Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-03
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE CITY OF THE DEAD. IA Horrifying Spectacle Of Devastation And Death. THE SITUATION OF J0HNST0WN. The Loss Of Life Estimated At Five Thousand. THE FUNERAL OF REV. DR. GAGE. Englishmen Look With
 Pride On The New Yacht.
THE FUNERAL OF REV. DR. GAGE.
SCENES AT JOHNSTOWN

SCENES AT JOHNSTOWN.
 The waters Kecede Exposing to View 1 Horrifying spectacle of Devasta. ! lion and Death-Six Hundred Bodies I Lyfnsip JohRstoWn Many Others Already Buried - Scenes ef Sadness and Tales of Woe e- Charred Bodies Found in the Wreckage at the Bridge -Hungarians Robbing the Dead-A Justiaable Lynching Party.
 JoHNsTowN, Pa., June t.-The situation here has not changed, and yesterdays esti- mates of the loss of life do not seem to be exaggerated. Six hundred bodies are now lying in Johnstown and large number have already been buried. Four immense relief trains arrived last night and the survivors are being we'll cared for. A portion of the police force of Pittsburg and Alleghany are on duty, and better order is maintained then prevailed yesterday. There is an absence of pillsging.
 Communication has been restored between Cambria City and Johnstown by a foot bridge. The work of repairing the tracks between Sang Hollow and Johnstown is going on rapidly, and trains will probably be running tomorrow morning. Not less than A4bCOh UAOuD0AN ooAo&SOA6 nAO AcAOs
 MANY STRANGERS.
 A tour of the west bank of the river for a distance of two miles leaves the mind con- fused. There are not over a hundred bodies to be seen, but, while mass of people walk ed back and forth they were strangers. Not one person in ten that one met was a resident of this vicinity. It leads to the belief that hundreds, perhaps thousands are still buried in the mud and debris burned in the awful furnace at the bridge or lodged further down than the searchers have yet gone.
 That many are buried yet is also indicated by fresh find every few hours, though no thorough search in the mud and debris has been commenced, and by the unmistakable odor that rises from the ashes on the river bank. The work of getting the bodies to- gether for easy identification began this after noon. The central point was Morrellville. On Fairfield avenue is large vacant lot be- longing to Frank Leoky. At 5 o'clock this was almost entirely covered with cofEns, while between them and stopping over them were weeping men and women. Although the number was short of one hundred at 5 o'clock, others will come in and there is no telling what the total will be. In one rough box was 8 piece of paper with the words "three children" Tonight they were lifted out and all three placed in one coffin. The little bodies were almost naked and the purple faces bruised and cut. Many of the bodies had not been identified. The corpse of @ beautiful young woman lay in the ex- temporized morgue. Several people say that it Is that of Miss Ida Fisher, & prominent young lady of Johnstown. The body of an- other handsome young woman was exposed in rude box. "Any one know herr" called out a committeeman. A crowd passed the box but no one called her name. On the face was 8 sweet expression of peace. The features were fine and the clothing elegant. The only disagreement was an ugly cut on the left temple sufficient to cause death.
 FIFTY BODIES IN coLUMBIA's CHURCH.
 St. Marie's German Catholic church stands a quarter of mile below the bridge. It's walls are standing, but inside it is filled with mixed, broken benches and ruined images. Ia 1t were found the mangled body of F. Eldredge and the remains of several negroes. church is a half mile. The streets to it are filled with broken houses, and people in those that were left standing were busy shoYelling mud from the first floors to day. The scene at St. Columbia's church was awful. Forty or fifty bodies had been carried into it and laid on the muddy seats. Lying in row in this church were five children from two to six years old. No one had identified them this afternoon.
 No one had come to wash away the dirt and mud from their faces nor the bloodstains from awful cuts and bruises. Where are their parentsa Across the aisle lay the mas- sive frame of Hungarian laborer Strong men as well ss children were the torrents victims. A number of bodies are lying in the Fourth Ward School house, some still unidentified. Men were at work in the Catholic cemetery and Grand View Protes- tant cemetery this afternoon digging trench- es. The bodies that were exposed when the waters began falling are in bad condition. Some have already been inferred. In the haste and excitement no definite arrange- ments seem to have been made for funeral services. The only suggestion that could be obtained at Norrellville was that all the bodies would be buried and general memor- ial services held after the present suffering is alleviated.
 The handsome brick high school building is damaged to such an extent that 1t will have to be rebuilt The water attained the height of the window stills of the second floor. Its upper stories formed a refuge for many. Morrill, Institute, a beautiful building, and the homestead of the Merrill family is totally ruined. The water has weakened the walls and foundations to such an extent that there is danger of it's collapsing. Many families took refuge in the building and were saved. Now that the waters have reoeded there is great danger from falling walls. All day long the crashing of walls could be heard across the river. Li- brary Hall was another of the fine buildings 
 Of the Episcopal church not 8 vestige re- mains. Where it once stood there is now a placid lake. The parsonage is swept away and the pastor was drowned. The church was one of the first buildings to fall. It car- ried with it several of the surrounding hous- ee. Many of them were occupied. The vie- tims were swept into the comparatively still water at the bridge and there met death either by fire or water.
 THROWN INTO HIS OWN oFFIoE.
 James M. Walters, an attorney, spent the night in Alma hall and relates @ thrilling story One 6f the most curious occurrences of the whole disaster was how MT. Walters got into the hall. He has his office on the second floor. His home is at No. 1855 Wal- nut street. He says he was in the house with his family when the water struck it. All was carried away. Mir. Walters family drift ed on a roof in another direction. He passed down several streets and he came to the hall. His dwelling struck that ediice and he was thrown into his own office. About 300 persons had taken refuge in the hall and were on the second, third and fourth stories. The men held a meeting and drew soms rules, which were bound to be respected by all. Mr. Walters was chosen president and Rev. MT. Beal put in charge of the first floor and Dr. Matthews the fourth. No lights were al- lowed and the night was spent in darkness. The sick were cared for. The weaker wo- men and children had the best accommoda- tions that could be had, while the others had to wait. The scene was agonizing. Heart- rendino shrieks, sobs and moans pierced the gloomy darkness. The crying of children Under the guardianship of men all took hope. No one slept during the long night. Many knelt for hours in prayer, their sup plisations minging with the roar of the wa ters and the shrieks of the dying in the sur. rounding houses In all this misery two women gove premature birth to children.
 MT. Matthews, although several of his ribs were crushed by falling timber and his pains were most severe, attended the sick When two women in 8 house across the street shouted for help, he with two other brave young men climbed across the drift and min. istered to their wants. No one died during the night, but woman and child surren. dered their lives on the succeeding day as result of terror and fatigue.
 Miss Rose Young, one of the young ladiei | in the hall, was frightfully cut and bruised ! Mrs. Young had leg broken. All of MT '