The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-13
NO EPIDEMIC FEARED.
LIST OF THE SURVIVORS AT
YOUNGSTOWN INCREASING.
The Work of Relief Turned Over to
the State.

The registration of the survivors OF the
flood is going steadily On. Up to Saturday
evening there were about 81, 600 registered
and the list Is still increasing, The number
of the lost is placed at 5000 by those who
held it would reach 10 900 week ago
conservative estimate is between $500 and
1000. Up to date there have been looo
bodies recovered. The treasurer of the state
of Pennsylvania will put up 8, OOo, 0Oo Tor
the people Of the Conemaugh valley, taxing
as security for its repayment the bond OF
well-known Philadelphia and New York
business men and capitalists Affairs VIII
go on as at present until Wednesday, when
the whole matter will be turne1 over to the
state, which will, under the direction OF Adj
jutant-G General Ha tings or OF commission,
as may hereafter~be determined take COM
plete charge of the town, which 1t will retain
until the place is rebuilt and the people able
to manage their own affairs once more.
Cheerful Sanitary Report.
Contrary to all reports the health OF the
Conemaugh valley Is unusually good, the
state board Of health reporting that no cpl.
demic disease of any kind prevails, nor is IL
expected that any will arise The whole re-
gion has been divided into convenient dls.
tricts, and each placed under competent
sanitarian. The board is prepared to meet
all emergencies as they arise. In an Official
bulletin It says: III the good people OF the
devastated district will go on as they
have nobly done for the past we In their
efforts to clean up the wreckage good health
will certainly be maintained
Sunday Worship.
The remnants Of half a dozen large and
prosperous congregations gathered around
the heaps of ruins in various parts OF the
devastated district Sunday and worshipped
as best they might. Probably the most AZ
fecting meeting was that held In the open
air at the corner Of Adams and Main streets
by Rev. David Beale pastor Of the Presby-
terrain church. The ruins Of their homes
were heaped high about their heads on every
side The streets were but muddy lanes dug
| through acres Of wreck shoveled up Oh
either side. There were few women in pro-
portion to the number of men, and hardly
any children This absence of women and
children was marked characteristic OF all
the services. Mr. Beale in his opening
prayer thanked God that not every one had
been taken away. Chaplain Hatch of
speech in VIII CHI he said: "When John the
Baptist was beheaded by Herod we are told
that his disciples took his body and buried it
and then went and told Jesus. Let us do
the same with our dead"
Upon the railroad embankment, near the
headquarters of Adj. Gen. Hastings, Chap
lain t. Mcclure of the 14th regiment con-
Quoted service assisted by Rev. II. L.
Chapman Of the Methodist church. Only 30
persons had gathered when the services be-
gan. There were half dozen women and
two or three children. The soldiers gathered
around Until there were 200 or 800 persons
present The soldiers took off their caps
until Chaplain Mcclure walked around the
circle and said: Keep your hats on: The
sun is too hot to go bareheaded" Father
Tahney, the priest of st. Johns Catholic
church in Johnstown proper, which was
both flooded and burned, found a place for
temporary worship in the open air In front
Of the residence Of Henry Matthews on eau
tier street, near Sandy Vale cemetery. where
those who died in the flood were buried
There was a grassy lawn sloping toward
grape arbor The lawn was the auditorium
and beneath the leafy shade of the arbor the
priest had set up little altar. About 15C
people, including an unusual proportion OF
women attended the services. The wome
all wept at the sight Of the old prizes
and the rude altar FIR. Tahney sid two
rough workman's clothing. While the con
gregation were worshipping before the rustic
altar beneath the arhor, wo' kmen wer
placing dynamite beneath the walls of theil
old church and soon they came down with {
mighty crash, sending cloud OF dust higl
in the air.
The Property Loss.
Bradstreet's estimates the property los
from the mt floods at Johnstown AM
elsewhere at Sl4, $50 0O0l 1t says that thi
estimate is based on free inquiry Throughout
the regions devastated by water, among per
sons well calculated to judge. The loss a
Johnstown, including that of the Cambri
iron works and of the Pennsylvania railway
is placed at $50 coo 900; losses to other raj
way companies lin four states), 81, 25O, coo
damag, in Maryland, Virginia and Distric
of Columbia, $5,000,000; ut Williamspori
Penn. SIS OOO, 0OO in tho valley of the Juniatt
Penn, 81, O00, 900; in rs towns of souther
New York, 81 500, 600; damage to variou
coal mines, 100000.
The Work of Vandals.
4 Several cases of vandalism and robber
were reported Sunday. In the night nun
? Der of cars containing supplies were broke
: into and the contents carried off. What ii
: thieves could not cal they tramped upc
t and ruined. The Masonic relief car was al
4 entered AID robbed Twelve men were a
upon returning the goods. The milital
, guards over in Cambria Gil
+ were kept busy Saturday arresti1
L thieves. They were placed in Il
guard house and Sunday morning drummt
= out of town. When they reached the on
g skirts they were warned that, if caug
again, they would be summarily dealt witt
!. Many people are imposing upon the reli
4 committee and in several cases men ha
: succeeded in getting enough supplies to la
O them several months. One man was foun
\ who had nine sacks of -four In his cellar, b
4 sides large stock of provisions and clot
ing, which he had secured from the commi
tee by misrepresen' ations.