Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-07

has covered the entire site OF Johnstown
with layer OF pure sand aud gravel, Vary
ing In depth from four inches to foot As
the consequence OF this all eesspools have
not only been thoroughly washed out,
but sfterward filed with sand. Every
particle Of dirt and city fifth has
been washed away, and Il would
be hard TO find, hygienlcally speaking.
moro cIeanly spot than the main portions
OF what was once Jobnstown. The danger
will DO the accumulation OF new filth, owing
10 the large number OF strangers living Ia
tents and the outdoor life OF the survivors.
The mental condition OF almost every
former resident OF Johnstown Is one OF
the grayest character, and the reaction
| which will set In when the reality
OF the whole affair is fully compre1ended
can scarcely fail 10 produce many
cases Of permanent or temporary insani'
~. The most OF the faces that one meets.
both male aud female, are those OF most
profound melancholy, assoeisted with
| an almost absolute disregard OF the future.
The nervous system shows the strain
1t has borne by the tremulousness OF
band and OF lip Ia man ~ well 81 woman.
| This nervous state Is further evidenced ny
peculiar intonatiOn OF words, persons speak.
| Ing mechanically, while the voices Of many
rough.Iooking men are changed into such
| tremulOus Dotes OF so high pitch as TO make
one imagine that child on the verge OF tears
is speaking. Crying Is 20 rare that your
correspondent saw not tear on any lace IN
Jamestown, but the women that are left are
| hsggsrd with pincbed features and heavy
dark lines under their eyes.
LOSS OF LIPE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June photographic
communication was opened With Belleionte
| ma II IA.
respondent there telegraphs that about forty
lives have been lost in this (CeRtre) county.
The damage 10 property Will reach 81, 100000.
LIBERAL Contributions.
PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-The cash c0ntri-
buttons to the Johnstown relief fund con-
tinue 10 pour in, and conservative estimates
OF the total amount 50 far contributed In this
city place its grand total at 100000, OF
which the banking hOuse Of the DreXels
holds S3G6, 000 The donations Of the
necessaries Of life, clothing, bedding,
furniture, &C., are also coming ia at
q rapid rate, and nity-fve carloads OF
goods have already been started on their
erraDds OF mercy. As soon as the pressing
and immediate needs OF the food-Slrlcken
sufferers can be satisfied the conference be-
tween the Governor, the Mayors Of Pniade-
phia and Pittsburgh, and the representatives
OF the relief committees OF New York, Bos-
ton, and other places Will be held and a
definite aud systematic plan for the distribu-
tion Of money contributions will BE- arranged.
This meeting will probably be held in this
city on saturday next.
THE DELUGED TRAINS.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June $50 many con
fllcting reports have been published concern
ing the loss Of passengers and damage 10
the trains Oyertaken by the Hood at CoHe-
mluQh on last Friday that General Manager
Pugh was asked to furnish the Associated
Press with an official ststement OF the exact
number OF people known or presumed
10 have been drowned from the TWO
sections OF the day express, and also
statement az 10 what became OF the
trains. superintendent Pitcairn, ct Pitts
burgh, who has had the matter under inVes-
iigation, was communicated with by lele'
graph and these facts were elected: As near
a. can be learned nineteen lives were lost in
two cars. The passenger coach and baggage
car were washed away. The bagglge-car
has been found and the missing coach may
have been carried down to the debris at The
JohnstoWn bridge. Some hours after the
food struck the train three Pullman
cars came IN contact with the burn
ing car OF lime and were Destroy
ed. Some OF the passengers heretofore
mentioned AZ being dead have turned up
alive in various parts OF the country, and
probably some Of the names how given may
be those OF persons still alive tut not yet To-
Gated st their homes: Mrs. Talbot and two
or three children, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss
Stinson, NOrristown, Pa; Cyrus Shtck. |
Reading, Pa; John Ross, Pittsburgh |
or Iron City; Mrs. j. II. Ranney, !
Kalamazoo, Mich. Jennie Pauson, |
Pittsburgh; Bessie Bryan, Philadelphia;
Mr Mizel, OF Newark. y. d; Manager |
Mansfield. OF the ohio Baseball Club; Ag~ |
mes G.. Christmsn, BeAuregard, Miss; l.. |
Phillips (colOred), Pullman porter New |
York: Mrs. swineford and daughter; Mrs. !
Smith and child, Dayton, o.; Miss Hs-nish, |
DAYTON, o.; Andrew Ewing, LigonieT, |
Pa. and Mrs. MaIy Swaney, Pleasant Gap, |
Pa.
Pittsburgh contributions are coming In |
RAPIDLY for the relief OF the JOhns~ |
town sufferers. IL IL estimated At the /
Chamber OF Commerce that about $780, |
coo has been subscribed. Among the /
heavy contributors are Andrew Carnegie, |
George Westinghouse, and the Standard /
OIL Company, vine gave $1,000, $4,000, and |
$4,000 respectively.
Chairman McCreery. OF the Relief Com
mlttee, issued the following circular to-
night:
CHAMBER COMMERCE RELIEF NoNNll lfEs |
PITTSBURGH, June 6. 1889. : !
Hon. w. Flynn, in charge OF our iaborers |
at JohnstowD, reports that 1t will require |
10000 men for thirty days with all modern /
appliances TO clear the wrecks along the ten /
miles OF destruction, take out the c0rpses /
and carcsSSes OF dead animals, aud place the /
city in a sanitary condition.
This will cost about double tie amount 1
now in the hands Of the committee, and does |
not include relief for suffering and desIitu-
ton, which is very great
Tue destitute who are brought 10 the city |
are clothed and housed and sent free 10
friends all over the land. We ask that the
generous subscriptions which are coming
from all over the country be continued IN
til sufficient funds are provided TO complete
the above work, of which due notice will be
given through the press.
Gsignedl WILLIAM McCREERY.
BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
NrNEvEH, June G.-Nineyeh saw some
woiuI sights to-day. During the period OF
daylight TAG bodies were consigned to the
sarth from the morgues about the town.
Father DORM conducted religious services
at II. Luke's Catholic church IN Cambria
CITY. This army OF the dead was placed In
trenches. Less than 100 had been recognized
by friends. These bodies were gathered |
from up and down the river below Johns
town, and the commissioners OF Westmore
land county furnished plot where they sleep
tonight. JohnstOwn and adjoining villages
are now under thorough military and police
regulation. Each place has been provided
with men enough 10 keep cut intfuders, and
none save those actually employed will be al
lowed TO remain.
Notices were posted on all morgues to-day
stating that after to-day bodies would be
held only twenty-iour hours for Identified
ton. II they are not recognized at the ex-
piratlon Of that time they are photographed.
Recognition is q difficult matter
AWhoIe city Under water.
LOCK HAVEN, PA, June 6.-The Hood
from above reached here Friday evening,
and before midnight the river had overflow
ed its banks and commenced TO spread all
over the city, carrying desolatlon and ruin
into every home. The whole city was under
water, and on saturday morning the only
way TO get through the streets was in boats.
From mountain TO mountain the waste OF
waters spread out Ike one vast ocean. the
river roaring and laundering on one side
and Bald Eagle creek on the other. IL was