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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-03-15


and the contrary winds cease their USE
less contention, as though they had
reached the conclusion that it was time
lost to try to blow each other away.
Such Is the cause and nature of that
freak of nature commonly known as the
cvcloue. On the vast sand plains of
| Africa such storms are called tornadoes
or whirlwinds, and often cause great de-
struction among caravans. The light,
Soose soil is taken up by the winds and
whirled into q column that ends IN q
dustv yapor where the wind spends
itself On the sea such storm carries
frightful catastrophe within its bosom =;
it seizes great waves and TWISTS tnem
into water mountains of great height
that crush beneath them whatever lies in
their paths.
The popular notion that formerly as
sociated the word cyclone with Kansas
and the neighboring States has been
mentioned. Some apprehension has been
expressed by timid people living on this
side of the country that these disturb
ances are growing more frequent mere
than they were in past years, put me
teorologists are apt to shake their heaoS
and smile whenever they are asked as to
the truth of this idea. They will say II
reply that there are just as many cy
clones in the east now as there were
hundred years age, and no more. there
is no tendency in the matter, either II J,
the frequency or the force witt
which they occur, and that the lde'
probably arises from the fact that in tn
neiohborhood of Kansas, q number
wears ago, there was seeming series o
such storms with disastrous results ina
attracted universal attention and created
the impression that something new ha'
been invented. .-HGstingtOn S;ar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13

sido the oar. could do nothing else.
saw that another woman was there, TOO.
Che was Kate, q servant OF mrs. Montgom-
sry Wilcox, OF Philadelphia. thought we
surely must die. The servant girl was
cons antiy crying ont her prayer. !
prayed too, but quietly. The water surEea
round us and great masses OF debris
were floating BY. There seemed TO be no
hope. I fastened little plush bag con-
tainiug my LOCO mile ticket and my name
card fast around my waist because wished
my body to be Identified. thought II
dreadful to be drowned and washed away
and never be known. We were close BY
the round house, which presently broke up
and noatsd down toward as. There wes
train OF freight cars on one side OF US and
q train OF sleepers on the other. saw
locomotive engines carried upon the water
as II they were toys. Everything was
thrown into great mass against the cars
on each side OF us, with locomotive
lying on its side In front. All this made a
tremendous barrier and tho water, ~
struck Il, divided and poured In awful
torrents on each side. To that barrier.
under heaven, owe my life, for II the cur.
rent had not been diverted our cur must
have been swept away and We would have
been lost. The current subslded Ms rapidly
as II had risen. Ia half an hour II had
gone down sufficiently 70 enable rescuers 70
EehCu uu anu We Wclb thhuu " hittos
Miss Bryau's BROTHER soon arrived In the
sad quest for the body Of his sister. Her
Bible and card case had been found, and
these were given him. She had, under
stand, been attending wedding, and after
| the food a bunch OF roses belonging 10 her
were found on the floor OF the car. Tbs
flowers had been given to some OF the
ladies, but when Mr.. Byran oamo 10 was
thought that he might like 10 have them.
| Thav warn all Oatharsd toQether aanin and
given to him, and, all faded as they were.
| be received them with tears In his eyes, !
saw Miss Pauison and Miss Bryan carried
struggling and helpless In the current past
my window. After the torrent had sub.
sided We ran through the cars Of tho train
and were easily rescued"
| INIlss Mahoney is evidently In error con-
cerning the young man looking for the
remains OF Miss Bryan. He is not the
brother OF the unfortunate girl, but is
Edward Aiken, formerly Of this clty.--ED.
| Q,&Jl
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13

show, with exaggerated and distorted
shadows, tiremen In big hats and long rub
her coats, standing upon the edge OF the
bridge, steadily holding the hose, from
walton two streams Of water shoot far out
over the mass, sparkle for moment like
silver in the pale light, aud then drop
downward into tina blaekness.
For noise there Is heavy splRshtDG OF the
Ooaemaugh over the rapids below the
bridge, tue petulant gasping Of an unseen
fee engine, pumping water through the
hose, ana tho even more rapid but greater
pulling OF the dynamo engine that,
mounted upon fiat car at one end OF the
bridge, furnishes electricity for the lights.
There Is little else heard. People who ara
yet about gather IN little groups aud talk
In low tones as they look over the DARK
watch-Are beaconed gulf. Everybody in
John town loURs over that gull In every
sparA moment, day or night. Movement
about II almost i'm possible, for the ways are
only ioptpaths about the bluffs Irregular
and slippery. Every night people arc
badly hurt by falls over bluRa, through the
bridge or down BANKS. Lying about under
sheds In ruined buildings and even In the
open mir, wherever one goes, ara Inc forms
wrapped ia blankets OF men who have nc
bc.ter place 10 sleep, rasemhling nothing
So much ~ the corpsas that men are seen
always ~ be carrying about the streets IL
tine daytime. Night, II might be Imagined
| had compelled them 10 lay dowa their bur
dens wherever they happened to be,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13

car on the llrst section OF the day express,
which was caught In the hood ~ oone-
maugh, tells thrilling story OIL MS oApe'
HIS train. with two others, had been run
onto a siding on high ground At ConenhuHn
statlon, opposite the big round house. ne
snw the water coming aud describes y 10
having the appearance OF mouh'ain
moving towards him. 49, a. ana
lie Immediately ran 70 ms caI ns
shouted TO HIS passengers 10 run lor .n i,,h
lives. john Davis. who Is oohhev.ou VAL .ss
a large rolling inill near Lanoasteiy Was
travelling from Colorado with his Invalid
wife and two children, aged about I hnu y.
Nj. Davis was engaged In getting nus Wue
OF the car. and Conductor Barr xraoOed w
the two children, and, with one undef eaun
arm started for the hills, with the water
right at his heels. He ran a distance Of
about 400 yards and barely MANAGED 70 90.
post his precious burden on baie Brounu
before the Hood swept past HIN.
Mr. Barr says II will never 90 Known my ~,
many persons lost their lives rom VIZ ~,
fated train. The one passenger eoaoh Wn' !.
now MANY nobody knows. He thinks ~
| least 20 we're drowned. A freight tram was
between the day express and the nooa on
an adjoining track, and this served 10 Ia .
measure protect his train.
Rome idea Of the terrible force OF the
| flood NAV be galnei from Mr. Bars state
ment thar the engines In tho round house
| 81 In number, swept past hin standing nhll
way out OF the water, their 40 tons o.
weight not being auflicien. to take them
beneath the surface. The baggage car wa
| lifted clear out OF the water and landed Oh
| the other side OF the river.
| A Miss Wayne, who was travelling rom
plttsburg to Altoona, had q wonderful es
cape. She was caught In the swirl AND az
most all OF her clothing torn from her per
son, and she was providentihlly thrown y
the angry waters clear OF therushing mood
| Miss Wayne said that while she lay more
more dead than alive on the river oank
she saw the Hungatlans rihs the bodies o
| dead passengers aud cut on their fingers
for the purpose OF obtaining the rings on
the han,ts Of the corpses. Miss Wayne wa
provided with u suit Of mems clothing anS
rode into Altoona thus arranged.
When the water was still hiRh Uonducto
Barr made an attempt 10 get back TO his ca
from the hill, but after wading up to hi
Rrm-pits In the water he was forced 10 10
turn TO safe ground.
Conductor Barr, who is about ~ year
old, shows IN his face the evidence OF thu
mental strain 70 which no has been sub
jected for the past week. He has beei
granted short leave Of ABSENCE, and lei
at II rs tonight for the home Of his mother
at Lancaster,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
mRs. sHInK,s ESCAPE.
Her Husband and SISTER We're Lost
but sue stayed IN tho Car aud was
saved,

Her Husband and sister We're Lost,
but sue stayed ia tho Car aud was
saved,
Among tho passengers on the Inflated
dav sxprsss were Cyrus II. Shick OF Rsad-
ing. Pa. his wife aud her siater, Miss
Stlnson. MIR. shick was known 10 Will
mington, his niece being tho wife OF
Charles II, Armour, W. N. agent al
Blrdsboro, formerly OF this CITY. mrs.
Shtek's story OF her escape Is as follows;
ave started from Pittsburg at 5 o'clock
on the first section OF the day express. Miss
Btlnson, Mr. Shick aud were in the day
coach OF the train. In front OF the parlor
cars. When we tad passed by Johnstown
We came IN slight OF telegraph tower and
could $40 the white caps OF tho anxious
tralnmen entering and coming out. From
the rear OF the coach | saw u bridge con-
Meeting the two towns snap In two anil
whirl away in the food OF the river. Then
single rider dashed eastward as fast ~
his horse could go, aud presently from all
the locomotive whistles came u blast that
| even tue inexperienced knew was the
danger signal,
mir. shicS, sitting right back OF ine
said, Come, there's danger and wa
rushed 70 the rear, passed through the firs
sleeper, and leaving the train at the step
| bstween the two slespers attempted TO eros
| the low level intervening between the train
and the town proper. Right In our way
was gully about ilve feet deep, spannet
by rough-hewn foot-log little below
| where We were. MIR. Shlck aud Miss SIN
sou plunged down, and saw Miss Stinsoi
fall against the opposite bank, but Mr.
Shlck succeeded In reRching the top,
81 turned to go toward the log, whei
Me. shics called out; Comet Don't yog
aee the waterP ny this line the gully va
liltng up with waIdt IuEt Was nitl, MAC,
with cinder. Two women were bsin
carried along with the current, and lOokln
back / saw coming toward me sea 9
water. ! saw the 'glisten' on tho top OF th
surge, turned instinctivelv and ruahed bac
to the middle Pullman. PulllnK In severn
Rripsaoks, closed tight all tho vestibui
doors, aud found myself the only occupant
THE interior OF the car III which wa
never got wet. The danger continue
three. quarters Of An hour, and no tongu
can describa the tempest. At 8 O'Clock
was taken TO the house OF Train Dispatcht
j.. @, Walkingshaw, who cared for as man
as could PACK into Ills house.
ION Wednesday morning Miss Stinson
body was found ~ Lockport. IS miles b,
low where sue was caught by the 0ooC
Mr.. shies's body has not been recovered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
LOSS TO THE FRIrERNIrYss.

Many Members Among the Dead
Nhat The Manuns are Doing.
PIrrspuRa, June The score. socie.
TICS have Lost many CT their members by
the Jobnstown disaster. According to
the latest estimates, the Junior o. U. A.
NJ, Cambria Lodge, No. 755, lost 12;
Alma Lodge, 1913, lost 8, and Corona
Lodge, 800, only found G Of their mem
bers out Of 90.
The Pittsburg Masons have been active
In supplying material MD to the survivors
and relatives of $50 members Of the craft
| who were in the city OF YOUNGSTOWN. The
committee from Pittsbure and Allegheny
| Lodges, headed by James s. Mexican,
were promptly on the Bceps of the disas.
ter, and lost not an instant In deyisinV
the speediest and most practicable plans
for the relief OF members or relatives of
members.
Mr.. Mexican said that from the efforts
Of the local MRsons alone eieh. car loads
Of supplies had been forwarded 10
YOUNGSTOWN, sc. 700 worth of goods made
use of and $40, 900 in cash raised and
banked. 10 he distributed when macao.
sary.
Most strenuous efforts had been made
to secure an accurate roster of the dead
OF the youngstown fraternity and 1t was
feared that no LEGS than lao were among
the missing.
storehouse has been erected ut
Johnstown and delivery of food is made
every day TO the houses or tents which
shelter the survivors. "Responses to the
situation" said MIR. Mekean, ARE CON-
ing in every hour from the craft in this
country or Europe. The meil of our re-
lief treasurer, Assistant Postmaster Hud-
son, indicates receipt of 81 600 daily.
One oheck'for $500 came from Cincinnati
this morning. The Pennsylvania grand
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
rIfE rNKN0WN DsAp.

A Thousand Bodies Hurried Into
Graves without Religions Cere-
monies,
JoirNsrows, June 5.-Ths gray mists had
hardly risen from tho hills this morning
uutii Il thousand funerals were coureing
their green sides. There were 40 hearses,
few mournets, and rs little solamnity as
iorma.ry. The maiority OF the ccliins were
OF rough pine. The pail bearers were
strong OK tenms, and Instead of six pail
bearers to one coffin there were generally
SIX collins TO one team. Silently the pro-
essaions taoyed, and silently they unloaded
their burdens IN tho lap OF mother earth.
No minister OF GOD was there 10 pronounce
"a last blessing as the clods ratified down,
except few faithful priests VINO had fol-
lowed some representatives OF their faith TO
the grave.
All Gay long the corpses have been hur-
Red below ground, The unidentified
bodies were grouped on a high hill west OF
the doomed ity, where one epitaph must
do iof ali, and that the word unknown"
There are hundreds OF these graves
( already. and each day will increase the
( proportion. The possibility Of identiaGa-
tion dimmishes every hour. Fires are rag
INK uyeI the tangled graves of hundreds,
and partial cremation OF many bodies IL
inevitable. Others are becoming 30 black
enad "a heir contact with the debris, OF
through putrltieation,t that agrinniug skele-
ton would show as much resemblance To
the persons In life as they.
Almost every stroke Of the pick In some
portions OF tho city to-day resulted Ia tn,
discovery OF another vlctlm, and, although
tao funerals OF tbs morning relieved tn,
nOrgues Of their crush, before night thel
W@re IA full Of the dad as over. Wbereva
one turns he melancholy view Of a cOtflI
s. Insr Every train into Johnstow1 wa
in1Hn win them tha bettpr 0nsS beiug &c n
eta,ly accompanied by friends Of the dead
Mon could be- seen staggering over tn
rpins With shining mahogany caskets Of
their shoulders,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
SIsHr IN rHs VALLEY.
A Welrder, Ghastiier Sight Than
DOrc Ever Dreamed OF.

Wetrders GhAsttiGr sight Tban
DOre Ever Dreamed OF.
JoHssTowN, June 5.--Dore never dreamed
q wlerder, ghastller picture than night In
the Oonemaugh valley since the flood DESC
lated II. Darkness falls early from the
raln-dropptng, gray sky that has palled the
valley ever since II became a vast bier, a
charnel house Is miles long. The smoke
and steam from the placere OF sLnouldering
debris ahova the bridge aids to hasten the
night. Few lights CLEAN out, except those
Of the scattered nres that still flicker ftIully
in tue mass OF wreckage. Gas went out
with the food, and oil has been almost
entirely lacking since the Disaster Candles
are used in those places where people think
It worth while TO stay up after dark. Up
on the hills around the town bright sparks
CLEAN out like lovely stars from the few
homes built so high. Down In the valley
the gloom settles over everything, making
1t look from the bluffs around like some
vast death pit, the Idea OF entering which
bripps shudder. The gloomy effect is not
relieved, but rather deepeued by the broad
beams OF CHASTITY pale light thrown across
the gulf by two or three electric lights
erected around the Pennsylvania railroad
station. They dazzle the eyeand make the
gloom still deeper.
Time does not accustom the eyes to this
CHASTITY scene. The flames rising and fall
ing over the ruins LOOK more Ike witches
bale lres the longer they are looked at.
The smoke-burdened depths In the valley
seem deserted by every living thing, except
that occasionally, providing Rhoul-like
about the edges OF the mass OF debris, may
be- seen rs they cross the beams OF electric
lights, dark figures OF meu. who are drawn
to the spot day ard night, lowering over
the place where some chance movement
may disclose the body Of a wife. mother,
or daughter gone down In the wreck. They
pick listlesslY away at the heaps 10 one
spot for awhile and then wander aimlessly
OF, only to reappear at another spot, pull
ing feverlsbly NJ some rags that looked like
a dress, or poking a stick IA some hole to
see II there IL anything soft ut the bottom.
At one or two Places the electric lights
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
lions of the country to designate COM

lions Of the country TO designate COM
mission to take charge Of the work.
Supplies of every sort continue 10 pour
iu from all parts of the oauntry and the
immediate necessitios Of the people are
literally provided for.
Edward Fisher, q leading lawyer, q
young man, and the only survivor Of a
large family, committed suicide By shoot
ing himself this morning. Another VIC
tim Of the flood, a woman, all Of whose
family was lost, has become insane.
1t is a fact of which perhaps not enough
has been made that there was very high
water in Johnstown before the reservoir
burst. This is what caused the fearful
wreck Of the city. The bursting Of the
reservoir above would not have sent n
column Of water SO feet high through the
middle OF the city. But, for days and
days the water in the Oonemaugh had
been rising steadily, and the Oonemaugh
was eight or nine feet higher than usual
before the dam burst. This gave people
some inkling Of the danger they were in
and not few asked their friends
what will happen il the dam bursts p
But the trouble seems to have beer
that for 80 years back people IL
JohnBtown have recognized the dam ns
source of danger, and have been accus
toned to all sorts OF rumors aboutit.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
LOCK HAYBN,s Loss.


A Reservoir Carried AwnY-Ruiid-
inws Damaged AMI thirty Lives
Lost.
LOOK HAVEN, June Clock Haven ia
in deplorable condition. The mud and
sand Is two feet deep In the streets. At
the height of the flood tho entire town
was covered with water from five to eight
feet deep. Owing to the peculiar con.
tour OF the river the swelling tide was
forced directly into the town. One OF
the reservoirs was carried away. The
loss to the town will not be less than
81, 200, 900.
Railroad communication was opened
up to-day from Tyrone, and one train
went through east to Montgomery, thence
over the Reading track to SunbuYy
where the passengers were transferred By
boats to the main lines. Broken bridges
houses and barns line the banks Of ths
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13

JoHSsrowN, June 6.--Another days
work upon the ruins Of Johnstown has
shown the almost bopelessness OF the
task Of making the site Of the town safe
for tho present and habitable for the
future. Seven Thousand men with 800
teams and all the other appliances tina.
could be used for clearing away the ruins
have made hardly peroeptible progress
In lettering the condition Of the town.
The 60-acre gorge above the bridge, sup
posed to contnin yet hundreds OF bodice
or fragments OF bodies, withstands stab
bornly every effort to remove IL. Three
days work, with the aid OF dynamite and
the most powerful lifting and pulling ap-
planes, hes not cleared space 100 feet
square. The committee in charge OF the
financial part of the work is in despair Mt
the enormous extent of the task before 1t,
aud to-day issued on appeal to the official
authorities and the financial organiza-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
TO BLow UP THE wKEoK.
All Efforts TO Recover the Bodies
nt tho Railroad Bridge ADAM
dnned.

All Efforts TO Recover the BODIES
ut the Railroad Bridge Adam
dOned.
JouNsTowS, June 7.--Arthur Kirk grad.
ually proving that he knew what no was
talking about when he said that dynamite
was the proper material to use In removing
the debris above the railroad bridge. Hith.
erto he has been very much cramped In his
work by scarcity OF explosives, but this
morning big supply OF cartridges arrived
and the engineer was comparatively happy.
clear space has been made about two OF
the piers. The great mass Of wreckage is
gradually becoming loosened. There Is such
u vast quantity OF II, however, that weeks
will be required to remove all.
The rapidly.falling water is acting as an
impeachment to the work, as the river is al.
ready quite shallow in places. II II gets
much lover there will not be enough
water 70 float the heavy logs. This debris
Ia one OF the chief points OF interest now,
as It Is undoubtedly the most dangerous
pestilence- breeding place In the whole
Hooded district. All efforts to remove the
remaining bodies buried beneath 1t have
been abandoned. Thu pile has been gone
over carefully several times and all the
| corpses that could be Leached have been
taken out.
There are still several hundred IN the
wreck, but they are too deep In the mass
to be recovered and there is no alternative
but TO destroy them. Everybody aokDowl
edges this now and there will be no more
hlndrances to the work. The stencil Grisinl
from the debris Is becoming almost unbear
able 10 the Vicinity Of the bridge and work
men are finding serieus difficulty In re
mainirg at their post for more than few
hours at tina.
Booth a Flinn's big hoisting engine
We're started this morning on the Johns
town end OF the big wreck. They ar
making good progress and are worklni
night and day In the direction Of Arthu
Kirk and his dynamlters. Directly acros
tho creek from them is gang OF Altoon
men with picks and shovels Ioosening tn
drift and burning 1t. All the Altoona me
are under the direction OF James Gardner
a practical lumberman, and one who la
had large experience 10 this sort OF WORK