Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-05
FIELD OF MISERY.
Fighting Flames and Searching for
The Undiscovered Dead.
INSIGHT MASSES
Brought Forth from The Debris and Found
10 Be Human Flesh.
MEN AND HORSES.
They Are Most Needed TO Assist In
Exhumiug,
THE STRENGTH OF THE DAM
Was Likened TO tho Pyramids Of Egypt
bat 1t Proved as a Little
Child
10y telegraph % the Disna,ch.l

NNboht lriftnlkeion lte IttfuLlntN Jaw
PLAYED on the smoking runs above the
bridge, but The flames that break out airesh
VI FREQUENT intervals in this floating field Of
1ulus seem 10 ueiy the subduug force OF
water Nearly 1000 men are employed IN
different parts ~ the valley clearing ND mo
ruins and prosecuting dihcent search Tor
tho undiscovered dead. Their inyestiga~
t,ous are not without fruitful results, for
bodies ~ the dead snd charfed victims Of
fho food and fire are discovered with I'M
diminished frequency.
UuAsItY sIOHT.
r becomes hourly more and more apparent
That not a single yestige will ever be re-
coguizci Of hundreds that were roasted IN
the flames above the bridge.
Since the last sentence WIS pcDned party
a. searchers have uncarthed 4 chaTTed and
uusichily mass from the smOuldering debris
within thirty yards IN front Of the Associ-
rt,d Pres headquarters. Unused 10 such
flghtiul discoveries the leader OF tho gang
pronounced the remains 10 be a bsckened
log. aud II required The authoritative verdict
a.; 3 phys clan 20 demonstrate that the
chastiy discovery was the chsrred remains
AZ a human being. only The trunk re-
msiEcd, and that was roasted beyond al
Fembance Of ncsh. A five minutes search
revealed The fragments Of a skuil that at
once disintegrslcd Of rs weight when ex-
posed to the air no single piece being larger
thsu a halidollar andgthc whole resembling
the remnants % shattered charcoal. Within
me last hour lat dozen discoveries in no
WAY less botriiylug than this have been
made ty the ssarcsers a. they raked with
susAs 10 the smoulderIng runs.
RHYoSD RECOGNITION.
So difficult - u at times 10 determine
whether the remains sre those OF human
beings that 70 j. apparent that hundreds
suust ne fairly burned to ashes. Thus the
number that have iouRd their last resting
place beneath these ruius can at best never
he more than Appropriated.
M0Xham, the iron manufacturer, Is MAYOR
gro ton. o. Johustewn to-day. He IS proba-
lis TIE busiest man 10 The United Ststes.
Although for DAYS without sleep, he still
sticks molly 10 bis task. Hundreds Of others
are Ike him. Men fall TO the earth from
sheer faaguc. There IRE many who have
not closed their ewes iD sleep since they
nNoke Friday morung. They are hollow
eyed, puable-looking lot. Many have lost
near relatives snd friends.
WHAT Is MOST NEEDED.
Men and horses are what is most needed
te-day. some OF The uufOrunaies who
could not 20 o. tue relief trains endeayoTed
g. obtain Gour from the wrecked stores in
Jobnstown. one dealer was charging -
SAGA for -four, and was getting IL I'm one or
two cases. suddenly he crowd heard OF the
occurrence. aud several desperate men went
20 The store and dolod -four Rratuitousy 10
che homeless ana stricken army. Another
dealer was selling flour 40 SL50 sack; he
refused to give ATTY away, but would sell It
% any one who had money. Otherwise he
would not allow shy one TO 20 near IL,
guarding his store with shotgun.
Bodies are recovered IN JohnstoVn to-day
that have been robbed by The ghouls that
flock % the scene.
IL was known tbst ore lady had several
hundred dollars 10 her possession just before
The disaster, but when the body was recoy-
cred there was not cent In her pocket.
Uungarians sacked supply-wagOn between
Worthwhile aud Cambria CITY to-day. The
drivers q the wagon rcpuiscd them, but
they again returned.
4 second fight eusued, but alter lively
scrambling the HungarBnS were agsin
driven away. After that the drivers ana
guards OF the suppy-wagens were permitted
20 so armed.
EFGISrKRING THE SURVIVORS.
Registers are being opened in lohnstown,
md all Of the survivors are requested 10
register taef names in order 10 give infor-
mftion 81 their safety 10 inqutriug friends.
P0st.0ficcs were ouened IN kernvlle and
the Fourth Ward Of Johustowu to-day. The
nrst mail rot In ri $3.50 Tbs morning and
was enormous for such a small town. The
knights OF Pythiss nave received large
donation Of money from Pittsburgh lodges.
An effort vas made 10 hold religious sers
vices 10 Norreliylie last night by Rev. john
Fox, Of Pittsburgh. Rev. Mr.. Beale Is
making Arrangements for services Ia Covers
scnOOi-hOuse - night. The Chamber OF
Commerce has made an arrangement with
the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad 10 transfer
passengers from Johnstown 10 Pittsburgh
free OF charge. A train packed 30 full that
Il was impossible 10 obtain standing room on
the platform LETT last night. The passengers
we're mostly children and women.
IMPRESSIONS OF REiIgP.
Faces at The windows expressed nothing
but IcliCi Is the train drew out from the ILL.,
iited city. The Tariff clubs relief tram
from Pittsburgh La on the Baltimore and
Ohio road to-day, and did more good than
Euy that has arrived yet.
The trains on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad /
caouot reach as many OF the sufferers AZ those !
on the Baltimore and Ohio. Coroner Me- |
D0Well was with the train Snd worked bard. /
Superintendent Patton, Of the Baltimore /
md Ohio railroad, is on the ground and re.
ports that The tracks are DOW clear from |
DOWNTOWN 70 this city. He is accompanied |
by Chief Engineer Manning.
What il needed here to-day more than |
anything else is Rraye-diggers. This morn |
INK hundreds NJ bodies were lying around /
and there was no one 10 dix the graves.
THIS morning OF least fifty funeral process |
ri0ns passed the Associated Press beadQuar- |
tcr,. I, vas not an uGIsual sis M TO see TWO /
or three codlUs going along one after |
smother followed by a number OF MOURN /
ers, an in the same family. II Is impossible \
-
hind. consequently all funeral proeesslons /
oTe on foot.
LOsI FOURTEEN RELATIVES.
William Ganuey. insurance agent at this 1
place. had very pi,iful duty 10 perform thrs .
morning. ON MS fathers aud wife's side he /
lost fourteen relatives, amOug them his wife /
ana family. This morning he got man 70 /
IKE h.s deceased relatives 70 the grave ADD |
De had the mOurnful duty OF digging his |
wiie's tnd chIdTen's graves and burying |
fLeu IN speaking Of the matter this morn.
ing he said: Al never thought that / could !
perform such a sad duty, but had 10 do II
md did IT," No one has aRy idea OF the
feelings q man who acts as undertaken,
RraYe-cigger, ADD pali-bearer Tor his own
FANNY. The saddles, sight 10 be seen on The
INer.bauk this mOrniog was the ease OF
Mr. Gilmore. VINO bas lost bis wite and family
tlis old man has been seen on the riyei-bapk
looking for bic family. lie insisted on TIE
gIcmeu playing q stream OF water on the
place where the house formerly stood, and
where be supposed the bodies lay. The nfe-
men. recognizing bis feelings, PLAYED
stream Oh the place for several hours TINS
morning. and ai last the TeseutTs Rot 10 inc
place The old gentleman said his house Tor
merry stood. al know tie bodies are there,
HDd you must find them" On went the
Iescuers alter tDis plea. When 81 last
Ole Of The men picked up charred skull,
evidently that OF a child. this stirred the cid
nan up. and be exclaimed, "Thst my
cDiid; there lies my family. Go and get the
nsi o. them.v The woIkmen continued,
aud In few minuies tnsy came 10 the 10
Iaains Of the mother and three other chl-
dIen. The besds were completely burned
on, but there was enough Of their clothing
lelt 10 recognize them by. What was leit