The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07
JOHNSTUWNB WOE
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The Wooful Damage
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PurssuRoH. Pa, June 4-rhe scene at
Johnstown beggaTs description. Thou.
sands Of siehtseers and anxious friends
are gathered about the devastated city
and hundreds Of wreckers are busiIy a
work removing debris and assisting D
wounded.
Five hundred mon were at work on the
railroad track and at eight O'Clock yestsr.
day morning the first train passed over
the road from Sang Hollow TO Johnstown.
Il was received all along the line with
cheers and shouts Of encourage
ment from who were waiting.
eager to obtain supplies contained
in tho relief trains. three o.
which lay in Sang Hollow all night
waiting to get through. The hrss train
ov or the reconstructed track was sent out
by the citizens of Pittsburgh, and ~ss
manned by the Americas Club ooys
Captain A. J. Logan was in charge ard
was ably assisted by Jack Little, chief OF
the commissary department. The train
brought glad news and much needed re.
lief to hundreds of starving women and
children. God bless you" was enough
to touch the heart Of hardened cynics.
Adiu,aut-G General Hastings has estab.
lished headquarters in the city and has
proceeded TO deputize Is many citizens as
possible. The police were ryan ed ON
the other side Of the river and by ten
O'Clock the whole locality was fairly well
patrolled At two O'Clock yesterday after.
noon another squad Of police came up
from Pittsburgh. 81 that at present the
d uaderers have o hard time making any
progress.
1t is still impossible to give any accu.
rate idea of he number of dead and no one
places an estimate lower than 4.NO. and
reliable information tends to show hat II
will reach twice that. Relief committees
are well settled and are doing big wOrk.
The press relief committee and that OF the
Free Masonic order. which Was first ON
tho ground, reached Sang Hollow and
pushed over almost impossible TO Ids to
Kearnsvilie where the receiving depot
was established at the hou q of lexan
der Kennedy. president OF the Johnstown
council The amount of clothing and pro-
visions sent in. while very large. will only
last q few days and more is needed at
once. The waters are receding rapidly
and by tomorrow or next day most OF the
street, Of Johnstown will be free from the
food. There is still . wild, surging stream
separating the two parts Of the city. how.
ever. and it will be several days before
communication is thoroughly established
The work of repairing the bridge is going
ON rapidly and it is expected that BY
Tuesday or Wednesday trains will run
across it
THE UNBURHD DEAD.
| Jamestown. Pa, June a-rhree hum.
dred n twenty bodies are lying just
across the river in Indiana County. The
real estimate of the number Of dead can
never be made. You can not turn up .
log in JOhnstown without finding . body
under it. Five bodies were found in the
upper floor of the club house One Of
them was q woman of fDe appearance.
There are at least 1000 bodies in the 2,OOC
houses that are still burning. Blackened
skulls are seen everywhere. The entire
force Of Western Union operators u
among the lost. Eight bodies were found
piled in q space five feet square.
SAW ONE AND THIRTY DROWNED
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June IA baggage
man of the Pennsylvania railroad gives .
graphic account Of the disaster. His
train had been stopped at New Florence.
and while standing in his car door he saw
one hundred and thirty persons drowned
in less han twenty minutes There was
q terrible current, . whirlpool in the
river, at this point, and a. the people
came to IL they went down. The B-lti.
more & Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads
are carrying supplies free Of charge and
arc doing every thing possible to relieve
tho sufferers.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
prfsDUR0H, Pa, June 3-The 6ro at
Johnstown bridge whore drift 10 burning
has not been extinguished Tho skulls Of
six people can b seen sticking up out OF
the ruins above the bridge. Nothing but
blackeued skulls can BE- seen buried in the
debris. There are supposed to DO several
hundred bodies there. The whole thing
will b blown up with dynamite.
SONS YEF ALIVE.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June "a member Of
the American Club. Who has just returned
hero from Johnst0wn, states that there
are still many people in the wrecked
houses, and among the debris at the
bridge Who are still alive. DIE man val
rescued alive from the water at the bridge
late last night The idea that some of the
unfortunate people who are imprisoned
are still alive has created in
tense excitement moro especially As
it was intended and preparations had
been made to blow up the bridge with
dynamite. The fire engines have Just
r ached the scene and begun to pour
streams Of water upon the burning mass.
Grave fears are now entertained that un.
less this debris can be gotten rid OF soon
it will produce an epidemic. as it 10 sup
posed TO contain q thous and bodies q we'll
~ q large number OF horses, cattle and
hogs
TIE LOSSES
J0HSsIOwS, Pa. June x-Ths financial
losses by the great food will b $40! 600. .
OO0. This is Tho conservative estimate
made yesterday by . body OF business
men. and it Is not u dollar too high. A.
the water recedes the great loss can be
more clearly seen. OF this smouns the
Cambria Iron Company will kose at
east $780, 900. Their great iron plant
10 almost . total wreck. One mill has
been completely swept away, and the
machinery In the others . been either
ruined or carried away. The woodwork
alone OF 81. 900. 900 was burned last night.
Il 10 now estimated from . careful survey
Of h hoodsd districts that at least 1900
dwellings were carried away.
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