Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-03

but many went to their attics to watch
the flood Today scarcely the founda-
| ton of the row of brick houses can be
| found.
Superintendent Kirkland, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, arrived at 6 80 with a
carload OF provisions from Blairsville.
| MORBID sIGHTsEERs.
| YOUNGSTOWN, June "A prominent
member of the YOUNGSTOWN Safety Com
mittee said to a reporter this evening:
For Gods sake tell them at Pittsburg
to stop the rush of sightseers to this
stricken locality. There is enough here
to last for weeks, and the morbid Curl
osity of these people can just as well be
gratifed later as now. The crowds have
greatly embarrassed US to-day. The
authorities must stop it,"
| Adjutant- General Hastings and Major
Sanger have assumed entire charge OF
YOUNGSTOWN and vicinity, and strict dis
cipline will be enforced, from now on,
as much as possible. General Hastings
headquarters are at the Pennsylvania
Railroad depot. A supply depot is
established at this point, and many
needy people are being relieved.
BURYING UNIDENTIFIED DEAD.
4 The bodies that are dug out lie in the
station until collins can be obtained,
when they are buried unidentified on
Prospect Hill.
| AN AWFUL AND TOUCHING SCENE.
The scene at st. Columbia Catholic
church was awful. Forty or fifty bodies
had been carried into it and laid on the
muddy seats. Lying in row in this
church were five children, from 2 to 6
= years old. No one had identified them
I'll l;tf1a
matted with mud; their nostrils were
a filled with sand, and their eyes often
q completely covered. No one had come
to wash away the dirt from their tiny
:, faces, nor the blood-stains from their
8 awful cuts and bruises. Where are their
( parents?
ri UNCERTAIN FOOTING.
q Crossing the bridge which spsnned
= the chasm dug by the waters between
:, the stone bridge and YOUNGSTOWN is an
q exciting task. II is narrow rope bridge,
Il a slide, a series of frightful losses from
side to side, run, and you have crossed.
The bridge pitches like a ship in a
% storm. Within two inches OF your feet
q rush the muddy waters of the Cone
It maugh.
!. DEsoLATIoN AND DEATH.
el One had to cross the Conemaugh at a
l. second point in order to reach YOUNGSTOWN
l. proper. This was accomplished by
ekiff ferry, the ferryman clinging to a
10 rope and pulling the load over. After
lie landing, one walks across desolate sea
n of mud, in which there are inferred the
IL remains of many human bodies. 1t was
d once q handsome portion of the town.
Or The cellars are filled up with mud, so
that person who has never seen the
city can hardly imagine that houses ever
"a stood where they did. -Four streets
h solidly built up with houses have been
# swept away. Nothing but small two
.. story frame house remains. The walk
# up to the wrecks of houses was inter-
- rupted, in many places, by small branch
"a streams.
all THE STENCIL OF DECAYING FLESH.
1t Occasionally across the fats could be
Is seen the remains of victim. The
10 stencil arising from the mud is sickening
Y to an extreme degree. Along the route
/, are strewn wares from every conceivable
e kind of stores.
1t The work of getting the bodies together
W for easy identification began this after
70 noon.
loI THE FIELD OF THE DEAD.
l. On Fairfield avenue is large vacant
"
r. covered with collins, while between them
% and STOPPING over them were weeping
men and woman. Although the number
y was short of 100 at O'Clock, others will
y come in, and there is no telling what the
'e total will be. On one rough box was a
- piece OF paper with the words, "three
d children" Tonight they were lifted out
!, and all three placed in one coffin. The
~ little bodies were almost naked, and
~ their faces bruised and cut.
q A SCENE OF wRECKAGE.
1t is impossible to describe the appear
ance OF the main street. Whole houses
have been swept down there into one
l. street and have become lodged. The
/ wreck is piled as high as the second-story
70 windows. The reporter could step from
" the wreck into the auditorium of the
= opera house. The ruins consists of parts
" of houses, trees, saw-logs and reels from
!, the wire factory. Many houses have
d their side walls and roofs torn up, and
> you can walk directly into what had been
= = the second-etory bedrooms, or go in by
y way of the top. Further up town a raft
J of logs lodged in the street and did great
u damage. The best description that can
: be given of the general appearance OF the
wreck is to imagine number OF chill
. pAOCAb pldOOo NlOcCAJ soSSohSt eAA0
: then draw your hand through them in
= almost every direction. At the COM
! mencement Of the wreckage, which is at
. the opening Of the valley, one can look
. up the valley for miles and not see
:. house. Nothing stands but an old mill.
HOW 1T LOOKED TO BOY.
Charles Luther is the name of the boy
, who stood on an adjacent elevation and
saw the whole food. He said he heard
grinding sound not so far up the valley,
, and, looking up, he could see dark line
moving slowly towards him. He saw
, that it was composed of houses. High in
the air would be tossed log or beam
, which fell back with crash. Down the
valley it moved and across Little
Mountain City. For ten minutes nothing
but moving houses was seen, and then
the waters came with roar and rush.
This lasted for two hours and then it be-
gan to flow more steadily.
PILLAGINa AND PLUNDERING.
The pillaging of houses in YOUNGSTOWN
is something awful to contemplate and
describe. 1t makes one feel almost
ashamed to call himself a man and
know that men who bear the same
name, have converted themselves
into