Evening journal., 1889-06-11

LOOKING TOWARD THE BURNING DEBRIS.
on the morning Of the tenth day. 1t was the
remains Of a woman, Emma Roth by name
iden titled by her broken hearted husband an
hour later. DR.. G. G. Rrinckley, one Of
Johnstown's brightest and most promising
physicians, was found at last ia the raft near
where that Of the woman lay Although
but 30 years Of age his appearance when the
remains We're rescued was that Of man rs
years old.
Clasped in Each Others Arms
Others unknown We're taken from the raft
at all bours OF the day, among them an old
man with his little boy clasped in his arms
With every hour comes a salute for the hun
dreds yet buried there, 1t is the blast Of
dynamite Five bodies were found under
one single heap of the wreckage in the town.
One Of them was Kate Neary, the milliner
and modiste.
One of the saddest identihcations was that
Of Miss Blanch Harnish, Of Dayton o. She
was passenger on the day express, aud her
father has searched for the past three days.
Some werkmen found her body lying under
the tresile near the Pennsylvania railroad
station.
George G. Humm was a well known in
surance agent Nobody had gwen him a
thought until his body was carried to the
Presbyterian church morgue.
The Dead Arc Quickly Buried.
The day is past when the discovered dead
can be kept any time for Identification
| Frightful scenes at the morgues bear quick
testimony Of this The keepers say that as
soon as the air strikes the corpses now it be-
comes almost impossible to handle them, and
the sooner they are buried the better There
are over fifty new faces on the slabs at tine
morgues, and a record shows that week
from the time morgues were established ,4g2
people We're buried from them who were dis
covered right in this vicinity. This has
nothing to do with the valley or the dead OF
! Nineveh, at New Florence and elsewhere. a
! great many were also buried who were not
taken TO these morgues.
The People Favor the Cremation Idea.
The greatest menace to the living at Johns
town is the great drift above the stone bridge
Ii is more difficult to clear away, fuller Of
animal matter, harder to approach, and more
dangerous 20 those who have 10 use river
water than any part Of the ruins. Although
at first there was q natural sentiment against
the burning OF this mass which led to the ex-
tingushment OF the fire here by Pittsburg
firemen, there has been steady change Of
drift fired the people would acquiesce and
admit that it was for the best. This has been
true in regard 70 the burning Of dangerous
buildings and piles of wood in various parts
Of the valley, where the nostrils Of those 10
whom the wind carried the smoke told them
time and time again that human flesh was
burning The chances in the event Of the
finding 81 a body in the DRIFT are decidedly
against its identification, and this is also an
argument in favor of the cremation of the
whole This plan is TO dry up the part Of the
river bed where the wreckage IS and then
soak it with oil and fire it, Now that the
river Is rapidly lowering this plan is entirely
feasible
The work OF removing the debris above the
railroad bridge was continued with a large
force OF men, there being now about 500 men
at work but still the progress is very slow
The men are scattered Ell along the shore
and the debris is being burned Another
large force Of men who have arrived, armec
with axes, were at once set TO work.
7 A Mysterious Rescuer Of Bodies.
A number Of bodies have been recovered
through the efforts of one man at the upper
pontoon bridge on Stony creek. He is iron
Philadelphia and has his own staff When
. reporter asked him his name he replied: Il
don't make any difference about my name
. I'm here for business and rowed away. HI
I has ropes and hooks, and recovered fou
9 bodies from an old freight car washed frou
! the track at that point. There are numbe
e of old trees and roots washed in at this place
T. and his plan Of operation is to stir the root
pretty lively, and the bodies at once come t
the surface. He then passes rope under tn
arms and tows them 10 ths bank pulls theI
q out of tho water ard allows them to lay ther
!, for the ami uinnce corps to take them TO til
i Inorgue He talks TO no one and goes abor
J his work with an apparent knowledge Z
what lie Is doing. 1t Is thought that iher