Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-06
JUST THINK OF TT
The Victims Now Estimated at from
10000 to $4,000.
TIE WORLD AKIN.
4 ThTOA Of Sympathy Touches The
Hearts Of All.
MONEY AND FOOD
MONEY AND FOOD
E]cWing Freely fer the Cone
maugh Sufferers.
SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.
Order Being Restored from Chaos-A Large
Fores Of Volunteer Physicians
Arrive.
by t.lerranh % tho n.sps,cn.l


Phi.lpsburg, Centre county. report th.
loss Of life there very great, aud that 2ft
bodies have slresdy been recovered.
In the midst 81 this scene OF death and
GCsolaii0n reicniiug Providence seems 10 be
excrtng subdWng influence. six days
naye elapsed since the great disaster, end
ne temperature sthl remains low aud chilly
~ Oouemsugh NSney. When II Is remem-
icrcd thst in ordinary June weather al this
)ocshl, from two 10 three days are sufficient
- bring an unattended body 10 degree o
decsy and uuiridcstion that would render 4
almost impossible to prevent the spread OF
disease throughout the valley, The ines
timghlc benefits Of this cool weather are al.
moN beyond appreciation.
The einanaiions from half mile a. The
debris above the bridge are but little more
offensive than Yesterday, and should this
cool weather continue few days longer II
s. possible that hundreds Of bodies may YET
10 recovered from the wreck IN such 4 state
of preservation IS 20 render Identification
possible. MANY hundreds OF victims. hove
pyes, will he roasted and Cbarred into such
Ehspeless masses rs 20 preclude the hope Of
recognition by their nearest relatives.
WorE SYSTEM PREVAILS.
The work q clearing mp the wreck and
recovering the bodies j. now being con-
Quoted more systematically. over six thou
sand men are Al work IN various portions Of
tte valley, and each little gang OF twenty
men Is directed rs foreman. who Is under
orders from the general headquarters
A, tlc rubbish l. gone over snd bodies
md articles u value recovered the dc5r1S is
gHcd up IN one high mass and the torch ap-
ii.d. In tLls the valley Is assuming a de
Vaslatoi condition. IN twenty -four hours
morr every mass Of rubbish VIII probably
have been searched, and the Investigations
will be confined 10 the smoking wreck above
the JohnSOwn bridge.
Phtsburghcfs are now ~ sole control Of
everything Az this place. The Fourteenth
regiment has not vet been assigned 10 ans
duty by Adiutant-General Hastings. In an
interview this morning be said: "The regi-
meut was ordered hero 10 do guard work
md take charge OF the place. We win not
declare martial law for the reason that there
j. 20 necessity Tor II.
"The local police and the citizens who
tsve been doing woman service are about
Vl1od out and | will order regiment 10
guard the woTK this afternoon and relieve
enc police
TUs RIOTS AND LTNCHiNG.
The General sent the following telegram
g. Governor Beaver tnis morning 1.-The
Chitf % Police a. JohnstOwn informs me
that there were no deprcdations lsst night
and everything is quiet this morning. The
E;orcs about rios and lyuchiDgs are untrue,
and are sent out by people who are DESTROYS
Of making sensations. ID. HASTINGS
50 Johnsowu station, on the east side Of
thc river everything was quiet. vet conside.
gati, work Is being do0c. THIS j, the chief
t1umissaTy station, ard this morning 10y ,
O'cock 5000 people were fed and about 600
ilmiles furnished with provisions. Five
Csr-ioads Of clothing were distributed and
now almost every one Is provided with
clothing.
At the different registratiOn-places I 5000
residents Of the devastated district had r..
risteied alive and well. The total p0pula-
ton q this district was between 10000 and
10000 There were hundreds OF people
waiting around the offices 10 have their
name. placed ON the list Of the saved. 1t is
thought that by tomorrow night at least
- per cent. Of The survivors will be regis
tercd.
Roger Omem. superintendent OF police
a. Pittsburgh, who has been here for two
DAYS looking for crooks and piC6pockeis
faid that The reports about robhcrles and
th.eying were very greatly exaggerated.
TIE DEATB-koLL INCREASES.
Conservative men are OF toe opinion that
thcuumhtr OF people destroyed will reach
from 1900 10 1900. This view Of II Is
based on uRny fragments Of evidence OBJ
fsiucd from over 100 citizens carefully Sc
iec,ed from As int ligent men and women 40
could be found. They were chosen from as
arguy occupations rs possible and from a.
3Dauy social classes. They were asked 10
}slimaie the percentage Of loss 90 total popu-
saituu. 90 tell how many people ot their
acquaintance have disappeared, how esther
tnc, II the residents on the streets and IN
SubHc places compare with the same IN for
liner times. These statements OF fact and es-
kma.es were proved a. lar as could be. and
calculation shows list OF from 1900 TO
S5'ooA
TIE CHI pRLN DESTROYED.
ltlnust be- remembered that very large
proportion OF this loss is made up Of chill
uren. How strikiugly freQuent i, the refer
euce IN the death-list 20 Mrs. Jones and
tiX children, Mrs. smith sod five children
lu the morgue little ones lie IN dozens where
adults are IN hA.i-dozcU>. There Is and hHs
been great difficulty 10 recovering the bodies
81 children. bciug lighter aud smaller, they
iaye often been swept into Out-oi-the-way
geCesses that are almost inaccessible and are
more easily carried away. A very great
proportion Of the children have BEEN swept
down the rfVeI and their bodies driven III
under OverhaUgiug banks, under thickets,
aud IN other places where there Is only "A
Fpare population sod where search Is not
earned on IN careful aud organized man
Ter. A. an illustration oi this, just above
New Florence some fragments OF clothing
were ia the tuu view Of q party on the river
bank. HuodreCs 81 people passed tho place
Tor three days looking Tor bodies, but
tLOught u was only shfeds OF worthless
cloihug they were looking at Finally
somebody p0ked az The rags with a stick,
Ena a swiFl IA the current brought two
yesr-old hsbe 10 the surface. The drift Of
opinion among intelligent men physicians,
trgineefs, and lairOad.msn-is tnat ffom
900 10 1860 Of 4be bodies viii never be
found
Tins morning LOO men arrived here ia
charge Of Philip Flynn. Hon. william
Flynn arrived later aud took charge OF the
work. and al II O'clock they had succeeded
{u doing more work VI clearing away the
cfjTls than has been done here before.
FNnn has offered the men special induce
ipeuts, bat will make them work. seventy
i've carpenters aud twenty carloads OF pro-
visions came up with The labOrns men.
TINS morning another delegation d work
men came up fiOm BTaddccks. Zach maa
lad q PICK, shovel, SAN. or some other I'M
plemFnt on his shoulder ana WIS prepared
- 20 10 work immsdlaeiy. Adlu'ant-
General ilsslings has requested tho Assocl.
B'ed Pres 10 state that these are The kino OF
iaen that are wanted here and TOO many can
not bf sent
Atll o'clock this morning General Has
u0gs ,ent The following Telegram TO Cover
Ior Beaver:
"Fully 1900 men are al worS clearing on
Tue dslgis. BODIES are now being rescued
~ larse numbers. Tbe Ctizrns' COMMITTEE
j. ofgsnlzed aud the working rs sysietna-
iHeo. 4 delacbmentoi twenty Of Toe our
tpenth regiment was detailed last night 10
Fuard tue supply trans. Provisions are
p0uriog 10 AID II is difficult 10 take care OF
them. fhCTe Is no suffering from want OF
food or shelter. Contributions OF money
aIe more desirable than anything else"
THE WORK sYsrgMArizED.
There il DO surcease Of the horrors here
toby, but he situation Is resolving iistii
into something like order. The reiiei work
Las been 30 systepatized that there ~ no
danger OF any confusion. AZ seyefal os-
tribuling depots hundreds assemble morn.
ing, noon. aud night. and. forming 10 ilne,