Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-06-02

cheeks and her pallor was as death. The
helpless men on shore shouted to her to
keep up her courage, and g Q resumed her
devOut attitude and disappeared under the
trees of projecting point o short distance
below. I'VE cOuld't see her come out
again, " said the operator, and that was all
of it.
do you see that fringe of trees" said
the operator, pointing to the plaza where
the little girl had gone out of sight. "Well,
we saw scores of children swept in there
l believe that when the time comes they
will find almost hundred bodies of chill
dren in there among those bushes.
GREAT CHARNEL HOUSE.
Just above New Florence is the little
town of Nineveh. 1t was here
that 1 found the frat chsrnel house.
One hundred and nine dead were here,
the larger proportion of whom we're wo-
men. Here it is that the awful work of
the freshet could be realized. What have
been fertile fields look like worn out brick
yards. Great trees have been twisted and
torn like wesds, and the broken household
goods of hundreds of houses line the chores
for miles Thieves Of the vilest sort, those
who steal from the dead, and the unfortu-
nate have been busily at work robbing the
trunks, boxes, articles of furnitvre, and
there is nothing worth taking left except
lumber.
Every now and then CHASTITY outlines
could be seen in the water being swept
down the stream Two miles from the
''SO' tower is the "SX" tower of the P.
K. r. Co., and here it is that the greatest
railroad in the world ends suddenly in the
river. For more than thousand feet the
entie track is wiped out, rails, ties and
even ballast. The north track is entirely
washed away.
This is the nearest telegrsphic point to
JohnstOwn, and the delay in getting of
news dispatches has been fairly madden
ing. The Associated Press expedition was
the first in the field, and was ready with
thousands of words of specials, but no
wires could be had from II a. N. until 81
most 2 p. m. No special trains could be
hired, no locomotives could be bought, and
the situation can be appreciated.
HE SAW ENOUGH.
A railroad conductor said: 'There is nC
telling how many lives are lost. We gOi
as far as Bolivar, and 1 tell you it is ter
rible sight. The body of boy vas picked
up by some of us, and there were eleven
bodies recovered altogether. l do not think
that any one got into JOhnstowD, and il
is my opinion that they will not get in
very soon. No one who is not on the
grounds has any idea of the damage done.
1t will be at least a week before the ex-
| tent of this flood is known, and then
think many bodies will not be recovered.
E. W. Hoppenstsll, of Lincoln avenue,
distinguished himself by his bravery yes
terday afternoon. He was messenger on
the mail train which had 70 turn back at
Sang Hollow. AS the train passed q
point where the water was full of strug-
! Cling people, woman and child floated
/ in near shore. The train was stopped
and Hoppenstall undressed, jumped into
the water, and in two trips saved both
mother and child.
LIST OF IDENTIFIED DEAD.
Among the identified dead are: James
Mcmillan, of the Caml ia Iron Go. store,
four children and dsughter-in-lsw, John
P Linton, leading lawyer, wife and five
children, Mrs. Thomas Kirlen and two
children, Nolan and seven of family, Mrs.
Wissinger, Mrs. Sarah Palmer, DR.. Geo.
Wagner, wife and three children, Frank
P. Bowman wife and two children, Mrs.
Richard Worthington and seven children,
William Howells, Mrs Aun Howells, Mrs.
John Reese, mother of John Reese, Pear
son Fisher, wife and elk children, Mrs.
Eckstein and others.