Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-06
THE TERRIBLE FLOOD.
Melancholy Situation of the
Few Survivors.
THEIR APPEAL is NOT IN VAIN
Generous Hearts Touched and Lib
eral Hands Opened for Their
Comfort and Aid.

Comfort and Aid.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
JOHNSTON, Pa, June 5.-The best es-
Inmates this morning on the loss OF life,
based on the registry of the living and
an unofficial poll are 1900 to $4,000.
ANTIsEPTIC WEATHER.
In the midst of this scene of death and
desolation, relenting Providence is ex-
erting subduing influence. The temper
ature remains low in Conemaugh valley.
Its benefit is inestimable and, should it
continue few days longer, it is possible
hundreds of bodies may yet be recovered
il such state Of preservation as to rem
der Identification possible. Many hun
dreds OF victims, however, will be roasted
and charred into shapeless masses.
CREMATION ADOPTED.
The work Of clearing up the. wreck
and recovering bodies is being conduct ed
systematically. Over 5000 men are at
work in the valley. As the rubbish ls
gone over and the bodies and articles Of
value are recovered, the debris is piled
up and the torch applied. In twenty
four hours more, every mass of rubbish
will probably have been searched and
the Investigations be confined to the
smoking wreck above the YOUNGSTOWN
bridge.
CARING FOR THE SAVED.
At the commissary station this morn
ing ], 800 people were fed and 600 faIni-
lies furnished with provisions. Five car
loads of clothing are distributed now,
and almost everyone is provided for.
TALLYING UP THE SAVED.
At the different registration places,
| Is 900 residents of the devastated district
have registered. The total population Of
this district was between 40, 900 and 50,.
| 900. There are hundreds of people wait
| ing around the Offices to have theil
names placed on the list of the saved. II
is thought by tomorrow night thai
eighty-fve per cent. of the survivors will
be registered.
LABoRERS REINFORCED.
| This morning / 100 men arrived il
charge of Hon. William Finn, and by II
| O'Clock they succeeded in doing more
work at clearing away the debris thar
had been done heretofore. Seventy five
carpenters and twenty carloads of pro
visions also came up. Another delega
| ton Of workmen came from BraddOck
each man with tools to 60 to work imme.
diately.
| "wHERE THE CAICAsE is, ETC"
Thirty doctors arrived from Philadel
| phia this morning. They were thanked
for their willingness to help, but their
services were declined, from the fact that
there are no sick to take care of. In
Prospect Hospital, on the hilltop, there
is not one patient.
MANY BABIES MISSING.
Conservative men are of the opinion
that the number of people destroyed will
| reach $4,000 to $1,000. A very large
portion of this loss is children. The
general opinion is that fully 1900 bodies
will never be found.
This afternoon fifty bodies we're taker
from the debris in front of the Catholic
church at Johnstonborough. Forty oil
those are women, and are at the First
| Presbyterian church, which is being uset
as morgue. Seventeen bodies taker
from the debris at the river have beer
brought in. The relief corps from AL
toona found body near Stony bridge
this morning. On the person was a golt
| watch and $3.50 in money. The relic
corps took thirty-two bodies from the
ruins today. Five bodies were taken ou
of the wreckage near Nibert's Bank
Main street, this morning.
FRED CROSS" REPRESENTATIVE.
Clara Barton, of the Red Cross So
ciety, arrived this morning and went t(
work.
GETTING DOWN TO ACCURACY.
Something like accuracy is being
reached in estimates of the loss OF life
The most conservative now put the num-
Der at 10000.
The nine hundred army tents have
villages now afford shelter to nearly 5000
homeless people.
Talk of rebuilding the town has al
ready begun, and it is thought that the
great Cambria Iron Works will be rum
of it in two weeks. A hundred men are
at work clearing way for this purpose.
CLEARING THE WRECK.
JoHNsTowN, June 5.-Where Johns
towns principal stores stood last Friday
are now pitched ], 900 tents, and before
to morrow night this number will prob
ably be doubled. Under this shelter are
accommodated the militia and the thou
sands of workmen who are trying to clear
the streets of this wrecked city. Over
5000 men are thus employed in Johns.
town proper, about 1900 of these being
regular street hands hired by contractors,
the others being volunteers.
MORE woRKMEN WANTED.
VIM. Flynn, Pittsburg contractor, ar
rived in the wrecked city this morning
and at once took charge of the army OF
laborers. In an interview he told OF the
work that has to be done, and the con-
tractors estimates show more than any
thing else could the chaotic condition of
the city. SIT will take 10000 men
thirty days to clear the ground 30 that
the streets are made passable and the
work Of rebuilding can be commenced"
said he, "and ! am at loss to
know how the work is to be done.
This enthusiasm will soon die out
and the volunteers will want to return
home. 1t would take all summer for my
men alone to do what work is necessary.
Steps must be taken, and at once, to fur
nish gangs of workmen, and tomorrow