Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-06-15

bodies have been received AZ INC i'u'"
ward morgue: James Mckinley Mrs -.
Smith, found in Kernville; unknown iauE I
found at Viewers mills; three unknown
women found in ruins at Wolison& lhon'ss
store; George Hung, found at Woodlae'
and unknown woman at Merchants Ho'el;
Ten bodies were received at the First warn
morrue Yesterday, all unknown mt one
Miss Blanche Harnish, Of Dayton, ONO one
was a passenger on the day express luls l
makes a total of twenty-seven bodies louhu {
IN to > n. IN. Monday, and seNehty-'uiec
Saturday evening.
Jo<usTovy, June ll.-ThCre was hstte
change in the general situation here NIGH
dnv and all the various departments are
moov,nr along in a manner highly satlslac-
tory 10 the parties in charge. The stopping
of work by the Cambria company sunday
gave their men a much needed rest and theS
went 10 work with much more vigor imam
the men employed N othe general Worh'
The samelarge crowds were on hand LOT Vhcir
daily rations and the various commlssary
stations were the scenes OF great actNlVS'
Another consignment of stationary en-
cines arrived Yesterday, making ten IN AL
now here. They were placed IN various seo-
ion of the town and did most chectlVo
work. One was put in position on the STONE
hridoe and in two hours the work accom-
nlishcd by it was more effective IMAM une
work Of 100 men for thu. last two days INC
train from Pittsburgh yesterday morning
brought up a large crew, among theih Doing
POO IN from Michigan, who were putto
work on the heavy tmoers aooNe '"1
bridrc The timbers are being plled up ana
as soon rs dry enough will be fired lhlSis
what has been urged for some tlnle anu WIZ
more effectually remove the debrls lian
weeks of hauling the timbers away as mas
been heretofore done,
The greatest menace TO the living at
Johnstown is the great drift above the
stone bridge. II is more difficult to clear
away. fuller Of animal matter, harder 10
approach and more dangerous to those VINO
hovo ia use river water than any part OF
,ho ,rirs Although at first there was n
notnral sentiment against the burning OF
This mass. which led to the eXtinguishmcnt
:, If the fire here by the Pittsburgh tircmen,
l tho,o has hoen n steady change of opinion.
If General Hastings should order the drift
!, fired. the people would acquiesce ana ADMIT
hat il was for the best. This has been
true in regard to the burning of endangcr-
ing DUlllllnS ana IllltS "a WV" -
Z narts Of the valley where the nostrils oil
, those to whom the wind carried the stlohc'
told them time and time again that human
! flesh was burning. The chances IN the
', event of the finding of a body IN inc urllt
y. are decidedly against its identliicatloh' ana
this is also an argumeJt ln1aVor OF 'le Gre
; nation of the whole, The plan is 10 drN up
this part of the river bed where inc
:, wrcckagc is, and then soak 1t with OIL ana
fire it. Now that the river is rapidly
~ lowering this plan is entirely feasible.
A number of bodies were recovered
~ through the efforts of one man at the upper
90 rontoon bridge on Stony creek yesterday
or morning. He is from Philadelphia ana ma
- his own staff. When a reporter asked nm
,d his name he replied; at don't make any
Nv difference about my name, am here 10
y, husinessn and rowcd away. He has rope
~, and hooks and recovered four bodies iron
no an old freight car washed tromthe tracksa
that point. There are a number OF ola Tree
~ and roots washed in at this place and hi
plan of operation is to stir the roots ana III
~ bodies at once come to the surface. He the
w. masses a rope around the arms and tow
f.. them to the bank, pulls them out OF IN
an water and allows them to lay there 1or III
ambulance corps to take them to the morsu'
20 He talks to no one and goes about his Wor
n ~ with an apparent knowledge OF what he
an doing. II is thought that there are a larf
af number of bodies yet among the deoflS
nno Stony creek,
The rreat raft is an endless, mcasuiele
ha grave ward, madein a night. lis toinpstoit
are the shattered timbers sticking out oil u
,ad wreckagc, the torn, ragged fragments
on walls marking where the streets had bee
Though hundreds have already been unco
for cred. the lead yesterday came to llshl
,inr surprising numbcrs-if any one here can
,a,o surprised-and there are some faces amo
40, them that had never been missed. feol
, IN inst arriving in Johnstowq say that |
,nro stencil is sickening and fearful, taintlng
lii Air of the valley everywhere, while TN
Il, an who have worked here throughout the |
,rs inr scenes have noticed il only at tunes a
tnlo in certain places. showing that their sen
,Iio, arc numbcd. All the waters are giving
own their dead and the skiffs and grapplers
In waiting for them. The red shirted II
A.. herman. standing midway in the raft, v
vn". is called the markeraud color bearer, raj
wv. his axe once to strike, but the blow ne
Du1 fell If it had it would have cut in tw
the first of the bodies taken from the pr
INV ON the morning of the tenth day. 1t was
prob remains Vi " woman mn Ihsa.a,
niger Or T. u brlphieS' oaJ % rh'sici
=, INV brightest and most promising phNslcl
State was lounu at last III wy y. 'oa.
their woman lay. Although but thirty year
have age, his appearance "hc' ~ 4" '
cunts rescued was thaV vi " M"
# the years old. Others unknown were u
unon from the raft at all hours oil the
ended Among them an old man with his little
If in. elapsed in his arms, With every hourct
cx- n salute for the hundreds yet buried II
y thc II is the blast of dynamite. FIVE Dc
,vers we're found under one single heap o
con wreckage in the town yesterday. On
that them was Kate Ncary, the milliner
onom- modiste.
Ono of the saddest dentitications
,hould that of Miss Blanche Harnish, of DaytC
NJ mn. She was n passenger on the express,
her father had searched for the past
,.o M DAYS. Some workmen found her body
uo,ana undcr the trestle near the Pennsyl'
- ,ho railroad station, George c. HUM "
/, ,,,oro well known insurance agent. Nobody
,orod , given him a thought until yesterday
death noon. when his body was carried
by the Presbyterian church morgue.
~ 49,
rk res The day is past when the discovered
can be kept any time for identiiic
under Friphtful scenes at the morgucs bear
lied of testimony of this. The keepers say I
G food, soon as the air strikes the corpses no
+ such becomes almost impossible to handle
, make and the sooner they are bnrlc
better. There were over fifty
falling fares on the slabs at the morgue
is now night, and a record shows that up to
,ors are Sunday, which was just q week ilo
,ntinuc, time morgues were established, 10
m work. hundred and nincty-two people were
n We'd. from them who were discovered III
ire will this vicinity, This has nothing to dt
Yes,cr- the valley or the dead of NineVah o.
,rtaenth Florence and elsewhere. A great
ring out were also Durleo WIN WHY NOV ="
TO work. these morgucs'
$ right The debris of the raft on the easter
at the near the bridge was hrcd latc las'
a guard This means that a number OF bodies
burned to ashes with it. The ire Is
que Sun ing slowly and no authority is gwen
1t in was measure.
He was REMOVE, Pa, June11.-This place !
First Ma " in need of money, a large portion
ientified. town having been destroyed by IL
&c bodies and the people being too destitute TO
Fourth without aid.
s are as
1890. hA.v rNn AIN