The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-02

me, and without waiting for my answer,
she continued, with sob, There are my
Tour children in the house and their nurse,
and guess father and mother will go over
70 the house, don't your In few moments
ali on the car knew the story of the pair,
and many plying glance was cast at
them. Their house was one of the first
to 20.
BRAVE GIRLS TRAGIC END.
just before reaching Sang Hollow, the
end of the main line Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, is an "Sn signal, and
the men in it told stories
OF what they saw so piteous 1 could not
listen to half of it and command my feel
lngs. Here are some little odds and ends
they told me of: A beautiful girl came
down on the roof of building which was
swung In near to the tower. She screamed
to the operators to save her. and one big,
brawny. brave fellow walked as far into the
river as he could and shouted to her to
to try to guide herself. She was n plucky
girl, full Of Of nerve and energy, and stood
upon her frail support, in evident obedience
TO the command of the operator. She
made two or three DO strokes, and actually
stopped the course of the raft for an in
slant. Then it went out from under her.
She tried to swim ashore, but in a few
minutes she was lost in the swirling
water. Something hit her, for she
lay on her back with her face pallid and
expressionless. Men and women by dozens,
in pairs, singly, children, boys, big and
little and wee babies were there among
the awful cunfusion of water, drowning,
gasping, struggling and fighting desperately
for life.
GOING TO DEATH IN PRAYER
Two men ON tiny raft shot into the
swiftest part of the current. They
crouched stolidly, looking at the
shores, while uetween them dressed in
white. and kneeling with her face turned
heavenward, was girl 6 or z
years old. She seemed stricken
with paralysis, until she came opposite
the tower, and then she turned her face to
the operator. She was SO clio q they could
see the big tears on her face. The helpless
men on shore shouted to her to keep up her
courage, and she resumed her devout atti-
tude and disappeared under the trees
Of projecting point, short
distance below. "Do you see
that fringe of trees" said the operator,
pointing to the place where the little girl
mad gone out of sight, "well we saw scores
of children swept in there. | believe thai
when the time comes they will fad almost a
hundred bodies of children there among the
bushes"
NlNGN An n UNA IL AtSDs
Just above New Florence is the town Of
Ninevah II was here that l found the first
house. Dead were here, the larger por-
tion of whom were women. Here it
was that the awful work of the
freshet could be realized. What have been
fertile farms look like worn-out
brickyards. Great trees have been twisted
and torn like weeds and the broken house
hold goods of hundreds of houses line the
shores for miles, Tnieyes of the vilest sort,
those who steal from tle dead and the un-
fortunate, have been busily at work rob-
bing the trunks aud boxes and articles of
furniture, and there is nothing worth
taking left, except lumber Every now and
then CHASTITY outlines could be seen in the
water beingsswep5 down the stream. Two
miles from the ''S 81 tower is the rs. X p"
tower of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
here it is that the greatest railroad in the
world suddenly ends in the river. For more
than 900 feet a wire track is wiped out,
rails, ties and even ballast The north
track is entirely washed away. This is the
nearest telegraph point to Johnstown,
and the delay in getting off news dispatc les
is fairly maddening. Tne Associated Press
expedition was the first on the ground, and
were ready with Thousands of words of
specials, but no wires could be had from
IL a. m. until almost 2 p. IN. No special
trains could be hired, no locomotives were
to be bought and the situation can be
appreciated.
THE BIG BLAZE.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 1.-The accumu-
lation of buildings which we're swept by the
angry waters to the Pennsylvania bridge,
piled up fully so feet high, have burned to
the waters edge. Before the buildings took
fire many people, dead and alive, were
taken from them. and in several
instances the unfortunates were SO
wedged in that it was necessary to
chop their legs off to release them. The
Catholic church was also destroyed by fire
this morning. A number of people were on
the roof hen the structure caught fire,
and all Of them were consumed in the
flames. The damage is as yet in
estimable, regardless Of the los,
of life. The Pennsylvania railroad
loss will be enormous. An official
report Of the damage done to the railroad
property is appended. Fully half mile Of
the track between Sang Hollow and Johns
town has been washed out, and much of the
track rail, ties and all are carried away