Telegram-herald., 1889-06-03
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
Soldiers With Fixed Bayonets To Keep
the Crowds Back.

JoHNsTOwN, June 2-The eastern end
Of Main street, through which the
waters tore most madly and destruct-
ively, and in which they left their
legacy OF wrecked houses, fallen trees
and dead bodies in greater degree
than in any other portion of the city
has been cleared and the remains of
over fifty taken out OF the portion
cleared. All over the town the search
ers have been equally successful. As
soon as body Is found II Is placed on
litter and sent 10 the mOrgue where
it Is washed and placed on board for
several hours 10 await identification.
The morgue is the Fourth Ward school
house and it has been surrounded
all day by crowd of several thousand
people At first the crowd was disposed
to stop those bearing the strctcher, un-
cover the remains and view them, but
this was found 10 be prolific not only of
great delay but also of scenes of agony
not even the bearers could endure, nor
the thousands calmly stand up under.
Now 4 litter is guarded by file OF sol
diers with fixed bayOnets in charge of
a sergeant and the people are forced
aside until the mOrque l. reached.
The authorities have published the
full list of identticatiOns so far. as
follows: Charles +. Butler, assistant
treasurer Of the Cambria Iron
Works: Emil Young and George
Raud0lf, Beaver Falls, Pa; Har-
vev Barber, Jonas Murtha, COncmaugh:
j. L. Cox. Philadelphia; Mrs. 4. ".
Jones, Porter Miller, Elmer Buukloy,
:. y. EIdr.dge, Mrs. Mary Barbour,
Mrs. George Woodward. Jacob Weld,
wife and child, Kate L'nhart, Robert
BALDWIN, Z. McNally, Frank D.mond, ,
William Pcnroc, z. McAnbuTy, John
steiner, ". l.. DAVIS. Mrs. De |.
FraunCc. the two Mise, De /. Fraunce,
Ellen Harrington. Charles \. Marshall,
John Burns. John Andrews, &. IT. VII
son. Mrs. 4. VI. Jones. VI. Little of
Seweicklev: the three Misses IIamil-
ton. Charles Wilson. John Andrews,
Mrs.. O'C0uncll. These represent only
a small portion of the bodies sent To
the morguc.
The following are under treatment ut
tine hospital Mrs Nellie SeChr.st.
Philadelphia. Matte Lonbergcr. of
Berhkim. and Maurice Newman, John
Murphy. sam long All the above are
residents of JoustOWn. The only out
slider Z. !. Bonar, of Woodcal.
It is astonishing to find how small a
number of injured are in the city.
Fcw survived It was death or moth
ug with the demon of the flood II IS
true that not few escaped but they
got off almost uuhIrt-
The central portion of J0hnStown Is
a. completely ohlter3ted as if 10 never
had foundation. The river ha, made
lts hed upon the sites Uf the dwellings.
and vast area of sand. mud. gravel
arl furr0Wed ground mark. The old
channel It Is doubtful 4 .t IS possible
ever to reclaim what was 0UCe the bus-
ness portion of thc city The EF.r w wi
have t1 De- returned to rs od ne3 r
order 90 do tl-, ami t-at an eru-
gneermg feat hardly possible Tn
massive accumulation oi dr'rs. eE-
tending fnu ecat hur'r-i t1 one
thousand -e a-rl- tfr south slnro Of
tsf toDCuaugh. ari wWe atelv
ahove tue bridge. uaw n complete
possession az trn f1aeS er w -
nntl the arrva of further r-'.ef from
the Pttshu-rh h1e departments --
90 red So shat sua.her rrg added
to chose who asl aar<i -a resr1e -he ~
rlains ~ Their friends ani relatives
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