Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
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BRIGHTER AT JORRsTOWN.
Business men ReopeninR Their
Stores-Ehe state Takes Charge
Tomorrow Finding More Bodies.
JoHNsrowN, June ll.-This is the last
day for clearing away the effects OF the
food by the civic authorities. Tomorrow
the state takes hold of tha stupendous
work OF restoring the valley to its condi-
tion before the flood and all work done
after to-day will DO under the supervision
of General Hastings. The volunteers
who have SO untiringly worked tor the
object OF restoring order will have fin- |
ished their self-imposed task to-day. |
After 10 days OF almost superhumsn |
work by the army of volunteers the state
will resume its proper place Ia the work
and do what every citizens of this com
monwealth has known for days to be its
duty.
TIE RAINS BOON.
The weary and dreary succession of
rainy days since the flood continues and
day broke amidst drizzliug rain, With
but single exception every day here
since the deluge has opened with rain,
but while the rain has made the work
more disagreeable it has had some good
results. But for the almost continuous
rains the river here would have become
too low and shallow to float away
the debris that is fast being loosened and
thrown into the river, The continued
full stream has rendered the work Of get
ting the wreckage away from the stone
bridge much less arduous and more
speedy. Again the rain has served to
cool the air and temper the hot rays of q
June sun. Had there been such weather
as prevailed yesterday afternoon, hot and
exhausting, Il is believed by many that it
would have been impossible to continue
the work OF searching for the dead. Even
On II Is the fumes arising from the decom-
posing bodies of persons and animals ara
most offensive and OF times almost over
powering. So noticeable has this become
that each gang of men searching for the
dead osrriea quantities Of disinfectantB
and when body Is located the vicinity is
thoroughly saturated with disinfectants.
: By this means the work which otherwise
would be unbearable is less offensive.
THE HORIZONS INCREASE.
The horror of the situation has not
diminished but rather grows. The search
for the dead continues, and in all sections
and directions bodies are being found.
Numbers of bodies are now coming to
the surface of the waters and these whose
work has made them competent judges
saw as many more bodies as have been
found are lying somewhere. In many
unexpected places bodies are hourly
being found and where this will end no
human mind can guess.
woRKMEN LEAVING THEIR POSTS.
At O'clock the monotonous work
began, and as the day advanced the sun
came out and the morning hours were
hot and mueey. The fires that had been
kipdIed among the timber near the stone
bridge were quenohed by the rain, and
the valley was filled with steamy and ILL
smelling vapors. An exodus set in here
today, which before the day closes, will
have reduced the number of men now
here by many hundreds. The willing
and Woodworking volunteer laborers
began to leave early this morning, and
| the train leaving here OF o. N. took
away over four hundred. This is
merely the beginning of the great
| outpouring that will set in tomorrow
/ and many are leaving to-day in order to
avoid the rush tomorrow. Among those
who left this morning were $50 laborers
| from the Hartman Steel Company,
Beaver FALL They said they would not
work for $3.50 Tor General Hastings or
ANYBODY else. II is the general opinion
here that General Hastings has made a
mistake in offering less to the men than
paid at ent-S2-and that the result
will be temporary cessation of work.
One of the first things to be done by
General Hastings will be to discharge
the 800 policemen now doing duty here.
In this connection there is likely to be
much grUmbling and hard talk.
THE ARMY OF POLICE TO GO.
II has been decided they should not be
paid out of the relief fund but that the
county whose sheriff deputized them
should pay for their services. Some per.
sons look for trouble from this source
but this is credited by but few, the
general opinion being that the question
will be amicably settled. All the mer
employed by Booth 4 Finn will be paid
OF to. day and discharged, and Transports
ton furnished for as many as do moi
wish to work for the state at $3.50 pc,
day. A number will remain but the
great majority will leave.
BUSINESS PLACES REoPENISG.
A number Of the proprietors OF storsI
are hurrying to get their places ofbusi
ness in order and open up. Already {
number have done so and this has done
much to encourage others. A more cheer
full and hopeful feeling prevails and il
daily increasing.
PUSHING THE WORK WITH vIaoR.
The work all over the valley is beins
pushed to- day with yigor as if the presen
force were trying to show how much they
could do. The channel of the rive
above the stone bridge Is being fas
cleaned, and while comparatively little
impression has been made on the grea
mass of debris near the bridge, the result!
along the channel are very marked.
Tur ooRREspoNDENTs' HARDsHIPs.
Notwithstanding this is the 18th da,
since the flood most of the correspondent
are still without sleeping accommodation
of any kind, and as on the first day ar
sleeping in barns in brick kilnH and othe
places without coats or blankets. Goat
have been sent them they are told, but q
they are too busy to watch the in
coming trains some one els
gets them. The militia has coat
and blankets as have also thu
, laborers but the correspondents who ar
: doing the hardest kind of work for th
outside world are forced to endure tn
greatest hardships. The supply of pro
: visions is Throwing some and the
a manage to get one and sometimes two fai