The Washington critic., 1889-06-06
STORIES OF THE FLOOD.
a welcome sight.


that charity, whether Christian or not.
Is not so rare under the sun as the cynic
philosopher would have US 10 believe.
From East and West. North and South
come to Johnstown whole train loads Of
clothing and provisions accompanied
by special messengers, having funds
and large corps of volunteer physicians,
busy road nurses and workers. Ac
companying the big Philadelphia relief
train was special car occupied by q
with large outfit of instruments and
medicines. AT the chief commissary
station Yesterday morning $4,000 peo
pie were fed, and 600 families furnished
with provisions. Five carloads of
clothing were distributed, and now al
most every one Is provided with cloth
ing. A number of women who had
been compelled to wear mems clothes
were glad 10 get back into skirts
again.
The Little Ones suffered Most.
In the morgue the little ones lie in
dozens where the adults are IN half
dozens; but there is and has been
much greater difficulty in recovering
the bodies of the children Being
lighter and smaller, they have often
been swept into outof-tbe-way recesses
that are almost inaccessible and are
more easily carried away. A great pro-
portion of the children have been swept
down the river and their bodies driven
under ovcrhanging banks, under thick
cts and over places where there is only
sparse population and where the
search is not carried on in careful and
organized manner. AS an illustration
of this, just above New Florence some
fragments of clothing were in full view
of the path on the river bank Hun
lreds of people passed the place for
three days looking for bodies. but
thought It was only shreds Of worthless
cloth they were looking at. Finally
somebody poked at the rags with q
stick and swirl in the current brought
a two-year.old babe to the surface.
Crowded with Strangers.
Johnstown is crowded with strangers;
it impedes work and does not help.
| Some of the committeeman turn to
| sightseeing, but many work like Tro-
| jams. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road is doing good work. The road Is
well open all through, and provisions
are pouring into this place. Agent
Patton has twenty-five TO sixty assist.
ants engaged with him in receiving
these collections The supplies are
turned over TO james b. Scott, who has
been appointed commissary, and all
things are given out under his super.
| vision. Everything il being done 10
attain the best possible GOOD.
| Clearing the Ground.
7, will ,oIo IN ooo man ,h;rtv dave %
,,aar ,ha oro,,nd so ,hat ~, s;ra,,s ,.o
nasaohio and ,he wort of rehuil5;no
CO.., no dono Stons n,,,e, he ,oto,, and
a, onco 10 f,,rn;oh gours of worLmon
| and TODAY n communication will be
sent to the Pittsburg Chamber of Com.
merce. asking the different manufac
turers of the Ohio Valley to take turns
for month or so In furnishing reliefs
of workmen. Each establishment will
be asked to stop work for week at n
time and send all hands in charge of n
foreman and a time-keeper. These
gangs should come for week at time,
as no organization can be effected If
workmen arrive and leave when they
please.
Thousands stin Under the Debris.
| All NIGHT stranoers roamed arourd
loohira ~ a nloca 10 rast .u nr snna,h;mr ",J y
~ aot The man who gets n sandw;nh
10 bannv snnerintendent Patton of tba
r. StH .StH tb;nis that there aro ara nj ~ ieas, &
IN 10 o0o daad vat nnder tho dehr;s &
Nearly ali The naonle who havs eyneri'
anced ,be borrars Of Tho food ore In a
dayed condition and M vet do not frj,v
real;ze the extent Of What has befails1
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