St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
The hospital in the upper part of Johns
FULL. TO OVERLOOKING.

FULL. TO OVERLOOKING.
Many have been carried to the sur
rounding houses. One of their patients
died on their hands and several are
very low. Hospitals have been estab-
lished at Conemaugh and Mineral Point,
but little could be learned of how many
patients it contained and how they were
faring. The miracle, as it is called, that
happened at the Church of the lmmacu-
late Conception, has caused a tremend-
Gus sensation. A large number OF per-
sons will testify as to the nature of the
event, and to put it mildly, the circum-
stances are really remarkable. May de-
votions were in progress on Friday
night when the water descended on
Cambria City. The church was filled
with people at the time, but when the
noise of the flood was heard the cOngre-
CATION fastened to get out OF the way.
They succeeded, as far as escaping
from the interior is concerned, and in 4
few moments the church was partially
submerged. the water reaching fifteen
feet up the sides and swirling around
the corners furiOusly. The building
was badly wrecked, the benches were
torn out, and III general the entire
structure, both inside and outside, was
fairly dismantled. Yesterday morning
when an entrance was forced through
the blocked doorway, the ruin appeared
to be complete. One object alone had
escaped the waters wrath. The statute
of the Blessed Virgin that had been
decorated and adorned because of the
May devotions, was as unsullied as the
day it was made. The flowers, the
wreaths, the lace were undisturbed
and unsoiled. Not a wrinkle was
observable in its outlines. The
marks on the wall showed that the
statue, which is three feet high, the
surface of the water had raised to a
height OF fifteen feet, while the statue
had Deen saved from all contact with
the liquid. Every one that has seen the
statue and it's surroundings is firmly
convinced the incident was miracu-
Ious one, and even to the most Skeptical
the affair
SAVORS OF THE SUPERNATURAL.
There are about thirty Catholic priests
and nuns here. The sisters are devOt-
ing themselves to the care of the sick
and in the hospitals. while the priests
are doing anything and everything and
making themselves generally useful.
What the hospitals would have done
There are nine charity. seven Francis
Father berlin. who lives in Hazlewood,
Pttsburg, hurried to the scene last Sat
urday, fearful that his brother and
parents were drowned. He was happily
mistaken in this superstition for none of
his relatives had been injured. Mr..
berlin VINO needed the warning as to
the danger of the dam, hurried his wife
and two children to the hills. but re-
turned himself to save some things from
his house. While in the building the
flood struck it and swept it away, jam
ming it among lot of other houses and
hurting them all around with regular
churning motion. Mr.. Berlin was in
fix, but went to his top story. clam
bered to the roof and escaped from
there to solid structures and thence to
the ground. His property was entirely
ruined, but he thinks himself fortu-
nate in saving his family. There was
much comment over the finding of the
body cut in two. 1t was at first thought
that she was resident of a JOhnStown
community, but as none of them have
been reported missing the suppoSition
is that she was travelling at the time of
the accident on the day express.