Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-06-04

years old, making the 46th corpse recov-
cred there. An ugly mark on the wrist
looked as II bracelet had been IN
from tie arm.
AT the Fourth ward school house a
greet number oil victims are be ny pre-
pared for iLternsnt Yesterday 2O0 were
dispo.ed OF and to day as many more re-
ceived attention.
KERNvILLE's CONDITION.
Kernvllle is in q deplo able condition.
The living are unable to take care Of the
dead. The majority OF the inhabitants
of the town were drowned.
A building OF boards has been erected
on tie only street remaining in the town.
This is the headquarters for the commit
tee tha' controls the dead. As quickly
as the dead are brought to this point they
are placed in boxes and then taken to the
cemetery and buried. A supply store has
been opened in the town. A mIlkman
who was ov~rtharging for milk this
morning narrowly escaped lynching. The
infurlated men appropriated all his milk
aud distributed II among the poor and
then drove him cut OF the town.
The body OF the Hungarian who was
lynched in an orchard last night was re-
moved by his friends during the night.
The inhuman monster had cut oil her
four fingers of The right hand. He was
noticed before be ESCAPED, and dropped
the fingers into his pocket where they
were iound when he was captured. The
act maddened the men, and they took
him to an orchAi d on the hillside aud
hung him.
There is but one street lett in the
town. About l55 houses are standing
where ooce there stood thousand. None
OF the large buildings In what was once a
thriving little borough have escaped
One thousand people is a low estimate OF
the number OF lives lost from this town.
But few of the bo lies have been recov
ered.
only about 25 able bodied men have
survived and are able to render any as
sistance. Men AID women can be seen
with black eyes, bruised aces and cut
heads. The appearance OF some OF the
ladies is hesrtrending. They were In
jured In the flood, and since that have
not sept. Their faces have turned a
sickly yellow. aud dark rings surround
the eyes. Many have succumbed to ner-
Vous pr, 81 AL N.
PATIENTS IN THE CAMBRIA HOSPITAL.
The Cambria Hospital has now 30U
patients. DIR. Buck, with an efficient
corls Of aiGs, is in charge. Two OF the
patien died yesterday.
The hospital in the upper part of Johns
town is uil to overflowlng. Many have
been carried to the surrounding houses.
One Of their patents has died on their
hands and several are very low.
Hospitals have been established at
CunemAu,h and Mineral Point, but
little could be learned OF how may pa
tents tn, y contalred and how they were
taring.
ALLEGED MIRACULOUS INCIDENT.
The miracle, as It Is ta'led, that hap
pentd at the Church OF the Immaculate
Conception, has caused tremendous
sensation.
The building was badly wrecked, the
benches were torn up, and In general
the tntire structure both inside ard out
side was fairly dismantled. Ye"terday
morning when an entrsnce was forcet
through the blocked doorway the ruiz
| appeared To be complete. One objec
alone had escG ed the waters wrath
| The statue of Tho Blessed Virgin, tia
| had been decorated and adorned becaus,
OF th+ May dev"tiole, was unsullied ~
the day it WAS made. The flowere, tn,
wrcaths, the lace veil, were und sturbet
and unso led. Not . wrinkle was oh
ssrvabe in It's cutines. The marks oI
the wall showed that above the statue
which is three feet high, the surfar oi
ne water al risen 10 a height Of tifteeu
feet, while the tatue had been saved from
all contact with the liquid.
TIE CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND SISTERS
There are about 80 Catholic priest,
and nuns here. The sisters are deVotinu
themselves to tie care Of the sick
ard injured in the hospitals, while tn,
priests are doing anything and every
thing and making themselves generally
useful
j.. Murphy, the Catholic bookseller
of Pittsburg, haunted the railroad
morgue all day with a white, sad lace.
Ills brother James and his entire family
have been lost, and Mr.. MurphS ia seek
ing for the remains. Every fresh arrival
of CHASTITY burdens set him TO anxious In.
gu ry, but as yet he has not discovered
his latives.
There was much comment over the
finding OF the bCdy of the nun cut iu
two. 1t was at first thou ht she was a
resident OF Johnstown community,
but, as none OF tLem have been reported
missing, the suppo5ition is that she wss
travelling at the time OF the accident on
the day EXPIRES.
A brokcn-hearted couple are Thomas
Leyden and his vile, hard working ppo-
pie ot the little to6n of MinersVille. All
day they have been tru1g!ng over the
slippery ooze In JohnstJwn, asking every
person for news OF thtir daughter, Mary.
Mary was a dishwashtr in the Hur.but
House, and the porter states that he saw
her pinned beneath falling timber
Mr., Leyden wants the remains sent 20
his house, No PSI Company row, Miners
vile.
THE SITE OF WHAT WAS wooDvALB.
Where NYoodvale once stood there is
now sea of mud, broken but rarely by
u pile of wreckage.
Pieces of engines, rolls aud other
machinery We swept far away from
where they once stood. The wreck of u
hose carriage is stick Dg up out of the
mud. 1t belonged to the crack company
of Johnelown. The engine house is
swept away and the cellar Is filled with
mud SO that the site is obliterated. A
German watehman was on guard at the
mill when the waters came. He tells
graphic story If tile appearance
of the water as it swept down
the valley. He declares that the first
wave was as high as the third story Of q
house. The place is deserted.
Three dal 8 bave passed since the food
gates were opened, and the waters rushed
down upon the mountain city. Order is
slowly arising out of chaos. The sur
yivors arc slowly realizing what is the
best course 10 pursue. Tho great cry is
for men. s.en who will work and not
stand by and DO nothing but gaze at the
ruins.