Telegram-herald., 1889-06-06
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aao placed nDtll they ale iasl-.kx4 - hs-
esuss oft elA,ss. Il the l4tssr ..A-s 49, are
l3rraea - lie large grave uk-s "a Asrss
a1seK have El0AaassI.t Sssz q eeszzsa sas
legend ''Vl1kns~D dead
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tsses reooS nlzs tAolE dsS2. secure TIE col
szs ses tA.slu carried lie best wav they eAn
g. tie Eaol.s lcs. then a. tbs FravsS aids 4
yTEkeI sol.ss tesrs .ac Tea saasS 81 ths
I'd thousands azs buried ~ Mother E4rtA
Kind farmers lent ts4siT asslsssRoe aad
d. UEenct .as and graves foI tbs KloliCls ~
tie great iioe1 Slngle internlenss aFe rare.
USUALLY tbs o.ffns scrf placed H. long rows
b. tAs ucncAes prepared tof ths pafpose.
f0uT trenches 100 feei s0as seven tect ~los
snd tAEee feet deep lara tlle graves fof ~
victims ~ TIE road whose b9oles were 70
covered q Aineyeh. ten Eal.es below Johns
team TIE STAY.
1As NastmoFelaDd County oosamis-
sloners L4vo purchased az acre OF
ground q the siae oi the mountains and
converted IL into 4 cemetery A gang OF
l&ooTers - AT WORK al day digging ths
trenches rough pine board as placed
al tie head Of each oofan IL the trench
with tie lalUs Of lAe victim written viii
lead pencil
Al the JohnstoNn station, on the east
side OF the nser. every thing vac quiet
yes considerable w0rk "a beiag done This
is TIE chief conlmlssaIy station, ana
j.. 600 people were Ted and about ooo fam
iles were furnished with provisions Ave
carloads % clothing were distributed
TnE KIsD oF NKR WAKTEB
Four hundred men have aIIlNed here IN
charge II Phillip Finn Hon William
Finn arrived lateT and took charge OF the
Work. ana by II clock they. had succeeded
Ia doing more work at clearing
away The debris than has been done here
tofoTe Ar. fliBn has offered The men
special Inducements 10 make them work
Seventy i've carpenters and twenty car
loads Of provisions came up with the labor
Ing men. Another delegation Of Workmeu
came up from BTaddock Zach man
had pick, shovel saw OF come
other instrument on LIS shoulder aud wAs
prepared 20 60 10 work immediately.
Adlutant-General Hastings has requested
the Associated Press 70 state that ttis is
the kind OF men that are wanted here.
and too many can not be sent Thirty
doctors arrived from Philadelphia IN
charge OF Or. Forbes The doctors were
thanked for their Willingness 10 help, but
that there are no sick 10 take care Of
1noHrHD IYNCnNo DENIED.
Adiutsnt-General Hastings IL an inter.
view yesterday morning said be wished tc
deny stories published IN certain news
papers TO the effect that there had been
some Wholesale lynching since sunday.
rs DEPLORAIaK CONDITION
JoHssTowS Pa, June 5.-Ihe resident
portion OF NoOdvale borough is completely
wiped out The property loss is estimated
at e.. jo0, ,OcO On the hills nbove
the wrecked village is presented
the worst spectacle Of the bonr
Here are clustered the several thousand
inhabitants who escaped, and unless aid Is
given them soon they must perish of want
Starvation siAres them In the face. They
are SO far above Johnstown that the relief
parties have not yet reached them, and
only a few provisions have been
brought up 20 thom by the other
survivors ia Johnstown Several have lost
their mind, and ii is feared that the horrors
Of death by starvation or the worst horrors
of madness must soon overtake them IN.
less at once relieved A large number ot
lives were lost there.
LOST on TIE TRAINS
Z CJoHNsTowS. Pa. June bit is definitely
eettieu lnGt III itaht liou4 10 iNiAF
people were lost on the two sections
Of the day express that left Pittsburgh
at s O'Clock Friday morning. and tho
JohnstoWn accommodation that
about 20 leave Johnstown that afternoon
There have been numerous conflicting re-
ports about how many We're caught ia the
food but from most reliable sources u
has been ascertained that three trains
were caught by the water Nj Edward
NJ Mccullough of the NestmOfeland
Coal Company. was among 0the pas
sengers on the dsy express east ON
FRIDAY morning. he states positively
that there were two sections of the
day express and the JohnstowD to-
comnlodation caught in the food. Said bei
1T is my opinion that at least twenty peo-
pie were drowned from the trains; in fact
] can count that many myself And ths
death rate may go as high a. forty.
PT-rsnURGH. Pa. June 3 "a Is now a
settled fact that three trains were caught
ly the flood at Jobnstown The day ex-
press. which left here at : O'Clock Friday
morning. appears 10 have been the least
affected. though the reports concerning
the fate Of It's passengers are very
unsatisfactory in detail The limited and
local passenger train are shrouded ia a
mist that can only be lifted when perfect
communication has been established
Tram dispatcher Culp stated Tuesday that
the trains ia question are believed @ Do
safe at Altoona. although the officials have
no positive information IN regard 10 them
The officials still contend that few OF the
passengers ON the day express were lost
4 They say that four more have been found
F e. . cottage above the town but that they
cont know their names Those who they
believe 10 have been iost are Mrs Eanney.
4 wife Of minister at Kalamazoo Mich
Cyrus Scbey. residence unknown ar.i An
drew IarHg. of Lgonier There are a
number ol others " h0 have not yet turned
Up. bot the railroad men FtiH have hopes
that they Will be found safe ON The other
! hand passe ncers who were sSved figure
ont that twenty 20 forty persons weIs
drowned from the day express alone
sgs NKs WALLACE ssFE
wAsHrvGToN. Jane s.-irssident Hsr-
/ rison this morning recsived 3 telegram IN
refponse 10 an inquiry from General lev
F Wallace. dated West Point stating that the
lafters wife had come out 81 the great
catastrophe a. Johnsfo~B safe II va.
supposed that Mrs Wallace vss numbered
among the dead
Reed wins Game.
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