The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
The Pennsylvania Flood.

thing is quiet yet considerable
work is being done. This is the
chief commissary station, and this
morning by z O'Clock 5000 people
were fed and about 500 families
furnished with provisions. Five
car loads Of clothing were distribu-
ted, and now almost every one is
provided with clothing. At the
different registration Offices 49,
600 residents Of the devastated dis
trict have registered as live and
well The total population was
between 10000 and $4,000. There
we're hundreds of people waiting
around the Offices to have their
names placed on the list of the
saved
Conservative men are of the
opinion that the number Of people
destroyed viii reach from 1900
to 1900. This view Of it is based
on many fragments Of evidence OBJ
tanned from over 100 citizens,
being careful to select as intelli-
gent men and women as could be
found They were chosen from as
many occupations as possible, and
from as many social classes. They
were asked to estimate the per-
eentage Of loss to the total popula-
ton; to tell how many people Of
their acquaintance have disappear
ed, and how the gathering of resi-
dents on the streets and public |
pIaces compare with former times.
Their statements Of fact and est
mates were proved as far as could
be, and the pendulum Of ealcula-
ton seems to be beating time when
Il swings from 1900 to 5000.
From Bedford to Huntington.
on the Boylsstown branch, and to
Lewiston, on the Juniata river. the
devastation is the greatest IN Penn
sylFauia, except Of course In John
sfoEn. Not a house Is left that
stood within reach Of the stream.
The damage to property viii reach
$4,000, while other towns in the
county have had q corresponding
loss. At Mckenzie the tannery of
L A Rebb was damaged to the t
extent Of $4,000, and the loss to q
other property vii reach 100000 1
more. +
The Dowall fnssuzra a. Sexton a
sustained a loss Of 100000, and ,
at thst place both the railroad and :
county bridges were swept away,
leaving railroad communication
with Bedford cut of
Notwithstanding the fact that
nearly every prominent city in the
United States Is raising a fund for
the Conemaugh sufferers. the
wants Of the homeless and afflicted
are far from being aleviated At
the various relief stations to-day
the crowd Of applicants was con I
tinuons from morning till night, .
and many Of the needy were forced I
fo wait IN line for hours before 0
th6ir turn came and their little
portion was allotted out to them.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dol Il
lars must pour into this stricken t
valley If suffering and priTation is t
10 be avoided. Thousands Of t
people are homeless, and in these i
devastated homes thousands also {
lost their all Labor and manu. 4
Eaeturing Of nearly every kind is is
81 q stand sill In the valley, and a
weeks or months must elapse be- G
fore the Cambria iron works and s.
other industrial institutions can a
possibly resume and give employ Z
ment to the thousands that depend q
upon them for support r
Even al the present time, five a
days after the world was first thill- s
ed BY the news Of the great disas- .
Ter, there are hundreds Of hungry l
people IN the Conemeugh valley t
who have no certainty of break Il
fast fo-morrow. Yet the country a
seems impressed with the idea o
that their every want is being com d
piled with, and that physical suf- o
ferlng is at an end. Telegraphic L
expressions Of sympathy are pour
ing IN from every city and Dor
Ough throughout the land, but sub : :
stantial e-idences Of sympathy are
sadly wanting.
The part, Of workmen at the E
bridge. with big blast Of twenty Il Z
i've dynamits cartridges at 1 o.
O'clock to-day, oosened up the t
debris and mad, It possible to n
open the mouth of'he old channel
This gang Of worksep have To- ii
Gated the day expres. which was a.
swept away at Conemngh. The s.
ruins Of the train lie sbout one
hundred feet from the forth but
irsss from the western ei5 of the
some bridge Parts of thtparlor y :
eirs we're found, as well as.rsces Z