The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-06

iliht ihh lNNl iHlpIuNlHNN Nu thly INol
pie over the channel when no slipped
and fell into tho river Al the awifteat
point He had heavy clothing and rub
her boots on, but he was q sturdy swim'
NOR, and finally reached shore WITHOUT
asst tanCe, Lou Dallmeyor and Harry
Lauifcr of Pltishurg started on h0mo-
back from the MHrohanta hotol on Fri
day afternoon just after the water COM
menOed 20 rise, They have not been
heard from since and are supposed 10
have been lost
Worbug without Remuneration
AHout noon yesterday a man standing
on th0 east side OF tho river called over
20 q friend ON the other aidei "llellO,
Jack lost any friendaf' Jack did not |
rbply la words, no merely held up the
five Hngom Of his right hand lle had
Lost wife and four little ones, yet he
was wOruU, iu1ealnty 10 relieve the |
suffering 0l others This iR tho spirit |
which parvadps the aurViyor3, one and |
ALL por0hnl grief Ia lost aiglt pf In the !
general irHlng OF WOO and Necessity, !
There isn't time for anything but work,
Even th' women HHem tn realize, and |
there q surprisingly little public eXprna,
sion Ol-Uiaf, although hearts are 80 sad |
donod AMI Weighed down that they arc
almO, numbed, Everybody ieoma 10 !
feel chat 10 IA not only a duty but priv. !
ilege, lO wurl, FOR others, The b0atman !
worked muH sanity reScuing peOpe and |
carrying lhHn from one side 0f The river |
10 he other poa.fiyely refused remunera, |
ton from any Of ihN rO'idcnt OF the |
town Visitors could pay, but Others
could not
lu ono case wealthy gentleman in
sisted Ou hs taking 900 for rmoung |
him wife and daughter from the |
iIol The hOatmnn refused Il posi- |
GvrIy and nt the end Of the long day, |
when almost dead from aupcrhumln Of |
fora, ho was only yls Weather than |
when he started,
20 Hreih the Gorge
AtAu'cluck Sunday afternoon aoOuple |
of hundred pound Of dynamite arrived |
~ tho bridge and wu5 carefully slowed |
away. tiH To he Mod In breaking the /
gorge of houaga, etc. above the bridge |
and getting the debris started down the |
river. lirtwpcn 900 and 1000 bodies |
arc undoubtedly buried la the dohrIa,
from the river side II "a said hundreds |
Of lr-a and UrmB can ho seen among the |
logs, but tho llre prevents their heinN .
reached, and the only thing that re |
mains 10 DO Ii tO blast tho mass aud
start h down stream, To-day will he
tho most horrible day yet, M people nr0 |
commencing 10 realize their repnNblc |
losses. and many are breaking down, |
There iH atill "a vast amount Of work 10 |
bo done, and workers are needed, There |
are already far too many aighteaecra and
lulfcr,
Prominent citizens Drowned,
Perhaps hc day has revealed no more
startling fact than thht several Of the
WGalthivIt aud most eminent CitiNna Of |
lohnslOwu wcrO drowned with thpircn,
tire families IN, first iH James Me- |
Millrn one ~ the yico presidents Of the
great Cambria iron works, lie was .
about On wears of nrn nnd hl7 Ion" been
"a Ut il.ut Of Ih. CilW His U'idOnrr was .
the hmIumpst and most richly |
iumihel M lNlurlOwn, N WINS utterly |
lIying with him % widowed daughter
and hn children Al went down the
food with ihU house md have not been
heard of H0urc lila fortune WA csti
mated Gi over % million,
John Fulton general manager Of tho
Cambria IRON works, wng thn second Of
this group ic il gDil 10 hn positively
drowned with wife and children, No
moro popular man lived ,u Cambria
county lhHn Hc.
Howard j Roberta, cWhicr OF Che First
National bank and John Dbcrt, u
banker were also drowned All OF the
family of women and hrokcu.hcarcd
men, uuigug across tho mountain In
the hppo nl reaching Florence or Boil,
var, 10 uui tbpir ml@ng upos, dead or
alive
srsur " pssointlon
it wu hh noon when. descending
thr tl rU spc, Mowrlyllc wus seen IN
tHn di... That Is one Of the gubur.
ban vIul. 1F l1hngt0wn. 10 wuN not
pu'v i..w Ordinarily II would have
h'nu nu n.uy Of hills, wavy In their
alternate" 'nDs Of pine, fir and hcmloolI
hpugh 'Nn. wreathed The white, trim
houses u. "riyille around about but
the clouds |mnppnd their mist Of mclan.
yhllF upon iDH landscape
Ihau v". 1WCthing about IL MI that
even % wl. away impressed one with %
suu.n % uun.rlhahlO sadness, Drawing
u.w th' reporter hailed o stalwart fel.
luW who Wya liallessly carrying a bundle
OF clothes undcr his arm, He kindly
gave tln d. igcl information and thcn
The reporter n8l;cd him IL ho knew of
any casualties. The same sense Of sad
moss that the clouds overhead inspired
about the man answers
'l might tell you Of my own, he re-
piled. my name is Gabriel floclt, Ny
boy, aged II years, my wifO's'mOther and
my three sltcrssiu.law wcrr all drowned
before my cycE But there is still
morCiful God In heaven, for llo has
spared me my Wife
A whole Family Wiped out
John ID, Jones, former policeman,
gpurrcd q horse in the opposite direction.
Something inspired mo 10 speak 10 him,
too, Ny inquiry brought back this pit.
cous cry "l and little son are all who
arc alive Of family OF IA, saw most
Of them go down,
10 was .lill o qunrlor Of q mile 10 Nor.
rclyille, but here was tho next tnsti-
mony heard from garden gate, "a
friend OF mine, w s. Weaver, a prom.
incnt uonlcctIoncr, WIS saved by us;
but twenty Of his nearest relatives arc
all lost
Ia SorrolviIlc at last "You want
n0ws DO your remarked a pale-faced
young woman "Uo there 10 Youngs
livery stable and look upstairs" did
so Thuro, 10 % long barn " hall, wore
grouped SOME eighty peoplc-mon,
women AMI children They were wound.
od from battles with the debris mr. gcls
from oppose, some were lying Own,
Sthers sat up while n few limped about
A single country Uurgcon l0borod among
thom 10 was au impr0yised hospital 70
make city doctor weep
Ovrr In johntown proper 10 wa, found
that unotbr hospital hld been formed in
the Parks opera house Thirty-three
homeless por0ns were housed there.
Ono of tbp.p Edward F .bpr n voung |