The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-06
Further Particulars of the Disaster
At Johnstown, Pa.
Two Thousand Men Employed in
Taking Care Of the Dead.
Pat CIeary Lynched for the Murder
of Jesse Turner.
"Jaek the Ripper ether Sparks
From the Telegraph.

JOHNSTOWN, Ia, June 4.-EOur
days have elapsed since the angel of
death swept down through the valley
of Conemaugh, but no ray of sunshine
has yet lightened the scene of horror
at Johnstown bridge. The sky is still
overcast with heavy clouds, and the
sun rests behind menacing pail as
though reluctant to view the handi-
work of his potent elements. For
thirty-six hours without intermission
the fire engines have played upon the
smoking ruins above the bridge, but
the flames that break out afresh at fire.
quent intervals in this floating field Of
ruins seem to defy the subduing force
of water. Nearly
1900 MEN ARE EMPLOYED
in different parts of the valley clearing
up the ruins, and prosecuting diligent
search for the undiscovered dead. Their
exertions are not without fruitful re-
suits for the bodies of the dead and
charred victims of flood and fire
are discovered with undiminished fire.
quency. 1t becomes hourly more ap-
parent that not single vestige will
ever be recognized of hundreds that
were roasted in the flames above the
bridge.
Since the last sentence was penned a
party of searchers unearthed charTed
and unsightly mass from the smoking
debris within thirty yards in front of
the Associated Press headquarters.
Unused to such frightful discoveries,
the leader of the gang pronounced the
remains to be blackened log, and it
required the authoritative verdict of a
physician to demonstrate that the
CHASTITY discovery was the charred re-
mains of a human being. Only the
trunk remained and that was roasted
beyond all semblance to flesh. Five
minutes search revealed fragments OF
a skull that at once disintegrated OF
its own weight when exposed to air, nc
single piece being larger than hall
dollar, and the whole resembling the
remnants of shattered charcoal. In the
| last hour q half dozen discoveries
described has been made by Searcheri
as they rake the smoking ruins. 81
difficult is it at times to determine
whether the remains are those of hu
man being. that 1t is thought that hun
dreds must be fairly
BURNED TO ASHES.
Thus the number that have found
resting place beneath the ruins can a
best never be more than approximated
| MOXham, the iron manufacturer.
mayor pro TEN. OF JohnStown, to-day
He is probably the busiest man in tn
United States, although for days with
out sleep he still sticks nobly to hi
task Hundreds of others are like hin
men fall to the earth from sheer ia
tigue. There are many who have no
on Friday morning. They are a hOl
low-eyed, pittiful looking lot. Man
have lost near relatives and all friends
Men and horses is what is most needle
to-day. Some of the unfortunate
who could not go to til
relief trains endeavored- t
obtain flour from the wrecked stores i
JohnStown. One dealer was charG
ing FIVE dollars sack and in one G
two instances was getting it. SuddeI
IL the crowd heard of the occurTanC
and several several desperate me
went to the store and dOled the hoU
gratuitously to the homeless an
stricken. Another dealer was sellin
, flour at a dollar and half a sacl
He refused to give any away, bu
: would sell 1T to any one who had tn
money. Otherwise he would not allo'
any one to go near it, guarding hi
store with shot gun. The Hungal
ians attacked Il supply wagon betwee
Morrellville and Cambria City to-da,
, The drivers repulsed then
but they again returned. A secon
fight ensued, but after a lively scran
BILE the Hungarians were again drive
away. After that drivers and guard
of supply wagons were permitted
, go armed. The registers are bein
opened in JOhnstown. and a
survivors are requested to registe
their names in order to civ
J information of their safety to inquirin
friends. Postoffices were opened !
Johnstown to-day. The first mail e
in at $50 this morning, and was enol
3 nous for such a small town. tt
: chamber of commerce has made a
rangementS with the Baltimore & Oh
railroad to transfer passengers fro
Johnstown to Pittsburg free of charg
Y A train was packed so full that it W;
: impossible to obtain standing room c
the platform last night. The pa
sengers were mostly women and Chi
dren. The faces at the window e.
: drew out from the Inflated city. 4
s IL o'clock the first relief train, beariI
thousands of pounds of provisions f,
n the suffering and two thousand cofil
f for the dead, passed over the John
! town bridge and across the improvisG
trestle and track up the incline to Il
p Johnstown depot. For the first tin
4 railroad communication is re-esta
lished between the stricken city al
+ the outside world.
4 AT HARRISONBURG.
HARRIsoNBURG, Va, June 1T
+ damage in this county by the flood w
exceed $500. 900.
Cus TO Pieces.