Evening journal., 1889-06-08


task of washing body and preparing IL foi
burial and then retreat 70 the yard t. await
the arrival of the next CHASTITY find. II
some cases it Is necessary TO inter a body
within few hours while others can safely
be preserved several days Every possible
opportunity is afforded for Identification
One body found was that of girl about n
years old, who was terribly bruised and her
face crushed into jelly. Two men and
woman we're taken from in front OF store
onlMain street.
lie Had Stolen $4,000.
Thursday night a private Of Company
captured man who had been proving
through the wreckage In his pockets wer,
found $4,000 worth Of notes and drafts,
many Of them negotiable.
Work has been begun on the ruins ot the
Hurlburt house or the ffty-sx guests at
this houe only eleven are known 20 have es
capped and only niue bodies have been recoy.
cred.
Alexander b. Campbell, New York de-
tective, who is acting here under Con Hast
ings has returned from a trip to the country,
where he located thirty.six barrels Of ii bur
Teams and men were sent out b. bring the
stuff in The house OF Mrs. Mills ami the
house of Jacob Slutzman, Mr.. Cam bel says,
are stocked with enough provisions " last
them months. Ha also locatei "A house IA
Prospect which is well stocked with diamonds
and other valuables. An were taken from
the wreck. Despite the vigilance Of the
guards and best means employed 10y those IN
charge, people get through the lines and over
the wreckage whore they pilfer unmolested.
They are All Gone"
Yesterday an utterly wretched woman
named Mrs Fem stood by muddy pooi OF
water trying 10 find some trace Of onee
happy home She was half crazad with grief
As the writer stepped 10 her side she raised
her pale and haggard face and remarked;
"They are all gone Oh, God, be mercitul q
them A husband and seven children Were
swept down with the hood, and | left alone.
We were driven by the awful d nod into the
garret, but the water followed us there.
Inch by inch It kept rising until our heads
were crushing against the roof. IL was death
to remain SO / raised window and one 10y
one placed my darlings on some driftwood,
trusting to the great Creator. As LIBERATED
the last one, my sweet little boy, he looked Al
me aud said: Mamma you always told m'
that the Lord would care for me; will he lool
after me nowP ! saw him drift away, witt
his loving face turned toward me- and witt
a prayer ON my lips for his deliverance, hi
, passed from sight forever. The next momen
7 the roof crashed IN and l tioated outside, q
be rescued fifteen hours later from the roo
Of a house in Kearnsvile. II ! could onl
find one OF my darlings / could bow 70 th
I, will Of God, but they are all gone. l hav
y lost everything ON earth now but my life
"a Another Woman Rescued Alive.
MI Another victim OF the wreck has been re
cued iron the ruins alive Mrs Georg
Stantlcr, wife OF one Of the prominent PHI
le toeraphers OF the town, was taken from Il
n. wreck of a house down near the Point tn
Of body ii a woman was found near tho res
I'd dcuce OF Henry Haws, which when taken
h tn1 Pre- hyterian church morgue was su
b. posed 10 b3 that OF Mrs Stantor Her 50
De afterwa.d viewed the body and said that
was not his mother. The finding Of ii
Iq woman alive proved that he was right MIR
nj Staniler was lying when found in a cavit
Il. beneath a pile OF beams and ia;ters whic
"A lac up tho mass Of ruins on top aud prs
IS vented them from crushing her She wa
unconscious and was just breathing. He
hold on life was a very slender one, and il
not probable that sho will live although sh
Is receiving the tenderest Of care Whe
the news OF her rescue after six days an
nights Of exposure and lack OF nourishmer
spread through the town, hundreds of peop
crowded about the stretcher on which 81
was being carried 10 see her. II is consil
cred almost miraculous that she shoull haN
rem uncd alive 50 long. The rain and col
were enough 10 kill her, without the bruis
and wounds which she received during ii
aJol
Work OF the Red Cross Corps.
II Is feared at the Rod Cross corps hea
q. quarters that the flood has left a partin
\, curse lowering over the Conemaugh vale
in tine form Of the dread disease, diphtheri
- The attention Of tho medical people Is no
a directed 10 Kemville, whore the Red Gro
n makes no secret OF prevailing disease Mi
Z Clara A Barton and DIR. O'Naill, Of the Rl
VA Gross, have dscided 70 establish hospital
h. Kernville, and after much trouble with Il
local authorities secured a sight and ersctl
N their hospital tents, with Dr. Barnes, Of Ph
hi udelphia, in charge. This morning they a
4. prepared to receive the patients, Of whi'
NJ there is a large number
rv At meeting Of the finance committee
n the relief committee ia Johnstown a resol
~ ton was adopted thanking the Pittsbu
NJ chamber of commerce for its agreement
"A continue TO act as the agency for furnishiI
M supplies, etc, after the exhaustion Of its o.
NJ fund. Cyrus Elder, one q the commit,
n men, said last ey,ning: THE situation
Re. greatly unsettled. No provision has yet be
made for anything beyond the payment
as the wages of the laborers engaged IN rem.
a. nq the debris. Johnstown had no deb's
u. CONSEQUENCE, and its municipal goy,rnm,
or was about perfect. We were fast prspar.I
ed for extensive improvements The health
OF the city was good and the city wa9 OLIVIA
,st free from epdem cs of all kinds
he Perished fl the Huribut House.
We The register and safe Of the Hurlbut hou
Vi have been taken out Of the ruins intact. II
ne dead NUM- er forty-cight; twelve survive
be The streets are all covered with huge DO
en- fires, which make the atmosphere seem Ill
ed an oven. Several bodies have been tak'
ID from the ruins on the point. The Red Gro
is society has formed hospital corps for Il
v benefit Of the workmen, many Of whom a
in injured daily This society has been doiI
IN. excellent work.
- The Train Dispatcher Responsible.
n. BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, June 8 - Coron
-, Holt has rendered his decision in the matt,
~ Of fixing the responsibility for the receI
- Housatonic railroad disaster at Trumbull,
u, which Engineer Look and Brakeman Oh
W IA G,,d1 that fhn f,nSppugibi ilit