The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-06-12

sentence viii be the heaviest that can be given
him. millman who was overcharging FOR
milk this morning narrowly escaped iynchins
Tho infuriated men appropriated AL MS iniik
and distributed Il among the poor and then
drove him out of the town
Services in the chapel from which the bodies
were buried consisted merely of n prayer by
one Of the survivors. No minister was present;
Each coffin had n descriptive card upon IL aud
ON the grave "a similar card was placed SO That
bodies can be- removed later by friends.
Where Woodvale once stood there IL now sea
of mud. broken but rarely by pile OF wreckago
Nothing Is standing but the old woolen,nills.
The place is swept bare OF all other
buildings but tho ruins OF the Gautier
wire mill. The boilers OF this great works were
carried 100 yards from their foundation. Pieces
OF engines. rolls aud other machinery were
swept far away from where they once stood.
The wreck of hose carriage IL sticking up out
of the mud. 1t belonged To the crack company
OF Johnstown. The engine house il swept away
and the cellar Is filled with mud, so that the
site Is obliterated.
A German watchman was on guard at the mill
when the waters came. He ran for the hillside
and succeeded in escaping. He tells n graphic
story OF the appearance of the water as IL
swept down the valley He declares that the
first wave as high AZ the third story OF a
house.
The place is deserted Noeffort IL being made
TO clean off the streets The mire has formed
the grave for many poor victim. Arms ana
legs prOtruding from the mud, and IL makes
the most sickening OF pictures.
The Cambria Hospital has now 300 patients.
formed on them.
The hospital in the upper part of Youngstown
IL full to OVERLOOKING. Many have been carried
10 the surrounding houses
Hospitals have been established - >58ne-
maugh and Mineral Point.
A rope ferry is now being operated In the
lower part of the town An effort Is being
made TO construct n bridge across the Cone
maugh at the point where the old county bridge
stood.
Order is slowly arising out OF chaos. The
survivors are slowly realizing what is the best
course TO pursue. The great cry ia for men
men who will work ands not stand idly by aud
do nothing but gaze at the ruins.
A man named Dougherty tells thrilling
story OF ride down the river on a log. When
the waters struck the roof of the house which
he had taken shelter, he jumped astride a
telegraph pole, riding n distance OF some
twenty-three miles from Johnstown TO Bolivar
before he rescued.
A nameless Paul Revere lies somewhere
among the dead. Who he is may never be-
known, but his ride will be- famous In local
history Mounted on n large bay horse he came
riding like angel OF wrath down the pike
which Sassed through Couemaugh TO Johns
town, shouting As he came: Run for your lives
TO the hills Run TO the hillsi" The
The thickly eettled streets. Nobody knew
the man, and some thought that he was
maniac On he rode, shrlling out his awful
cry. In n few moments there came n cloud of
ruin down the broad streets, down the narrow
alleys, grinding, twisting, hurting, overturning,
crashing, annihilating the weak and strong. 1t
the charge OF the food. On raced the rider
and on rushed the wave. Dozens OF people
needed the warning and ran for the hills. Just
"a the lone rider crossed tho railroad bridge the
mighty wave fell upon him, ana horse, man,
and bridge went down into chaos together.