The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-04
THE DAY AT JoHNsrowN.
Hundreds Of Corpses Taken From
the Rufn and Quickly Buried.

JoHxsTows. Pa, Juue a.--The dark dis
aster oi Friday. with its attendant terrors.
thrilled the unIverse. drawing the two CON
tinents closer together In tho bonsss OF sym.
patlsS that unite humanity. The midnis ft
terrors Of Ashtsbuia and Chatsworth
evoked universal pity from eyers hressde
In Christcndoni, but the true STORY Of
JohnssoHn. when all Is known, win stand
solitary and nlsgne 81 the acme 81 manss i
annifilaaion by patent forces 10 which hu-
manity II ever subiect. The monstrDus
clouds ssill hover darkIy over TIE valley os
death, asd The nau ieyfng thunder thai
ever and anon Fevebera1es iB the q stance
seems a sarsionic chuckie OF the demon OF
destruction.
Bat the modern tieluge has done It's
worst for tohnsfown. The waters are rap
idly subssdEng. but tine angry torrent still
eddie around the scene oI destruction and
the lime has moi yet arrived % tell the
pathetic state oi devastation Of blark Fri.
day n is nos a hnckneyed ts,ieFaace 30
say that no Issal cnn adequately depict The
horrors ri this txsn II sasser--fsfe oI1~caust
and deinge. Tke deep euaofi ns that sasii
from ihe heaTt of eserFoHc found mort
eloquent expression in ssIrnce--fne silence
that bespeAks mans = recognition % his sab
serNssnce 10 fsfe elements and impotence 20
avert ca'astrophe-
rHE syEsca oF DEcAYINu aTHAs flash.
The 1norasng opened dark snd dEeary.
Great 1rDfsx of rasu fes GrrassuraliS. aud
another storm seesns innmsneBt Esesy
one feels tbepkfu1. thegg1as thar Tire
weather siIii remains cool: snd TIA; the
gfadnkl pufrxfaffton Of the huzhdreIs oi
boil III a still Inc tie t'reaans kilss are
Ifsssxsa under r~isss Of drfffwoof aud de-
t,Yss = nns hasfensd. This saarxing she
peculiar ssenf b 81 sfeezykng hurasu Gess,
was rlaipiy pesrepiihae =, the sensss -
cue sfzufs on the hank for half . nfss
slos she ssnoiderinT rain Oh she wreck
and the most skspfsesl can not eynex4ss
The worst ard rssilxe that pefhsgs thosas-
aads Of bucsrs iie chsrrsd sno isaek essst.
tseDeash thSs Kreas funeral Eyese. ffss
sfarehers WANDER zessi eyer The stno<
ing mHss. sad 90 o cAsisss allY y kadcsA
ssaHf eosaes over the water ifse paftsn.
watchers on fise hsn res ne thai snothea
2hsSly diseoyerx has been sided 10 ths
ianx list Of revelations thai chill erery
aesrs and draw tears So the eyes OF TIE
pe xs5r rassk.
TIE Effxs P.eKKp yELL ~ aoDsxx
Fer fssc arsf sfnse since the aA4sa, nef
have bsssn put 20 work oa tbs debFis ~ ts1s
brlssgs tats faorning. IL II ts1olxsss nsps'
of ssse tSslssx w1N be fonne azdef q pise o!
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now fsfs nEs bat Is ae<s nas snfssfsFe Nstt
thx W9rx- Mszx of the te@cafssw party base
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