Evening journal., 1889-06-15
A PULLING PROBLEM.
Where Did Johnstown's Popu-
lation Go?
THE DEAD ESTIMATED AT $500.

But this Estimate Does Not Account for
1881 People who Have Not Yet Regis
tered - 5o1 Applications for Rescued
Babies.
JoENsTowN, Pa, June l5.-The aggregate
number Of bodies found thus far Is 953 at
Johnstown and surrounding morgues. Al
Nmevah, ls9; in Indiana county, 50. This
was lp TO Wednesday morning. The find
ings since that time number 4s Ten Of
these were found yesterday. This makes
total Of /, ,2l0. or the bodies found yesterday
those Of w. b. Hess, Capt O'Connell and
Mary Hohran were identified.
Col. Rodgers, who has charge Of listing ths
dead, says he stlll thinks the aggregate viii
fall below $500. He is finding great diff
Guilty, however, in making up his list. Only
1860 survivors, out Of population Of 29, ,601
have registered.
Lumber for Johnstown.
Gen. Hastings has appointed a COMMITTEES
to take charge Of the lumber that will come
from Michigan and other places The com
mittee determined TO give the lumber out in
the order ia which applications are filed
Twenty carloads are known TO be en- route
and others win follow soon.
The Heaven-sent Rainfall.
Tho rain that poured down on this desc
lated valley until the midday houF hai the
effect Of stopping the work whicA, thorough
iy syBtemat1ed, Is being rapid y pushed for
word Though O drawhnck nt TINS period,
when expedition ~ virtually essential, the
rainfall proved boon in purifying the air
of the sicSening odor Of burning h3sh Tha
jam 81 wreckage at the stone bridge which
was fired smoked and sputtersd IN the drizzIe
and dense clouds OF smoke hung mournfuliy
over this area, where hundreds Of mangled
and decaying bodies still are imprisoned
The Lumbermen's Effective work.
The rain ceused at noon and the sun strug-
gled out again, and in the mud and wreckago
200 workmen resumed their melancholy task.
The jam at the bridge will probably be cleared
away by tomorrow. Engineer Phillips, who Ia
In charge is pushing the work One hundred
and fifty dynamite cartridges were placed in
the mass, and each explosion materially df
minishes the glut SO effective hus been the
work Of body Of Clarion lnmbermen, who
have been engaged in clearing the wreckags
with hooks, that another detachment has
been telegraphed for IL is considered almost
hhlbocibtt 10 ittbNti hlt otaAci bplito ia tiAo
wreck, though the workmsn are dong all In
their power 10 get at them. Up 70 ? O'Clock
seven bodies were recovered. None Of them
were identified
Crowds MT the CommiSsaries.
At the commissaries the crowds seem to i'm
crease each day. They are mud stained,
melancholy set-haggard and worn-with
faces marked with lines that tell their sad
stories, and eyes blank with the vacancy Of
a great bereavement The entrance TO each
station is very narrow, yet into them the
women and children, each with a capaciouz
basket, crowd like sheep into pen. The
line Is a long one, and those who are so un-
lucy as to have arrived after q OF o'clock
stood unprotected, and in some instances half
clad, IN the pouring ram.
IL has been decided 70 tear down all unsafe
buildings in the town and burn the wreckage1
This will be done as soon as the Philadelphia
fire engines are on hand 10 protect property
that is safe. A house house canvass win
be inaugurated today TO secure as near
as possible an accurate list Of the living and
dead for the state officials. The system OF
registration attempted week ago was not
effective.