Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-04

the Chamber of Commerce had no au-
thority to send them.
JoHNsrowN, Pa, June "a train OF
five cars came in from Cumberland,
Maryland, loaded with provisions, and
thirty men to help clear up the debris.
MORE GHoULs SHOT.
The Sheriff has taken charge OF Johns
town this morning, and armed men are
patrolling the streets. A deputy sheriff
shot two Hungarians this morning for
robbing bodies.
People who have been properly in the
limits are permitted to enter the city,
but otherwise it is impossible to get into
town,
oHIo's WOMAN WORK.
The relief committee from Ohio are
pitching tents on the inside. Nine hun
bred of these are here, and being utilized
as fast as erected.
SEARCHING THE DEBRIS.
For the first time since the flood men
have been put to work on the debris at
the bridge.
This morning man, woman and child
were taken from the ruins. The child
was clasped in the arms of the woman,
and the trio were evidently husband,
wife and child. 1t was a most distress
ing sight to see the relatives of people
who are supposed to be lost, standing
around watching every body as it il
pulled out. They act more like maniacs
than sensible people.
RELIEF TRAIN PULLS IN.
A relief train from Pittsburg reached
here at o'clock this morning. Ali along
the road at each town contributions were
made. When Johnstown was reached
the train had ten loaded cars.
MARTIAL LAW MAINTAINED.
The town is under martial law. Every
one who goes about the place is chal
lenged and required to give an account
of himself. The water has subsidized to 6
great extent. The streets and the main
part of the town are now free from wa
ter. The falling water laid bare the ter
rible work of the flood, and the full ex
tent of the disaster can only be ascer
tanned now. The streets are one sicken
ing, foul-smelling mass of wood and de.
bris, and the work of searching fol
bodies is only fairly begun. Latest est
mates put the loss of life at 10000 tc
1000.
ANOTHER EYEWITNESS TELLS THE TALE
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 3.-The Hotel
Holbert was washed away and twenty
two persons persisted in the wreck
Frank Mcdonald, a conductor on the
Baltimore and Ohio, was at the Penn
sylvania depot when the flood came
He said: "When / first saw the flood it
was thirty feet in height and rose to al
least forty feet. There was no doubt the
South Fork dam had broken. Fiji
teen minutes before the food came
Decker, an agent Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, read me a tele-
gram just received saying the South Fork
dam had broken, and as soon as he
heard this the people in the station,
numbering 200, made rush for the hill.
l certainly think l saw one thousand
bodies 60 over the bridge. The first
house that came down struck the bridge
and at once took fire. AS fast as Others
came down they were consumed. l be-
lieve am safe in saying sawa thousand
bodies burn. From under large brick
school house 1874 bodies were taken last
night, and today in every corner and
place bodies are being found and buried
as fast as possible.
The necessity for speedy burial is be.
sickening. A number of bodies have
been found with bullet holes in them
showing that in their maddening fright
suicide was resorted to by many.
FEW 1DENTIFICATIoNs.
II is impossible to get any account Of
those lost. Everyone is 80 thoroughly tired
out and overcome by the weights of the
disaster as to be utterly unable to give
any account of details or figures. Com.
paratively few have been identified.
CITY OF MoURNERs.
Up to this morning the people living
here who lost whole families and parts oil
families hardly seemed to realize what q
calamity had befallen them. However
this morning the people are getting to
understand the situation, and agony ia
stamped on the face of everyone, and il
is truly a city of mourning.
Ten bodies were taken out of the debris
at 9 20 this morning. There was nothing
to identify them by, as they were burned
almost to crisp. 1t is thought, however
that seven of them belonged to one
family, as they were all found under the
roof OF house partly burned.
A NAMELEss PAUL REVERE.
The first man from the dam at South
Fork has just arrived. The dam burs,
open in the center in broad break. A
nameless Paul Revere lies somewhere
among the nameless dead. Who
he is may never be known
but his ride will be famous in Local
history. Mounted on grand big bay
horse, he came riding down the pike
which passed through Conemaugh to
Johnstown like some angel of wrath Of
old, shouting his portentous warning
run for your lives to the hills Run to
the hills!" People crowded out of their
houses, along the thickly-settled streets,
awe.struck and wondering. Nobody
knew the man, and some thought he was
a maniac and laughed. On at deadly
pace rode this man, still ringing out his
awful cry. In few moments, however,
there came a cloud of ruin down the
broad streets, down narrow alleys, grind
ing, twisting, hurting, overturning, crash
ing. annihilating weak and strong alike.
1t was the charge of the flood, wearing
its corones of ruin and devastation,
which grew at every instant of its pro.
gress thirty feet high, some say forty.
According to some it was sea, and it
travelled with swiftness like that which
lay hidden in the heels of Mercury. On
and on raced the rider, and on and on
rushed the wave. Dozens of people took
heed OF his warning and ran up to the
hill. To the poor faithful rider it was an
unequal contest. Just as he turned