The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-15
The Great Flood.

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. Juu0 g. III
number of dead actually recovered /
the entire district tDus far is estimate
at about 1000. About half of tbes
have heen ,dentiAed and ali Int abor
900 burisd. EHorts are being made /
secure accurate returns from ever
Wint. and Mr. j. "A. Larkin. of John.
town. who ia now In charge of ID
Registration DEPARTMENT. IN the All
sence Of Mr.. McConnaupby. who wa
obliged To return to Pitfsbnry. state
that In a day or two a report. Giving a
tion. will be made up.
Messengers Rave been sent out to al
the in the 20 miles of terri
tory to secur figures and to make in
yestipations Concerning private bnrial
by individnals and Tong the rive,
banks. .sThe diHicpltv Of the task.
said Mr.. Larkip. twill he apparen
when it is known that in the hurry anf
excitement attending the Irst news O
the dlsaster MANY bodies that wer,
found were buried by those who foun(
them and M record was made of ths
number of them. or description eiyer
of those unidentified, However- nm.
| der as good a svstem as we haye beer
| able to devise. lists OF the Identified
dead will be- made nm at once. and de.
scriptlon Of those NOT Identified viii
be published. This WITH the lisi
of the living will enable M
to get at something like a fair
estimate of the actual loss of life,
| Bodies are being buried with but VERY
little DELAY after finding on account O.,
the tadly decomposed state in which
most of them are discovered. Even
the best preserved Of those now dno
out cannot be kept with safety to tbe
health of the living. and thew are in.
TERED As ouicklv az possif,le after a
description ia obtained THE conserva.
tive estimate obtainable of the total
lost by the flood are In accord with the
statements published. The number of
bodies recovered being about 5000. the
number registered of the living 10000.
and the whole popnlatjon t,efere abonf
80 600. leaves the total aalIowino for
slight inaccuracies in fjpures.D AT owe
5000.
The carving to the morona of The
bodies inst found Ia still going IN
Some are on sofas or ~settees. others on
boards with wise pieces of wood
for handles In short there 10 lit,Ia In
a walk through the town sites or a snr-
yey from the hills TO distinguish the
general appearance TODAY from that of
other day. excep that there are
gatherings Of people here and there
attending religious services. some At
private houses and some lJstenino to
preachers in ,he streets Rut the
men generally are working while
others. with the women and children
are crowdipg to the supply stations
with baskets. mans and haps ami
forming in line To wait their turn IN
get food and clothing The soldiers
and other officers near these stations
and the commissary departments, ran.
reseutatiyes ara treating the needs
peoplea as consjderatelv al nossIb,e- tak.
irg care moi To keen them waiting anv
longer than necessary. Nayertheless
the crowds at some of the stations are
so large that manyp eopIe nave to wa,t
a disagreeably long time befora thew
can oet food DoubtIess In aome casas
such articles are needed nv these neo.
pie at once. while other families having
enough for TODAY are nroviding for
to.morrow
WILLIAMspoRT. Pa. Time O -Tha
c,ty has passed a onIet SUNDAY the
contrast between thin and one week
ago being truly wonderful. Services
were held in most of the churches and
some idea of the damage done the
buildings was h mad
Colonel Ibomas W. L.loyd Of tb,s
CITY. who was hemmed In a fsb;no
cabin on Larrv,s Greek In tha north.
western part of the county to-day
made the following statement, The
valley Of Larrv's t,reek from Sa,ladass
burr to the month IF The stream 10
swept almost al clean as a carnat Nonr
Mi, oniv are bonses harms ontbonsss
horses. cattle and grain swent away
but even the yery Soil Itself bas been
washed out. so that what were onre
blooming and fertile farms are now
nothing but a barren mass of tones
I'm manv of the farme wI,;ch . uooL
O we're covered with lnxurjant crons
A blade of grass conld moi he coavad
to grow. The pIank road. was rnirad
manv of the Dlanks bplnU SWeut dnyn
into ihe river and othars car,;sd nm.
dreds of wards and lodged in tree.tons
and other inconceiyabIe n,aces Everv
bridge on the creek was swent away
except one helow Saliadeshnrr ~
Malloy,s q. which still stands thonab II
badly damaged one ahntmant hainn
oone and a large free driven thronnh
It's centre.
The SCENE in s~alladesbn,p on Mon.
day beocars description Honsas we've
swe,,t from their foundations and mann
of them unset. BRIDGES we're lodoed ~
trees. and wagons outhonsss hoard.
walks and blanks from the roan were
,catterad and niIed nm in ali djractions
The borough was flied with debris ~
every kind. and the whole crack from
there to its mou.h was a scene of Do
VISITATION and rnin live stock cbicS.
ems. hen GOODS. etc were c.rr,sd
away. and. Though the loss N life IL
small MANY harslv escarad with tboir
lives.
Mallory,s house inst below Sa,Iades.
burg. fell nm stream. the nndatio
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