Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-12
THE FLOODED DISTRICT.
IHE SITUATION ON THR TENTH
DAY .AFzER TIE DISASTER.


ing for Food and Raiment.
foHhsrowN, June 1O.-Tbe tenth day ol
iahor In removing the vast expanse of deb.
MS. broke close and damp. Occasional
showers drove.Workmen to places Of shelter
but as soon as they let up little they re-
tarned to their labors. sE
Sixteen bodies were recovered this morn
|ing. Five were identified. All were resi-
dents Of Johnstewn. The Rev. Father
Frautmein, pastor OF the Church Of the I'm
|maculate Conception, reports that out of q
|eongregation Of $50, he has certainly
|lost 113, and he thinks the drowned will
reach $50.
The tower of st. Johns Roman Catholic
hurch was blown up by dynamite Sunday
Iassernoou. This is the church which caught
con tfe eyentful Friday night and burned.
Ths tower stood alone and was constant
menace to passers by. It was condemned
and danger signals placed near it, but as q
measure Of safety the authorities ordered
it to be demolished. .".
DYNAMITE AND ENGINES AT WORK.
JoHNsrowN, June 10.-The progress OF
work at the stone bridge, to-day, has been
more satisfactory than any, SO far. An
engine on the bridge has done more work
than fifty men. The huge masses OF broken
and bent iron and immense timbers the
men have been trying to move for days,
were lifted from their places andmoved with
ease. Fourteen more OF these great helpers
have been sent for. A heavy charge OF
dynamite was set off to-day and did great
deal OF good. It demonstrated that heavy
charges must be used in order to do any
good work. =,
Three bodies were found to-day near the
stone bridge, and ten or twelve were found
in that vicinity. :,
All the commissary stations are kept
busy. At the Cambria works, a vast
amount OF provisions and clothes have
been distributed.
LONG LINES OF SUFFERERS
stood in the heat and rain waiting their
turn. No one is furnished without an or
der, and every department is under the
strictest discipline.
Most excellent work is being done here
Some good work is being done at the
Americus club. The commissary and Others
hurried the burial OF the dead in Prospect
Hill cemetery and this is causing the resi-
dents ofthat beautiful suturb of Johnstown
q great deal OF annoyance, and may
cause much sickness. The bodies were
placed in cheap coffins and none were secure.
The odor from the decomposed bodies aris-
ing to the surface attracted q number OF
dogs who make night hi6eous by bowling
and paving over the graves. The cofins
v ere put only three feet under the ground,
rs there was no time to dig graves deeper.
[t was found necessary to place guards IN
the little cemetery containing 2OOgraveste
DRIVE THE DOGS AWAY.
To-day DR.. Miller instructed the Ameri- |
,us club members who are in camp near
,he cemetery to secure q disinfectant and
place it on the graves, thus killing the
ldor.
The first funeral OF the flood victims that
night truly be called such, and in which |
jhe corpse was taken to the cemetery In q
wagon, accompanied by mourners and
;he burial service held over the remains. |
vas of thirty.five bodies recovered to-day, |
,leven os them at the stone bridge. Those
we're taken out of the water, and were in |
much better condition than those found |
among the debris. The latter were not
,nly horribly bloated and disturbed in
eature but decomposition had set in, the |
tench arising tberefrom being 80 unbear-
Lble that men at the various morgues
ound it a disagrseably duty to wash
hem.
] he list OF unknown is growing as the |
means OF Identification becomes more oh |
cure.
AN INQUEST THAT MAY BE NECESSARY.
GREENsBURG, Pa, June 9.-The coroner |
II this county has returned inquisitions on
ne bodies of 21S victims OF the Johnstown |
lood. The verdict in each case was that
hey came to their death by violence due |
o the food caused by the breaking of the |
lam of the South Fork reservoir, and that |
here is q strong suspicion OF such violence |
n other unlawful acts as to make an in.
Luest necessary.
HIGHLY IMPROBABLE STORY.
DETROIT, June S.-A. Snatch, superin-
endent of the electric light works at Johns
own, says that liquor was responsible for
he loss of at least 5000 lives during the
!ood. He says that after the water in
AIDED the first floor the men invaded the /
aloons, and at the time OF the great wave
learly q thousand drunken men were on /
he streets. They were unable to save
and they caught and dragged /
,thers down. Moreover, their families were |
lrowned for lack of their assistance.
ISN'T HE TOO SURE?
WASHINGTON, June 1O.-Surgeon General
Hamilton, whom the President sent to |
Tohnstown, reports that there is no danger |
II an epidemic there.
HELP NEEDED FOR LOCK HAVEN, PA.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa, June 1O.-Gtizens to- |
lay issued call to the people Of the
United States for aid to clear the debris |
rom the streets to prevent an epidemic.
The town was entirely inundated by the re-
ent food, and q terrible stencil is arising |
II over the city.
POURING INTO TEXAS. |