The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-10
The Dead.
RIFTY,EIGHI BODIES FOUND
As the Result of Sundays Work
in tho Stricken Cone
maugh Valley.
Many More Still Buried Under
the Debris Along the
River Banks.
The SANITARY CONDITION
In JOlnstOwn Better than has
Been Hoped for Ever
Since tho Flood.
An Encouraging Bulletin from DR..
GrOG-IIe Says the Water Is Not SO
Much Contaminated rs was Sup.
pOsCd-A Tour Among the
Hospitals = Governor
Beaver Arrives.

JouNSrowS, PA, June 0,-To.day is
the tenth since the disaster in the Cone
maugh Valley occurred, and the extent
otthc fatality can be appreciated when
it is known that bodies are still being
found wherever men are at work. TO.
day one OF the morgue directors was met
and asked the usual question, "How
many bodies were recovered to.day2"
"Oh, not very many" he replied, II
believe there were about ilfty.eight al
together"
The loss OF liin has been so great that
flhy.oightbodies found in one day, ,evenii
it was the tenth, was considered light
showing. Tile remains that are now be-
ing removed from the DRIFT are far ad.
vanccd in decomposition and physicians
in charge are advocating their cremation
as fast MS found, as 1t is almost impossi-
bic to handle them safely.
The work Of clearing away the debris
is progressing very Gncouragtngly. The
workmen were not required to proceed
to-day, but nine.tenths OF them volun-
teerGl to continue. AS q result, u large
inroad was made on tho drift in the
central portion Of the city. Main street,
which was the principal throughfare,
and one OF the worst blockaded, Is now
about cleared. At the wreCkage above
the stone bridge, the work Is going on
rather slowly, The force Is small and
the difficulties great. Mr.. Arthur Kirk,
who has been using dynamite blasts to
separate the drift, suspended operations
to-day, A considerable force continued
to use pike poles, and cleared q few feet
more. Ex.ipternal Revenue Collector
Bigler, Of the Western Pennsylvania
district, said to-day to an Associated
Press reporter, that II lie were given per.
mission he could bring In 200 practical
cant-hook men from the Clearheld lum.
ber districts, and clean the channel
above the bridge in two days. The
trouble with these now at work, he says,
is inexperienCe. He mentioned the
matter to Adlutant General Hastings,
but did not meet with very much en-.
couragcmCnt.
A QUIET DAY.
This Inns been a quiet day in and about
Johnstown, owing to the fact that the
>Pennyylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
roads refused to run trains from Pitts.
burgh and other important points, nearer
than Bolivar on the former and Rock.
wood on the latter. This rule kept out
u large influx Of exCursionists aud left
tho field clear to the workers.
Religious services were held at various
points to-day. Most Of the suburban
towns, where the church buildings re-
manned, had regular services. In Johns
town open air meetings were held at diff.
ierent points.
Chaplain L, A. Mcguire, OF the -Four.
teenth regiment, held regimental SER
vice In the morning, and spoke at an
open air meeting in the afternoon.
This has been thehottest day since the
disaster, and the weather Is telling on
tho workmen. With the fires, that are
constantly kept going, burning up the
rubbish, aud the hot sun, many OF them
were exhausted before evening, The hot
Bun beating down on the wreCkage above
the bridge, has developed the fact that
many bodies Of animals and probably
human beings, are In the ruins. The
stencil arising from this pile has been
more apparent to-day than at any time
yet; although at no time has II been as
bad as reported.
Governor Beaver arrived this morning
about 1 o'clock. He spent the day in
visiting the ruined portions Of The city,
and In driving up the Conemaugh Val.
Icy. He had conference this afternoon
with the committees heretofore in
charge, and rs n result, will resume con-
troI OH Wednesday morning. He left
this evening In Superintendent Kings
private car over the Baltimore 4 Ohio
for PHILADELPHIA.
The Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany Is pushing forward lis lines, and
Tomorrow will open an office In tho
Morrlll building In Johnstown, The
Associated Press will also secure quar-.
teIs IN the city proper tomorrow, and
tho Whole newspaper force will then be
transferred from tho west side Of the
railroad bridge into what was the bust.
ness portion Of Johngtown,
TltE HOSPITALS,
Tho two large hospitals here, the Cam.
bria and Bedford, have but little to do
now, but tue large corps Of physicianl
arc Kept very busy. AT the Cambria
hospital, sixteen persons, injured BY the
Hoou, We're cared Tor, and but two died,
Miss Maggie Hughes and Mfg, Willoyer,
since the Hood Over 800 persons have
received the attention Of tho phVsiclans
MlhiS Institution, directly OF indIrSctly,
caused cause Dy the Hood. Several women
Who hnlsed some Of tho injured, became
Ill, ahH ono ol them may NOT recover,
Az the bedford hospital 500 iniuret
persons were cared for, anil when they
could DO removed smelly were taken Il
rllsburgh hospitals, Only three pa
tions were brought 10 tlS hcspiISl To- io
day. They received sllpht iniuriel
while az work clearing away tho debris
Over UOO persons were furnished noji
Che and attehlo on by the physiCianS Il
CnatRe oil ihcIhOspitals, The tent hos
plIals have been practically abandoned
az none Of them have had i case lor Sey
Sial dayS, The health Of tho valley /
UNUSUAL W NY Y good, notwithstanding report
oi Threatened epidemic,
lho following bulletin has been issue,
py ihe State Hoard Of HUalth, and sneak
lof iWeli' II was posted IN oyefy con
splcuons place about the town. The On
Coufaglng words Of DF, GtolT viii 4
much towards relieving the anxiety {
.ne many thousands Of survivors an
WofkinRlnen In the stricken valley, viii
nave leatedthO outbreak Oi an epidemic
FVt lhis rOaHOn many Of them have d