Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-15
CLEARING the Wreck
Many Workmen Are Clearing
Away the Johnstown
Wreck.
The Sanitary Situation Is
Receiving Careful
Attention.
History Of the Flooded Towns and
the Reservoir Latest Estimate
Of Loss to Life and
Property.
The Sanitary Problem,

The Sanitary Problem.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 7.-Ccnsidcr
able progress has been made in the way
OF clearing away the w%reckage, but much
remains to be done. Workmen are com.
ing here rapidly and in great numbers,
and there is plenty for them to do. The
sanitary problem is receiving close atten'
ton and a careful and thorough sys.
tenn Of disinfection is in progress,
although this cannot be perfect
as long as the wreckage remains.
Governor Beaver arrived this morning.
DIR. McCandless said there was little
danger of an epidemic originating here
as every %precaution is taken. The sani-
tary headquarters has been established at
Pittsburg.
CREMATION DECIDED %
DR.. j. Guy McCandless was here today
in consultation with the state board Of
health and others with reference to clear
ing the river from Mineral Point to Pitts
burg wherever it Is possible. He thinks
the bodies ought to be Immediately Gre
mated on the banks or in such places as
they have fallen, thus relieving the river
of its element of pollution. The gentle
men with whom he talked conceded
with his view and will cooperate with
him in the work, which will be com.
menced at once.
The sanitary question is the paramount
one Of the hour. The state board is
looked upon as a more potent factor
than the militia and the civic
forces combined. This afternoon
the work Of the board was dis
tributed, DR.. Lee taking q relay to
Pittsburg with the intention of estab-
ing headquarters in the city hall. The
officers of sanitary inspectors will be es-
tablished, half of which 60 up the river
by boat and the remainder take a con-
struction crew up the railroad. The lat
ter have adopted cremation as the cry,
and tomorrow night the desolate valley
will be lit up with bonhres OF the wreck
age, which will be the pyre Of hundreds
of dead bodies.
DR.. Graf, who is now in charge of the
Johnstown bureau Of the state board of
health and sanitary inspectors, said this
afternoon that there was no immediate
danger of an epidemic in Pittsburg,
"The danger" he said, lis hat people
will be scared into being sick. We need
thousands of men TO work on the debris
and clear it Of carcasses."
RELIEF MEASURES.
The relief committee is to be made ma
tional in its scope. Action to that effect
was taken at q meeting Of the finance
committee Of the local relief organization
this afternoon. The plan was proposed
by parties high in authority and has been
given the official sanction of the finance
committee by the following clauses in
this afternoons resolutions:
The survivors of the food are now and
must be for some time wholly dependent
upon the issues TO them of food and
clothing, as there are no goods except
those bought by the relief committee
and no places in which commerce can be
carried on. The agencies for such dis.
tribution should receive grave considera-
ton. 1t is the unanimous concensus Of
this committee that another committee
should be appointed for this purpose
composed in part Of citizens Of this
locality, and members appointed by gov
ernors Of states or by chambers of com
merce of the cities from which the con-
tributiOns have been received or in such
other way as will give the agency a ma
tional character and assure the country
that it's most generous charities will be
judiciously and fully applied to the relief
OF the victims OF our unprecedented ca
lamity.
Up to today the committee received in
cash contributions S25, 798. 16, with S57,.
115. As promised in addition. The greater
part Of this is represented by kilograms
from a distance ~instructing the committee
to draw on certain banks. This is an i'm.
possibility, as there are no banking facil-
tiles left there. The committee hopes
that contributors will forward their
money by express.
Today j. G. Roberts stated that Phila
delphia had promised $500, 900, which is
now at the disposal Of the committee.
Governor Beaver has reported 800. 600,
but has not made any move to send it 80
far as is known.
Pittsburg has about $500, 900 in re-
sceipts.
Captain Logan, Of Morrellville, un-
loaded thirty cars Of relief goods today.
He advises that all goods be consigned to
him, but to send no committees, as it only
creates confusion. Drafts for relief
funds should be addressed to James B.
Scott. A carload Of supplies was un-
loaded on the track in JOhnstown today
by the relief committee. There was q
rush for the goods and the strong over
powered the weak and got the best Of
the fight that occurred.
At Conemaugh, Mineral Point and
WOodvale provisions and clothing are
still badly needed.
THE WATERS ARR RECEDING.
JoHNsTowN, June IA birds eye
view from the mountain side this morn
ing shows that the waters in the Cone
maugh valley have receded almost to
their usual level. With the receding
waters the scene Of desolation becomes
hourly more weird and picturesque. Like
a desert swept by some fierce simeon, the
valley level is an unbroken plain for
miles, only at last to find an abrupt ter.
animation in the mountain Of debris that
found Judgement on some projecting
rock.
The work OF recovery Of the dead goes
on with undiminished vigor, and as the
workmen become accustomed TO their
CHASTITY finds, and the horrors Of the
scene become commonplace, they
apply themselves more diligently
to their duty and labor with the
system that produces rapid results. The
Altoona delegation has been one Of the