The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-05

put the number OF lost at 1000 and
many men Of calm Judgement and who
are not want to exaggerate, who have
been upon the ground from the outset
; place the number OF 10000. The debris
wedged against the big Pennsylvania
railroad stone bridge is still burning and
the efforts Of the flrsmen to quench OF
stay the progress OF the flames are as
futile as were those OF Gullivefs lilipu'
tian hremen. The mass, which unQues'
tionably forms funeral pyre for thous'
ands OF victims, who lie buried beneath
II, Is burning and Is likely to burn for
to come. The flames are not active but
burn away in q sullen determined
fashion as though bent for once upon
proving how futile are mans efforts
when the fre.god Is aroused, and per.
haps after all, the hand OF Providence Is
in II. for the suggestion made by tho
physicians yesterday, that the bodies
there buried, be allowed TO be cremated,
In the interest Of public health and
which aroused such storm OF indigna-
tion among tho surviving populace, Is
viawa1 viii, mora cnlmnsss today and
there is a growing sentiment that It Is
after all, the best solution of tho
problem.
WILL REQUIRE WEEKS.
Weeks, months will be required to re-
move the stupendous mass by artificial
mo0rs or1 ,roor,,mo, Tho ro,tin, rut,i.
n."n', "uu .4'sar'Ae '"e 'o''tns' p"s'i
lying remains ol poor humanity buried
therein would be dealing pollution ana
death 70 gu inc surrounding country.
Ihe awful desolatlon ol the scene Las
been described often enough Already 10
render . repetition oi tue attempt mere mere
unnecessary. These descrlptl9ns nave
Dsen as truthful ana graphic Us IL is pos
slble ior man 10 make them Ply none
have been adequate nonG would be;
where once $1,000 sollu, unDfoKen
D9slness plocns lor sl9are utter 1Lquars, =
with easements and suo'cellars' there IS
now q level plain as one ir9n. SDstEuC; 9osg1 9;
uon, or excaVatlon as lne Ia'r melas ,i Oh
Arcadia after they hau peen swept py
British ilames. 4,
me major anu prettier part OIL the
beautiful city has literally been
DLoTTED FROM THE FACE OF TilE EAisrlE.
Crowds Of strangers anxiously watch
~, = ,,.o,L t,;s ,,orn;r, from the rail.
'"e W." ,,, '--' 'lV,Ne 80 - ~.
road bridge ana as arup the river as 'he
eye can reach on both sides. At Johns
town proper the resCuers continue I, 70 y,
prlng III Iuies w Wy nutn,v ai "iu ,innS s,
have been identified:
Mrs. Harry Il. Smith, vile OF the CASH
Ter OF the Johnstown Company, ana an an
infant; AdoIph Nathan, proPri,!etor
yehnstoWn Oompahys sLote OiNe[ r
Ackers, harry i, ualther, clerN o.
Adams Express Company Jom o
BuShanan pr' ". ". pearh M,I,ii nnu MiIS' r. r.
L. smith, Mrs. lhomas MliiIans, mn, W.. W. =.
LOOPS, secretary Jonns;own Soupauy
Uharies Marsnali, squ're FlsuVF a"u
family. ,v.,,, a. ,..,, ,,,,o
lost his wife and family, recovered his
wife's remainS and took them up the
mountain, where he Dug a F. granEs, nT,,;a anH u
purlea ~ the tas,iH,a fIss ssin, Snys ever done
iny Bnt IVs when / buried them ali has been
done"
A meeting OF the knights Of Pythiaa
and Knights OF the Golden Eagle Will DC
held at Cambria City this afternoon for
the purpose OF getting Relief Committees
In shape and lending their assistance.
Az AGED WOMAN REsopgD.
Nt.. T.odor,oLs an ooed woman. was
MrS' f'sue''SA"I 49, "s s.t,. T., = I'o',Se
rescued alive from IN attie 10 y nopss
Yesterday afternoon. Tho house lad
aooted from what was formerly Vine
strcst % to Tho foot of the mountains
MrS Ercdericks saws her experience wa
tsrsihIa She saii hundreds OF men
~o,non and cbiIIren ioated down thI
, tosrant n meat THAR tleafh-some pray
, n. uLiIo otSsrs had actually becoln,
I raS,ns msniScs Wreckers Nre WORKING
: nsa.as tho hridve today than at m,
: Tina aimee Tho d}sSster.
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I THE MASONIC RELlEF CORPS
. The special train OF the Masonic Re
i,a, Assoc,a,;on which loft Pittsburgh a
D 'ei Ho0SN'"VI W.. SnN .i,"s..on ~ on ~,
! ! O'CLOCK yestefday alsernuon VI ""
I. Baltimore Il Ohio railroad, did not reacl
1 hera until inst before midnight, at whicl
/. time Il was impossible 70 do anything
Q Under the circumstances the party cor
J. eluJed 10 pass tho night In the car
|. which they did, making themselves q
q colntortable as possible, with packln
!. boxes for beds and candle boxes for pi
Il iowS' Tho party 10 In charge Of w, {
}. Brown and consists, besides himself, c
i r q. Patterson, q. A. Dulf, GhaIlr
! Barfberper, Robert Mexican, +. O. Mi
1t ler, j, d, Bartlett, w. ]. Caskey, Harr
It Dunlap and Harry I,auiIer. II was inc
J. earlyIbis morning by Chas. A. lICFeelI
Q who ig In charge Of the distribution I
!. relief here, and spent the morning plal
q ing sensible relief brought up yestcrtla
" AMONG Masonic sufferers, where
10 would do the most good. In at
10 dition 10 large quantity Of cooked foo,
y sandwiches, ctc., % vel As iiowSs ~
o. lnFNViliO1n oil every upnCflpuuut kllH "