The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-06-13
THE GREAT CALAMITY.
Further DotaiIs OF the Johnstown
Horror


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.o.sso"h PloPeI' meep'ng men, women
-. ceiiaren arc nt al places looking ior
,neir aeaa- From kerinsville 70 New Flor
enco, bodies arc being picked ont every few
minutes. The first tour that has been made
through the southeast end OF the town was
made Monday tnorxine Tho school hou.e
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.'o'sol "noln arg unidenunea- Inestreetat
ne ioot OF the hill Il patrolled BY citizens
with loaded muskets. Without pass from
General Hastings Il is impossible 70 get 70
tho morgue. About 600 men are working
hero. clearing avvav t,,e dahr,. &, oy,ser to
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us schooi mouse y posted list OF the dead
In this part Of the town is located tho
Irish Catholic church and convent A ro-
mnrknblo story is told about these sisters.
The mother Of the convent saw The ,vave
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9.npo ,sn oclock sunaAy night tne nre
.ns.ls. nA'e vonslAnlly y Piayea on INC purn-
ns ralls, AZ umes ,nc nre seems almost
-enkul.nou, ~. h.tui NAMES suddenly
.-e-L vus n.i..n IN soine new quar,er' Ano
sensanon OK the aAy was me united TO
snoo ui ,no pnyslciAhS against INC
e-..n knlsnlnsnt ol tne burning wrech ihey
,,.sn.a'n 'ss. nnnore1s ~ not ,honsands OF
nle,..s Ana oeoaylng bodies ne poneath tnis
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y. ..eS - permit nature ereatest
NC namcs-to pursue ms WORK
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nas. ana ransdIv ne s,arnes v,eld,d ~ ths
wnter. Itis almost Impossibie 10 conceive
the ertcnt ~ tbceo srno,riprr r7,,ns An ARA
81 eIeht or ten acres above Tho dam a Gov
ornd 70 depfh OF forty feet with shattered
houses horne from the resident center AZ
Johnstown. In each Of these houses n a
c-tfmafeIi there wore from one 10 twenty
Eve people This 4 accepted a. data upou
which 10 estimate the number that ueri,hed
on this spot ana n the data be- correct tho
bodies that III beneath these ruins must
number hundreds. II not thousands.
Jouxsvowx pn 1rna4 Anon, s,evs, :,
N ~ Thnr.',av Mar "a ,he .,orr, hu,.,
,,,.on the city IN iohns.o,vn ara Continued
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rye,l,s sn5 r,vsis Attcn 4 4, .l,cr, ,ras
nj n,,tIe, for me noonle mo sir.t ncssa.ro
erorn tl,c lahe 4, south Forlr ,vas y,eccIves
NJ Ten a n. Friday. that tbe dam was weak
,.-,ng Hnt tbe neople ar the few who
hs.,,s, ,l ,.,,,,.t la,,shc, ~ .,.or, mi. mes
80. .avinc thev haa h,ay,I s,,;,h NEWS 10.
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..r.r.ed wore .neered M ana c.st aside as
h.sns, an old storv A. s.an the vvhistiea
80 ,,,.'h heIls - csve wnrning that tho dan, had
,,--,t'.,, h,,t ,h.r n M. To- is,c Ther.
-. ,. ! ,osrsno sonnd and befcre Inc neonle
conid rrali-e me dancer the va,er ,Tas
,,,,',,, tIer, IN a mas. ,,arrvirg everv thing
heforeit Had thev taken the warning N
sh,e ,uorning from the messares received
.thoneands ~ live. yvnnld have heen saVei'
ycster,Iav a corn match or about an acre
,r exfent al Nineveh ,xas dug over bv n vol
,,nteer force and f88 corpses were uncoy-
ercd The manner In which the ehastly
find ,ras made was purely accidental. A
man walking over the fed kicked alta clunp
Of varlnud: overturned Il and uncovered a
,roruan,s face This indicated a rich find
ana me peopie around were called 10 assist.
with the results above stated. This in
crrases the list Of dead At Ninevch 10 $50.
the dead were found under about four feet
Of allnviaI deposit
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