Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-07

YOUNGSTOWN was continued yesterday with SreaI
vigOr. but the progress made discourage
ingiy slow. Seven thousand men with five
hundred teams and all the other appliances
that could be used for clearing away the ruins
have made scarcely perceptI5le progress III
lettering the condition of the town. The sixty
acre gorge above the bridge, supposed TO con-
tain yet hundreds of bodies or fragments of
bodies. withstands stubbornly every effort to
remove 1t. Three days work. with the aid of
dynamite and the most powerful lifting and
pulling appliances. have hardly cleared space
more than 100 feet square.
The idea of cremation. which was defeated
when first preached by the doctors, is gaining
adherents. and 1t L. not unlikely that II may be
determined to burn up all the refuse and debris
Lot only IN JOhnstoWn proper, but also in all
the adjacent villages. Huge bonhres have
been made Of rubbish IN various localities.
but without any apparent system. As a re-
suit sad fire occurred III kernville yes
terday. The people had started to burn al the
wooden houses and broken furniture, and while
one of these DOu1rcs was blazing roof high
spark Ignlted the stock in Ralph Barrow )
WOODEN mills on DIbtrt street. The flames
must have been smoldering for some time. and
when they were discovered the interior of the
large Mill was mass of fire. A CRY of alarm
borne by the ttrrOr-strIcken people. which
naturally thrilled every one. was sent out, and
members OF the Nigilant tire company OF the
town. who were at work Ill various sections,
focked 10 the scene. / ne men were compelled
to rely upon two plug streams which had not
enough force to throw stream feet from the
plpe-Iozzie, and consequence the flames
spread rapidly.
The mill IN which the flames occurred was
three-stOry brick. l5J ct long and 80 feet wide.
The flames jumped from this to a two-story adj
dltol. and IL short time nothing was left of
either but the bare walls. Two frame houses.
which had been overturned when thrown against
the mill. were also CONSUMED. and for a long
time there Was danger OF all that was left of the
place being entirely destroyed The men. and
women. too. organized a bucket brigade. kept
the roofs and sides OF the other houses wet. and
thus saved them. MIR. Barrows and his family
escaped the Hood, but yesterday he lost about
So0.UOO by fire.
THE WORK OF REPAIR.
With uncounted thousands of men IT work
tearing down the ruins and clearing up the
streets. JohnstOwn Is going to be an organized
city again III not very long time. The Penn
syivania railroad company now have 1000 men
at work on their road. and have the tracks
across Stony Bro X 30 repaired that work trans
can be run slowly over 1t. At the rate they are
working the road Will be repaired so that trains
Ike the Chicago limited express can be run
over II IN about week. bur II is thought that
the road viii lot be open fo~ general travel
InSlue OF three weeks 1T the inside. This Is on
the supposi.ion thai the stories are true about
the condition of the rOa in the neighborboOd
OF Altoona. The Baltin.o and ONO people
have their road in practical running shape and
have had 1t that way fer day.
All THE CAMBRIA WORKS.
Work was begun in dead earnest on Wednes-
day or the Cambria iron works buildings
Half a million may cover the loss of the Cam
bria people. bat this is rather low estimate.
They Had 30 men at work getting things in
shape. and Yesterday afternoon 500 more la
borers were added to the force. Mr. Price
the superintendent OF the greater portion CT the
works sand:
I'VE are getting along little better than we
expected. Our machinery Is not damaged
great deal. and / think. on the whole. that the
worst thing W. have TO do is to get the debris
out Of the works and yard. The estimate Of
600. coo for our damage Is about correct We
are hurt worst IL or Dart furnaces. The fur
naces are all chi-ied-that is. the melted iron
there has cooled and has run over everything
SO that the interior of the furnace is a mass of
cooled iron. Stag, mud. and all sorts of debris
run in together. We NAV have to build the
furnaces anew. 1t is impossible to saw when
We Will start work. The biggest and most i'm
portant contract We had on hand was one for
the great Merchants bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at ST. Louis. Perhaps the bridge
builders will want to transfer their order, but
i don't know about that.
ONE MAS WHO Is HAPPY
The happiest man that l know of is Mr.. Jas.
Mcmillan. He IL the superintendent of The
Johnstown manufacturing company. which in
cludes wooden and flour mills and factories of
pretty nearly every kind. He was only presi-
dent Of the johnson steel works He has lost
fully 100000 but his family are all saved and
he Is as happy as a lark. Their house is next
10 the club house and it is very firm. solid
built structure. The family were saved on the
roof.
There were not two dozen in the works when
the torrent came. The works are on low
ground. and the high water reached them long
before the flood came. The result was that the
works We're pretty well deserted in the hour of
danger. The bodies found there were mostly
washed IN there. They were found in queer
positions. The body of a girl was found under
a railroad track which ran INTO one of the mills
The Hood lifted the rails. washed the girl in
under them and then put the rails down again
above the body. The body of little 10y was
found with a silver dollar firmly clasped in one
OF his hands. The boy had evidently been sent
TO market or some place on errand when the
Hood came.
IMPOSING on THE SUPPLIES.
The men who are in charge OF the supnlies
are suffering from a great many impositions
pracuced by the lower class Of people here
This Is owing to a similarity both in dress and
person These lnlpOstcrs go from station to
station and secure goods four and five times a
day. while others. whose finer sensibilities have
AOe OSSA OAuutcO DI l-e great disaster, stand
aside and watch. They do this until the pangs
OF hunger compel them TO get what Is due
Them Hany people turned up Yesterday who
were supposed to have been buried
How THE UNDERTAKES WORK.
One Of the most CHASTITY and nauseous sights
70 those unaccustOmed to scenes of death Is
the lunchIng arrangement for the undertakers.
These men are working so hard that thew have
no time Tor meals. ana huge boilers of steam
ing coffee. loaycs of bread. dried beef and pre-
serves are carried into the charnel houses and
placed at the disposal OF the workers. Along
comes one weary tOiler. his sleeves rolled M
aud apron IN front. and perspirIng prosuseiv
despite the cold. damp weather. He has lust
finished washing claInIny corpse has dauped
II with cold water. manipulated 1t about on the
boards and IN the interval before the body of
another poor wretch Is brought in gets a cup
of coffee and Il sandwich. With dripping hands
he eats his lunch with relish. setting his cup
Occasionally beside the hIdcous face of a de-
Composing corpse and totally obIivious To- his
horrible surroundings. Superintendent Brad
niger. OF the Grand View cemetery. saws his
men are IN need OF 200 pairs of rubber gloves
lhe bodies brought there for interment are so
badly deeompOsed that II j. becoming exceed
ingly dangerous To handle them without rubber
gloves aud cOfins.
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