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

Is one that tne most oohnsS
might easily consider hopeless
and that undoubtedly would be praet-
cally impossible had not the state stepped
in and undertaken the work. 1t 10 Getty
we'll settled by this time that the state
will confine its work to the clearing ny
Of the ruins and the restoration OF the
streams to safe and pure oondition'Ihe
need for private charity for the support
Of tho people until they can support
themselves is, therefore, as urgent Is
ever. The only dependence OF the sur
viyors il for the present upon the rehet |
that they receive from day to day from
other parts OF the country. Twenty-fonr
hours' stoppage of supplies would mean
hunger for three quarters OF the sur
yiyiug inhabitants.
It Is probable that the expenses in
CURED in the recovery Of the bodies and
the clearing away OF debris up TO TO. NOR
row night will be paid out OF the FUNDS
contriE nted for the relief OF the sufferers.
Wednesday morning the state takes hold,
and after that all contributed money on
hand and to come in will be for the peo
pie themselves. Important changes in
the order OF things here will then 80 Into
effect The town will be even more com.
pleteiy than at present under martial
law. The relief supplies will De handled
by the commissary department, and the
iaoorers will be directly nader the charge
of the military authorities. il is already
announced that wages after that date Will
be 81 80 per day instead of @2 per day
and rations, which is now being paid.
This will make trouble among the labor
ara. and it ia doubtful il the majority OF
them will stay for that. They are all
afraid of pestilenoe and dissatisfied
with rations and quarters
The bodies of victims of tho food con-
Time TO be found in large numbers. To-
day. the workmen on the big raft above
/ the bridge began to get back toward the
oeptre of that mass of wrecKage, and, as
IVES expected, discovered many bodies.
| William Williams, a Kigger and ship
| builder OF Bucks county, who came here
! TO help In removing the debris, found
| nine bodies in this stream within short
| time. They we're also found scattered in
the debris in other places about the city,
and the total for the day was about so.
A space about 100 feet wide by 800
| long has now been cleared in the raft
above the bridge, and all around the
edges, under trains and twisting engines,
| ESQ pounds OF dynamite were set off in
| one charge to-day with terrific effect in
tearing to pieces the surface of the raft,
| A new device that began work this morn
ing was hcisting engine, located upon a
| fat car on tue bridge, from which long
ropes were run to the biRgist logs In the
raft, aud these were torn out and dragged
into the open water, great masses OF other
debris often being loosened ct the same
time.
The dreaded epidemic has not yet APP
psared, but under blazing hot sun the
town has fairly reeked with the vile
odoYs, made even more insufferable by
the absence of q breeze. Sanitary fegu-
iations are being enforced as strictly as
possible In place whore every con-
yenienoe and many Of the necessities OF
healthful life are absolutely lacking.
The Cambria Iron Company has ordered
1000, 900 feet of lumber with which to
build homes for their workmen. Besides
this they expect to consume In some way
all the lumber that can be produced by
saw mills In this part Of Pennsylvania.
| TO RESUME OPERATIONS.
The Cambria Iron Company to-day
started up it's furnaces for the first time
since the food. The furnaces were little
injured by she food. Most Of the rest Of
the works are still Allied with debris, and
some of the buildings will have to be torn
down and rebuilt. Thousands of men
are at work getting the other depart
ments in order as fast as possible All
possible speed ia being used in getting
the works going, not only in order to pro
vide employment for the people here, but
also TO prevent the shutting down OF
other large manufactures in the east
which are dependent upon the Cambrii
works for their supply of raw material
One reason for the extraordinary haste o.
the Pennsylvania railroad in getting thii
part of its road open is the necessity FOL
furnishing transportation for these work
contracts representing millions of dollar
being involved in the prompt delivery o.
the steel and iron they manufacture.
! Haws q Co.'s large brick kilns ant
cement works, along the bank of th'
: river opposite the Cambria works, viii
start up to morrow. They were on higl
ground and were uninjured by the food
, but have been suspended ever since be
/ cause all the workmen were eithe
} drowned or put out of condition TO
: work by the flood. General Tasting
t has personally urged all employers in tn
: CITY to get their works going as soon q
K possible, in order to make the people a
8 nearly as may be self-supporting.
y The Pennsylvania railroad reopened 1t
offices in its station this afternoon. TIL
8 building has been used since the food q
1 a morgne and supply station. The bodie
/ now found in that part OF the city ar
2 taken to the school house, which was th
a only building left standing near tn
+ gorge. The telegraph Office has ais
9 moved from its lobby -16-foot coal shed
I at the south end Of the bridge, to NOR
T permanent quarters in the Cambria Iro
Q Oompanys office, near the railroad sts
i ton. The eeilirg of the office is smashe
n and covered With queer white spots upo
9 a muddy background. The desks In th
d Office all went sailing to the ceiling whe
Q the food came. and smashed the plaster
8 Pictures were fioated up against the Gel
d ing, and being held fast there, kept th
J plaster under them white. The buildin
j, was very substantial one Of brick, an
Il was sheltered by the Wood, Morrell
J. Co. general store, which was PARTIAL
;, destroyed, but which broke the force G
u the current.
% Fifty axemen from Greensburg wei
among the arrivals to-day. Several hui
o dred iaborers and good many csrpente
h and other artisans also arrived durir
o the day, and were set to work.
: THE FIRST BURIAL SERVICE.
The first funeral OF food victim tn
might be truly called such, and in whiC
the corpse was taken to the cemetery
Y conveyance, was held to-day. III
q body was taken to the cemetery in
y wagon accompanied by the mourners
} carriages, and burial services were he
q over the remains.
THIRTy.FIyE BODIES FOUND.
There were So bodies recovered to.da