Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-25
GIG FIRE All JoANsToWN.
Scores OF Houses and Their Contents Con
snmed-Human Bodies Scattered.
NV telcgraDh In ,ha D,.D.4,h

tBy telegraph to tho Dispatch.l
YOUNGSTOWN, June 24--Ahairs here are
shaping themselves more systematically.
and to All appearances the work is going
on more satisfactorily to-day than at any
time since the disaster All the contract
ors reduced their forces this morning.
which enables them to be handled and
moved with some degree of satisfaction.
I The confusion which has prevailed in the
past seems TO have been oil allayed, and
more and better work il being done now
than when the forces were larger. The
workmcn's camp. condemned by the
Surgeon-Ccnerh yesterday, Is being reno
vated, and All the debris about the place is
being burned. A sweeping fire broke out
M the First Ward at 1890 this afternoon.
The iianes spread rapidly and at l o'clock
twenty houses were burning. Among them
IS the FIRST Ward schOOl-hOuse All the en-
gineS IN the place have been called out and
the most intense excitement prevails.
Nearly all the houses burning were more or
less destroyed 10y the flood. The wind is
high and the fire Is spreading rapidly to-
wards kernyIllc. Il has gotten beyond the
control OF the FIRE department.
The FIRE which broke ont shortly after
noon to-day in the First Ward consumed
all but three of the buildings in the district
bounded by Market and Walnut streets
and 10y Main street and the river. Twenty
five houses were totally DESTROYED. in
Guiding. three largo brick school-houses.
Many q the buildings had been washed
from their foundation. though many of
them contained household goods which
had been saved from the Hood But "a
small amount of these goods were saved.
The fire Is supposed 70 have originated from
sparks living from the burning d61ris in the
neighborhood.
The Philadelphia fire companies here on
duty fought the flames, which for time
got beyond their control and were only
subdued by tearing down tho houses in
their path. The loss has not yet been
fixed.
notwithstanding that the force of work
men employed IN the ruins here was re-
duccd nearly one half to-day remarkable
showing WAS made IN the way of clearing
up the wreckaCe. One heavy blast follow
cd another lu the Ni7qS above the railroad
bridge, and Manager Phillips. who has
charge of the work, SAYS that he
wall have the place cleared up by
Thursday The wOrking-men's camps were
thoroughly renovated to-day. in accordance
with the request of SurgeOn-Gcneral Reed.
All the superfuous straw and garbage about
the camps was burned to-day. Early to-
morrow the tents now occupied by the
discharged men VIII he taken down
10y the soldiers. This afternoon be-
tween and 3 o'clock Il charge of dyna-
mite exploded near the second arch
from the east end OF the bridge A great
body of wrcckaye was tossed high in the
air. and pieces of human bodies flew in all
directions and remnants afterward
gathered together indicated that al least
SIX corpSce had been blown up. They were
doubtless all close together near where the
dynamite was discharged. Much Of the
drift which has been dislodCed from
the stone bridge has lodged in various
places extending ~ far below as Coopcr's
dale. I'm some places the channel Of the
ConemaUgh river Is narrowed to q few
feet and turned from Its channel. A force
of men was put % work this morning re-
moving these distractions. which has rem
dorcd useless a great part Of the work at
the bridge. l. is thought the stream be
low the big drift viii hereafter be kept
open SO that the 1,br7S once started down
the river viii pass ON without interruption.
Clara Barton. of the Red Cross Society,
this evening asked General Hastings for
transportation for twenty-five Of the more
destitute people. largely females, 10 Asbury
Park. y. j.. whor. Colonel Elliott !. She
pari, of the M0i ami EIprcsS, has offered
10 maintain tLam for q month General
Hastings promptly furnished tickets, and
tine Rcd Cross Society viii send the people
away this week.