Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13


headquarters, having come up on a |
special Car over the Baltimore j. Ohio |
railroad. He was warmly received by |
his staff, who had been on duty there. |
and 1t was not long before he began
personal inspection OF the detoiate CITY.
1t was Sunday everywhere except in |
Johnstown. Even here there was some
religion, for O sermon or two was
preached, and one or two preachers drew
little knot of listeners here and there al
random. Bat for the most part there
was little to mark the day rs the Sabbath.
The thousands OF workmen welded their
picks and spades Us usual, Hundreds of
horses dragged at the ruins or fallen
buildings. Great fires burned in spots
all over the city, and the ruins Of Johns.
town gradually went up in flame and
smoke, as has been the case for week,
and as will be the case for weeks to come.
This hot sun will bring ont the
germs" remarked DIR. 0'Eeill, the head
OF the Philadelphia branch OF tue Red
Gross Society. He was right. The Bun
beat fercely upon the rubbish FROM out
of the piles which cover the site which
Johnstown formerly occupied. TIE odof
Of deeaying animal matter made the at
mosphere unbeatable. From the seres
OF driftwood at the stone bridge hor.
rible stencil arose. Mixed with 1t all was
the odor OF dihinfeotants, and smoke
/ from the many fires blew into the faces
OF pedestrians In manner which was
unpleasant, to say the least. But tue
smoke was at least wholesome, and no
one grumbled on It's account.
Nine days after the flood and no one
can yet estimate what tue total will be in
the way of deaths. But the time hsq
| come when halt oan be safely called
] upon the estimates which run the loss Of
life as high rs 1900. The brightest
light which can be thrown upon this
horror is awful enough, God knows But
the loss of life will not reach that figure.
do not believe II will run over half Of
it but even that is terrible to contem'
plate. Counting the population in the
devastated district at 10000, nearly
| 10000 inhabitants have been accounted
for by personal registration. There IL nc
central bureau to which reports of the
discovery Of dead bodies are sent, and
this information oan only be collected by
tour OK the norgues. These morguas re-
port the recovery of about 400 bodies
The other 800 people are still missing
4 Where are they Some have left town
come have not registered; aome lie buried
under the sands which cover long sttiE
through the business section of Johns
town; some have gone down the rive
nevOr to be seen again; some wore burnsC
to death in the flames which swept th'
great crush of buildings above the ston'
bridge and there still lie buried in tha
debris which escaped the flames an,
which will require weeks perhep
months--to free, 30 closely IL it packet
at the conjunction of tho Oonemangh AM
Stony creek. In fact, so dense is thi
mass, now reduced by fire almost to tn
waters level, that it blocks the rive
completely, and the waters find channe
beneath it and dow onward to tn
Allegheny.
Under the arches Of the railroad bridg
are hidden for acres by logs, iron, trees
carcasses OF horses and doubtless bodle
of human beings. II is from this mas
that the danger to the water arises, an
General Hastings desires to clear 1t ava,
at all hazards. The great and importsn
topic now ia the subject Of health. Tn
, physicians attached to the Red oros
Society and to the state board OF heaitl
do not believe there is any immediat
danger of alarming sickness; In fact, tn
board posted a notice daily declaring
that health matters we've pregressins ves,
fayorably, and that IL everybody turnet
in and aided in cleaning up the debri
promptly Johnstown need not fear Of
epidemic. But this rose.colored view IL
not the entire truth.
For instance, here ia DR.. W. II. Deyos
OF Pittsburg, sanitary expert, who de-
, clares the outlook ia very grave. Here
Professor Blow OF Chicago, who SAYS tina
! YOUNGSTOWN will not bs fit to live in TO-
avs wears. They find danger In the mu'
which has baked into cakes, and in tn
: decayine vegetable water as we'll as from
decgyin9 animalm matter. Certainly johns
: town uroper is In terrible condition
! and eyen Contractor Flinn's workme
are getting frightened and deserving him
2 80 that he did not have to-day more thai
: 3 OOO men of the 5000 he had day o
2 two ago. What Is feared is warm rain
which will play havoc with the Sol
. and debris. II must be remembers
. that lust now few people iv
= in YOUNGSTOWN proper. The moo
wiped Il nearly ont Of existence. IheI
are few buildings, q very few, whie
ara intact, but 30 complete is the Wrec
: that there is not o store in the entir
y place, There is nothing on sale an
Z husiness has come to complete stanf
atiil. There are oaroasses OF horse
: under the ruins which pile the street,
. there are bodies, human beings, there
= too. Yesterday from the cellar OF
Y house on Pine street pody was ~ q
7 covered with 81 600 in the pockets. Il,
Y day several more bodies were FOUND
The ruins OF the Fourth ward, not "a
from general headquarters. 30 it WI
. he seen that the end is not yet py an
y means. But those who escaped fro
;bis section are not living there to al
l. extent, and those WHO are VIII
ssked TO take to the hills and live
L tents provided by the state.
e The danger of oontagion IN Johnston
y nroner is consequently confined for u
n most part to the workmen who are occ
1r nyinp tents in the mud and sand-ooVert
re iists These men. ms indeed Is the ca
70 ahont everywhere. wash in the river, Pc
10 hans cot far away from some oaressse
10 they breathe the poisonous vapors fro
ma ground. AS an Offset tires ara GO
y t;nnalIy burning and the smoke aud a.
~ ;nfectants are relied upon to prote
q. tha,a. But the danger OF the future II
v. IL the mud and decaying vegetable ms
in "a whioh will remain to menace q
ar cncnnants Of the new houses which "
Zoe nnon the ruins of Johnstown.
IS BUSY SUNDAY.
% This Sunday has been an entirely d
OF tarent ons from the last, Then oil "
10. confnsion. To-day under ruleg NO tral
Ia uela run; people in town could NOT 9
ty ont. people without lines could not
ID in These regulations kept away gre
We many eiehtseers and gave the woikm
ot an aooortunity to go on with their labt
ha =. ta.runted Relief cars were o0mi