The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-13
A DISMAL day.
Wet Weather Causes O Depressing
Feeling at JOhnstown,
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
The Majority Of Them in o De-
plorable Condition,

AdJt Gen, Hastings Makes Preparations
10 Take Entire Charge "wednesday
Morning-Wages to DO neduoed-The
Debris 10 DO Firod'--The People Al
Nineyeh In Need Of sppplies-Ths
Chicago Committee Return Home
with Their Momey--Anoihor Gorg,
Formed,
JoHSsTowN, June ii,-Wet and dlsa-
greeable weather prevails In the Cone
maugh valley, The thousands OF mon
moved 10 their places Of work with
half unwilling manner that argued
| poorly for heavy days work, When
the whistle AZ the Cambria shop sounded
at Z o'clock tho whole place was awake,
and the smoke from tho many camp
fires and burning debris made a heavy
cloud that settled over the entire valley,
almost hiding IL from view from tho
hills, Soon tho valley was alive with ~
thousands Of busy workmon, and the
tenth day Of the work ON this vast un,
dertaling was begun, There n little
change In the general situation here and
tho yarloua departments are moving
along In manner highly satisfactory tC
the parties In charge.
The Debris Forma Another Gorge.
The great quantities of debris which
have been loolonod from above tho stone
bridge and iloatod down stream have
formed gorge opposite Cambria City,
and number OF men were cent there
10 remove thla, aa II closed the channel,
stopping the dow of water and render
Ing very difficult the work Of removing
the wreekago At the stone bridge An.
other consignment Of stationary engines
arrived to-day, making ten In all now
here, These aro most useful appliances,
and each docs the work Of twenty mon
In removing tho heavy tlmbem, They
were placed In various sections Of the
town and did most effective work. One
was put In position ON tho stone bridge
and In two hours the work accomplished
by II was moro effective than tho work
OF 100 men for tho last two days, Some
heavy tlmbera that have dcAcd the Of.
forts Of the mon 10 remove them were
soon cotton rid Of and tho channel
opened for q considerable di0lanco from
tho bridge,
The Debris 10 bo burned.
Tho train from Ptaburg tha morn.
Ing brought up large ctew, among
them being 200 aXnien from Michigan,
who were put ~ once 10 work on the
heavy timbcm above the BRIDGE. The
tlmbers are being piled up, and ~ Hoon
na sufficiently dried will be ilrol. This
N what has been urged for aOmo tlmo, |
and will moro oiiCctually rOmoyo the |
debris than weeks Of hauling tho tim.
bog away, Ns has been heretofore done. |
II Is beloved that tho hugo pilo OF |
debris above the bridge must bo burned. |
II Gen, Hastings should order the drift |
fired the people would acquicloo and nd |
NIT II was for the best, Practically tho |
question now 30 bo answered 10, how
can II bo thoroughly burnedp Those |
familiar with the location and surround |
lnga Of the drift suggest plan which is |
simple and will, II carried out, meet all |
the objections, This plan Is TO dry up |
the part Of tho riyor bed whero the |
wrooltngo IA and then soak II with oil and |
fire H. Now that the river "a rapidly |
lowering this plan Is entirely feasible,
There is NJ present u great deal of water
beneath the drift, Much OF the water
from Stony creek and some from the
Concmuugh Itself goabB Ia beneath the
drift II being In the usual channel.
A couple Of fire on other portable Cn-
gincs, with oiN'inch hose, would In q
day pump out such water as remained
under the wreck, and then II would bo
ready for firing, or course there would
be much water wet wood and mud
lelt nitcr The pumping, but
this would DO dried up
by the tremendous beat from tho com.
bustiulc material In flames above Il, Bc.
fore tho water and mud would be
reached the fire would have 10 burn
through from four or ty0 20 ten fcot Of
wooden fragments Of all sorts and slZos,
The space below the mass would create
splendid Gruught The surface Of this
mass could bp thoroughly saturated with
petroleum, Of which theiO arc enormous
quantities close nt hand, and when such
d fire has done itu worl, thero will be an
end to danger from this source and moth.
Ing will remain but pieces of iron, stone
and ashes, Nothing would DO ieopar.
died by such fro, ns there arc no
which would bo imporilod.
The greater portion of the iron lrag-
monts could hO hauled up TO cars on the
stone bridge and thcn the river could be
turned back into its old course and the
lsho5 could bo speedily cartod away,
THE elTUATloN AT NEW FLORENCE.
Many Survivors Arc Reported Starving nt
That Point
JouNsTowN, June 1.-Two hundred
people who have suffered from the flood
n New Florence, Ninevoh and Center
Vile, who are housed nj New Florence,
lro starving, They are people who hayo
joon used To all the comforts and lux.
nie5 Of life before the pont-up waters of
Joncmnugh lnko devastated their homes
md carried away members of their FAM
lies. IN tho distribution of supplies
New Florence has been entirely over
ookcd. The good people Of chat town.
Who have been doing all they can TO
make comfortable the survivors, who
layo sought their homes for refuge from
ho flood, are at loss 10 know why tho