Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-06

Glass n Pennsylvania railroad lOc0m0-
tive George Hudson was its engineer,
and Conductor SkeeIey had charge of
the train. They. with all the rest Of the
brew, escaped By flight when they saw
the food.
A solitary AKonument Of Ruin.
The windows al the playground where
il giant force played with masses Of iron
rs child might play with pebbles, be-
gin with bridge, or piece Of bridge,
about thirty feet long, that stands high
and dry upon two ordinary abutments at
Woodvale. The part OF the bridge that
remains spanned the Pennsy lvania
tracks. The tracks are gone, the bridge
is gone on either side, the river is gone
to q new channel, the very earth for 100
yards around has been scraped off and
swept away. but this little span remains
perched up there twenty feet above
everything, in the midst of desert of
ruins. the only piece of a bridge that is
standing from the rail bridge to South
Fork is a light iron structure, and the
abutments are not unusually heavy.
That il should be kept there when every
thing else was twisted and torn to
pieces, is one of the queer freaks of this
flood.
The Wrecked Trains.
Near by are the wrecks of two freight
trains that were standing side by side
when the food caught them. The
lower ends of both are torn to pieces,
the cars tossed around in every direc-
ton and many of them carried away.
The whole of the train on the track
nearest the river was demolished. Its
locomotive is gone entirely. There are
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty cars uninlured.
Apparently they could move off as soon
as that wonderful engine 1909, that
stands with steam up at their head. gets
ready to pull out. A second look, how
ever, shows that the track is in many
places literally washed from beneath the
cars. Some of the trucks are also turned
half way round, with wheels across the
track. But the force that did this left the
light wooden box cars mharmed. They
were loaded with dressed beef and pro-
visions. They have been emptied to
supply hungry Johnstown.
A Natural BnIwarlk of Wreclkage.
In front of engine 1909 the water
played some of its fantastic tricks. The
debris of trees. logs, planks and every
description of wreckage is heaped up IN
front of the engine to the headlight, and
is packed in so tightly that twenty men
with ropes and axes worked all day
without clearing it away. The track is
gone from the front of the engine clear
up to beyond Conemaugh. Parts of iU
lie about everywhere, twisted, turned
upside down, stacked crosswise, one
piece above another and in one place a
section of the left track has been lifted
clear over the right track. runs along
there for a ways. then twists into its
proper place even stronger than the
tracks.
Steel Rails Distorted. 'SF
The water has played with the rails
where they have been torn loose from
the ties. The rails are of steel and the
heaviest weight used. They were twisted
like willow boughs in spring freshet in
a country brook. One rail lies in the
sand in the shape of letter S; more are
broken squarely in two Many are
broken within a few feet of fish plate
coupling them to the next rail and the
fragments are still united by the plates.
From $4,000 to 15.O Lost.
The best estimate at this hour on the
loss of life based on the registry of liv-
ing and the unofficial poll, put it at from
10000 to $4,000. The drift of opinion
among the intelligent physicians, en-
gineers and railroad men is that from
1000 to 500 of the bodies will never be
heard from.
The keystone hotel, huge frame
structure has been pulled to pieces, This
immense wreck viii most undoubtedly
yield up large number of bodies. The
bodies of woman and three children
were taken from the debris in front of
First National bank. The woman had
all the children ciasped in her arms.
Mrs. Mary Connors, a widow, Miss
Teresa Downs and her sister. also a 10
year-old girl, supposed to be named
Bracket, of Woodvale, and an unknown
man, were taken to the depot morgue.
Three Thousand Men at Work.
Nearly 5000 men are at work clearing
away the wreckage and debris of ruined
buildings in the yards of the great works
of the Cambria Iron company, Since
the arrival of Vice President Stackhouse
from Philadelphia there has been feel
ing of general confidence that was not
of the 60 ahead spirit Of the company
was furnished when L. S. Smith, of the
Gautier mill, which was entirely swept
away, wrote this notice: All Gautier
employees are requested to report on the
9th at a. m. for work. The order fol
the Gautier mills has a two fold object.
One is to have the men report IN order
to ascertain what men Of the company I
force are still alive and the other is tC
restore confidence. 1t is possible, too
that the men may be paid off. The
monthly pay roll of the 6autier mill was
5000. In the mill about / 800 mer
were employed.
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