Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-08

] i'oSsihle- some OF these bodies have laid
lor four days IN the different nioreues
Thousands Of people from the different
I sections of the state have seen them. vet
/ they remain unidentified At Nneveh
They are burying all the unidentified
dead, but IN the morgucs in this vicinity
no bodies have been buried unless ther
were identified.
-Four bodies were dug out Of the wreck
Of the reil mills opposite Cambria Citv.
They could moi be Identified. as they
7 We're mangied in a horrible manner. At
/ tle headquarters IL is reported that pro-
visions are running very short.
An EEeoti,e Bias.
At 1A5 O'Clock the first blast of gun
/ powder was fired at the bridge. It
/ proved more elective than any Of the
/ charges Of dynamite heretofore used and
! hurled fragments of debris 2V0 feet into
! the air Mingled with it was a round
fragment, which looked like the trunk
ot a human body. Il fell back into the
water with a great splash and giiaed
with the swift current under the bridge
before il could be pulled in with pike
polls. Explosion after explosion of
dynamite followed the blast Of gun
powder. the dcloudtions coming 20 close
together that they might almost be
taken FOR the continuous discharge OF
heavy guns. or rather of entire batteries
Of artliary, Tor the whole valley echoes
with the uprolr The fourth pier from
the western end of the bridge has been
entirely cleared OF debris, and the stream
flowing without interruption.
The air in the vicinity of the viaduct
Is flied with smoke and dust. which
II
stands the rickety buildings. ia which
the Western Onion telegraph Office and
the newspaper headquartrrs are situated
IN suffocating clouds
The scene at Horrervnle.
4 walk through Cambria City to Nor
rellvilic, a distance Of over seven miles,
affords an opportunity 10 witness one
stretch OF devastation. The bodies OF
three children were recovered yesterday.
and are now lying in the St. Columbus
Catholic church
Il IS now evident that If the stone
bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad had
not been a barrier 10 the hundreds OF
( frame houses. wrecks of others and the
/ immense trees aud logs washed down by
/ the flood, the whole town of Cambria
would have been obiitcrated. Many Of
4 the houses which were washed from
f their foundations. and are now ia lean
ing positions Are occupied to-day by per
I sons who survived the flood.
I Burgess O'Neil saws that out of a pop
I Hlatipn of BOD fully 1900 people are
/ missing and are supposed 70 ha -e been
drowned.
At MoTrellviile everything Is quiet to-
/ day and no bodies have been found.
/ This town was not badly damaged. as il
! lies above the course taken by the Hood.
! struck Bonanza.
Several hundred of the laborers at the
point struck o well stocked saloon in the
{ wreck this morning and for half an hour
the amount Of work done by them was
very slim. Bottles of wine and Jugs Of
/ whisky disappeared with startling
rapidity. a man, who stood 10y whisky
barrel. drank six umhlers full without
I stopping for breath He is now enioying
a trance over on the hillside. While it
4 is impossible to stop the drinking 50 long
I as liquor comes as 1t does directly IN the
path OF the workers. the discipline in re-
gard tc drmkenness is very severe. and
any one found under the influence OF
/ liguor is harshlv dealt with. The vast
! majority of Che workmcn realize that so
/ hr.etv is an absolute necessity and act
/ accordingly. All who were found drunk
/ to-day were sent out Of town under
Greedy Imposiers.
An roads leading to JohnstOwn are
I crowded with ears and wagons bearing
/ provisions and clothing Cor the sufferers.
The freight traffic within miles OF the
stricken city is paraly2ed and the mer-
! chants of the surrounding toWns have
almost exhausted their stocks. Orders
/ for goods OF every description have been
sent into Pittsburg, but unless they are
/ for survivors of the food they VIII not
/ be shipped.
The different comuissary departments
are constantly crowded with applicants
for food and clothing. Bread. meat and
cliaese is still greatly in demand, there
not being enough ia the supply stations
/ established TO relieve the hundreds OF
applicants. The men who are IN
I charge Of the supplies are suffering from
a great many impositi0ns practiced by
/ the lower class of peOple here This IS
owing to q simiiaTitr both iu dress and
person. These imposter5 60 from station
to station. and secure goods four or i've
times q dav. while others. whose finer
scn5ib.litics have mot hcea hlunied by
tie great disaster, stand aside and watch.
They do this until thc pangs OF hunger
compel them to get what is due them.
Bepairiu= the water Works
Sheriff McCandless, who has leen ap-
pointed adjutant general 10 assist
William Finn. who Is now general IA the
work Of cleaning up the main portion OF
the town with 10000 wOrkmen, says II
viii be necessary to build a temporary
city for their accommodation. Tents
have already been erected, ami now a
lar.e gang Of workmen Is engaged On
the water pipes. They are being re-
paired and put in shape for supplying
The work,nen with clean drinking water.
I'm speaking If the work. Adit. McCand-
less said: I'VE have big work before
us. Its no small thing to supply drink
for the 10, 600 people, especially when All
the water. excepting that which comes
from tie mountains. Is so polluted as 70
be- Unfit for either drinking or washing
PURPOSES The water pipes OF the town
are. fortunately. in q very iair conal-
tian considering the magnitude oi tle
disaster. and think that we ~lll nave
everything la good shape soon. Anot.ier
thing thar Is b0theriuy Us y the santa
ton of the camp. We are using disin-
fectauts freely and are digging drains m
ali directions 10 carry of the refuse, but
even with all this precaution this Will De
very unhealthy place.