Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-11
MUSCLES THAT NEVER TIRE.
Steam Engines Clearing Up Debris
at Johnstown.
HowLINe OVER THE GRAVES.
Dogs Make Night Hideous in Pros
pect Hin Cemetery-No Fear
OF an Epidemic-The
Banks Openin x.


Of the work of clearing away the wreckage
opened with drizze which made everything
wet and slippery. About o'clock the down
pour became so heavy tbatit interfered ser
iously with the work. and the men were
called to shelter, but as soon as the rain be-
came less heavy all went to work again.
Arrangements have been made by which a
much needed supply of fresh meat
will be furnished. The great quantity
of debris which has been loosened
from above the stone bridge and floated
down stream, has formed a gorge opposite
Cambria City, and a number of men were
sent down to remove it, as it closed the chan
mel, stopping the flow Of water and render
ing very difficult the work of removing the
wreclsage at the stone bridge.
The visit of Governor Beaver to this sec
tion yesterday has given renewed hopes to
the stricken people, and on all SIDES the ac-
tion taken yesterday is being favorably COM
mented on. After Wednesday, Adlutant.
General Hastings will have entire charge,
and this section will be strictly under mill
tary discipline.
The First National bank has opened up for
business, ana the fact is appreciated by all,
as much trouble has been occasoned by the
inability to get money here Much suffering
is occasioned by the wearing of gum boots
by the men employed here Over sixty of
tHGm WSFc ODlBGu 10 VulJ WOTk, JO-uty,
owing to the fact of their feet being terribly
blistered, and many are at work in their bare
feet. Sixteen bodies were recovedcd this
morning, and but five were identified.
nssrtaEer They aFe Mrs son Kate of NeEv Snd
Mary Jane Nugent, seamstresses;
David Greed, gro Ger, and Blanche Hanniche.
The unidentified were seven females and
four males, the bodies being very much de-
composed.
There will not be any further work for the
undertakers after this evening. Rev. Father
Trautmein, pastor of the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception, reports that out of a
congregation of $50 he has lost lib, and
THINKS the number will roach 150.
The medical director in Minersville re-
ports that the prevalence of measles is be-
coming mild, and there is no apparent i'm
mediate danger of malaria. Only single
there. Two hundred axmen from Michigan
arrived this morning They were at once
put to work on the heavy timbers above the
bridge. These timbers are being piled up,
and as soon as sufficiently dry will be
burned.
The progress of the work at the stone
bridge to-day has been more satisfactory
than on any day so far. The stationary en-
Huge masses of broken and bent iron and
immense timbers that the men have been
trying to move for days, were lifted from
their places and moved with ease. Fourteen
for.
A heavy charge of dynamite was exploded
to-day and did great deal of good. 1t dem
onstrated that heavy charges must be used
in order to do any good.
Three bodies were found to-day near the
stone bridge, and ten or twelve were found
in that vicinity. All the commssary stations
We're kept busy al Cambria. A vast amount
of provisions and clothes have been distrb-
uted. Long lines of sufferers stood in the
heat and rain waiting their turn. No one is
furnished without an order, and every de-
partment is under the strictest discipline.
Most excellent work is being done here. The
same good work is being done at the Ameri-
Gus club commissary and other places.
The hurried burial Of the dead in Prospect
Hill cemetery is causing the residents OF that
beautiful suburb of Johnstown great deal
of annoyance, and may cause much sickness.
The bodies were placed in cheap collins and
more were secure.
The odor from the decomposed bodies aris-
ing to the surface attracts u pack of dogs
who make night hideous by their bowling
and paving over the graves.
The cofins were put only three feet under
ground, as there was no time to dig graves
deeper. 1t was found necessary to place
guards in the little cemetery, containing two
hundred graves. to drive the dogs away.
To-day DR.. Miller instructed the American
club members, who are IN camp near the
cemetery, to secure disinfectauts and place
it on the graves, thus killing the odor.
The first funeral of flood victim, that
might be truly called such and in which the
corpse was taken to the cemetery in con-
veyance, was held to-day. The body was
taken to the cemetery in wagon accom-
panied by mourners in a carriage and {
burial service held.
There were thirty-five bodies recovered to
day-eleven of them at the stone bridge
Those taken out of the water were in
much better condition than those foun6
among the debris. The latter were not only
horribly bloated and distorted in the feat
ures, but decomposition had set in, and the
stencil arising theretrom was almost unbear
nble
The list of the unknown" is growing a
the means of identification become more OBJ
scure. i
The report Of DR.. Sibbel, addressed to DR.
Croft may be given In brief as follows:
"Fourth ward school house morgue
June s.-Bodies received, 2l9; Pennsylvani
railroad station morgue, 1872; Moorevill
morgue, 12S; ST. Columbia church morgue il
Cambria City, S35; Hayes morgue, l3; Mill
vile, 81; Grandvew chapel, 11S; Old Nj
nevah Qndiana countyl morgue, So; Nineval
proper, 233; total, 1889"
The Official bulletin of the state board o
health issued to-day says "The reports re
celved last evening from the inspectors o
this board show tho favorable condition
stated in the first report continues. No con
tagious disease of any kind prevails. Their
are few cases of mild type of measles
There are no signs Of any epidemic. Tn
bodies still in the wreck are so covered wit
eartn as not TO be dangerous to health. Their
is every precautlon being taken to preven
contamination Of the water supply for tn
towns below Johnstown. There is no groun
whatever for alarm in this matter at present
The weather is cool and favorable. Thoug
destruction of life has been appalling ther
is not any present occasion TO be discoul
aged.n
Mr.. Scott said this afternoon: "Wor
will continue as IL has until Wednesday
when it will be handed over to the state
We have finally brought some kind of orde
out of chaos. The work of relief will have
continue until the people can take hold TO
themselves. When the Cambria iron work
and other mills resume, the people will b
able TO earn some money. The great aim u
present Is TO give the survivors work.
Mr.. Munden, who is in charge of the rC
moval of the bodies from the ruins, says tina
up To this date he had found $1,000 in none
in the pockets OF the victims. The larges
sum was Sll423.
Private Dalzell has written letter to tn
Associated Press, in which he says widow
and orphans whose husbands or fathers wer
drawing pensions on the day of the grel
calamity are entitled to the accrued pension
due the soldiers at that time and no more
This also applies TO those whose pensIo
claims were pending. He further suggest
that all Insurance cOmDanios should publis