Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-04
Gone After Her Bridal wreath. !,

| Ii tnat OF James Eig1n. he had come to
Johnstown to attend the wedding of his sis
ter Ellen, which was to have taken place last
might He knew Of the fact that terrible
disaster had taken place, but had no idea that
his family was involved. His agony may be
imagined rather than described when learn,
ing, on his arrival Sunday, that his mother
and three sisters had been drowned and his
father demented over the terrible affection.
The old gentleman was crying like child,
and asking those he met: ibid you see
themf Did you see them go downl They will
come back for the wedding tonight She Is
gone for her bridal wreath"
East Conemaugh Had Warning.
The destruction of life at East Conemaugh
was less than reported, not more THAI
twenty-five having persisted The property,
however, for three squares up from the
river, was totally destroyed. About 4:25
on Friday afternoon word was telegraphed
from South Fork that the dam was breaking
Almost Immediately the whistles of several
locomotives were blown so long and loud
that the people, realizing that something
was wrong, rushed from their homes, and,
seeing the water coming, fed to the noun
tains.
1 Imprisoned Since Friday.
Yesterday morning while party of res
cuers were out hunting for bodies they dis
covered some persons waving distress flag
| on what was formerly known as Main street
On investigation it was found to be at the
house of the late Mr. Morrell. Mrs. Morrell
and family and some fifteen or twenty other
persons had sought shelter in there. These
people had been in the attic of the house ever
since the food, and until yesterday morning
they were unable to make their distress
known. Boats were secured and the unfor-
| tunates were taken to place of shelter
Nearly Starved to Death.
| At O'Clock last night George Irwin, a res
ideut of Hillside, Westmoreland county, was
discovered in dying condition in clump
Of bushes just above the tracks of the Penn,
| sylvania railroad, about mile below Johns
| town, stretched upon two railroad ties near
| the track below. His tongue extended from
his mouth and he gasped as if death was at
hand. By the assistance of stimulants he
was in degree revived and said he had been
without mouthful to eat since Friday He
was taken to the hospital.
| Prominent Citizens Drowned.
| Richard Arid, vice president, and Mr..
Dove superintendent of the Syracuse Tube
| company of Syracuse, n Y, were drowned
| at Cambria City. Richard Smyth, of the
| Swyndill Construction company, had both
bodies coffined here and shipped to Syracuse
| yesterday.
Sacrificed His Life for Others.
A gentleman tells the following: Tonight,
| while coming down Main street, my atten-
| lion was attracted to beautiful woman
1 whose facial expression told of a broken
heart Being asked what she had lost, she
| said; 1.-THE kindest hearted husband that
| ever graced a home would still be with me
/ hs.x
others. For ten minutes before the dreadful
Jorrent came down upon us he had been car
| Tying people from the houses across the
street to the second floor of our own house.
He crossed the street the seventh time to
rescue a lady, but failed to return That is
| al know. My heart will burst with grief p"
The lady was Mrs. Lindsay, the wife of the
| most prominent wall paper man of Johns
| town and the daughter of Mr. Ludwig, the
Wholesale liquor dealer.
A Shooting That Did Not Occur
The burgess of Johnstown and the acting
chief of police deny that there was any one
shot by ex-Burgess c. L. Dick Sunday. The
only man shot was punctured in the leg by
Constable Callahan for refusing to stop when
ordered to do so on being detected in a theft.
| There are now on duty in and about the
| ruins 400 police and deputies, which the bur-
CESS thinks is ample without the assistance of
the military. By order of the burgess all
men who refused to go to work yesterday
we're given twenty-four hours time to get
ont of town.
Kept in Ignorance of Their Loss
Attending school at Seton Hill seminary,
In Greenburg, Pa, are number of young la
es from YOUNGSTOWN, who as yet are not
aware of the terrible calamity which befel
~nffr nd h.
have lost their near and dear friends The
sters of Mercy, in whose care they are.
have refused to allow any papers to be
brought to the seminary until the worst has
been learned, when thev will be made ac-
quainted with the awful catastrophe which
has befallen their city.
Bodies Recovered Number 800
The total number of bodies recovered is
now estimated by Adjt. Gen Hastings and
the undertakes at 1900, but the general has
wired Governor Beaver that he believes the
los will amount to from 5000 to 6, 900 lives.
ar that time would produce ample proof
of this. In order to facilitate the ascertain
ing of the number of the dead all surviving
re sidents of Johnstown and Cambria City
hf We been requested to register at various
designated places
Will Dynamite the Debris.
The twenty-fv acres of debris accumu-
lafed by the Pennsylvania bridge over the
Conemaugh will be dynamited The idea is
to disintegrate the mass, start logs down the
river, catch the bodies thus dislodged and
in ter them as quickly as possible
There Were 30, 400 In the City.
Just one month ago the work of taking a
census of the city for a new directory was
completed, and showed exactly g, 400 people
claiming residence in Johnstown The book
is now in the printers hands at Altoona An
eff ort will be made to secure copy OF the
dir ectory at once, make a new canvass of the
city, and in this manner ascertain to a
rec sonable degree Of certainty who met death
in This terrible disaster
His Fidelity Was Inavailing.
Henry Roberts lost a month old babe. He
hal In his house Newfoundland dog which
was near the child whom the fatal food
str ack the house. The dog seemingly real
ise the situation, and Caught the child and
va ted to swim to land The force of the
waters washed the dog and child against the
school house, where they were held until the
waters began to abate, and as soon as the
animal could he swan to the hillside with the
bale in his mouth, and delivered the dead in
FAINT to some people who were there
Deaths Dreadful Acre.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 4.-Yesterday a
corn patch of about an acre in extent at
Nineveh, was dug over by q volunteer force