Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-06-13
RECOVERING FROM THE BLOW.

Johnstown Residents Begin to Prepare
for Active Business Again.
JoIINsTowN, Pa, June 12.-Another
twenty-four hours has passed and after
6; trip over the entire flooded district. it
is apparent that a large amount of work
las been accomplished. Places that ap-
peared to be iusurmountable are grad
ual!y fading away before the energetic
work which is being done. Owners OF
houses have commenced cleaning out
their own residences in Johnstown. and
wien they request, as they frequently
Go, the foreman of gang to allow his
men TO help. they are never refused.
Store-keapers are also Commencing
to take their goods from the general
wreck to the creek to clean them to see
what they can recover from the effects
Of the flood. OF course, there are many
sad hearts and weeping eyes IN families,
as they find articles that in their happy
homes before the flood belonged to loved
ones, but with brave hearts, they are
smothering the intense grief and have
apparently resolved that
,yorEstown si1aI! t;e HERSELF Again
and the prediction is now being freely
made that by the first day of July the
city will present q very active appear
ance.
Houses that have not been very much
damaged ere already icing repaired, and
as a consequence there is much better
feeling prevailing all round now that
the solid sense of this community is com.
ing to the front.
Burning the Debris.
At j. o'clock in the evening twenty
huge bonfires lighted up the valley and
mountain sides for miles around. The
piles of wreckage removed from the de-
bris during the day was thus disposed of
making grand sight. The horrors con-
tinue, and there seems no end. Ever
since the water receded into its channel,
fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers
seeking their dead, have wandered up
and down the ruins. To-day is no differ
ent in this respect than yesterday. At
each cry "They have found another
these
HeartbrOken Searcherx
hasten forward and anxiously gaze upon
the features of the dead. Every now
and then is heard a wall of distress.
sometimes rising almost to the pitch of a
s,ream and again nothing but a sob is
heard as a friend or relative is recog-
nized.
Notwithstanding the fact that rain has
been falling all morning the work of re-
moving the debris continues and the
finding of bodies is carried on with sor-
rowful certainty. Many of the bodies
are horribly crushed: especially is this
the condition of those recovered above
the bridge. Three heavy charges of
dynamite were exploded in the jam
above the bridge this morning, but had
little effect in loosening it up.
Malignant Diphtheria at kernville.
Notwithstanding the official announce
ment made by the state board of health
to the effect that there are no contagious
diseases here, some have been discov-
cred by the Red Cross society. This So
ciety has established q hospital at Kern
vile. and there are now three cases of
malignant d:ptheria being cared fora
mother and TWO children. The mother
contracted the disease while nursing her
children.
Systema:izing Relief.
At 6 o'clock pm, the rules for the gov
ernment of Johnstown go into effect.
The heads of departments have been an
nounced: Col. J. L. Spangler will have
charge of all the supply stations through
out the flooded district. The district
will be divided into two post commits
saries. No l will be under command of
Mayor w. II. Horn, who will have
charge OF all supplies received over the
Pennsylvania railroad. No. under the
direction OF Mayor Singee, who will have
charge of all supplies received from the
Baltimore and Ohio. The country will
be subdivided into eleven districts under
the direction of quartermasters attached
to the regiments of the National Guard OF
the state. Lieuts. Bean and Barnet of
the regular army are associated with
Col. Spangler in the work.
l.aborers Are Leaving.
Hundreds of the laborers are leaving
to-day and by evening their numbers
will be greatly reduced. This is but the
beginning of the outpouring that will set
in tomorrow. The opinion is gaining
S+ranutb that Can HaGtinyS ll-s made a