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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
A Glimpse At tho Work Of Dcvas-
tation bv tho Delugs.


JouxsrowS. Pa. Jun. q Prom Johns
town up the valley easy communication
has been opened as far a. conemansh.
two miles. and II i possible for any one
here 10 readily behold sight never BE-
fore seen in this world. aud which no one
who does not see IL himself will ever be-
lieve did really exist. II i described
here a. well As words can describe. but
merely a duty a. history. AMI not with
the idea that any one who can NOT look AZ
il will ever think il true. Every one has
seen the light beam shafts aud rods ia 4
factory lying in twisted. broken ami
criss-c-,ss shape after a fire has de-
stroyei the factory
In the gap above John~town the water
has picked up four-track railroai, cov-
cred with trains. freight anl passenger.
and With machine shops. aud other
heavy buildings with heavy contents. AMI
has torn the track u pieces. twisted.
turned and crossed IL a. fire never could.
IL has tossed huge freight locomotives
Ike barrels. anu ears like spackin- boxes.
and torn them o. pieces and scattered
them over miles % territory. * las in
one place Yct stream - wafer q city
block wide between the railroad and the
bluff. and in aSofher place i has changed
the course .. the river as far in the other
direction. and left il hundred yard-
inland. on which ARE the tracks that for
merly skirtsl the banks. Add 10 this
that in the midst o. this. FIRE. with the
singular fatality that has made il every
where the companion % the hood in this
catastrophe. has destroyed train ~
yestibule cars that the food had ~recSel;
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

PirrsBrRsH. PA. June 4.-This morn.
ing al the Chamber Of Commerce. orders
were given for the immediate transpor.a-
tion ~ nifty ears ~ provisions ana 80
men. Of whom thirty are carpenters.
Contractor Flynn has abandoned all his
work ia this vicinity aud Is trans
porting MI hi horses. carts, hoist-
ing machines and engines AMI all
gearing os that nature. All " the
cents OF the National Guard will bs
shipped az once. One hnndrcd anil fifty
sook-stoves and necessary utensils will
also be sent All 81 Fiynn's men are nc
cnstomctl 70 tho kind ~ work They will
End at Jchnstown. No volunteers will be
accepted --ever man will receive pav,
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y.sts u Mud. but M DIstre~< 81 Lock

PHILADELPHIA. June 5---Superintenden
Pesst 81 the Pennsylvania railroad, suc-
ceeded in getting to the edge Of Lock
Haven yesterday morning at half-pass
nine o'clock All the houses had from
six 10 ten feet Of water In them, The re-
ccting water left considerable mud in
streets and dwellings. Oaly one person
y known 10 have been drowned at Lock
Haven. but several lives are reported lost
NJ Mill Hall, four miles from Lock Haven.
Some 81 the principal citizens, who were
seen by Superintendent Petit, say there
a no suffering.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

JoHSsrowS. Pa, June 3.-Conemaugh,
woodvale, Kernyille. Cambria City and
stber surrounding towns in the flooded
district are as badly Of as Johnstown,
At Conemaugh the Inhabitants OF the
lower lying portion Of the town have been
literally wiped out o. existence. At
Woodyale the percentage OF death is even
greater than at Johnstown. Kcrnvillc
has OILY house or two as monument
% It's former respectable proportions.
Cambria City is not even a ghost Of its
sarIner self, while all along the
sAire ~ The torrent the isolated
houses 81 hundreds are without occu-
pants. The relief provisions for Johns
sown must be extended TO these other
places As rapidly as railroad transporta-
tiyn facilities can be furnished. The
towns named al lie between Johnstown
and the South Fork dam, whose bursting
s.anaed the disaster. AT woodvale the
Head bodies 81 hundreds are lying In the
debris. relatively as numcrously ns they
nfe IN Johnstown. Az Conemaugh. the
same condition ~ things prevails. The
scarcity " the living at both places
nnkes the recovery ot bodies very slow
aork.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. June 2.--Adjutant-
General Hastings, who was Ia the vicinity
OK Johnstown last night, stated that the
total list Of dead in tile Concmaugh dis
aster will not fall below eight thousand,
and may reach fifteen thousand persons.
General Hastings has ordered two thou.
sand collins 10 be sent 10 Johnsiown.
Twenty-six undcrtakers are 70 20 there
az once from this city. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company are sending carload
of skiffs 70 Nnevah, hoping 70 get into
Johnstown by this means. II was relia-
bly stated last night that not living
soul had entered or departed from Johns.
town since the hour os the disaster. all
reports 70 the contrary notwithstanding.
Each hour adds new horrors 10 tlie
story. Some Of tile reports reaching the
city tonight are appalling.
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JoHSsrowS. Pa, June AIT fvo
o'clock yesterday posse OF farmers SUR
rounded gang Or fourteen Hangarans.
who We're robbing thu dead, and SUCCEED
ed, after lively battle with rocks and
clubs. in driving three y them into the
middle % the stream. where they sank
beneath the waves to rise no more.
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loss OF nfe. On, man said that he over
heard Superintendent Pitcairn saying
that the number would not fall far short
OF nvs thousand. Others put II az three
thousand and down as low a. eight hun-
drcd, anywhere between the two flgures
mentioned. \. n. Thompson. train mas
ter. said dead bodies are lying along the
banks Of the river between Sang Hollow
and Johnstown as thick ~ flies. II Is the
most terrible sight ever Witnessed. The
natives forgot their breakfast IN the ex-
element, and mon could be seen running
In every direction. eating as they went.
Every train is crowded with people GO
ing to the scene. Everybody has but ono
objective point--Johnstown.
l. l.. Smith. General manager OF the
Gautier Steel-works. was on the train on
his way home from Milwaukee, where he
had been attending a meeting Of the wire
manufacturers. He has lived In Johns-
town all his life. He said: II can not
imagine that the food did as much dam
age In Johnstown as reported. The water
would have 70 rise thirty feet higher than
il was last June before II got above WAL
nut street. About nine-teuihs OF tho
town is above Walnut street. so you seq
that the food must have been very high
70 have reached that portion OF the town.
That railroad bridge did the whole dam
age. Had | been there | would have
blown 1t up with dynamite had been APP
prised in time OF the food that was COM
ing"
Engineer be Lozier said he helped ont
four women and one man near Sang Hol-
low. Oae was al oil lady that looked TO
be upward % eighty years OF age. He
helped rescue twelve persons last night
alive off floating drift. He said he GOT
into Johnstown abont four o'clock yester.
day afternoon. aud all that could be seen
was the tops Of the houses. He left Sang
Hollow this morning about nine O'Clock.
He counted eighty five people going down
on drift. One OF the most touching Incl.
dents. he said was tho drowning OF q
father. mother and three children. They
came down on roof, aud just opposite
the town the raft struck q pile Of drift
and went TO pieces. All five went down
in the mad current. A moment later two
heads were seen above the water. and
their two hands clutching at the root.
That was the last seen OF that family.
This is but one incident OF a hundred that
are related by people living along the
river.
Mr.. De Lozior said the scenes can not
be overdrawn. He saw one woman 20
down on raft with both eyes lying out
On her cheeks. She was dead. having
been crushe' among the timbers. Men
and women with arms broken. blood
streaming down over their faces, aud
their bodies cut, bruised aud bleeding,
we're frequent sight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

JonSsrowS, Pa. Jane i.--Siephcn COL
Inns, Assistant Superintendent ~ Mails,
arrived here yesterday. aud made ar
engagements ar resumption Of service to-
day East and West.
The destruction OF life AZ East Conc
mauch was less than reported. not more
than twenty-five having persisted. The
property. however. for three squares Vi
from the river. was Totally destroyed
About i2i y. IN Friday word was t. \
rraphed from south Fork that the dam
was breaking. Almost Immediately the
whistles Of several locomotives we're
blown 80 long aEd loud that The people
rushed from tier homes, and seeing tire
water coming. I'D 70 the mountains.
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PITsBrEGH. Pa. June a steamboat
was secured By the Allegheny City conn-
cilmen's committee yesterday and will
leave this morning. % explore the Alle-
cheny river NJ as far as the Kiskimineias
for dead bodies. The latter will be taken
ont 81 the water as sanitary precantion.
a message for the Chamber ~ Com
inercc was received last might from Cen
eyl Hastings asking fVr one thousand
men with axes, picks. sAovels. etc.
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The narror Increased.

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. June 9-The magni-
tube u the horror increases with the
hours. II is believed that not less than
two thousand OF the drowned found lodg-
nsnt beneath the mass OF debris in the
triangle o. ground that the Conemaugh
sat out OF the bank between the river
proper and the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge There was the greatest funeral
gTre ia history. The victims were not on
~ but we're parts OF its horrible construc-
'sion Waole houses were washed into
the apex OF the triangle. Hen-coops. pig
sstFs, stables. the refuse OF the gutter, the
rSrtents Of sewers. whole lumber
yards. boom upon boom OF logs, COM
pJs~d the mass, when the upsetting %
a cook-stove ignited the mass, and
tho work OF cremation began. Ii
vas costly sacrifice to the demon Of
The food, being literal breast of fire.
The smoke rose in huge. funnel shaped
cloud. and at times changed 70 the form
Of an hour-glass. AT night the flames
would light up this misty remnant OF
mortality. The effect upon the living, ig~
aornnt and intelligent was the same.
That volume of smoke, with its dual
FORM. produced feeling OF awe in many
chat was superior ia most cases to that
m the awful moment OF the storms
rrath on Friday afternoon. Hundreds
stood for hours regarding the smoke and
wondering II IL forboded another
visitation direr than its predecessor. II
ras with feeling Of absolute loathing
shat all people hereabouts this morning
aroke 10 find that nothing but mass Of
ashes, calcined human bones. stoves. old
iron and other approximately indestruct-
ibie matter. from which only light blue
vaIor was arising. General Hastings
trok precautions TO prevent the extension
~ the fire 70 another huge pile short
distance away. and this will be searched
to-day for bodies OF food victims.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

Ten million Dollars In Properly De-
stroy~d. and the People Destitute %
FoasI.
HARRrsBURs. Pa. June 4.--Governor
Beaver has been sitting BY a Western
Union operator the past two hours Iirect-
ing movements at Johnstown. giving in
formation 10 President Harrison as TO
the condition ~ affairs in the flooded dis.
trict. and getting news from various
parts % the State on the subject. He re-
ceiyed long dispatch from the mayor
and other citizens Of Williams port, show
ing the wreck accomplished by tho
freshet anu g restitution existing in
that city The dispatch reports that
thousands 81 people are homeless;
that actual want prevails, and
that prompt support il urgent-
~ needed. The loss Of lumber
alone is estimated at sj.OoO.00o. Other
damage done by the flood will exceed that
amount. Owing to the unprecedented
high water, the necessary supplies to feed
the sufferers can not be obtained at Will
iamsport- The Governor has telegraphed
to Mayor Filter OF Philadelphia and
Mayor Kennedy Of Reading 10 dispatch
food trains 10 Williamsport. and in re-
Spouse 70 request ~ the Governor,
President Harrison has had similar
tran started from Washington. which IS
expected to pass through this city this
afternoon
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One Thousand Dead and Dying Bodie,
la = Pyre.

JoHNsrow~, Pa. June at is impos.
sible at this hour 70 state the exact loss
OF life, but IL is safe TO place IL anywhere
from eight 10 twelve thousand. A step
can not be taken without finding some
one who has lost friends. Some OF them
have lost whole families. The scenes in
Johnstown are beyond description. In
the once peaceful river houses are strewn
without limit. The worst OF the wreck
Is at the Pennsylvania road bridge II
was an arched bridge. and the arches
were very narrow. When the food came
and swept the buildings with it. all %
them clogyed in these arches. For fully
one mile houses and parts OF houses are
lying along the stream. In this very
debris j. where the most Of the bodies are
supposed t. lie. II is conceded fact
that at least one thousand bodies are
here, with little or no possibility Of ever
being brought out.
THE CLIMAX or HORRORS.
About eight O'Clock this morning, By
some means other. the debris tool. fire,
and burned as fercely as II 1t were fed by
oil and famed by tho winds OF Heaven.
1t started at the bridge. and burned clear
up the river as far as there was any fuel
for the flames.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14
MARTIAL LAW.


/.
with = wall ~ Martial Protectors.
JoHSsrowx Pa. june s--The ruined
city lies within a girsile OF steel -she
baycnet- ot tie Fourteenth Regiment.
The militia has captured Johnstown. aud
over the desolate plain where ths
city proper stood through the tow
ering wrecks AMI by the river passes.
marches the patrol. crying halt" and
challenging the vayabends. yandals, and
ghouis who cross th-ir path. General
Hastings. ~ course. j. the highest officer
In rank. AMI ia command. and when the
survivors ~ the food nwoke this morn
in-. when the weary pickets were relieved
AZ SUNRISE. brigade headquarters had
been established ON the slope ~ Prospect
Hin, overlooking the hundreds of white
tents ~ the regiment down below under
the tower. by the German Catholic
Church. which was "a fire when the
deluxe came
The Fourteenth Regiment was REIN
forced yesterday. until Il i now six hum
drrd strOng.
Early Yesterday morning the regiment
wenf into service. Company WINS de-
tailed - Cambria City. where the ole
ment ~ ruf'ilnism. meeting that ~ des-
perafion. foreshaiowed a storm. During
tie day many people " questionable
character were escorted ont ~ tire city
limits.
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situation in the town OF Lewiston. which
has been cut OF from the rest Of the world
since Friday last, l. thus briefly de-
scribed: Eight river bridges were all
swept away. Only one open railroad
there. The highways Of the town arc
covered with de bris ten feet high. Many
Of the population are being fed and shcI.
tered in the coart-house. The waters rose
nine feet higher than in 1877 No lives
were lost The damage 70 property can
not yet be estimated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

BA~c Hollow, Pa June r., 10. m.--The
reports ~ the number drowned vary with
s&2cA person asked for an estimate os the
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BALTIMORE. NIL, Jnne 5.--One - the
Maryland i ths Recalling Railroad Com
pany. They owned and controlled the
Susqnehanna 4 TiAewater canal. which
A. nearly vbii,eratet. The company paid
>3JS,0yo Tor the canal.
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JonssTowS. Pa. June 1.-TWO hundred
ard fifty bodies we're received ut this
Pennsylvania railroad depot yesterday
After being washed they were placed in
caskets aud arranged in long rows On the
depot platform for Identification. Oriy
a Sow OF the number were recognized
some were 50 terribly dishrured as 70 be
wholly unrcrognizable. The waxing
rooms in which the embalming was done
presented sickening sight Human
forms frightfully burned or cut or
bruised. were laid upon a rough boari
liable, washed aud cof.ined. II they were
not recognized in very short time. they
were placed on wag ms aud taken 70 the
ADMINISTERED school house, where they
will be kept a long a. possible and then
buried in a grave bcarog the legend
unknown"
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Three Hundred Isodi~. Discovered In tis
sand.

JoHSsrowS. Pa. June a-Thres hun
drcd bodies were discovered this
afternoon in the sand at Kernyille.
near the mouth o. Sandy Greek. The
sight can not be describe |. and is
one % the most distressing ever
witnessed. A crowd Of at least FIVE hun
ired gathered around, enieavoring 10
find the bodies OF some friends or Fcla-
tives. There were no collins there at the
time, and the bodies had 10 b. laid Oh The
ground. 4 rain i now falling. but this
does not interfere with the work Most
~ the reScning party have been W for
two days, yet they work with dstern.-
tion that il wonderful.
Engine No. r.. u Pittsburgh. which j
playing a stream on the FIRE at the stone
bridge. has It now almost extin-ni-hel.
and The fire is about out. BIZ morrow
the task u getting ont the bodies under
the burning piers will be conmeAcel ia
safliest.
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JoHvsTowx, Pa. june 3.--The coins
are now beginning 70 arrive. and on
many streets on the hillside they are
stacked as high as the second aud ti.ir =
story windows. A, KAruviile. ia thi. re-
spect. The people are not - Fortunate
II would seem that evsry man il his own
coffin maker. and many a man can b.
seen here aud there claiming wha. re-
mains OF his house in which perhaps he
has found the remains ~ loved one. and
Is busily patching il together with nails
and hoops or any available thing a. hold
the body q, some dear member u his
family. Funerals are now taxing place
in the upper portion Of the town. The
collins are conveyed TO the cemetery in
wagons. each one carrying two. three or
more. Few mourners follow. There -
no time for mourning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-14

HAhkISbuhs. Ia. Sun- - HrSsA-0
was received al the Pennsylvania rail-
road station at this point yesterday from
Williamsport over the Northern Central
wires. stating that meeting had been
held in that city yesterday afternoon at
which the following was authorized % be
issued to the public:
s.The city OF williamsport has been
sorely striker BY the NEST severe food
ever known in the State Of Pennsylvania
All have suffered great loss. Large num-
bers 81 our citizens are wholly destitute
aud suffering for the necessaries ~ life
Those o. our people. able 80 70 DO. arr
giving what they can. but are unable a.
furnish the relief needed We appeal -
a generous public in the name " Col 70
help Us. Let every thing be sent 20 the
mayor OF williamsport.r
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ECHOES or sAs DELuoE.

ftems and Is~id~nss %. Melancholy II.
tsrest Ia Connection with the Oy~~-
whrlnsing Disaster la the c.n~msu : h
valley The situation FROM Malt arr
Point of View.
HAnRrsnrno. Pa. Jnns l.-Aijaiant.
General Hastings yesterday sent the TO-.
lowing disparch I" &. T.. Dirhi, manager
~ the Postal telegraph Company Al this
4, point;
! Better inform Governor beaver -h4t fhs
I mornine's reports give the number lost N
Johnstown az between twelve and nffcen thou
sand. The greatest disorder prevails TIE
place is infested with thieves ana saniais. who
nrr robb'ng the dead and appropriafng every
thing they can lay their hands on. The-c Pro.
pie arr eating almost every thing In the shape
81 provisions sent here for the fipod sufferers
Tel Governor Beaver that you can reach a.
direct and any thing ne may wish 10 communal
cate with parties here will receive prompt ~
tcntion from us
The present intention ~ the Governor
Is 10 send no troops 10 JohnStown. bat
he mas requested that the Fourteenth
Regiment be kept in readiness 70 move
10 The scene Of the disaster.
General Hastings telegraphei: "Iiaye
good organization; don't think IL nece~-
sary 10 call Tor troops. Be assured that
every thing y III be done within possibility
to relieve the Survivors and care for the
dead.v
sheriff Mccan dic<s ~ Allegheny Coun-
~ telegraph- as follows:
"Haye just returned from Johnstown.
The situation j. such that il j. positively
necessary ~ s.ni NJ least four or iive
regiments Of the National Guard 10 pre-
vent pillage. robbery and bloc ishad."
The Fourteenth aud Eighteenth re-i-
ments were ready 10 move win ears and
rations, and the Adjutani-Gen-ra coun-
demanded the orders.
General Snowden felegraphs that the
First Brigade is ready 70 respond 10 the
call for duty al Johnstown. and General
Wiley telegraphs his willingness 10 re-
spond 70 any demand made on him.
Bush Huidekoper. surgeon 81 the First
Brigade. wires that the Hospital Corps is
ready 10 - as volunteers. Colonel Keck.
~ Wilkesbarre. states that his regiment
Is ready 70 do duty.
Governor Beaver i in communication
with General Hastings. who i. in Johns
town. and giving necessary instructions.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-26
East Lynne.

There was n very perceptible To-
crease in the attendance 1t tue Rink
last night. attesting the drawing
powers of hiss Gage and her company.
who have played to steadily ~incre.s-
ing business during a season OF q
week. something that no other on
pany has had the temerity TO attempt
in Miles City before. The bill last
night was the old standby Of East
Lynne, rendered popular aud familiar
to play-goers Of a generation ago by
Lucille Western. and still "A strong
card in the repertoire OF every emo
tional actress from Clara Morris down.
II Ia not a play that appeals to the
lighter senslbIlities and has very lit
tie In IL to relieve the fearful measure
Of grief with which all but the frat
act 10 heavily charged. 1t is beverthe-
less q play Of rare opportunities for an
emotional actress, aud for only such,
~ any failure ON the part OF the actress
TO strike the right chord in the as
sumption Of the character OF Madam
Vine must be fatal. W. are glad 70
say that Miss Gage was, a. always,
thoroughly pleasing In her portrayal
Of the dual character Of Lady Isabel
and Madam Vine, aud In her acting
ofiered q reasonable excuse for the e1.
istence Of such a lugubrIous and lsch-
rymose drama. In the lighter by.
play OF the fret act she was very
charming ana the heavy work Of The
pm >ajaf pets vas well within he,
Pope aud effectively done. This M.
Tie lady has in the short space Of one
week been seen In a range Of cbarac.
ters rarely attempted by anyone lea,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-26
LOCAL TIE M S.
undeser,edly Laughed At.

The unihinking are prone to make game Of ner-
yousness. Yes this is a very real and serious
afiietiOn, the harrassing symptoms OF which ara
rendered all tbs more poignant BY ridicule. The
lomaeh is usually responsible for these symp.
ioiIs-i,s weakness and disorder hnd a reflex In
the brain, which Il fhe headquarters OF the ner-
yous system. Al q toni and lrsDquilliz. we be-
lieye that no one eau be pointed out effective M
Hosietier's stomach Bitiers. In renewing vigor.
Gus digestion. II strikes the keynote Of recovery Of
strength aud q~aietude BY the nerves Headaches,
tremers IN quiet sleep, abnormal sensitiveness 10
unexpected noises all these modi y and ulti.
mately disappear rs The system gains strength
from the crest tonic. d spepsia biliousness,
rheumaiism, constipation aud kidney complaints
are subdued by the Bitters.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-26

Commencing to-day the Northern
Pacific railroad will offer for sale x
cursion tickets to the st. Paul ice pal
ace and continue tue sale until the
18th. One fare for round trip will be-
charged-s2s.S5-tickets good for 90
days. For further information See
c. X. Griffith. local agent, Northern
Pacific railroad.