The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-18
TO RISE FROM IT'S RUINS.
PORTABLE HOUSES ORDERED FOR
JOHNSTOWN.

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JoHNsTowN, PA, June IA largely in
creased force Of men was at work in the
ruins to-day, and new men are coming in
from every direction. Gen. Hastings says
about :, 500 men are now at work.
Deafening blasts of dynamite are heard
here at short intervals, and a noticeable inn
preston is being made on the debris above
the stone bridge.
Four Philadelphia fire engines arrived
here last night, and to-day were pumping
out ponds and foundations. The engines
are manned by strong force, and they are
doing much valuable work.
A number of newspaper correspondents
who have been on duty here since the disas-
ter have been taken sick and have been
compelled TO go home. Harry s. Brown Of
the Philadelphia Press was among those
who nave been taken home.
PORTABLE HOUSES.
Tho relief committee have decided to
erect 100 portable houses to shelter sur
vivors as soon as the buildings can be re-
ceived from Chicago. The houses will be
12x26 feet, and will be large enough to ac-
commodato six persons each. Carpenters
will be sent from this city next Sunday to
put the houses together. Each house
and utensils, six chairs, two beds
and bed clothes, two spring mattresses, one
pair OF pillows, two pair of sheets for each
bed, a woolen bla ket, a bureau, table aid
tableware-in fact, each family will be given
everything necessary to go to housekeeping,
and told to go ahead now and paddle thier
own canoe. The object is to start the town
on toward a rise from its ruins, but as the
town is yet in chaos it is impossible to
rlva q
grade of the town may be raised
If man cannot find his own
ground now he can set his house up any
where and move it on to his land when it is
found under the debris. If the houses give
itisfaction the committee will not stop at
buying 1000 Of them and building up the
town. In direct conjunction with this
move of building up the ruined city, Gen.
Hastings has purchased an immense guam
tity of lumber and will next Tuesday
commence building shanty stores for those
who will set up in business again. Over 100
have already made application.
TO BUILD A LOOKUP.
Arrangements are now being made for
the erection of lookup, which Burgess
Howell says will be filled, as sooa as com
pleted, with people who have been filling
their houses with valuables from the
wreckage. Many citizens who have hith-
erto been considered honest, are known to
have entered wrecked houses and carried
off vauables by the arm full. AS soon as the
burgess can get his affairs Strengthened
out, ne says he will issue search warrants,
and every house that is suspected of con-
tanning booty will be turned wrong side
out.
SEVENTEEN MORE BODIES.
Seventeen more bodies were dug from the
wreckage here to-day. Among them was
the body Of Miss Annie Bates, of Racine,
Wis. She was a passenger on the day ex-
press lost on the fatal day. Besides a gold
watch and chain and several rings draft
for $l25, and $50 in money, was found on
her body. She was buried promptly, as
were all the other bodies found.
Among those found were four children
Of James Clarke. They were tangled and
entwined about each other and we're horri-
bly, decomposed. All the others are yet
unidentified.
The weather here to-day was as gloomy
and dismal as the grief and distress which
still h ngs like heavy veil over the place.
Everybody is busy, however, and more
men are al work than the army Of bosses
can conveniently handle.
PROTESTS AGAINST THE BLASTS.
A meeting Of citizens was held at Alma
hall this afternoon to protest against further
use of the heavy dynamite blasts. The
blast used heretofore mas been 500 pounds,
but smaller blasts weres advised, and Gen.
Hastings has accepted the wish of the meet
ing, and Only $50 pound blasts have been
put off to-day.
At meeting of business men this after
noon it was decided TO ask the state authori-
ties here for lumber with which to build
temporary business places To the COM
mittee who waited on Gen. Hastings, that
gentleman said he would supply all the
lumber desired within a week. Many Of
the temporary buildings will be constructed
ON the old public square.
Notwithstanding the large quantities Of
provisions and supplies being Skipped here.
there are many people who would like to
buy wnat they want, and are urging that
temporary business places be constructed at
once.
he state board Of health made a COM
plete tour of the several boroughs to-day.
They have not yet made a report, bnt it is
limited in official circles that their sanitary
arrangements will be severely criticised aud
condemned. and many recommendations
will be made.
The report of Commissary General
Spangler to Gen. Hastings to-day shows
that ~, ,5l5 people were fed by the commits
sary department to-day.
PARIS SENDS A GOOD SUN.
NEW York, June 17.-John Munroe g.
Co. have received cable instructions from
United States Minister Reid, at Paris, to
pay Drexel g. Co. of z Puiladelphia an addl-
tional sum of S2,266 received from the
treasurer Of the Paris Johnstown relief
committee OF this sum 81 ,066 is the pro-
ceeds Of a special performance Of toe Wild
West show, and with the previous con-
triuutions from Paris makes total of
$14, 1866.
THE ALLEGHENY's WATER PURE.
PITTsBURG, June l7.-Prof. Hugo Blanck,
who has just completed an analysis Of the
Allegheny river water for the state board
of health. reports that it is purer than
at any time for years.
HELP FROM THE HEBREWS.
RIcHMoND, VA, June 17-The Hebrew
Relief Society of this city has seat $527 TO
the sufferers at Johnstown and have turned
over a like amount to the general fund of
the flood sufferers, which will be sent from
here.
GERMANY's FUND.
BERLIN, June 1.-THE committee ap-
pointed to raise fund for the Johnstown
sufferers held a meeting to-day. The
burgomaster presided. Herr Won Leviethow,
the duke OF Ratibor and Herr Won Keeller
were appointed to act as honorary presi-
denis. The Deutsche Bank will receive the
donations. The Dowager Empress Augusta
has subscribed 10000 marks 70 the fund.
A Newspaper Change.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, June 17.-The
! Arkansas Gazette to.Qay passed into the