Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-06-15
JOHNSTOWN.
10 Great Raft Slowly Giving UP
It's Dead.
Further Danger of an Eqidemic-A
tate Commission to Take Control OF
the Relief work-Marked Progress
in Clearing Away the Wreck

ll0is VI $500
yin connection with the Children's Aid
,cietv, of Philadelphia, engaged IN collect-
q the names and present residence OF All
,i,dren made orphans by the calamity
all the children who are willing a ten
,rarv home will be provided by the society
In the little manufacturing townot Wood
lille moi, a trace can be seen OF streets,
ouses or even any portion oil the louhu"
ops. all is now a stretch of sand, In the
orouch of Franklin, across the river from
yoodyale. but built on the side oil 'he
~,ountain where the C~onemaugh now hoWs'
,as formerly two streets, on when were
h;rtv FIVE houses. all are swept away
Tho romans of Howard d. Roberts, cash
ar of the First National bank ana one Vi
ohnstown's prominent citizens were lc
oyered at two o'clock Saturday AFTERNOON
ames p. McConahy, another oil the 'oWhS
representative men, who escaped the hooo
With his life, but in a fatally injured conui-
ion. died Saturday at the Bedford street
hospital.
The bodies are now being recovercds some
what slowly. Up to Saturday l,Wo poo'es
,ad been buried at Morrellville. GrandVieW
remeterv. Kernsville and Cambria Guy
since the disaster they have washed, en-
balmed and buried 40 at Morrcllville; 23oat
Kernsville and 500 at Cambria City. Su
per;ntendent Bradingcr, of the kernsVllIe
morgue, complains that the reiei corps AT
his station have no gloves to handle the
corpses. and for this reason only the faces
of the bodies are being washed.
About ten O'Clock Saturday night forty
seven bodies were discovered in a mole on
tho site of the Hubert House. The remains
nre supposed to be those OF guests,
h State Board of Health yesterday hung
ont the following bulletin: ''rhe general
condition of healthin JohnstoWn ana Nlciul'
~ is excellent. No epidemic disease OF any
kind prevails, nor is it expected that any
will arise. The whole region mas oeeh I'll
yided INTO convenient districts ana eaci
placed under a competent sanltarlah' Inc
State Board of Health is prepared 10 NEE
all emergencies as they arse Inc ar Il
wholesome and the drinking water general
" pure. If the good people OF the deVastc'
district will 90 on as they have so nobly doh'
during the past weckin their efforts toclea
up the wreckage, good health Will certalhl'
be maintained"
DR.. Joseph n. Dickson, in charge OF IN
Bedford street hospital, and DR., l. H. ha1
ard, of Allegheny, deny cmphatlcally Una
there is a single case of diphtherla IN johns
town or any of its suburbs, They say thcr
is a good deal of follicular sore throat pu
that is rarely fatal, and is not contagious
It is something like quinsy, but a mlld(
disease.
The waters began to give up their dca
Yesterday, the ninth since the mood fll'
odd bodies were recovered here, most
them floating in the water. Seven OF the
were dragged out of the raft above u
bridge, On the body of Christopher kcl
plc. an undertaken, was found %,lW. l
body of Miss Bessie Bran, of GermantoW
was dug up yesterday and positively iden
fed. Ithad been buried among the unkno"
Governor Beaver, so much inquired
during the last week, came mere Huhu'
looked at the wreck with weeping ey
conferred for an hour and Il nan W
William Finn, James b. Scott, Nlll'
McCreery, General Hastings, and oth'
who nave borne the burden OF the work
rescue and relief, and pledged sl'oVo'
from the State treasury upon cohdlul
which were satisfied at once. There Will
no extra session of the Legislature. A st
commission, with the Governor at Its he
will take control of the relief work
Wednesday. II was proposed that the ~
furnish Sl,G0,M0 to Governor Beaver
immediate use in clearing up ana restor
Johnstown. In order to make the 81
whole POO citizens of Pittsburgh, Phila'
phia and other portions of 1t Will become
diyidually responsible until the Legisla'
meets and makes appropriations lnaI
relieve them. It was also arranged Una
Wednesday morning General Hastl
acting for Governor Beaver, should I
charge of the work of policing the va
and cleaning it up, including Johnst'
and the surrounding boroughs,
In an interview, Governor Beavers said
he had been over the entire Hooded dls'
and found the supply dcpots wei hlleu
They must be soon replenishcd. Il II
the streams filled with debris and acct
lated drift in which there is a possioill'
human bodies being imbedded with a |
ability, if allowed to remain, Will chda
pnhlic health, leaving it impressed IN
mind that the public powers OF the
must be exercised to restore things To
normal condition. The funds which
come into my hands in such large am'
and from so many quarters outside 0
State. and which have been imposed
me as n sacred trust, will be expo
wholly and absolutely for the beneft {
dividual sufferers. No part of II Will !
nended in work which is legitimatel,
domain of the State under itspolice pc
This | wish to emphasize so that all
tributors TO the fund may feel assured
their money will be iudiciously and cct
;cally cxpended for the benefit of suf
humanity and not to the work whlch ;
and will be undertaken by the State Q
nicipal authorities
G~nrrNsgrRG, Pa, June l0.-The iur
p~anelled by the coroner Of Westmol
County to inquire into the cause O
death Of the 2lS persons whose bodies
pickcd up at Nineveh, yesterday rend
verdict that each of them "came TO ms
by violence due to the flood caused
breaking of the dam Of the South Fol
eryoir. and as well the aforesaid c.
rs the Jurors aforesaid do certliy
their oaths, that the SAID deceased u
violence caused by the action OF the
or there is such strong suspicion Oh
violence or other unlawful acts as TO
an inquest necessary
.JouxsrowN, June ll.-Rain began
at four o'clock Monday morning ana
coming down in a pour. The labor
working right along and will so 60
AN of the laboring men who have bee
ing on the wreck will he paid of OF
ncsday and as many of them as desl
be given employment by the State.
DAY morning n detail of the Fon