The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05
iulsome can be paid to his noble Charac-
ter; but, after all, among the heroes that
these strange scenes developed, he Is
only one OF the many,
BURYISGTHR DEAD.
The Ghastly Work Done YsstsFdAy-No
MourneFs Presents

nuh1lNu AAH bhah
The Ghastly Work Done Yesterday-N
MourneFs Present.
JoHNsTowN, PA, pe4.-This was thl
day set aside by the Citizens Committe,
for the burying Of all the unidentified
dead that have been laying in the NOR
CUES since Sunday, AT ten O'Clock, thil
morning, the men who were in charge
Of the burying started to work and have
been busy all day, There are no pathe-
tic scenes at these burials, The men
who have been hired to do the work,
seem to do II Just as 0 matteroibusiness,
The bodies are being Inferred in the
cemetery nearest the place where the
bodies were found, About noon, apro-
cession OF about 90 collins was seen
going up the hill above the railroad.
There was not "a moprner present and
the sight was q Rhastly one to behold,
II will take several days TO bury the
bolies now In the different grave yards,
as there were few graves dug until this
morning, and no implements to dig them
with, However, o large detachment OF
men arrived from Pittsburgh this morn
ing and they were put to work at dig
glng graves Immediately. Altogether
about 800 bodies were taken to the dif-
ferent cemeteries this morning,
Kind farmers lent their assistance and
dug trenches and graves for the victims
OF the great food, Single lnterments
are rare, Usually the collins were
placed In long rows In trenches pre-
pared for the purpose. This Is q tenn
porary arrangement and as soon as
bodies are claimed they will be given to
the surviving relatives or friends, -Four
long trenches, 100 feet long, seven feet
wide and three feet deep form the graves
for two hundred victims OF the flood
whose bodies have been recovered at
NineYeh, ten miles below Johnstown
to-day. Aa planning mill has been con.
yerled into morguc. Across the river at
Old Nineyeh, thirty.fve bodies were
taken out Of the debris and mud. This
is the first opening Of the narrow valley
through which the Coneuaugh dashes
like mill race. From hetlells OF mud
many bodies have been taken. The
searChers find many Of the bodies by
means OF q hand or u piece OF clothing
sticking up through The mud. They
carry long sticks with which they prod
the soil. One Of the most ghastly tinds
was that Of q baby, which was hanging In
a tree. It's foot had caught In q fork and
by this means, 1t was suspended. One
Dl the men reached II with q pole 10 pull
down what he believed to be
q piece Of clothing, when the
body fell, The Westmoreland county
commissioners yesterday purchased an
lcre Of ground on the side Of the noun
tain and converted 1t into a cemetery.
A gang Of laborers were ut work all day |
Iligging trenches, A rough pine board
was placed ut the head oi each coffin in |
The trench. The name of the victim
wss written on the board with lead
pencil,
SCENES AT TIE CEMETERY.
Tho scenes at the cemetery tonight
we're depressing aud pathetic, The
torches OF the laborers looked from
across the fields like SO many jack O.
anterns, Turing their victims onto de-
Two hundred victims were
Iound here to-day and fifteen
across the river. A few have
been identified. Tie Weslmoreland
corps are taking care Of all bod
les found In that county. They are hav.
ing them SHIPPED TO Nineyeh, and will
bury them onItheir plot Of ground. r,
B. Hammer, Coroner Of Allegheny coun-
", Is at this point and Is doing excel
ent work. He has large corps OF help.
srs. His Jury was organized on Saturday |
and have heard plenty OF testimony.
The iurymen are +. Weible, II. NJ. Guy,
R. b. Roger, W. II. Work, James Nc.
Carthy aud A. L. Bethune. Coroner
Hammer will push South Fork az soon |
rs the railroad opens with the Jury 10 |
make formal examination OF the lake.
The testimony consists Of descrip-
lions OF the flood by whose who
escaped and descriptions OF the lake by
those who have been In II. Two men
refused to testify before the jury.
Sheriff Ben E. Byers, who Is on the
ground had a talk with them, and they
finally decided the best thing they could
do was To testify.
One patient died at 1.-THE hospital to-day.
The greater majority are suffering from
wounds. Pneumonia and diptheria
have broken out among the people who
were rescued as well as those who are
being cared for. Typhoid fever is
feared.