Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-05

CASES IN The HOSPITALS.
JoHSsTowS, Pa, June 5.-A very large num-
Der of bodies are being buried in Grand View
cemetery to-day. Kernville has been over
looked in the great rush and excitement,
and the two thousand people at this
place were in half famished con-
dltlon until this morning when a supply
station was established and their wants sup
Piled. The stock of burial caskets at Kern
vile has become exhausted, and necessity has
compelled that MANY bodies be placed in the
ground with no other protection from the
earth than their winding sheet and
few loose boards laid over them in
the graves. The list of unidentified recov-
vered at Kernville is very small. Fifty diggers
are kept busy excavating and filing the graves
In Grandview cemetery to-day.
During the work of removing the
rubbish from the Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday a man and his wife
were found clasped SO tightly in each others
arms that it was found necessary to bury them
together. just as the flood struck the city a
wedding was going on, and the principals were
drowned just as the ceremony was completed.
The minister escaped, together with nearly all
the witnesses.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS
is how some of the Pennsylvania railroad off,
Gals now at this place figure the loss and
damage to their property.
Through trains will not be run for three
weeks at least. The damage at East Cone
maugh station will run into the millions.
Further up, where the railroad crossed the
river diagonally ON a fine iron bridge. not
even suggestion remains to show that
there ever was bridge there, nor is there a
particle OF road bed, rails or ties remaining for
three-quarters of a mile. From there. for
distance of mile, the ballast is washed away
and the track badly twisted. The viaduct at
South Fork, having a span so feet and supposed
to be one OF the strongest in the country. has
entirely disappeared. The Duncannon bridge.
a large IRON structure, is also destroyed. The
culvert In the stone bridge at Johnstown will
be repaired and strengthened to-day.
THE CASES IN HOSPITAL.
= There are forty-onc cases in the hospital and
there has been only one death here so far.
Mr.. ]. B. Scott of Pittsburg, is now in charge
of affairs here, there having been a friction
among the leading local men. and all deciding
that 1t was inexpedient to put local man in
ItrOl.
HE LOST HIS WHOLE FAMILY.
On a cot in the hospital on Prospect Hill
there lies at present man injured bodily
almost to death, but whose mental sufferings
are so great as to shadow those of
his physical into insignifcance. His name
Is Eerlng. He has lost in the flood
his whole family. wife and five children. The
look OF despair and agony on that poor mans
face would cause tears to flow from adamant
In an interview he states: II was at home with
my wife and children when the alarm came.
We hurried from the house leaving everything
behind us. As We reached the door a gentle
man friend was running by. He grasped the
two smaller children. one under each arm and
hurried ON ahead of us. had my arm around
my wife, supporting her. Behind us we could
hear flood rushing upon us. In one hur-
RED glance, as L passed a corner, /
could see the fearful flood crunchng
and cracking the houses in its fearful grasp
then could see that there was no possibility
of our escape, as we were too far away from
the hillsldes. In moment it was upon u.s. In
a flash saw the
THREE DEAR CHILDREN LICKED Up BYIr
and disappear from sight as 1 and my wife
were thrown into the air by the vanguard of
the rushing waters. We found ouselves in
among lot of drift driven along with the
speed OF race horse. In moment or
two we were thrown with a crash
against the side of large frame
building, whose walls gave way before it, as if
they were made of pie-crust. and the timbers
began to fall about us in all directions Up to
this time had retained firm hold upon my
wife, but as L found myself pinioned between
two heavy timbers, the agony caused
my senses to leave me momentarily.
recovered instantly in time to
SEC my "liO Hedu just disappearing unuer
water. Like lightning grasped her by the
hair and as best 1 could pinioned as / was
raised her above it. The weight proved too
much and she sank again. Again pulled her
to the surface and again she sank. This did
again and again with no avail.
SHE DROWNED IN THAT VERY GRASP.
and at last she dropped from my nervous hands
to leave my sight forever. AS if had not suf-
fered enough. few moments after saw some
objects whirling around in an eddy, which cir
cled around until, reaching again the current,
they hoated past me.
My God, man, would you believe me? 1t
was three Of my children, all dead. Their
dear little faces are before me now distorted
in look of agony that no matter what | do
haunts me. oh if l could only have released
myself at that time l would have willingly
died with them. l was rescued some time after
and have been here ever since. have since
learned that my friend who bravely en-
deavored to save two of the children was lost
with them"