Smyrna times., 1889-06-05
Thousands Drowned.
THE HAVOC OF A GREAT sToRr

character to which this country has
bic ever Deen subjected. AT innumerabIe
on ,i. points we near OF crops, bridges and
nix C!I Is swept away, roads damaged
nd IoI HliiSs upon miles, and mills. furna
ire to.,i anu factories annihilatod. But the
he terrible destruction Of life and nronor-
to IIy IN pennsylvania has for the tina
is oyershadowed the great DAMAGE cane
ge. Gu Dy the storms in other sections The
ch appalling character of the disaeto.
let WHICH III q lew hours laid waste tho
p"Pulous and wealthy ConemarTh |
Of valley IS fully portrayed in the dailv |
an P"PeIs' But words are weak and mad. !
he oPu"te IN dealing with such catasfro- !
to E1o H. anu Ihe Imagination can scarce
a., - o'%'P me lau extent Of the great
he -, Suy 'n"O mas swept out of existence
re | property. But u few hours beforo tba
ID niue valley was alive with many tboIl
of 9"Hu9 oi DuSy workmen and restless bu.
e iA'u an energy. Towns and hamIets crow
Ie ca us narrow sides and foIloUeJ a.
Is course OF the streams 10 with in q Co.,
G miles OF the fatal reservoir All 80"
e ""3 On HGay morning, but beforo
r. lniSuu zen u Was almost as connIeteIv
y 80, yea out as II it had never eyietej
p :" .Io "Hsry out break Of a moment
II ,,,,l,'ir ,,',,,. uaShca away all the boastfuI
e monuments OF civilization as r,,tIIi,II.
4 ana easily as if they were so I1a,iy!,
'"'l'' upon the surface of tho -
: 5"u WIN the grosser matter svvant tn q
-" WEole army of human beinoe
1 ~. 80 IHaI the dam Of the reservoir
. "ncn carried such a destruction in its [
, | r"'" iau been in a dangerous condition
~ -' I"Ili0 ulAe, but II would DrobabIv {
'Y1 nav gwen way except under the ]
.,, stl,.,, ~, g u 0LIehuous and eXtraordin-
ia,.l ''''i ~ 50 Ihat mans neglect NAV -
.r,.t 5;, 1tvi parliy responsible for the !
Iieat disaster, the force Of tho - 'li9
IgSsoh is not diminished Tn tho e., 81
VI such calamity we realize the insiC.
"''io3Ice of human power. and oro
""Eu1 aiEesh the uncertaintv of I;fo W
anu Ine weakness and littleuese of H., "
n'"h 'iort. The mind stunned b,, tbo W
,.i,,."] ,i,,'-IS9 oi such disaster NAV won.
n9 20 many innocent lives shoTId
prn,;doI,@anL Prov, ng@n destroyed and why the
,:,, lt1ilJG lI'.!'iG5 "hich over all earthly aC
-, 'UIIu tT' permit so terrible a visito
| ,'"H' / ne gloom Of the Conan,a,-lt at
ho'ior Is happily lit up bv acts oit't'o' Of LoI5 II
.SiH ana self-sacrifice which kriaL,o1.
'HaV valley Of The shadow Of daot5 '-'CI -lI p
! ~ Erandurer TO human notnra SoI
;'.''u 10 mere worldly triunIpbe corld Tgh
iHPart Though no human nid ,iij oouIi Fao rtI,
| ""N stayed the course of thar disoetr; fac
noou II has left behind it the orTor CC'5
,'r Iti9 |i9 I"r the exercise Of the oipatns+ -
~, ~ iStIah Vlrtues-that of cbarit,,
lil....3 a'',.' US OF "orkingmen and women 49,,
uroYId I'g .Hg storm only to face the B.
GGaIeiy ,neip is going in bv tbo sio6 0oo 6o- L
from all the great cities. r-00'000
JoHNSIOWN, June Al n m
i'u"l'oh 10 night is more beartro,,,ji,''- FOg
,i'"" ever Every hour reveals nn,-, c,
STr1,JeclS, new horrors of the disosta,., F'
- to'"I number of dead cannot bo
.,.'.,.! .sss l"ah Ten thousand and NAV he
lif l,,,;Iff H1oIe' Not one percent of tbo
III Ine valley, from the rescr- ~ ~
an5 ~ Gang Hollow, are left standinr an
~ oLIy ones left tcnantable are III
lno lew Strangling residences birb ~ IN
on iha hill side. Hlsh up 'q
To-day the fear Of a pestiIoroo Lo Sic
tIi'l ~, cas- ca the boror Of The sirn9.in,'
me Slehch from the putrefyibc La7ia. -.--
= l'IhS burial, and those jving 49,
y y burned in the debris. is terr;tIo Iii
i,.iHy ~. men who have worked horoicai
= IoF 'he past IS hours have absoIntof,,
-S.,'.'li' Si'vn ou1' 1he sight and smell of tbe
1'uT'" ., '"a nave made them sick. Hero- Flila
NJ LII i,II! Is arc noelng put forth to burv
TTost;,'I.eS is Iast as possible. General
i"st'Hss has distinguished himsoIf -
bringing order out Of chaos ana 10y
work is now proglessingaysStemaaftircoriHr attic rHe New
very hour brings to light new stos
- go o. h4iT' breadth escapes. heroic g
hort hour oti,gie theirs raS Ialali'ies In one New
o,,4'. oeues 'haT ordinarily occur in
oE.ury. " Sheer
, :, 1umLming-the Ll whole situation IN. If -
ray 10y oe Sald That at least 10000 DeTsonS
in 6o ',ilu dn zOOOO are homeless and i
-ael.s EGePehHent on charity for
ee5s. enough provisions are va
ana Tor the present, but more vii q. az
eeucu soon. The greatest difinrlt,5
~ lIiulhg shelter for the homeless ~ n
'5nD' out owing TO the excellent or ~ II
= unehts oeing perfected IL is bon nU
/ end. VIII soon be at
u l.II Is almost impossible to conceive tbo
oo ~ .! Ihese smoking ruins An
20 % elghC or ten acres above tbe
;tb sI,1G ooEeIeG 10 depth of 40 feet
si5o,1t o'l 1'eI ca houses borne from the
siueht centre Of JohnstOwn II - A4C
tlese houses it is estimotoj !" .i Gacn
ere from 20 to 25 people. TbiS = Y'ieIe
P'eu as data upon which to estin,oto
: :, lumber that perished on this $50
~. - I! me data be correct the bodios
-. ne beneath the ruins must rim iii Ol
y INTO hundreds if not thousands IH wen and e
! the havoc done by the flood ,ros and ]
.'ot ',ii 'he horror of fire, vast mass Of and {
o,,ir'.sE riH'se 90 which survivors were and Il
20 nSS;'t oelhg burned, and the esti-
dbie gupe g peS Of Of life life reads to the in Were
tsbnrr u &c oVmns ,hd s were sent on from but to
rning. Six rufians. who boJ "'tuay baay
ched by citizens. 0Oies' were
UrSInor 're,SIiI Beaver says that "tbe loss
oo66 ooS VIII VII, be from $25, 900 600 70
'ooO'OOO' There are fears of sicl[nosS
ma S4.I' Iouce OF the decOmposing bod
.,,'G -, 10 o,Ier decaying material swent
NE ne. loss by the floods in Stuben
'$ oooo0o SS% york s. will i'll probably S ez CaI
persons lost theis lives bv tba
Is Il: IN Maryland. Ats meetiIo, 'ie ne
directors of the Chesapeake ord
SaH"l IN Annapolis, MARYLAND UE
.Se"t 1amhrlll reported il will i, TIA
~ u oiu soOO'OOOt to SI,OOOOOO to ra-
'he canal. and that it is virtnalIv
"s waterway. The loss of tbe
4 65.o 90 ~ ond ~nloerland Valley, Pa. will WI
. S-oo'UU0. Two spans of the lone
$ at Washington were washed
L chesapeake Bay is full of locs -
ns from the Susquehanna river -
shore to shore, as far as could he
win powerful glass, the surface
$%n j: s::s Ed ?5:5 :.:ss BIND
there says that three fourt6e 81
r oss Ssrs snd sdp1mSrgsd so%gS Millions Of Also,
"a away, Thirty persons were A,
led at Williamsport and yicinitv
sions are scarce, there bein0 Tn!,. Samples
leit IN the town outside of c9nnaS
Every bridge on the river from
y . OIe0rheld was washed Good