St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-02
PATHETIC INCIDENTS.
People fastening to the Scene to
Learn the Worst.

SANG Hollow. Pa, June 1.-At 1920
the, first train. passed New Florence
east. 1t was crowded with people from
Plttsburg andsplaces EN- route, people
who were going to the scene of the dis
aster with but little hope of finding
their loved ones alive. Rich and poor
of but one thing, and that was what
will we see? 1t was a heartrending
sight, and not dry eye was in the
train. Mothers mOaned for their chill
dren, husbands paced the floor and
wrung their hands in mute agony. Fa-
theirs pressed their faces against the
window paneS in an endeavOr to see
something. they knew not what, that
would tell them in measure of the
dreadful fate that their loved ones had
met with. All along the raging Cone
maugh the train stopped, and bodies
were taken On the express car, being
carried by the villagers who were out
along the banks. e. w. Hoppenstall, of
Lincoln avenue. East end, Pittsburgs
distinguished himself by his bravery
yesterday afternoon. lie was a mes
senger on the mail train which had to
turn back at Sang Hollow. AS the train
passed point where the water was full
f1Oated in near the shore. The train
was stopped and Hoppenstall undressed,
jumped INTO the water and, in two trips,
saved both mother and child. These
are among the
IDENTIFIED DEAD:
JAMES MCMILLAN. superintendent of
Cambria Iron companys store, wife, four
children and daughter-in -in-law.
JOHN F. LINTON, leading lawyer, wife
and five children :
MRS. THOMAS KIRLEN and two chill
dren.
NX. NOLAN and seven of his family.
MRS. WISSINGER.
MRS. SARAH PALMER.
DIR. GEORGE WAGNER, wife and three
children.
FRANK P. BOWMAN, wife and two chill.
MRS. RICHARD woRTH1NGroN and
WILLIAM HOWELLS.
MRS. ANN HOWELLS.
MRS. JOHN REESE, Cora. Lizzie and Alya
Reese; Rachael Reese. mother of John
PEARSON FISHER, wife and six chill
NH MRS. EcKsTE1N.
Oh, the horror and infinite pity of 1t
all! What journey has been that of
the last half hour. Swollen, awful
corpses lay here and there in piles of
cross ties or on the river banks among
the tangled greenery. 1t was about 9
O'Clock when the first passenger train
of Friday came to New Florence with
its load of passengers. They were no
idle passengers, but each had a mission.
Here and there men were staring out
the windows with red eyes, and among
them were tough-lOOking Hungarians.
and Italians who had lost friends near
Nineveh, while women were weeping
on all sides. Two Of the passengers on
the train were man and wife from
JOhnstOwn. He was quiet and dignf-
fed, and more or less self-pOSsessed.
She was petite, anxious, and tried hard
to
CONTROL HER FEELINGS.
From every new conner and possible
source of information she sought news.
''Ours is a big new brick house," said
she with brave effort, but with loving
brown eyes, moist and red lip tremb-
ling. "1t's three story house and l
don't think there is any trouble, do
yOu?" she said to me, and without
waiting for my answer, she continued
with sob, There are my four children
in the house and their nurse and-and-.
and guess father and mother will go
over to the hOuse-dOn't you"" In a
few moments all those in the car knew
the story Of the pair, and many pity-'
ing glance was cast at them; their.
house was one of the first to go. JUST
before reaching Sang Hollow the end,
of the MAN line of the Pennsylvania rail-
road is rs. @" signal tower, and the men
in it told stories of what they saw, SO
piteOus that could not listen to half of
it and command my attentions Here.
are some little odds and ends of hap
penings they told me Of: A beautifuli
gir! came down on the roof Of a building
She screamed to the operators to save
her, and one big, efssss
walked as far into the river as lie coulds