The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-05
THEY ARE SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.

Bodies of the victims-PitifuI Stories Told
by Those Who Escaped.
JoHNsTOwN, June S.-Sergt Doyle, Corporal
Jones and Privates Marts and Fording were
walking along the debris near the river at $3.50
o'clock this morning when they discovered
something that looked like the body of q
human being. Sergt. Doyle went over to pick
up the body and he was Mortified to find that it
was badly burned and when he went to pick it
up the head fell of. He investigated further
and found four more bodies-two children, a
a man and woman. Parties who were there at
the time identified the remains as those Of
Patrick Hogan and his family. HOgan's legs
were completely burned of, but the rest OF the
bodies were not badly injured. They were
taken out and carried TO the morgue across the
river.
While the searchers were at work in Johns
town proper this morning they came upon a
house. Hearing a noise under It, they chopped
through the roof and discovered man in the
top story of the house. They pulled him out,
but he was too weak to give his name, and no
one has identified him as yet.
Quite a novel scene was witnessed yesterday
near Johnstown borough. Some women, who
had managed to escape from the town proper,
had to wear mems clothes, as their own had
been torn of by the flood.
In one house in Johnstown there is 81, 700 in
money, but it is impossible to get at it
The force of the flood can be estimated by
the fact that il carried three cars a mile and a
half, and the tender of an engine, weighing
twelve TONS was carried fourteen miles down
the river. A team OF horses which were stand
ing on Main-st., Just before the flood were
found a mile and quarter below the town
yesterday.
Between and o'clock this morning the
body of en- unknown Irish boy was found in
the street in Cambria City. The body was
well preserved and had deep cash about the
eye. Yesterday afternoon unknown wo-
mans body was taken out Of the swamp in
Cambria City. The body was slightly decom-
posed and had an ugly mark cash on the
forehead. 1t was found sticking head down in
the mud.
Almost every one has story of a remarka-
bic escape. Michael Roneson, an Irishman,
tells most wonderful story of his escape. He
saws he was walking down Main-st. when he
heard rumbling noise. and looking around,
he saw what he imagined was a cloud, but in a
minute the water was upon him. He foated
with the tide for some time, when he was
struck with some floating timber and borne
underneath the water. When he came up he
was struck again, and at last he was caught by
a lightning rod and held there for over two
hours.
Mrs. Annie Williams tells rather remarka-
bic story. She was sitting at a sewing machine,
sewing, when the flood came on. She heard
some people CFlluR luulpSu out OF the VIII
dow, and succeeded in getting on the roof OF
an adjoining house. Under the roof she heard
the cries of men and women, and saw two men
and a woman, with their heads Just above the
water, crying: For Gods sake, either kill us
outright or rescue usw Mrs. Williams cried
for help for the drowning people, but none
came, aud she saw them give up, one by one.
james p. McCanagh had a terrible experience
in the water. He saw his wife was safe on the
land, and thought his only daughter, aged
twenty-one, was saved, but just as he was making
for the shore, he saw her and went to rescue
her. He succeeded in getting within about Ten
feet OF land, when the girl said: Goodbye,
fatherp and expired in his arms before he
reached the shore.
JoHNsTowN, June 3.--The following bodies
were recovered late this afternoon:
b. G. CAMERON, superintendent Cambria
iron works,
JOHN 4. LITTLF, travelling salesman.
CHARLES MUIR, cigarmaker.
MRS. JAMES.
DAVID SWEENEY, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
DR. w. c. BEAM.
MARY DUNN.
TERANCE LATIN.
MARY LATHAM.
WILLIAM McKUSH.
ANNIE TOKA.
GEORGE KRAMER
p. L. LLOYD, Pittsburg.
JOHN KELLY and wife.
DAVID GETTIS.
WIPES D0UGHERTY, and nine unidentified
hodiee