The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-06-08

were buried without ceremony in the several Gem
eteries Services will be held later, the living
now require attention.
On Sunday thirteen Hungarian miners were OBJ
served picking their way along the banks of the
Conemaugh towards Sang Hollow. Suspicious Of
their purpose several farmers armed themselves
| and started in pursuit Soon their most horrible
| fears were realized. The Hungsrans were out fol
| p,under Lying upon the shore they came upon
the dead aud mangled body Of woman, upon
| whose person there were a number of tr.nkets OF
iewelry and two diamond rings. In their eagerness
| to secure the plumber the HungaranS got into a
| souabble during which one of the number severed
the finger upon which were the rings and started on
| a run with his fearful prize The revolving nature
| of the deed so wrought upon the pursuing farmers
who by this time were close at hand that they gave
| immediate chase. some of the Hungarans showed
| fight but being outnumbered were compelled to flee
for their lives Nine of the h5utes escaped but foul
were literally driven into The surging river and L
their death. The inhuman monster, whose atrociou'
act has been described, was among the number o.
! the involuntary suicides. number of railroad EN-
plovees caught SIX others and lynched them, while
| others were shot down.
Editor c. T. Schubert, ofthe Johnstown Free Pres
sent portion of his family away on Thursday after
noon. and on Friday he and his wife and other
| children called at Mr. Gribbles residence. They
noticed the rise the water but not until the food
/ from the bursted dam reached the city did they
anticipate danger. All fed from the first to the
second floor. Then as the water rose. they went 70
| the attic and Mr. Schubert hastily prepared raft
upon which all embarked Just as the raft reached
the bridge heavy piece of timber raised from the
/ water aud swept the editor beneath the surface
The raft then glded through. and all the rest were
4 rescued. Mr.. Schubert's remains were found be
meath pile OF broken timbers and his coin was
carried to his widow and children at the house OF
| friend in MofrellvilIe.
/ The Catholic churches were the only ones LEI
] standing. though badly damaged. and they were
used 10 place the dead bodies in that their riend
! could secure them.
I AT Cambria tho loss TO the iron works will reach
about S}olo.o0 in property 10 say nothing ahcn
untitled orders.
Fire broke out in the debris gathered AT the brdg'
and the stencil from the buraing bodies was sJifins
I Efforts were made 20 exunguish it, bat order
We're issued to let IL burn for sanitary reasons As
I hundreds of bodies were 50 cntangied in the mas
I that they could not DE cxtrcated. some bodic'
Z r.,cucd were found 90 have bullet holes in thei
heads thus giving rise t. the idea that they commit
ted suicide in preference % death by SLOW burning
Statements by an Eyewitness.
/ A braken engagement is probably all that >Aved
the life Of Mr. C. W Linthicum, % Baltimore. travel
ing salesman for the firm OF ". 7. Dixon a Bro.
wholesale shoe dealers. Mr. LiBthicum rcache,
Baltimore on Monday. He had an engagement Is
meet Il Chicago party in Piytsburg early Friial
morning intending Immediately aaer'Vari % TAX
train for Iohustowu due there shortly before noon
/ The Chicago party did not appear. and Nj iinthi
cum took The afternoon New YORK mail express AZ
{ O'Clock Tor Johussown. The train was due Al SAM
rsftr fsssFu ~Hx
! al sang Hollow st so7 I'VE minutes late. OF wha
happened Mr. IsnthiCum gives the folio ing graph
account
( We were about O. pull out OF the station when ~
E heard that the food was coming Looking ahead
( up the valley We saW an Immense wall Of water. q
least thirty feet hiEh raging. rosrine rushing pe3I
I mel towar1s as The engineer rcveTsed She cagin'
and rushed back toward the hills al full sTegd, bu
Nc barely escaped the rash ofwaters. We ran hsci
+ 81 yards and The loo4 swept by tearing aP track
F telegraph poles houses aud tees Superintendent
I Pitcairn. Of ihC mad. vas on boari the train ~
ali 60; cat and trsei 10 save the people fo4tps ~
Taxing the bell cord "a the trash. ogssei lin,
4 aud lhrcH the rog-e out. saving serca lrrsons W,
could hare saved more BAT many were afraid 80 ie
- TIE Seating dehfis "a Naiyb they chung ard trus
themselves to ths slight rafc Ii eafsIl s;Ebi
+ The immense volume % ua;sf SLING he naFruu
I valley fF9m mouufain 60 mountain. vas foaS.ni
along. whlfliug over hs<e Tocks, aashias aEzius
shc banks and lesp!ng hish int9 she At. fataain'
fearful wh5F,p1sts, WaseFspsats and catarAess and
this s,hins5i va literally sirrssu a!th EFsnlin.
AID crushing tmbcrs trunks u trees Iast 81 loss,s
ami hundreds of hamaa beings cz,gie. dugs cag
f and Almost every living saimal TIE faffsi peri
Z ofthc living vas no more aWfai fssn the shsstll
bouor 81 hundge.is % disieT;cd 5aerdins ooT8Se
wAsriing 4loag the Avalanche al 5caIh ~
couuged i85 perzons silyc Coating IS ca pieees o
tiuiief and dead wish1a, HuHtar. 4 ssctlau II 100
/ came by. u.soa which wcfc clloginE woman apt
young giri. A young man named e. " HepPrussall
Of Figtsburv whu had asE recovered truzs3 saver,
spell q thsaaatisla. ralci % bis outer claJhtnE
aud taxing the tell r9gf. uaar.l sIsd swam oai d
he reoG he hrot<by ia lri the sri ana ihen %,
woman. rAcy ,ald IS sher acss uss RELATIVES q
each siher bat TIE woman aai -; hcf husband
and sgr chl.irua. aE thr Ess her izshsr lsssslse
and rusiEc fAasty A i5f3lc bay yNzgs ssh cHrav =
With BIS mashrf baih SER esiEa cOuia t-'
aud the 8lsiie cliaa sgsasei 81 D. tryiag 81 canfE
b m1theF Ties pz,sa-i uEhrcsiag ogf Froaerrt
help. and ssriksns ne brbizc hr3oa apni dssr
inEa she FEARFUL vogtsE Efe lead uae tcaaiifa
sirl cane ~ uilh her hands raiscs ia peayrf, and
althouga shastci 10 atr, and along ilss oans
she paid no aitcaupa - ~ We cuusd hare savci
her i shc had caushs us r0ps. An cid sc7icanah
Ana hss wife, whom s4vc4 salf ;ha; eleven ssari
e4 from Cambria CITY "a he s-sf hat al the osAcr,
haa dropped %.
Absat oe3ock ae sisr,sa hack - Sew F.essncc
esaseman walking shead ga s,sc track wAich vas
esiyorci with water D. see 10 sAs afe. All a.oas
1hr river thr saa.e icFsiate scenrs urre Wlsaesai
Caught lie the branches OF innumgf4tie tvs and
uedsci "a esTlVFs iu tia banEs uerc c.Fpss ApqzF-
eufiy without uaaaheF. A s.uEle shing I Hosieci
that q al the Fsrspns We rsscued az haiicl
aaating dos tis rivcf lsus use ffsua 1ohnssaWa
All the Fcsi Eese fsen sarryuuing farther 10
% dQsH tbs river larss sycamore tser in the
river hall say begprrn sauE iIuilov aud NeE Flof-
euee seeHled % draw iHso nraFiy al ~ho aasIesi
doNa aud Ehcy- under thc sFaAre ~ ssoss
Ike lead whea the usisss sutaldcd zoo halies
Wcre faund a. rbe not g thbs ircr-
All u.shi loag penoas ana dead bodies ao@ici
By Nes FlorCueo. AtPhl.burg GA saturday nearly
100 miles from Johesioau seventy -elgh, b-siigs
Wese rrcoyered. aad a. aany more Scre sryu SCAT
ms by
AT New F1crCaee. Ga Friday uight talkcd with .
young man lrum 1dhns;uHu who WAfchci she
Whose OF The terrible disaster ffoa5 iho Haouatlih
side aveFhaugiug The city. Ahcgi noun be SD.
word vas received FROM south Forks that the dam
was giving way The people Immediately wired
back Tor morg news bat BY that time the telegraph
Office a. south Forks had bccu swept away Before
any other news Of ne situation reached Johnslovu
the Hood Nas ou the doorarsi city Ny iuf5rma u {
said e saw the great wall 81 vAics several miles up
the valley coming lac thnnderb H. Many In
Johusiown took alarm and sArie3 COT the aoan-
taius while Others ecnesi 10 think that er0wding
into the upper stars, Of their houses sulcicug
for salvation. When the great wave struck the city
houses melted AWAY ike wax Ia aame, Large
brick buildings seemed 60 60 up Ia a puff Of snoke
while the frame houses lofn from Ihcr foundations
were whifled reuad and round against olaeF houses
demolishing each other aud pouring q huge mass Of
debris and struggling human h,iags into the Hs5.i,
Many houses held together uatil ia rushing down
with the sey struck tbs great stone rSiiroa
bridge, where they went % pieces ike egsshelis
Soon the place where the city stood was a raging
sea dilei with TIMBER trees wrecks Of houses and
people The young man saw hundreds Of struggi-
ing, frsuEied human beings swept against tho
bridge and sucked q death under The boiling waters
and debris until he became sick ard turned away
He thought that more than three 0urihs OF .he peo
pie Of Jamestown persisted.
Hundreds Of people from the Inflated city are
wandering homeless and almost starving the
mountain sides. Very Jew saved anything aud
saw numbers going down the stream perfectly
naked. The suffering within the next few days
will be something fearful unless prompt and effi-
eient re!iefis extended. The people do not want
money, for there is nothing TO buy. but they do
need food. and clothing at once.
In other Places.
Washington D. c. was flooded the water extend
ing up 70 Pennsylvania Avenue. HueksteEs aud
TniIkueu could NOT reach the CITY and many were