St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-05
HORRORS AFRESH
Pneumonia Has Broken Out
Among the Sick and In
jured at JohnstoWn.
The Grim Horseman Chastens
His Victims With Addi-
tional Terrors.
Heartrending Scenes at the
Morgue, Where Rich and
Poor Are Equal.
Frightful Dissertations Of the
Dead and the Looting Of
Houses.
Discovery of Hundreds Of
Bodies Buried Beneath
the Debris.
Insane Parents Wandering
About Searching for
Their Loved Ones.
The Reservoir Was Built Of
Shale and Clay, Stuffed
With Straw.
Discovery of Hundreds Of
Bodies Buried Beneath
the Debris.
Insane Parents Wandering
About Searching for
Their Loved Ones.
The Reservoir Was Built of
Shale and Clay, Stuffed
With Straw.
A Generous-Hearted Nation
Giving Freely Of Money
and Neeessaries.

JoHNsTowN, June 4.-Up the ragged
sides of Prospect hill. the same to which
several hundred terrified people fled to
escape the flood last Friday night, your
correspondent scrambled this afternoon.
He came upon a pneumonia Scourge
which bids fair to do for number of
the escaped victims what the flood could
not Death has pursued them to their
highest places, and terror will not die.
Every little house on the hill, and there
are a hundred OF two of them, had
thrown its doors open to receive the
bruised and haIf-clad fugitives on the
dark day of the deluge, and every one
was now a crude hospital. Half the
women who had scaled the height were
so overcome with fright that they have
been bedridden ever since. There had
been pneumonia on the hill. but
only few isolated cases. To-day, how
ever, several cases developed among
the flood fugitives, and local physi-
clan said the prospects for a scourge
are all too promising. The enfeebled
condition of the patients. the unhealthy
atmosphere prevailing the valley, and
the necessarily close quarters in which
the people are crowded render the
spread of the disease almost certain.
To-day ray of light came in the ma
ture of a carload of provisions, and an
other from Columbus, o., containing
clean mattresses and bedding. all speci-
fed for the Prospect Hill sufferers. On
this eminence stands the Cambria City
hospital, and in this rambling cottage
it resembles one in exterior and COM
forts-a great work is being
done through the combined agen-
cies of medical science and
brotherIy love. The hospital is in
charge of a corps of Altoona physicians
which the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany rushed to the scene the morning
after the flood. The wards are full of
bruised and suffering ones, who were
dragged from the teeth of the flood.
About O'Clock this evening the charred
body of young woman was uncovered
a short distance above the stone bridge.
On her finger was found a slender gold
ring, on the plate of which were ep-
graved the initials K. j. B. She wore
striped woolen dress and black under
skirt. The body was taken to the Fourth
ward SchOOlhOuse. Several yellow flags
were noticed sticking up from the black
Wreckagc above the stone bridge. This
was new plan adopted by the sanitary
corps to indicate at what point bodies
the flags are still up, and another day
will dawn upon the imprisoned re-
mains. People who had lost friends,
and supposed they had drifted into this
fatal place, peered down into the
charred mass in a vain endeavOr to
RECOGNIZE BELOVED FEATURES.
Deputy Marshal Dick is man whose
condition eXcites general pity. His
total bereavement of wife, family and
relatives has affected his brain. it is
thought, and he goes riding about the
country giving all the assistance in his
power, and keeping an especial lookout
for: lawbreakers and vandals. He has
distinguished himself on several Oc-
casions in the past. it is reported, by
shooting the HungarianS whom he de-
tected pillaging the dead, but his last
action is particularly noteworthy. De-
tective McTighe and Officers Garrigan
and Mulvehill arrested two notorious
crooks that had reached town on Mon
day evening. They were from Kansas
City. and were probably travelling TO
Johnstown for nefarious purposes. Nc
Tighe knew them. and promptly nailed
UIeH DIS SOOu DIS lley Sttppcu Ou tlle
train, and the fellows deftly dropped
several gold rings. They resisted
furiOusly and struck out with their
fists, but with some difficulty they were
overcome and led to the Cambria city
lookup. This place was full of mud
knee-deep, and it was impossible to lock
them in there. A box car was then
visited, and while the officers were
wrangling with the railroaders as to the
advisability of placing the crooks inside
Dick rode up. He was seated on gray
horse, and imperiously demanded to
know the cause of the trouble. 1t was
explained to him. ''Stand the fellows
there" shouted Dick, refining up his
horse. His features stiffened into an
expression of determination and rage.
and he whipped out revolver, leveled
it at the qnakiDg wretches and NUT
tered, "Pll stop their thieving." 'For
Gods sake DON'T" cried McTighe, and
he imploringly threw up both arms with
tragic gesture. ''Don't do that! Don't
do that. for heavens safe! Remember
we are officers of the law" After some
minutes parleying Dick was called off
and better counsel prevailed. No ac-
commodations could be found for the
Kansas City gentry, and they were
given five minutes to leave the town on
the backward trip to Sang Hollow.
They left with white faces and trem-
bling limbs at an estimated rate of ff-
teen miles an hour.