Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-07
1e|egTaphic Tidings
TALES OF TERROR.
A Vast Region nFlooded-Great Suffering
Latest from the Wrecked Region.

Latest from the Wrecked Region.
JuhSsTowN, June THE waters i
Conemaugh valley have subsidized almos
to their usual level. With the recedin
a waters the scene becomes hourly NOR
weird and picturesque. Like deser
swept by simeon, the valley lies an un
broken plain for miles, only at last to fin,
- abrupt termination in mountain o
debris that found lodgment against pro
Jectlng rock, which, like Ajax, deiied tn,
fury OF the elements. The sunshine il
bright this morning The work of recov
erlng the dead goes OH with undimlnisheC
vlgor, and with Il system that produces
rapid results. The blast of twenty five
= dynamite cartridges loosened up the
debris and made it possible to open the
mouth Of the old channel WOrkmeT
have located the day express swept away
ut Conemaugh. The ruins OF the train
lie hundred feet from the fourth buttress
from the western end of the stone bridge
Parts Of the parlor cars have been found
as well AS traces of the passenger coach
The body Of Annie Chism, OF Nashville,
Tenn, was found. She was missionary
on her way to Brazil for the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society OF the Method
ist church. 1t is evident that there we're
many lives lost on this train, more than
were at first supposed. The whole train
affair is still q mystery, at least the pass
engerS 50 lar have not been found and
located Five thousand men are at work
and it is expected at least 10000 will be
employed, but even this force will not be
able to remove the debris in less than
several weeks.
Doubt has been expressed as to the es-
innate that $1,000 to Is, 200 lives were lost
in the flooded district. OF course there is
no way of determining with any degree of
exactitude, but reasonable, conservative
computation based on close figuring shows
that at least $500 bodies have been found
in Johnstown proper, 1000 in the burned
debris in the river, 5000 in the unsearched
sand banks around Cambria Forks, down
along the river and the lower part of
Johnstown; from 1000 to 1000 scattered
in the valley from Woodville to the bridge,
and 1000 or 1000 below the bridge be-
| tween Johnstown and Bolivar. Hundreds
were carried down the broad rivers in the
tremendous current and may never come
into the hands Of the living. Said Adjt.
Gen. Hastings this morning: "In my
opinion the loss is greater than We can
now show figures for"
The real work of ascertaining what the
number OF the living and the dead OF
JohnstOwn are was started. \ corps OF
clerks under the direction of relief COM
mlttee will 90 to every house in the
vicinity and secure the names OF the
living. Another corps will endeavor to
find out who the missing are. A revision
OF the register list shows that only $4,000
people had registered up to l O'Clock this
afternoon. BY this it is plainly apparent
that a large number of survivors will not
take the trouble to register. A great
number OF bodies are not identified, which
seems almost incredible. Some of these
have lain in different morgues four DAYS.
At Nineveh they are burrying all the un-
identified dead, but in the morgues in
this vicinity no bodies have been buried
unless identified.
Even the undertakers were unable to
remain at work in the 4th ward morgue
this morning owing to the stencil. The
forty bodies in the school room, all un-
known, were taken from the room and
placed in the front yard. They will keep
day or two longer, but in the hot sun
decomposition will set in very soon. Four
bodies were found near the stone bridge
this morning The body of Benjamin
Hoffman, daughter 20 years old, and
8 year old child were found in their large
family residence.
Altoona-A delegate who has been all
over the district since Sunday morning
says the loss is $4,000 to ii 900, and bases
it on his talk with scores of all sorts of
people. The absence of former residents
and of fixed and familiar population is
most striking There are thousands of
strangers and workmen from distance,
but for the three first days one perpetual
question was "Where are the people?
Here are about 1000, where are the rest?"
At noon Yesterday the borough of Johns
town and the adjoining boroughs, or what
is left OF them, practically passed under
martial law. Adjt. Gen. Hastings says
he has not declared martial law yet, but
soldiers are on guard and no one is per-
mitted to pass the lines unless they have
an order from the adjutant general.
Harrisburg-Gov. Beaver says: "We
succeeded in reaching Williamsport with
seven car loads of provisions by ferrying
the river twice. This averts present dan
ger of lack OF food. The area of the
flooded district increases. The city of
Lock Haven is in u distressing plight.
Reservoirs and bridges were destroyed
and the city was entirely covered with
water. Provisions and other supplies
were utterly ruined. We hope to reach
them with provisions to-day as we did
Williamsport yesterday Both cities need
supplies of clothing Of all kinds and bed
ding.
Baltmore.-A part Of the money, pro-
visions and clothing collected here for
Johnstown sufferers will be sent to the
sufferers in the flooded districts in west
ern Maryland, who are sick, homeless,
helpless and hungry. The people are
shelteress and almost starving. At Point
of Rocks at least forty families are utterly
destitute and the same is true of Sandy
Hill and other little villages along the
Potomac river, some of which haze been
almost annihilated
Williamsonport. is received
from the Crescent nail works on the
North Central railway that the place has
been nearly all washed away. Many of
the houses and part Of the nail works are
gone. The population took refuge in the
church on the side hill and are left
destitute. The most of the men of the
town have gone to work along the rail-
road helping in repairing, but their families
are left behind and are staying wherever
they can find shelter.
New York.-Mayor Grant yesterday
wired Gov. Beaver if portable houses
would be useful. In few minutes Gov
Beaver sent the reply: Supplies Of
clothing and bedding are greatly needle.
both in Williamsport and Lock Haven
We are SHIPPING supplies to both points.