Telegram-herald., 1889-06-08
A PLAGUE FEARED.
Warm Weather al gohnstown
Causes = DREAD Of Epidemic
EVIDENCES OF DISEASE APPARENT.
several Casss II M@iisa~ Dishthsrl-
AEd DsssatsFy Ees N All. Mtssis1
s@riss tox May orEt.~Is- latest
EstLn4ats ~ the nSzthA
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goaNsfoWS. Ia. jane The weather
l. ~aTka 4na se9Ts exist thai oatbEssks II
Ciss-Se all follow ths hood flke oaSos ~
oiphtheTis &rs reported and dyssnteTs A-s
r421s ~ appeAz snos Ia s0Hae I.-Aoes tns
LAX " tlesh fEeAt supplies Il ree ard
"a 4s resgonslble foI this The work of re-
covering bodies goes on steadily Noble
sork = being performed by TIE AAiis Ais-
sion aud buadIeds u orphaned chiidres
ale being sea cared for
- INQUEsT 10 BE HaR
There wll BE 40 ipgaest held - the
bodies of the thousands ~ residents 81 TIE
ConomAugh valley Who los, thsu lives IN
the unprecedented catastrophe Tie las
of the state does not require sueA al In
yestgagiou and the responsibility of tie
disaster. y hloh can be directly charged IL
the Insecure wall which held the Gone
iuaugh Lake sIu never be legally deter
mined unless s0rNis ore should take lDde-
pendent actiou All reports that arrange
ments Tor al inquest Lad been commenced
are unuue.
INDIGNATION AGAINST THg DAN-owNgRs-
The feeling against the Pittsburgh asso-
citation that owns the laks and dam Thai
caused the calamity grows more intense the
more the tTuLh about the dam becomes
known The disclosures OF the fact that
the dam was simply heap ot dirt with
loose stone facings, instead " structure
OF solid masonry, and that tho
waste gates had been closed up
by the association hAs made zen
sation here aud threatens 10 bring the
matter 10 "a head Criminal prosecution Is
freely talked OF. but II is thought that IL
will be difficult To sustain even Ia
courts as preiudIced a. those OF Cambria
County Viii bo against the dam ;" nefa
The men are rich and responsible. now
ever. and the liability TO civil action is gen
orally believed 10 be complete II they
should be held liable ia civil suits for dam
ages, it is probable that many. II not ali, OF
them viii be financially ru.ned
rEw WOMEN OR CHILDREN LEFT
One OF the peculiar things a stranger
notices In Johnstown is the comparatively
small number OF women seen IN the place
or the throngs who walk the streets. search
ing for dead friends there is not one woman
TO ten men There are 80 many more
men than women among the living IN
Johnstown now because there are 80 many
more women than men among the dead
OF the bodies recovered there are AT least
two women for every one man Besldes
the laCi tIat lbeI natural Hthhhthc
them an easier prey TO the flood. the hour at
which the disaster came was one when the
women would most likely be at their homes
and the men at work IN the open air
or In factory yards. from which es-
cape was easy. Children also are rarely
seen about the town, and for Ia similar
son They are ali dead Never group or
the dead is discovered that does not con
tain from one TO three or four children for
every one grown person
Eddie Fisher, aged thirteen years, whose
mother and five sisters and b-others per
ished in the food, committed suicide at
Johnstown Thursday by jumping from the
top of building.
SPECULATION As TO TIE loss oF LIFE
While many still hold To the belief that at
least l2,0Oo people perished in the Cone
maugh valley, it is becoming apparent that
this estimate is considerably too high For
the last four DAYS number of people have
devote q themselves 10 little else than en-
deavoring 10 arrive at a correct idea of tho
death list, and have now figured out the
loss OF life at little over 90o0 The fol-
lowing table shows their estimates Of the
loss of life and property in the stricken
towns.