped. One thousand people is low
estimate of the number of lives lost from this
town. But few of the bodies have been recov.
cred. 1t is directly above the ruins. and the
bodies have 6oated down into them, where
they were burned. A walk through the town
revealed a desolate sight Only about twenty
FIVE able-boded men have survived and are
able to render any assistance. Men and women
can he seen with black eyes, bruised faces and
cut heads. The appearance OF some OF the Ia
dies is heartreDding. They were injured IN the
food and since that have not slept
Their faces have turned q sicky yellow, and
dark rings surround the eyes Many have sue
cumbed to nervous prostration. For two days
but little assistance could be rendered them.
No medical attention reached them. The
wounded remained uncared for in some houses
cut OF by the water, and died from their in
iuries alone. Some were alive on Sunday, and
their shouts could be heard by the people on
the shore.
A man is now in a temporary jail in what is
left of the town. He was caught stealing a
gold watch. A shot was fired az him, but he
was not wounded. The only thing that saved
him from lynching was the smallness of the
crowd. Ills sentence viii be the heaviest that
can be given him.
Services in the chapel from which the bodies
were buried consisted merely OF a prayer by
one of the survivors. No minister was present.
Each coffin had descriptive card on It, and on
the graves q similar card was placed so that
bodies can be removed later by friends
The Cambria hospital has row 800 patients.
Dr. Burk, with efficient corps of assistants,
is in charge. Two of the patients died yester.
day, Miss Hughes, a young lady aged twenty,
aud Mrs. Teeters, lady aged eighty
three. The remainder of the patients are do
ing well. Several injured people have had OPP
eTatiOns performed upon them.
A committee from Altoona and Mountain
lodge, No. 2S2, F. and NJ, arrived in Johns
town this morning. They had driven over the
mountains. The horses were covered with mud,
and when they drew up at the station stood
painting and steaming alter their drive down
the mountain side. They brought physicians
and medicine; both were badly needed.
The hospital in the upper part of Johnstown
is full TO overlooking. Many have been carried
to the surrounding houses. One of their
patients died on their hands and several are
very low.
Hospitals have been established at Cone
maugh and Mineral Point but little could be
learned of how many patients they contained
and how they were faring.
The miracle, as it is called, that happened
at the church of the Immaculate Conception
has caused Tremendous sensation. A large
number of persons will testify to the nature
OF the event. and, 70 put 1t mildly, the
circumstances are really remarkable. May
devotiOns were in progress on Friday
nicbt when the water descended on
Cambria City. The church was filed
with people at the time but when the noise
of the flood was heard, the congregation
fastened TO get out of the way. They sue
ceeded as far as escaping from the interior is
concerned, and in a few moments the church
was partially submerged, the water reaching
fifteen feet up the sides and whirling
around the corners furiously. The building
was badly wrecked, the benches being
torn out, and in general the entire structure,
both inside and outside, was fairly dismantled.
Yesterday morning when the entrance was
forced through the doorway the ruin appeared
to be complete. One object alone had escaped
the waters wrath. The statue os the Blessed
Virgin that had been decorated and adorned
because of the May devotions, was az
unsullied SIS the day it was made. The
flowers, the wreaths, the lace veil
were undisturbed and unsoiled. Not