The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-06-19
AFFAIRS AT JoHNsTowN.

is being made now TO get the business
men of Johnstowu on their feet again
Tonight an informal and brief con.
ference was held between General
Hastings and representative mer.
chants, Joseph Masters, John p. Lin.
ton, Hermann Bauman, Alexander
Kennedy and John Thomas we're con.
stituted committee to receive the
lumber intended for the construction
of rough business houses. Scarcely a
store remains that can be reoccupied
without weeks of renovation and re.
pairs.
The hospital records for the day
show more new cases than ever, and
at the Bedford Street Hospital, the
only public one, 1876 prescriptions
were made out against 50 yesterday.
Bronchitis aud stomach troubles seem
to be the most prevalent, while
measles and pneumonia are increasing
slightly. The damp weather and re-
cent excitement have reduced the vi.
tality of the people, and physicians
report that stimulants are most needed.
EIGHT BODIES WERE RECOVERED
from the ruius to-day, three being
identified. They were VIM. B. Hess,
prominent merchant; Capt. O'Connell,
an old resident, and Mary Holeman,
his housekeeper. The bodies of an
elderly lady and fair young girl were
found clasped in each others arms,
and reclining on a sofa. The three
others we're so charred as to be unrec.
ognizable.
Governor Beaver and his recently
appointed commission are expected
here tomorrow or Monday. Adjutant
General Hastings processes ignorance
of the object of their visit.
The first train through to Altoona
went through Johnstown at IL o'clock
this morning.
Tonight the electric light plant is
being removed to the vicinity of the
stone bridge. The wreckage will be
lightened up and work continued un.
ceasingly until the last remnant is
removed.
THE coMMIssARY DEPARTMENTS
are still flooded with clothing and
bread. The latter is piled up like a
mountain. The rain keeps it moist.
There was sugar famine to-day, but
the arrival of the consignment of fresh
beef for several days, stopped all
grumbling.
Heavy charges of dynamite have
been put in the wreckage all day and
several workmen were injured by fly.
ing debris, one seriously.
TWO WEEKS HAVE GONE BY.
The weather was rainy again this
morning, which is regarded as bless.
ing, as the terrible stencil from the
burning flesh, which was almost un.
bearable last night, is scarcely no.
ticeable.
General Hastings said: ave have
now about all the workmen we need,
and if it was not for the rain this
morning we would have at least $500
men at work. OF course this weather
will knock out everything while it
continues"
1t is expected that the drift at the
stone bridge will be cleared away by
Sunday. The lumber men from the
Clarion region working with hooks
were so effective that another detach.
ment has been sent for.
Engineer Phillips says they are
doing everything in their power to get
out whatever bodies are in the wreck,
but 1t Is almost Impossible to get at
them.
II has been decided to tear down all
unsafe buildings in the town aud burn
the wreckage.
An unknown little girl, aged about
B years, was found in the Ohio river
at Vanport, near Rochester, Pa, on
the day after the food. There was
nothing on the body to identify her,
and she was buried in Beaver Gene.
terry. As means of ascertaining to
whom she belongs, a photograph was
taken of her, and copies will be dis
tributed throughout the devastated
district in the hope of reaching some
friend or relative. A copy was sent
from Beaver to day by Undertaken
Atkins and exhibited at the rooms ol
the Children's Aid Society. 1t at,
tracted the attention of many callers