Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-03

of it's victims. When it's fury had subsided | and the river became too weak to longer | carry them along, stiff and naked, bruised and mangled, the bodies of men, old and young women and young girls were left 1 lying in the soft mud. From these low lands ninety-seyen l bodies wore recovered up to Saturday 1 night Men and beasts were then too much exhausted to continue the work and the further removal of bodies was abandoned until yesterday. Coroner Hammer arrived on the ground and gave orders that the bodies should be washed, embalmed and laid out for Identification. An undertaken was sent up by Mayor McCallfn, of Pittsburg, with some of his work. Most of tho women were Catholics, for around their necks were hung emblems of their religion, which were replaced after washing and embalming. Directly across tho river in Indiana county there are 3l5 bodies reported lying In district where there are only two houses and ten inhabitants, who have succeeded in laying out sixteen bodies ready to be placed in cofins. County officers are looking after the others.
 James Stevens of Johnetown, who was in Pittsburg, when informed of the ex- tent of the horror. exclaimed: "We expected lt have wife. two children and two sisters living on Union and Chestnut streets, and if that terrible dam has gone have lost them alll."
 He was told that the new Pennsylvania bridge was reported swept away "oh, even winter still, "then Johnstown Is swept away. That new bridge was as substantial as Gibraltar, and before 1t gave way 1t must have backed the water up so high it flooded everything and everybody. It Is ten times worse, thou sand times worse, If 1t gave way, as you say, before the dam actually broke, for 1t means that I have lost home, wife and family.
 "Now, 'said he, ''let me tell you something about Johnstown that might not be known. The Conemaugh river has been narrowed and narrowed by the eagerness of man until sometimes It's width could hardly be over th1rty-fve feet. The Pennsylvania Railroad com pany laid double track from the Gautier barbed wire mill down to Johnstown station, about half a mile. and narrowed the river so much that the Cambria Iron works threatened to sue them, but noth- ing was ever done. The Cambria Iron company, too, has been dumping slag into the river until back water set in, and these narrow channels. aided by the heavy abutments of the new Pennsyl- vania railroad bridge, must have forced water all over the town before the im- mense abutments gave way"
 SUNBURY, Pa., June 11.-This city Is flooded. The water reached the top of the embankments yesterday. and at 7 80 broke into the Third and Fifth wards, compelling the inhabitants to take to the upper stories of their houses. The water reached a point within eight inches of the great flood of 1865. At noon the water began to recede. All railroad and wagon bridges between here and Will Transport are down. Three men who came down from Williamsport In a boat that place. The loss here Is small.
 MT. CARMEL. Pa., June 3.-Ten mines, employing 5000 men, will be indefinitely shut down on account of the floods sin this valley, the pumps being under water and the pits mostly flooded.
 WASHINGTON, June 3.-The president did not attend divine service yesterday. Gen. Schofield, acting secretary of war, called at the White House and had a consultation with the president in rela. tion to the Johnstown calamity. They obtained the use of 6 special wire and placed themselves in telegraphic com munication with Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, who was at Annapolis as one of the board of visitors to the Naval academy. To the governor, the president and the acting secretary oi | war repeated the offer of soldiers and | tents to be sent and used anywhere that | the governor should suggest, and o1 1 any other succor in the shape of ratione in any branch of the government. i Governor Beaver took O special train and went to York, where he placed him. self as nearly as possible in communica. | ti on with the stricken district. and re- peated to those engaged in the work o1 succor the offer of the president. He was in communication with the White House all day and until late in the even ing the president remained at the wire l Yesterday was one of terrible suspense for Private Secretary Halford. Early IT the morning he received a telegram say. ing that the train on which his wife anC l daughter were passengers had beer wrecked at Johnstown and all the pas | Sengers lost.
 Later some one unknown to MT. Hal ford sent a telegram saying that Miss Halford was all right, but saying nothing about Mrs. Halford. In response tc messages of inquiry early in the day, the Pennsylvania railroad people said thst they were trying to establish communi l CdCAOA, UuO C1Cy CouAO 8ANC mE. n6lAOE( no encouragement
 It was late last evening when mes sage was received from one of the gen oral officers of the road saying that Nils, and Mrs. Halford were safe at Altoona Later confirmatory dispatch was re ceived from George w. Boyd, the assist ant general passenger agent of the road He telegraphed that the information from Altoona came from the superintend ent of the road, and was official.
 Pennsylvania and streets to tho soul tn ward are under water. The Potomac rive Is twice it's usual width, and streets alon what was the river front are six feet dee with water and mud. Some place tn losses at s1 100000. The navy yard wa badly damaged.
 HELP COMING FROM ALL OUAR1ERa steps Being Taken fin Many Cities |
 Aid the JOhmst0vvn Sufferers
 ALBANY, June Ex-Governor Hill ha issued proclamation calling the atten ton of the people of the state of Ne,