The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-20
RAIN AND RUIN.
One Thousand oorpsss in the
Ruins.

p"ses-many dangerous hullnlhBs v"
be hased 10 the Ground-Earnest Ef'
forts Made to Recover all the hodies
Poasihie-Coi, sheppard sends Another
Car Load of suppiies-'Ihe state Pays
Railroad Fares,
JoHNsTowN, June i6,-The wreekago
burns very slowly, the steady downpour
OF rain greatly interfering with ia rapid
demolition, The rain practically stopped
work, even the soldiers seeking tho shell
Tor OF their tents, Tho rain Is looked
upon as a God-send by number OF peo'
pie here, as tho Odur from tho burning
flesh, when II Is warm, Is horrible, The
rain has served 10 alay all odor and ono
can breathe comfortably, The crowds
around the CommlssarieH, which seem 10
Increase with each day, were a mud
bedraggled set The entrance 10 each
station Ii very narrow, yet into them tho
women and children each with eapa-
oloua basket, crowded this morning like
sheep IN q pen, The line was long one,
and those who were 80 unluoky ~ 10 ar
rive after O or 7 o'clock, were forced TO
stand unprotected, and In some In
stances half clad, In the pouring rain,
Their baskets were generally well alled,
and yet, on leaving the oommssariea,
complaints were heard on all sides Of
"No butter nor anything fresh, after
two weeks etc., etc,
Enough men for tho Work.
Gen, Hastings was out early aa usual
this morning, and was kept exceedingly
busy, Iclcgrama are coming In upon
him from all parts Of tho country, from
contractors who want q chance ~ the
work Of clearing away tho debris, In
an interview the general sald eve
have now about all the worlmen We
need, and " II was not for che rain thif
morning we would have ut least e,6OC
men at work. OF course this weather
viii knock out everything while II con
tinuea, We had just got the work down
20 system, and from now ON hardly
think we viii have any trouble AN
htill getting numerous offers from al
over the country, for Ia different ways
the people Of the United States are moi
forgetting this great calamity, and are
helping ua In every way, II Ia impos
ablo 10 tell when the work will bo fin
iahcd, oa II seems that the more we dc
the more we have todo, A vast amount
Of work has been done yet Il ia hardly
noticeable"
nig Charges ~ Dynamite.
The only work being done is NJ the
stone bridge, It's very important that
the channel should ho opened, aud En-
gincor Phillips and Contractor Mcknight
have been ut wurl, since early morning
Dynamite h being used IN large qupnti
ties, and Mr. Phillip. says that dynamite
h the only thing that viii have any
effect on Che largo pile Of debris Thl
morning $50 cartridges were put "a 10
charge and the noise from the explosion
could be- heard for miles around,
A number Of lumhprmon from Clarion
county were 0t work with their hook
this morning, and their services are In,
valuable, Their work has been 80 cilcC,
tive that another detachment OF them
has been sent for Engineer Phillips
who Is experimenting the work, stated
that lac expects 10 have the debris ~ the
bridge cleared away by Sunday, Said
hes "l ucycr saw such un almost un.
gurmouutublp object la my life, OLD
locomotives, wooden and iron bridge
material aud almost all the Guutior Steel
works, are piled up there We have
tried everything, but dynamite seems tC
bo the only thing that has any effect al
all. We are pulling the wrechagc out
In the day time and burning II at night
We are doing all Ia our power 10 gol
out whatever bodies are among the
wreck, but Il B almost impossible TO gel
at them
II has been decided to tear down
largo number Of the houses that are I'm
safe, and where possible burn the frame
houses, The fire engines from PhilNdcl
phia will be ON hand toprotoct the house,
that are worth saving,
A. Work on Onlclni Rcglstcra
Col Rodgers, who has charge Of Tho
registration Of the dead and the living
commenced work actively this morning
"Thc registers we have It present, he
snid care us good and complete us We
could have under the circumstances, yet
they ARE not what We want, The men
who had the work In charge did Il ro
murkNhly well, everything being consid
cred, vet we want tp get this thing ~
perfect as possible There Is really nc
telling what the population Of these Dor
Oughs wus In my opinion II was givcr
out that the population was larger than
Il really was Curyussors are now
making q hougC.to.houso canvass for the
state officials G, h, Clark, who gOt W
the last directory of these bOroughs, hai
charge Of the work,
WIN Recover ~ Many uodlcs ~ Possible
Earnest efforts are being made 10 re
cover Hll the bodies possible, and very
little rubbish Is buried until II has been
thoroughly searched, quito u number
Of new workmcn arrived on the morn
ing train and were at once assigned C
places on the work. Temporary frame
buildings are going mp all over town,
and by the first Of next week there will
bo very general resumption Of bust
no8 All the business men who can dc
30 are opening offices and preparing e
rebuild their establishments.
Four companies Of the Philadelphia
fire department have arrived, aud ~
soon ns They can get their engines, which
nro coming by fast freight viii establish
headquarters aud got 10 work.
One Of Meningitis foremen was ar
rested yesterday afternoon for stealing
gum boots from the commissary depart.
ment and selling them at $3.50 pair.
Tho state rays Rnllroad Fares
District Passenger Agent Samuel II.
Moody Of the Pennsylvania company
arrived here thig morning and had o
consultation with Adit, Gen, Hastings,
Mr. Moody left q number Of blanks 10 be
filled up by Gen. Hastings for those OF
the sufferers who wished transportation
10 western points This will be given
over the Pennsylvania lines and the fares
will be charged to the state.
More Aid from Col. sheppard.
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