The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-13

the portion above the waters was
largely consumed.
About 500 bodies have already .
been recovered and 1000 collins have .
been ordered at JOhnstOwn.
The roll of the dead Will exceed /
5000 and may exceed $4,000. Millions /.
in property has been destroyed, /.
among the rest the S5,0OO,OOO plant !
of the Cambria Iron Company. 1t
is estimated that more than thou
sand persisted in the flames. Whole
families have been wiped out, and a
funeral pail indeed hangs over the
once happy and prosperous valley OF
the COnemaugh.
The survivors Of the food and fire
are homeless and destitute, and a
! cold rain set in next morning to add
to their misery. Food, clothing and
money are needed, which a generous
world is rapidly supplying Soon
! there will be shelter and food IN
/ abundance, and the cold weather Is
! almost prOVidentIal, as it will stay
| putrefactiOn.
The worst fears that have been ex-
! pressed by word or print about the
. CdldlultN
for 10000 persons met death in the
rushing waters that poured down
upon the city and the adjacent vii
lagos. Two thousand persons more
were roasted alive after escaping
from the torrent. JOhnstOwn IS Il
complete ruin from end to end.
Hundreds of bodies still lie under
the smoldering mass at the point
where the bridge was and under the
debris scattered far and wide in the
valley. Each searcher finds scores
of bodies.
MAD RACE FOR LIFE.
H. B. Bennett and S. w Keltz
the engineer and conductor of en-
CINE No. 1,765, hitched to an extra
! freight lying at South Fork when the
dam broke, telegraphed the story OF
the wonderful escape of the locOmO-
tive before the advancing flood. At
the time they were in the signal
tower awaiting orders.
J The fireman and fagman were on
the engine, and two brakemen Were
asleep in the caboose. Suddenly
the men in the tower heard the
booming roar from the valley above
They looked in the direction Of the
sound and were tranStiXed with hOr
E ror to see, two miles above, huge
black wall of water hundred feet
in height rushing down the valley
They rushed for the locomotive, Civ
ing the alarm to the brakesnen, GU
the engine loose, threw the lever
] wide open and away darted the Ell
. CINE in mad race for life. For /;
moment they seemed unable to KEEP
ahead of the food.
S AS the men on the flying engine
f looked behind they saw the tive
D brakemen rush out of the caboose
. The men in the signal tower Wer
= tossed high in the air and disap
peared in the engulfng water. Tn
: engine leaped forward like human
t creature and sped down the valley
= but as fast as it went the food gainec
upon it. After racing at the rate 0
i seventy miles an hour it tnall,
+ reached a point Of safety and tn
d men alighted.
d SWIFT VENGEANCE.
:, Vengeance is swift at JOhnstOwr
! Two Hungarians were caught, fey
miles down the river, each havini
: his pockets filled with lingering
p, and other articles which they ha
t stolen from the dead bodies. The
|. were lynched, both being left hang
3 ing to tree No attempt is bein,
made to ascertain who did it. Al
d old farmer walked into town wit
|, his shotgun on his shoulder and sal
e he had fired upon and prObabl
killed a thief down the river, Will
n he was robbing a body.
THROWN OUT OF WORK.
> The terrible floods will cause tn
indefinite suspension of ten Of TIL
e large mines in the valley employin:
5000 hands. Nearly all the pump
l are now under water and the foo