The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08

hunger, woe and death; the ruined
homes. wrecked fortunes and all the
fearful details of horror of the Cone
fnangh can never be told in print or
portrayed by the artist
A CHANNEL HOUSE.
just above New Florence is the
little town of Ninevah 1t was here
that a correspondent found the first
charnel house; l09 dead were there,
the larger portion of whom we're wo
men There it was that the awful
work of the freshet could be realized.
What have been fertile farms look
like WORKOUT brick yards. Great
trees have been twisted and torn
like weeds, and the broken household
goods of hundreds of houses line the
shores for miles.
THIEVES OF THE vILEsT SORT,
Those who steal from the dead and
the unfortunate, have been husily at
work robbing the trunks, boxes, arti-
cles of furniture, and there is moth
ing worth taking left except lumber.
Every now and then CHASTITY outlines
could be seen in the water, being
swept down stream. Two miles from
$50 tower is the SIX tower of the
Penn sylvania Railroad, and here it
is that the greatest railroad in the
world ends suddenly In the river.
For more than 1000 feet the entire
track is wiped out-rails, ties, and
even ballast. The north track is en-
tirely washed away.
To add to the awful part of the
story, the blockade at Johnstown of
houses and debris, mile long and
100 feet high, caught fire and burn
ed to the waters edge, thus roasting
alive some hundreds of people. This
fire was dreadful, awfully fatal and
hindered. until it consumed all in
the blockade.
TROUBLE EXPECTED.
The citizens committee are max
ing desperate efforts to preserve
peace and the Hungarians at Cam
bria City are being kept in the house
by men with clubs, who will not per-
nit the Hungarians TO go outside OF
their houses. There seems consid-
cradle race prejudice at Cambria
City and trouble may follow, as both
the English and Hungarians are get
ting worked up to considerable ex-
tent Quite an exciting scene took
place in the borough of Johnstown
last night A Hungarian was dis
covered by two men in the act of
blowing up the safe in the First Ma
tional Bank building with dynamite.
A cry was raised and in few min
utes crowd had collected and the
cry of Lynch him" was raised, and
in less time than it takes to tell it,
the man was strung up to tree in
what was once about the central
portion of Johnstown. Not content
with this, the vigilance committee
riddled the mans body with bullets.
He remained hanging to the tree for
several hours, when some person cut
him down and buried him with the
other dead.
The funeral of large number of
persons took place this afternoon.
They were all carefully wrapped in
white shrouds and have neat, plain
collins. A young man from ALE
gheny City, together with a number
of the citizens Of Cambria borough,
have charge of the bodies at the
English Catholic Church, and are
preparing them for burial as fast as
they are discovered. Unfortunately
they are keeping no description
whatever Of the unknown dead. as
they are to be inferred only tempo
rarily. Sergeant boy lie. Corporal
Jones and Privates Marts and Ford
ing were walking along the debris
near the river about $50 this morn
ing, when they discovered something
that looked like the body of human
being. Sergeant Doyle went over to
pick up the body, and he was horri-
fed that it was badly burned, and
when he went to pick it up the head
fell off He Investigated further
and found more bodies-two chill
dren and man and woman. Par
ties who were there at the time ident-
flied the remains as those of Patrick
Hogan and his family. Hogan's
legs were completely burned off, but
the rest of the bodies were not badly
injured. They were taken out and
carried to the morgue across the
river.
ALL THAT REMAINS.
About 155 houses are standing
where once 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
bodies have been recovered. 1t is di-
rectly above the ruins and the bodies
have fioated down into them where
they were burned. A walk through
the town revealed a desolate sight.
Only about % able bodied men have
survived and are able to render any
assistance Men and women can be
seen with black eyes and cut heads.
The appearance of some Of the ladies
is heartrending. They were injured
in the flood and since that have not
slept. Their faces have turned a
sickly yellow and dark rings sur
round the eyes. Many have sue
cumbed to nervous prostration. For
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