Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-14
HAVE TO USE DYNAMITE
The Only Way in Which the Debris
Can be Removed.
The Board of Health are Not Afraid of
al Epidemic.
At the M0roues 1889 Bodies Have
Been Received so Far.

JoRNSTowN. June 10.-The progress
| of the work at the stony bridge today has
! been more satisfactory than any day so
| far. The stationary engine on the bridge
has done more work than fifty men.
| Huge masses OF broken and bent iron
and immense timbers that the men have
been trying to move for days, were lifted
from their places and moved with ease.
Fourteen more of these great helpers
have been sent for. A heavy charge of
dynamite vas put off today and did
great deal of good. 1t demonstrated
! heavy charges must be used in order to do
any good. Three bodies were found near
the stone bridge, and ten or twelve found
IN that vicinity. All commissaty stations
are kept busy. At Cambria one vast
amount of provisions and clothes hav,
been distributed. Long lines of th9
sufferers stood III the heat al i ra u wait
ing their turn. No one is furnished with
out an ordor, and every department
Is under the strictest discipline
Most excellent work is being done here.
The same good work is being done at the
American club commissary and others.
The hurried burial of the dead in Pros
pect hill cemetery is causing the resi-
dehts of that beautiful suburb to Johns
AS"N IOao ucdi vi hIuol dIiCt duu UldlS
cases of sickness. The bodies were
placed in cheap coffins, none being Sc
cure, the odor from the decompo
bodies arising to the surface attracting
large number of dogs, who make the
night hideous by howling and paving
over graves. Coffins were put only three
feet under ground as there was no time go
dig the graves deeper. 1t was found ne
pIapH unprHs N tn littla
tary containing two hundred graves, to
drive the dogs away. To-day Mr.. Miller
instructed American club members who
are in camp near the cemetery, TO secure
dislnfectants and place them on the
graves, thus killing the odor.
The first funeral of a food victim, that
might be truly called such, and in which
the corpse was taken TO the cemetery
In convey ance, was held to day. The
body was taken to the cemetery in
wagon accom- panied by the mourners in
carriages and burial services were helli
over the remains. There were thirty five
bocles recovered to-day, eleven of them
at the stone bridge. Those taken
out of the water were in better condition
than those found among the debris. The
latter were not only horribly bloated and
distorted in features, but decom position
had set in, and the stencil arising Vas
so UnDearable that men at the various
morgues found it a disagreeable duty to
wash them. The list of the unknown"
Is growing as the means of Identification
become more obscure.
The report of Dr.. Sibbel, addressed to
DR.. Croft may oe given in brief rs fol-
lows:
bodies received, 2l9; Pennsylvania rail
road station morgue, 1S1, Moorville NOR
que, 1928; St. Columbia church morgue in
Cambria city, S35; Hawes morgue, 13;
Miilviile, SO; Grand View chapel, 11S; old
Nineveh Indian co-morgue, Sc; Nineveh
proper, 233; total 1,SS9.
The official bulletin of the state board
of health issued to-day says: "Reports
received last evening from inspectors OF
this board show that the favorable condi-
hOn stated in first report continues, No
contagious disease of auy kind prevails.
There are a few cases of a mild type of
measles, but no signs of any epidemic.
The bodies still IL she wreck are so COW
cred as not to be dangerous to health
There is every precaution being taken to
prevent contamination OF the water sup
ply for towns below JOhustown. There
is no ground whatever for alarm
in regard to this matter at present.
The weather Is cool aud comfortable.
Though the destruction of life has been
appalling, there Is not at present occa-
sion to be discouraged. MT. Scott said
this afternoon: work Jill continue as it
has until Wednesday, when everything
VIII be handed over TO the state. We are
obtaining some sort of system, and have
finally brought some kind of order out
of chaos. The work of relief will have
to continue until people can take
hold for themselves. When the Cambria
iron works and other mills resume work,
the people will be able to earn money.
The great aim just at present is to give
survivors work. The line of charity will
gradually shade into that of the ability of
taking care of themselves. Until that
time has come the people will have
to be taken care Of" Mr.. Munden, who
is in charge of the removal of the bodies
from the ruins says that up to date he
had found $4,000 III money in the pockets
of victims. The largest sum found was
S6,11423.
William B. Young, aged 28, of Oak
dale, amember of Company c., Four
teepth Regiment, committed suicide in
hia tent by placing the muzz!e of his
rifle against his left TEN pie and pulling
the trigger. Dependence caused by a
slight illness, and doubtless intensified
by nights guard duty among the
gloomy ruins, is the only known cause of
the soldiers act. II was farmer and
leaves widow and two children.
JoHNsTowN, June 10-Private DaIzeH
has written to the Associated Press, in
which he says: Widows and orphans
whose husbands and fathers were draw
ing pensions on the day of the great
calamity are entitled to accrued pen
sions due a soldier at the time of his
death and no longer, this should also
apply to those whose pension claims
were pending. He further suggests that
all insurance companies should publish
a list of the persons having policies in
their com paDies in the flooded districts,
because in many cases the policies are
lost.