Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-20
FLOOD ECHOES.
Clearing Away the Debris in this
Conemaugh Valley.
The state Has Assumed Control of the
Work business Being Resumed-Not
So Many Lives Lost as Has Been
Reported.
AMONG THE RUINS.

JoHNsTowN Pa, June IL The work of
restoring order in this city has passed into
the hand of the Pennsylvania State officials,
with Adutant General Hastings in charge.
The report Of the registration bureau up to
date shows nearly $4,000 persons unac-
counted for
JoHNsToWN, Pa, June 1.-THE general
opinion among wcll-pOsted people here is
that the loss of life in the flood will be be-
tween 5000 and 4, 900 Tho total of bodies
recovered to date is 800 Yesterday about
300 merchants who had survived the flood,
many of them without a dollar, met Adju-
tant-General Hastings, who said
II have been directed to clear the streets OF
Johnstowu and made contracts with men TO
open the way in order that merchants may be
enable TO get to and from their business places.
Our work is progressing rapidly and vigorous
ly, and the best thing for JOhnstown mer-
chants TO do is 70 begin business over 9gain.
/ have communicated with Eastern firms,
who offer to assist you If you will resume
business in this city. Let me also say that all
those in need Of relief should Immediately
make their wants known to me- No one
should 80 hungry when he can have plenty to
cat for the asking. we will provide shelter
and clothes for all sufferers and try in every
way 10 help the needy ones as much as we
can.
Hearty applause followed, and several
merchants said they wero already making
arrangements to resume business Reso-
lutions were adopted pledging the business
men and merchants to use their utmost
endeavOrs to secure as rapidly as possible
the resumption of business, each to exert
himself 70 restore his own prosperity and
that Of the community Mt large, and pledg-
ing united support to the State officials in
every way in their power in the work now
undertaken to the end that the work may
be expedited
JoHNsTowN Pa, June 15-It is still
raining, and the progress of the 1000 men
employed by General Hastings in clearing
away the ruins is slow and unsatisfactory.
However, "A big hole was made in the
wreckage Friday above the stone
bridge, and several of the main business
streets were pretty wei cleared out Every
effort is being made now To get tho bust
ness men OF Johnstown on their feet again
Electric lights are being erected, and the
wreckage at the bridge viii be lighted up
and force OF men will prosecute the work
at night as well as in the daytime
Eight bodies were recovered from the
ruins Friday. three being identified They
were William b Hess, a prominent mer-
chant; Captain 0'Connell, an old resident,
and Mary Hoileman, his houselleeper. The
bodies OF an elderly lady and fair young
girl We're found clasped in each others
arms and reclining on a sofa. The five
Others were 50 charred rs to be unrocog-
nizable
PITTsBURGH, Pa, June 10 Under the di-
rect supervision Of the officers in charge Of
the engineering and transportation depart
ments OF the Pennsylvania lines two armies
have been working at the Johns
town washout, one from the east toward
the west and the other from the
west, eastward On Thursday even
ing the forces met and the last rail needed
TO connect the severed parts of the great
thoroug hfare was placed in position The
new track is substantially built. and it will
BE- gradually tested until Monday June IL.
when the great trunk line win be opened
JoHNsTowS, Pa, June L. In the few
churches remaining in this city services
We're held Yesterday, but the largest meet
ipgs OF the day took place in the open air
The weather was fair and the men seemed
glad OF IN opportunity to turn from hard
work 70 religion They gathered about the
rough pulpits by tile hundreds. During the
day six bodies were recovered. but they
could not be idcntihed