Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-05
IHE DkUWNED UllY.
A Pneumonia Scourge Now Threat
ems the Survivors.
SAD SCENES AT THE MORGUES.
A Little Child Recognizes It's
Mothers Body.
THE CRY FROM WlLLlAMsPoRT.
Her Citizens Suffering For Food
and Clothing.
coRpsEs FOOD FOR FLAMES.
Hundreds of the Dead Being Gre
mated In the Burning Debris
supply Wagons Attacked by
Prowling Hungarians.
No RaY of Sunshine.

No Ray of Sunshine.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 4.-Four days have
elapsed since the angel Of death swep
through the valley of the Conemaugh, but no
ray of sunshine has yet lightened the scene
of horror at Johnstown bridge. For thirty
six hours, without intermission. the fire en-
gines have played upon the smoking ruins
above the bridge, but the flames that break
out afresh at frequent intervals in this float
ing field of ruins seem to defy
the water. Nearly two thousand men are
employed in different parts of the valley
clearing up the ruins and prosecuting dill
gent search for the undiscovered dead. II
becomes hourly more apparent that not a
single vestige will ever be recognized Of the
hundreds that were roasted in the flames
above the bridge.
Since the last sentence was written
party of searchers unearthed
cHARRED ANo UNsIGHTLY MASS
from the smouldering debris about thirty
yards in front of the Associated press head
dict Of a physician to demonstrate that the
ghastly discovery was the charred
remains of human being. Within the last
less horrifying than this ghastly find,
have been made by the searchers as they
rake with picks and hooks in the smoking
ruins So difficult is it at times to deter
mine whether the remains are those of human
beings, 1t is apparent that hundreds must
have fairly burned to ashes. Thus the num-
ber that have found a last resting place be-
meath these ruins can at best never be more
than Appropriated.
NOBLE WORKERS.
Mr. Moxam, the iron manufacturer, is
mayor protein of Johnstown to day.
Although for days without sleep, he still
sticks nobly to his task. Hundreds of others
are like him. Men are falling to the earth
from sheer fatigue. There are many who
have not closed their eyes in sleep since they
awoke Friday morning. They are o hollow
eyed, pitiful-loooking lot.
Some of the unfortunates who could not
get to the relief trains endeavored to obtain
flour from the wrecked stor res in Johnstown.
One dealer was charging S. sack for
flour and was getting it on one
or two occasions. The crowd heard
of the occurrence and several men went to
the store and doled it out gratuitously to the
homeless and stricken army of people. An
OIner uealer WAS Selling IlOuT dU Sl.OV u SHCk
Bodies are recovered in Johnstown to-day
that have been
ROBBED BY GnouLs.
that flock to the scene. Hungarians at
tackled q supply wagon between Morrellville
and Cambria today. The drivers of the
wagon repulsed them twice before they
would leave. After that the drivers and
guards Of supply wagons were permitted TO
go armed.
Registers are being opened in Johnstown,
ptal 20
ter their names, IN order to give information
of their safety to inquiring friends.
Postof1ices were opened in Kernville and
the fourth ward of Johnstown to-day. The
first mail was received at 30 this morning
and was enormous for such a small town.
The knights of Pythias have received Il
largo donation in money from the Pittsburg
lodges. An effort was made to hold relig-
ious service in Morrellville last night by
Rev. John Fox of Pittsburg. The chamber
of commerce has made arrangements with
the Baltimore & Ohio, whose ts.cks are re-
ported now clear, to transfer passengers
from ,Iohnstown TO Pittsburg free of charge
A train packed so full that it was impossible
to obtain standing room on the platform left
last night. The passengers were mostly
women ana children.
THE FIRST RELIEF TRAIN,
bearing thousands of pounds of provisions
for the suffering and two thousand coffins for
the dead, passed over the Johustown bridge
and across the improvised trestle and track
up the incline TO the Johnstown depot at II
q. NJ. For the first time since the disaster
railroad communication Is established be.
tween the stricken city and the outside
world,
TWO THOUSAND BODIES RECOVERED.
Nearly two thousand bodies have already
been recovered here, and as the work OF eX-
umining the wreckage progresses, the con-
viction grows that the magnitude of
the calamity has not yet been approx
mated. Conservative estimates this morn
Ing put the loss at 1000 and many
ground from the outset place the number
at 10000. The debris lodged against
the big Pennsylvania railroad stone bridge is
still burning, and the efforts of the tiremen To
stay tho progress OF the flames are futile.
The mass, which unquestionably contains
thousands of victims, is still burnmg and is
lilfely to burn for weeks.
LET THE BODIES BuRN.
The suggestion made by physicians that
the bodies not buried be allowed to be ere
mated in the interest of public health, and
which aroused such storm OF public indig-
nation among the surviving population, is
viewed with more calmncss today, ard
there is growing sentiment that II is, afte,
all, the best solution of the problem. Weeks
and months will be required to remove the
stupendons mass by artificial means, and
meantime the rotting, putrefying remains OF
the poor humanity buried therein would be
dealing pollution and death TO all the sur
rounding country.
PirlrUL DUTIES PERFORMED
Thomas Williams, a husband VINO lost his
wife and family, recovered his wifes re-
mans and took them up TO the mountain and
dug grave and buried them himself.
William Gafirey, insurance ageut at thi.
lace, had ptiful duty to perform thi,
morning. On his fathers aud wife's side hs
lost fourteen relatives, among them his fam
lily and wife. This morning he got man L
take his deceased relatives 10 the graveyard
ana he had the mournful duty of digging hii
'wifes and chi!dren's graves and bpryinl
them.
Up to 0 o'clock $50 bodies had been taker
from the rnli.s. Most of them were unrecog
nizable, but they arc being taken away ant
buried us fast as possible One of the fortu
nate thugs about the whole affair is that in
vast number OF eases where the bodies are
almost completely burned, there is some
clothing or something Of the kind which
makes tic ldentity of tke body almost COM
plcte