New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04

..-,,ou =, rohn.,ovn Not content with this the
.iRilance committee r1ddled the mans pony WIZ,
bullets He remained hanging 70 tho treo TUT o,o 80,
hours when some person cut him down anu oul'on
him with tho other dead ,,,
A Young man from Allegheny city, together WIN
rurobcr Of tho citizens OF Cambria Borough, have
cbarre OF tho bodies at the English tathoho Ino"'
and are preparing them for burial as isst S' 'hfS arc
discovered Unfortunately they arc keeping IA 10
soriptIon whatever Of the unknown dead as they arc
10 be inferred only temporarily.
Sergeant Doyle Corporal Jones aud PnVstes mar"
and Fording were walking the river this morning
whom they discovered something that looked Hho inc
body OF human being. Tho sergeant went over 10
pick up the body and Mortified TO ma mat u was
badly burned. when nc attempted TO PICK u up, Ino
head fell Of lie investigated further ana io"r Horo
bodies those Of two children and man and woman
were found. Persons who were there Al mo uino
d,ntinod the rrmans a. those OF Patrick Hogan ara
his family. Hngan's legs wore completely ournel
o. but the rest OF the bodies were not badly in!ureo'
They were carried TO the morgue across the river
Whio the searchers were At work in Johns'oTn
proper this morning, they eAmo upon .
louse and hearing a noise under It chopped through
The roof and discovered man in the top Story ins
pulled him out. but no was too weak TO sTe Ms
name and no one has identified him a. yet
Some women who managed 10 eScap" from the Town
proper had 10 mems clothes. as her own nAd
beon torn OF by tho food In one house 10 Johhs-
town, there Is sl,7oO In money, but II u impV'sio'o
10 get At IT, Tho force OF the food can be estimated
by the fact that carried hrrc oars about mile ana
/, half and tho tender Of az engine Weighing twelve
tons was carried fourteen miles down the river
team OF horses standing in Ma!n.st. Just before ho
aood were found o mile and q quarter below tho town
yesterday.
Almost every one has story OF rcmsrkRoe
escape Michael Renes, an irishman, SAYS that he was
walking down Maln-st. when no heard u ruoing
IMAGINED he 4 cloud,
but IN a minute tho water &aS upon him. lie noatcd
with the tIe for sOne time when hr was 'trok with
,omo floating timber and borne underneath tho Wser'
When be came up, no vas struck again. aud AZ IAs'
ne vas caught by nghtningrod ana hc'd there
FOR over two hours, when he was nHalJ rescued
AIRS Anns Williams sewing when tho Hood came
sho heard some people crying at1 inmped out OF The
window npd sueoocled IN getting on the roof OF an
adjoining house. Under tho roof sho heard ihc erfcS
Of men and women, and saw two men AMI SomA"
with Their heads Just above tho water crying "for
G~Sss sake either kin us outright or rescue US.
Mrs Williams cried for help for tho drowning PoOrlo
INT none came and she saw thrm give up one b.
one james =. Mc,nnanSlcy haa terrible
experience IN the water Tie saw bis wife sAfo on
land and thou ght his only daughter, girl sen about
twcntyons was also saved but just a. be was max
ing for tho shore ho saw her and won, 20 rs,uc her
s succeeied IN getting within about ten feet OF land
when tho gi4 said Goodbye fAihor,' and expired In
his arms before he reached the shore
About ~ O'Clock ten bodies were taken out OF
the wrcoE ueAr the Cambria Library. On account OF
their bruised and gcd condition, some having faces
crushed IN Il was impossible 10 identify them IL u
supposed they wcre guests Al the lInlburt Honso.
Eth. bodies were recovered near the Methodist
Church at IL o'clock this morning. Captain Num-
| attorney OF tho Cambria Company, claims that The
population which tho food struck in Johnsio~n and
| surrounding towns Will number some "''OOo' NhIeh
A ali a loes m about 1000 persons.
| Mrs J. C. Campbell, Of Allegheny city, and Mrs
| " v Hughes East End, Ptisburg, have reported
al tho scene OF disaster for the relief Of homeless
children. Mrs. Hughes said: We are here 'or TIE
purpose Of attending 10 tho wants Of the sufferers
As coon a. chIdrcn report 10 her who arc devoid oi
parents they VIII at once be sent 20 Allegheny city
| Only meagrc details Of the buildings that were
| rwopt away oan DO conveyed a. this time In the
| second Ward OF Jamestown there wcro i,sCo houses
now there are standing There are seven ~aIu'
| In the city aud tho second IS tho average. Tho
municipal building two story brick, Is razod: 30
| thA postoAloo, scattering mall from Johnstown n
| New Orleans. Among other buildings destroyed
wero the folowing Cambria Library, three story
brick: ex.sherid strcmond's residence on Washington
| st. residences Of John Fulton, Of the Cambria Com
| pany, james J. Murphy Adam BTnker, and Georg'
stattler; residence Of Frank Daley, Of the Cambri
Company; the Episcopal church building; residence
| OF Jacob Fend, Isaac Chandler and :. T. .. Ellls
| the Cambria Club rooms, four stories, brick. ". II
| Roseuthals residence in Walnutst; residence o
Howard j. Roberts, cashier Of tho First Nst'ona
Bank; residences Of James p McConsughey an'
Cyrus Elder; tho English Lutheran Church, th
German Lutheran Church. Puss, Foster
Quinn, dry goods stor- residence of Johi
Rolssner, Man.st; Kamp Horn, eta
uonery and wall paper; c. o. Luther, genera
store Henry Fritz. three story brick, in Cllnton-st
| llquor. store and residence. T. T. schoh, drygOodt
| CJinton.st; c. IL. McAocr. saloon; Iiulburt House
four story Merchants Hotel, roar destroyed, foui
story building Opera House, Luther Greene, thret
story brick: II. 4. Dcirance, drugstore; America
House three story framo.house. Every building {
Man.st almost Is total wrcok including man
splendid mansions. wAlnutSL, probably the prottles
| street here having splendid shade trees It's Who'll
length, is dcsolAte waste OF swamp land. FRANKLIN
st., which stood the pOstoflcc, Lutheran ChWci
the Methodist Church, and many other Hne bulk
ingf has nothrty 10 show that IL ever a stree
excepting the baro walls OF the Methodist Churcl
Alexander AdAlr lost sixteen houses ten in the Fir,
! ward. They were worth S3O 900. Mr Adar, Wit
the assistance OF Sheriff Ste neman, passed 500
people over q pontoon bridge they had constructs
He helped many prominent people, including JuhG
D Potts and Mr.. McConaugheJ Ten fine residences
Locust-st, In rear OF the Cambria Company's work
belonging 20 that company, were destroyed.
Captain Clark OF tho Pttsburg steamer Msyaowc
brought up seven yawS and established a good ferr
line with good river al tho oa., handling 900
passengers to-day freo Of charge There werc tWent
. two Pt,sburg policemen and six or eight spoci
oilcsrs besides somo from Allegheny, and depu
sherirs.
, Miss Fulton, daughter of Manager John Fulton,
. the Cambria Iron WORKS, with lvo six others h
a n thrilling experience. They were at tho Fir
| National Bank, and were driven 10 tho roof
last the building moved aud tho ladies leaped
=, nnother roof This was moving down stream AZ
they Ieaped 10 another and then TO another avoidh
all danger with tho rarsst good Judgment AID coz
' | ness, They travelled almost the entire length
| Man-st on the roofs, and finally landed safely
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