The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-05

dear one was up in the hills. felt little fear
for her safety To make sure. however. he
started for JOhnstOwn, arriving to-day.
Near the Fourth-street morgue he met Mr..
Diehl.
"Thank God you are safe" he exclaimed,
and then added, lis Carrie wellT
"She was visiting in the valley when the
wave came,n was the mournful reply.
Then he beckoned the young man to en-
ter the chamber of death. A moment later
Mr.. Ogle was kneeling beside rough bier.
and was caressiug the cold white face.
From the lifeleSs figure he slipped a thin
gold ring. and in its place put one of his
own. Then he stole quietly out, one of the
thousands made to mourn by the bursting
of the South Forks DAM
Mamma, mamma" cried a child. She
had recognized body that no one else
could and in a moment the corpse was
ticketed boxed and delivered TO laborers
who bore it away to JOIN the long funeral
procession.
A mother recognized a baby boy. Keep
it few minutes" she asked the undertaken
in charge. In few moments she returned
carrying in her arms little white casket-
Then she hired two men TO bear 1t 70
cemetery.
No hearses are seen in Johnstown. Rel
atives recognize their dead, secure c0ffins,
get them carried the best way they can to
the morgues and from there to the grave
yards. A prayer, some tears, and few
more of the dead thousands are buried in
mother earth.
A frequent visitor at these horrible places
is David John Lewis. All over Johnstown
he rides powerful gray horse, and 10 each
one he meets whom he knows he exclaims.
Have you seen my slstersP Hardly walt
ing for reply, he gallops away. either to
seek ingress to a morgue or to ride along
the river bank. One week ago Mr.. Lewis
was worth $50, 900, his all being invested In
large commission business. To-
day he owns the horse he rides, the
o1o nd hof IA n N
the fierce waves were buried five of his rel
atives; his sisters Anna, and Lizzie and
Maggie. The latter was married. and her
little boy and babe were also drowned.
They were all dearly loved by the mer-
chant, who, crazed with grief and mounted
on his horse, is conspicuous hgure In the
ruined city.
The food and fire claimed among its VIC
Tins not only the living. but the dead. To-
day a handsome coffin was found half
buried in some charred wreckage near the
point Inside was found the body of man,
shrouded for burial but so scorched about
the head and face as TO be unrecognlzable.
The supposition is that the house in which
the dead man had lay had been crushed,
and the debris partly consumed by fre.
The body is still at the Fourth-ward school
house tonight, and unless reclaimed to-
morrow morning 1t Will be buried In tho
unknown field.
One-fourth of the councilmen are be
lieved to have lost their lives in the hcod.
and there is scarcely one OF the living who
has not met with some terrible loss.
The sad fate of the family of Chief of
Police Harris is known, all having per-
ished in the disaster.
II. b. Hammer. coroner of Allegheny
county. is at this point doing excellent
work. He has a large corps of helpers. His
jury was organized on Saturday and have
heard plenty of testimony. The jurymen are:
+. While, II. NJ. Guy. r. B. Roger. w. III.
Work. James Mccarthy and A. l.. Bethune.
Fork as soon as the road is open, and, with
the jury. make a formal examination of
the lake. The testimony consists of de-
scriptions of the food by those who es-
who have seen it. Two men refused to testi-
fly before the jury. Sheriff B. 4. Byers,
who is on the ground, had talk with
them, and they finally decided the best
thing to do would be to testify. The, con-
clusion of the inquest will be held In
Greensburg.