New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
RECOVERING BODIES OF THE DEAD.
coRpsEs COLLECTED FROM EVERY HEAP OF
pRIrr-MoRGUEs IMPRovIsED HERE
AND THERE.


Jamestown, Penn, June 2.-This afternoon
sprinp wagon came slowly from the ruins IN what
was once Cambria In 1t, on board coVereu Wy
A muddy cloth, were the remains OF Editor =. l.
Schubert. Of =" The Jamestown Free Press Ger
man newspaper Behind the wagon walked MS
friend BENJAMIN Gribblc Mr.. Schubert was one
~ the most popular Germans in the city. On
Tbursdnv he had sent his three sons TO Conemaugh
Btrouch and on Friday afternoon he and his VIE
and ak other children called at Mr.. Gribbles resi-
dcnce They noticed the rise OF the water, put e.
not until the food from the dam washed the Guy 1
did they anticipate danger All fed from the hrst
20 the second aoor Then, as the winter rose uiey
went 20 the attic, and Mr. Schubert hastily pre-
pared a raft, upon which all embarked JuSo as
the raft reached the bridge heavy piece OF tmoer
rose from the water and swept the editor Deheatn
the surface The raft then ghded through aoo
all the rest were rescued. Mr.. Schuberts rem1ihs
were found this afternoon beneath pile OF broken
tnbers This evening his coffin was carried 10 MS
widow and children at the house OF friend ID
Morrellville
A tour Of the west bank Of the river for DIS
lance of two miles l'aves the mind co3tusel. IhFe
are not over a hundred bodies TO be seen, but While
n mass of people walked back and forth, they are
strangers Not one person in ten thai one met
n resident
belief that hundreds, perhaps thousands are sill
buried In the mud and debris, burned IN the a"iui
furnace at the stone bridge, lodged further down
than the searchers have yet gone That many are
buried yet is also Indicated by a fresh find every
few hours, though no thorough search in the mud
and wreckaze has been begun. The belief that
many were burned is strengthened by the unmlS
taxable odor that rises from the ashes OF nre on
The river hank.
The work OF getting the bodies together for
easy Identification began this afternoon. lhe ceh-
tral point was Morrellville In Fairhe%d-aye. Is
large vacant lot belonging TO Frank LeclHy. Az
o'clock this WAS almost entirely covered with
collins, while between them and STOPPING over
them were weeping men and women. Although
| the number was short Of 90 at o'clock, others
will come in, and there is telling what the total
| win be- In one rough box was piece OF paper
with the words Three children Tonight they
were lifted ont and all three placed in one CONN
The little bodies almost naked, and the purple
| faces bruised and cut Many oil the oouieS In"
| not been identified
| The CORPSE OF q beautiful Young woman lay IN
the extemporizcd mor7ue Several people say II
| is that Of Miss Ida Fischer, prominent young
| lady 81 Johnstown. Only few hundred yards
eclow the bridge a number OF bodies had been
| taken 70 private houses They were taken 10 the
Morrellvile morgue this afternoon
| In one rude box lay the body OF beauutul
rouno woman. ANY ono know her p called out
A committeeman. 4 crowd passed the box nut
| M ono called her name. On the face was beau
| ,,,,I .~nresSion OF peace The features were fine
and N. clothing elegant. The only Disagreement
ems an prlv cut on the left temple, sufficient TO
| cause death.
| & Mary's German Catholic Church stands
cusr,rr Of mile below the bridge. It's wills are
| sanding hut inside IL is filed with mixed, broken
benches and ruined images. In IT were found the
r,oroled body OF T. Eldridge aud the remains OF
several negroes.
Tho Distance 20 St Columha's Catholic Church
- n bnltmiIe The streets 10 IL are filled WIN
hrolrn houses, and people in those that were icIt
standing were busy Shovelling mud from the hrst
| floors The scene NJ ST. Columbas Church was
o,,fpl Forty or fifty bodies had been carried into
e and laid on the muddy seats Lying in row
IN this church were FIVE children. from TWO 10 SIN
years old. whom no one had identified this after
nam Their curls we're matted with mud. lhelr
nostrils were filled with sand, and the eyes often
| completely covered.
As the train reached Sang Hollow yesterday
hinge lack crow sailed out into the middle Of me
boisterous stream. and, dartinC down. percheo D"
so,nething in the swift waters. II then flew away
and disappeared. mt OH the next wave VIC poS
NJ a small child appeared. A wild shrek went
M from the Mortified passengers. and hunur'"
Voices shouted 10 men who were standing OH u"
,,ysr hank Before the dead body foated down
90 feet further IL was taken from The waters