New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04
THE SAD WORK OF THE DAY.
NO OTHER TASK PERFORMED EXCEPT RE-
COVERING TIE DEAD.

ALMOST EVERY DEPRESSION IN THE VALLEY
49, RESTING PLACE FOR CoRpsEs-
INSPECTING THE RUINS.
Johnstown, Penn, Juno ga namelsss Paul no
we're lies somewhere among the dead VINO ne ~
may never be known, but his ride WI be famous 10
local history. Mounted on great bay horse No rooo
down the pike which passes through Conensugh 10
lobpstovn Ike some angel Of wrath Of old, shouting
his portentous warning:
run for your lives to the hili'i Run 70 ths
hinsr
Tho people crowded out Of their houses along the
thtckly settled stroet, aue-struck and wondering
Nobody knew the man, ind some thought be was
maniac and laughed On he rode and shrili rang out
bis awful cry In few moments there came
ooud OF ruin down The broad streets down the narrow
Alleys grinding twisting hurting, overhrrng, crash.
ing annihIlstng the weak and the strong. IL was
the chare, OF the food wearing its coronet OF ruin
and devastation, which grew at every instant OF It's
progrcss. On raced the rider and on rushed the
wave. Dozens Of people took heed Of tho warning
and ran up 10 the hills. Poor, faithful rider. IL
was an unequal contest Just he turned across the
railroad bridge The mighty fen upon him, and
horse rider and bridge all went out into chaos To-
gcther.
The developments Of every hour make It more and
more apparent that the exact number will never be
time are conservative, and when all is known Will
doubtless DO found TO have been too small. over
1000 bodies have been found since sunrise to-day and
tho most skephcal concode that tho remains OF
thousands moro rest beneath tho ruins above the
Johnstown bridge. The population of Johnstown,
the surrounding towns and the portion OF the valley
affected by the flood Is, was from 10000 to $1,000
Associated Press Representatives to-day interviewed
numerous leading citizens OF JOhnsown who survived
the food and the Of opinion was that fully
30 per Of tho residents OF JOhnstown and Cambria
had been victims OF tho combined disasters OF nre
and water. II this be true the total loss OF life IN
tho entire valley cannot be less than 1000 or 5000
and possibly much greater. OF the thousands who
we're dcvourcd by tho flames, whose ashes rest be-
meath the smoking heap above the Johnstown bridge,
no definite Information can ever be o6ained. AS htte
will DO learned OF the hundreds that sank beneah tho
current and we're borne swiftly down the Conemadgp
only 10 be deposited hundreds OF miles below on tno
banks and IN the driftvOOd Of tho Ohio River Proo-
ably ono third OF The dead will be recovered and
Il will take q list Of tho missing, weeks hcnco' 70
enable even a close estimate to be made Of the num-
ber that wcre seen floating In tho rVer III
tho brief hour. That this estimate can never DO &C
curate can be understood when IL is remembered mat
m many Instances whole families and their relatves
we're swept away TO a common grave beneath the WHO
waste OF waters.
All Indications poln, % tho fact that the death
list will reach over 5000 names and in my opinion
tho missing will roach 5000 in number declared
General d. II. Hastings tonight
Al present therc arc said 20 be oooo recovered
bodies Tho graf obstacle 20 getting correct MSS is
tho great number OF morgnes. There 10 no cehtrS
bureau Of information. and TO communicate With the
different dead houses Is tho work Of hours The
Journey from the Pennsylvania Railroad morSue 10 inc
ore in tho Fourth Ward SchooEhouso IN Johnstown
occnuieS nj least ono hour This renders 10 imposSl
bls 20 roach all Of them ip ono day. particularly rs
some OF tho morgues ut points INACCESSIBLE iom
Johnstown, At 9 o'clock in the evening the o1Vu'
hodv Ind been recovered ct the Cambria depository
for eorpses Al Millve was the body OF girl htVeen
ears old making tho forty.si1th corpse recovered
,her, An angry mark tho wrist looRen as IL
bracelet had been torn nom tho arm AZ
the Fourth Ward SehoolhOuso great huniOor VI
victims arc being prepared for intement' ie''
terIay 600 were disposed Of aud to-day As many no'"
received attention.
rur LIVING UNABLE TO DARE Ton THE DEAD
K.rnyrIe +, in A deplorabe condition. The living
| ar, unable TO tako caro- Of the dead. Tho majority
=, ~. inhabitants Of tho town wore drowned.
rcanto OF boards had been erected on the only sree'
remaining in tho town. This Is the heSIlONcre
for the committee IN charge OF the se@ran TOT Toe
dead As quickly tho dead arc eronshs 70 tn''
point they arc placed in boxes and then taken 10 the
| cemetery and buried supply s'oro ns' Oeo'
| oncped IN the town. A milkman who was over.
charging for milk this morning narrowly escaped
| Ivpcbinr The infuriatod appropriated all his
| milk and distributed II among the poor, and thon
drove him out OF town. The body OF The hungarian
who Nas lvnehed in an orchard last nigm' was TO
moved BY hIs friends during the night Inc inhunSh
| monster had cut OF four fingers Of wcman's hand
n, was noticed before he escaped, ana droppou me
nrecrs into his pocket, WHORE they wcc found "hen
| h. vas oapurcd. Tho act maddcncd tho men, ana
| ,bcv took him to an orcharl the hillside ana
| hanged him. There is but one street ien In 'hH
| town About l55 houses arc Standing whrTo o"ce
Their, stood thousand. None Of the largo puiinihsS
| In what was ouce thriving litle borough have
escaped one thousand people IS a low estimate Oh
tho number OF lives lnst from this town. Few OF the
,oJIc have boon recovered. II IS directly above tho
| r,ips which took fro and the bodies have hoateu
! down and wero burned. walk through the to"n
| revealed dcsolAte sight Only about tWeh'A'H''
| able bodied men havo survived. Men ana Won'oh
can be seen with black eyes, bruised faces snd hcas
| cut The appearance OF some of the women IS Piuiui
They were injured IN the food and since that have
| no. slcpt Many have succumbed to nervous pros
| trauon. For two days little assistance couIu w
| rendered them No medical attention Teacheo "em
| Their wounds remained uncared for. IheS were im
| prisoncd I'm some houses, cut of by tho wafer aho
drcd f,,p, their injuries alone. Some were alive on
Sunday and their shouts could be heard by the people
| ON the shore.
A man IS now in a temporary fail In what Is left
| OF the town. lie caught stealing gold watch
| A shot was fired at him, but he was not wounded
| Tho only thing that saved him from lynchlng va
the smaIness Of the crowd. His sentence VIII b'
tie heaviest that can be given him,
Services IN che chsIel from which the bodies wer
buried consisted merely Of q prayer by one OF tn
survivors No minister was present Each eoh'
had descriptive card on IT, and on the graves
,lmlsr card was placed so that bodies can be removes
later by hlcnds.
Tho Cambria Hospital has now 300 patients. Dr.
Buck, with an efficient corps Of aids, Is In ehargs
Two OF the patients died yestcrday-miss Hughes az
twenty, and Mrs. Teeters ago oishty-throe. Tn
latter was suffering from a compound fracture OF III
arm The remainder OF the patients arc doing well
Several Injured people have had operations performe
upon them. The hospital In the upper part o
) Johnstown is full 10 OVERLOOKING. Many patient