New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04
but Htsis could be learned to the number Of pstsnd
they contained, nor how they were faring
A STATUE OF THE yIRfIE TrNsnAr-yyD,

church Of the immaculate Conception has caused .
great sensation. large number Of persons wiz
testify as 10 the nature of the event and 70 put 10
mildly, the circumstances really remarkable May
Dovotions were In progress Friday night when ths
water descended on Cambria City. The church was
filed with people at the time, but when tho noss Of
the food heard the congregation FASTENED to ges
out Of the way! They succeeded, far ~ escapins
from the interior concerned. and In few minutes
tho church partially submerged, the water reach.
Ing fifteen feet up the sides and swring around thu
corners firiously. The building badly wrpekedI
tho benches torn out and tho entire structure
both inside and outside, was fairly dsmsntiod. Yes,
terday morning, whom entrance was forced through
tho blocked doorway, the ruin appeared to be eomi
plete. Ono object slone had escaped the watars
wrath The statue OF the Blessed Virgin, thar had
been decorated and adorned, because Of tho MAY
Dcvouons, was as unsulled as the day It was NADIA
Tho flowers, the wreaths, tho lace veil, undis.
tus5cd and unsoled. Not a wrinkle was observed z
ifs outlines Tho marks on the wall showed that tAs
statue, which is three feet high, was submeresdl
The surface of the water had risen 10 q height OF a.
teen feet, while the statue had been saved from oeat
tact with the liquid
There are about thirty Catholic priests and nuns
bore Tho sisters are devotng themselves to tho ears
of the sick and injured In the hospitals, while las
priests are doing anything and everything and making
themselves generally useful. Bishop Phean. who
reached bore on Sunday evening, returned 10 Pits.
burg on the O'Clock train yesterday afternoon. n,
has organized the Catholic forces In this neghborhood
and all gro devoting themselves to hard work. What
tho hospitals would have done without tho sisters 70
a difficult question There are pine Charity, seysu
Franciscan and seven Denedctine sisters. among
the priests the Rev. Fathers Guido, Goebel, Cos
grave. Gallagher, Trotweln Rosenstedt, Dorcn Co.'s
cOran, Derlin Boyle, Smith, OConnel and Landing.
Father Doriin who lives in Hardwood, Pittsburg.
hurried 10 the scene last Saturday, fearful that his
md 81 He cras harp liz
mistaken In this supposion, for none OF bis relatives
had been injured DIR. Merlin who needed the vzrnS
ing as the danger Of the DAM had hurried his Wild
and two children to the hills, but returned himself 10
save some things from his house While in the baidi
Ing the food struck 1t and swept It away, tanning
It among a lot of other houses and hurting them all
around with O regular churning motion Mr.. Der
lin went to the top story, clambered to The
root and escaped from there 10 solid structures aus
thoncs TO the ground. His property ruined, bat
he thinks himself fortunate In saving his family. j. u
Murphy, the Catholic bookseller, Of Pittsburg hsuntod
the railroad morgue all day with white, sad face
Ills brother James and his entire family have bee1
lost, and Mr.. Murphy Is seeking for the bodics1
Every fresh arrival Of CHASTITY burdens sets him 70
anxious inquiry but got be has not di6co'ered he
relatives. David Creek has been lost. with his en;rs
family. The remains Of John Ryan, ex.shern OF Cans
bria County, found to-day.
There was much comment over the finding Of tho
body Of a nun cut In two. 1t at first Thoughts
that she was a resident OF a Johnstown community
but as none OF them mas been reported missing, tho
suppositlon is that she travelling at the time q
tho accident tho day express,
A broken. hearted couple are Thomas Leyden and hA
wife, hard working people Of the Little town Of MinerH
Vile. AL day they have been trudgng over the
slippery ooIs In Johnstown asking every rerson fos
news Of their daughter Mary Mary was dishwAsh,s
In the Hurhut House, and the porter states that IA
saw Der pinned beneath . falling timber.
Tho Rev. W. II. Bates, pastor Of 81. JONAS Rsa
formed Church, has saved bis family, but his ehura
| and residence arc total wrecks.
r. S. Frazier, the Pttsburg lawyer, was trampins
among tha ruins looking Like . miner. he has q
sister here whose family Of four children were almost
| drowned but managed to escape after m exciting
| ex persnce when tho food came down upon hem
they were driven from tho frat TO the second ssosz
and soon After TO the taird. They were kept there
six hours from o'eloos In the evening 10 Is -
night before they were helped through the roof ana
/ from there made their escape 70 the hui, ev~ ns
| hou sctops In the neighborhood-
| A MUD POND WHERE VILLAGE STOOD
Where Woodvaie once stood there 10 now sea o.
| mud broken rarely BY Pile Of wroehase Hoth'
ing Ia standing but tho old woollen mills The psoe
Is swept bare Of all other buildings but tho runs o.
| the Csutiee wiro mill The boilers Of these gress
works were carried 100 yards from their founaAuon'
| Pieces Of engines, rolls and other machinery ~efs
swept far away from where they onos stood he
mud. 1t belouged to the crack company Of Joans.
town. The enginehouse swept away sNf Lhe Seas
sIm IlsS wahmaa vas on guard II sao mi when a.
waters came. He ran for tho hlsdS sna suSGss1 ss
s IN ssoS 81 he water wa @s as swept down the valley
He declares that the first wave was a. hgh - w w
sgdqt ior enC made TO oeSn of the streets Tho
mlre has formed tho grave for many poor ana h;
! Arms and legs are protrIdlns nom inc muo' S"d ~
A rope ferry IS now being operated IN me o% Sf
Ec Of '9 Sd across Ss0 at The
point where tho old County Bridge stood. m.v rom
s sf.nSu sOG OK K. sds Of the walls
level With pills Of dir which he said va; above ,
the walls OF the dam. All Of sudden the wall .,stsS
down the mountain side sweeping before sSe t ,e
as II they chips BogIders weTr roite IGH
TSc lake Vas en- pticd IN an hour and half All tho
"sS hs n ps,,rSsd is in terrible condition At some
points holes 20 10 80 feet deep wore WASHED 70 NE
tracks on his way down no stopped n mineral ponN
BODIES FOUND AT THE RATE OF TWENTY As
HOUR
| The undertaken, Mr.. Flannrry, states that bodies
are coming in the morgIe at the rate OF one every
| ,br>s minutes Linemen who were engaged IN
copstructinS telegraph line between Johnstown ana
Cambria City recovered body al the north enc "
| the railroad bridge II completely crushcd ouS
Of AZ ,sSr Ynusn seot and H. Painter prom
ncnt citizens OF Altoona, arrived tonight In ehafs'
| ~ A carload of provisions for the sufferers -
St. Johns Convent, on Clinton near Locussi, a.
the eastern side OF JohnsrowU, although Parnsny ~
stroyed none OF the sisters, eleven in number wero
lost; Or. ". {. Beams body has 1ust 1een nSUr
erc although the body Of his brother DE- l. I. IAN,
one OF Johnstown's leading ply scians has NOT O0'
| recovered. .-,-..o. ,r.r-
opened ard the waters rushed down uIon the noun,
| tain city Order Is slowly rising out OF cnsos.
survivors are beginning TO realize what Is me poss
course 10 pursue. The great cry Is for mcn: ore" s
who will work and not stand ldN ,,ns
| ami do nothing but care at the runs,
N ia fact although a dsagrocsble one TO say ms'
city came only out OF curiosity, and positively 10
fused to do any work, but would hang around tSo
cars eating the food. The leaders of the conhHs'
then had 10 do ell tho work They deserve much eTea
ryprpIENCES Of A TRAVELLER.