Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

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the hillside before the roaring water swept
away It's TAN
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conductor pits c0sly 10 carry hiIu cut q
danger The conductor took him 81 LA
shoulders aud rAn 4s best lie oogld Until ths
water was az "a kis neck lie then falterea
but h0ss begged him for Gods sake u
carry him little farther br&yely TIE
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weak he Mas unable 10 hold tAs uEiortu-
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with al sgoniIing shriek The conductor
reached safety completely exhausted
THE RUN Ia yoHNsIowN
SANG Hollow, Pa, june "A reporter
Was the nrst man 10 cross 10 Joknstown
proper by means Of 4 basket Suspended
fTom cable, IS passengers are Ien.Yod
from wrecked ships Here the scenes we're
magnihed IA their horror Police officers
and others were rendering all possible aid
bat the number Of the dead seems greater
than the number Of the living CinGer,
Market Main, Locust ana Washington
streets have been swept clean and
bare Of all buildings Of whatever character
and their inhabitants seem 10 have ied into
the streets at the fiIst warning OF danger.
aud others rushed 70 their deaths, for those
whOremsined Ia their houses had an oppOf-
tunity 10 fee To the upper stories When
the houses were frame they were roated
from their foundations, and many were
saved
The Hotel Hubert, brick structure. had
sixty-hve guests and sixty three Of these
were killed by the falling in of the floors
and wallA
The Morrill, library, the school house
Alma Hall general stores and Offices OF the
iron company and one other brick building
all OF probably 2, 90 buildings that have
not been toated from their foundations or
caye6 In
A stencil arises throughout the whole val
ley OF the COaemsugh IL is more awful
more fetid rs the hours go by with each re-
ceding ripple OF the sulen river
Of .aA Ia.
revealed with ghastiy faces upturned
10 an unfriendly SKY OF clouds Death
stares one III the eyes at every turn
All food supplies having been destroyed
and al places Of shelter having been zen
dered insecure hundreds took refuge on
the slopes which surround the city on all
sides The scenes OF these camps were pa
thetic. Little children clustered round
their elders crying for food and shiyering
with the cold mountain air. For sixteen
hours the little city was cut of from tie
world, and the tragedies OF that awful night
can never be told
Food, clothing and money are needed by
the inhabitants of the stricken city They
need shelter also The citizens OF Pitts-
burgh and Allegheny have started relief
fund which is growing rapidly, but the
sum needed is more than any one com
from the cities and towns along the lines
OF the road.
The Cambria Iron Company has sent a
corps of butchers 10 it's farms. two miles In
the country, TO slaughter all its blooded
cattle for the supply OF every one tree.
a formal appeal has been sent out 10 every
city of the Union asking for food and cloth
ing quickly.
The actual loss of life can not possibly be
ascertained within less than a week or ten
days
The damage done the Cambria Iron
Works mills is incalculable and they VIII /
have 10 spend fabulous sum in repairs be
fore they can resume work, which viii not /
DO for several months
There is probably not man in Johnstown I
VINO can give any reliable estimate Of the 4
number OF houses that lad been swept I
away. City Solicitor Kuhn, who should /
be very good authority ia this matter
places the number at ] 300. From 1
the wooden mill above the island 10 the /
bridge. distance OF probably two miles,
strip OF territory nearly half mile in width /
has been swept clean. not a stick of timber /
or one brick on top Of another being left 10 4
tell the story Il is perfectly safe TO say
that every house ia the city that was not 1
located well up on the hlllsides was either /
swept completely away or wrecked so bad /
" that rebuilding viii be absolutely neces- /
sary
These losses, however. were as nothing /
compared TO the frighttul sacrifices OF /
precious human lives 10 De seen on /
every hand During all this solemn sun I
day Johnstown has been drenched with 4
the tears Of stricken mortals and the 4
air is filed with sObs and sighs that 4
come from breaking hearts There are
scenes enacted here every hour and every /
minute that affect all beholders profoundly /
The loss Of life is simply dreadful The /
most conservative people declare that The /
number viii reach ZOO.
FIovEISo Up TEE LOSS
JoBSsTovS. Pa June The financial I
loss by the great food will be ia the neigh 4
borhood OF si0. 90. ooo This IL a conservative /
estimate made by body of business men /
As the water recedes the great loss can be /
more clearly seen OF this amount the |
Cambria Iron Company viii lose 81 least |
t2N0,cO Their great iron plant is almost I
a total wreck one mil has been complete 4
" swept away aud the n aoh hinerv iu others
has been either ruined or carried away
Tie mills vii be rebuilt immediately
sos1E pRoMTSrNT nrGTHs
JOENsTOwS. Pa June some of tho /
most prominent citizens Il this c1tv and of 4
the STATE are among those who have per +
ished John Fulton president - the Con 4
stitgtional Amendment Associat on and F.
general manager Of the Csnbr1s iron works +
j. drowned With his vile and children n
: HobsTts cashier Of the First Va
tional Bank. and Joha Dfbsrt =
banker. we're also drowned The T.