The Indianapolis journal., 1889-06-18
HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS
The Citizens of Johnstown to Be Sup
piled with Dwellings by the State,
And These Will BE Furnished with Necessary
Outfits to Begin Housekeeping at Once
Progress in Cleaning up the Wreck.

JOHNsTOwN, Pa, juno 17.-Sentiment
has been perma nently supplanted by busi-
ness men here. 1t began this morning, and
the most heavily-stricken citizen. both in
family and fortune, has brought himself
face to face with the inevitable. and in q
meeting of committee of business men,
asked General Hastings to erect one hum
dred two-story business buildings on the
public square for immediate occupancy.
General Hastings promptly replied that he
would rush the work night and day. and
give them every facility that was in the
power of the State and himself to con-
fer. The City Council will meet tomorrow
afternoon to grant the right to build, and
work will begin Wednesday. The build
ings will last until the business men are
able to rebuild at their own expense. One
foundations, will arrive from Chicago on
next Saturday. and will all be put UP by
the middle of next week. General Hastings
said tonight: 1--WE will put all the car
Remters RenSan we Ca, can get to building h0,1a
as soon as the lumber arrives. 1t will be-
gin to arrive this week. and think Johns
town will look very much like a city by
next fall. When the houses are erected
shall furnish the householders with cook
ing utensils. cots, bedding and the neces-
sary articles to begin with, and when they
are ready they can build better houses"
About $500 men were engaged in the
the outlying boroughs are beginning to
LOOK themselves again. The drift at the
bridge was largely reduced to-day.
Dynamltlng was temporarily suspended
was resumed later in the day. but the
quantity used in the charges was reduced.
Seventeen more bodies were dug from
the wreckage here to-day. Among them
was the body of Mrs. Annie Bates, of Ra-
cine, Wis. She was passenger on the day
gold watch and chain and several rings, a
draft for S64 and S65 in money were found
on her person. She was buried promptly,
as were all the other bodies found. Among
James Clark. They were tangled and en-
twined about each other and were horri-
bly, decomposed. All the others are as yet
unidentified.
states this evening that there are no con-
d1tions unfavorable to the health of citi-
Zens or soldiers here, and no present proba-
bility of any number of infectious diseases.
General Hastings will, tomorrow, furnish
tents for voting places in the various
voting precincts in Johnstown and sur
rounding burroughs. The town was illumi-
mated for the first time tonight by the
flames from the furnaces of the Cambria
Iron Company. This concern Is rapidly
getting into full blast.
We've got channel on both sides of
the drift big enough for steamboat to go
through" said Major Phillips tonight.
with the dynamite and carbon oil we will
have the river clear by the end of the week.
Tonight we will put 14O barrels of oil on
the driftwOOd and burn out all the loose deb
ris." The oil was applied, and there is now
blazing mass of rubbish that lights up the
valley for miles.
There. was an incipient riot among the
italian laborers tonight, but it was soon
quelled by the police.
1t has been decided to consolidate all the
morgues tomorrow. and hereafter there
will be only one dead-house. The consoli-
datiOn is made possible by the fact that
the number of bodies recovered now is
growing smaller each day. and their ad-
vanced state of decomposition compels i'm
mediate interment.
Eleven children whose parents lost their
lives in the flood, and who are suffering
from exposure, will be sent to Atlantic
City by the Children's Aid Society to-mor-
row. Others will be sent every few days,
and all will remain until they are fully re-
covered, then they will be provided with
homes. There are over 800 children, too
small to help themselves, to be cared for