Daily Republican., 1889-06-03

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body of a babe wes seen; In another IA
skulls could be counted. Further along
the bones became thicker and thicker,
until at last at one place 1t seemed as ii
a concourss of people, who had been at q
ball or entertainment, had been carried
In bunch and incinerated. At this
time the smoke was still rising to q
height OF so feet, and 1t is expected that
when 1t dies down the charred bodies
will be eeen dotting the entire mass Of
burned debris. A slide, series oi
frightful tosses from side TO side, a run,
and you have creased the narrow rope
bridge which spanned the chasn dug by
the waters between the stone bridge and
Johnstown. Crossing the bridge was an
exciting task. Yet many women accom-
pllshed 1t rather than remain in Johns
town.
After landing one walks across desc
late sea of mud, in which there are in
TERED the remains Of many human bodies.
1t was once the handsome portion Of the
town. The cellars are filled up with mud
so that person who has never seen the
city can hardly imagine that houses ever
stood where they did.
1T is impossible to describe the appear
ance Of Main etreet. Whole houses have
bNVh onCDb uOW buC OuC bbltEb thpu bC-
| come lodged. The wreck is piled as high
as the second-story windows, The re-
porter could step from the wreck into the
auditorium OF the opera house. The ruins
consist of parts OF houses, trt es, saw logs,
reels from the wire factory.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is now lay
ing tracks from Johnstown Station to the
washout. A Temporal y bridge is being
built and by Tomorrow evening trains
will be run to Jobnstovp. twill be
more a matter OF luck than certainty.
Communications by rail have been estab-
lished between Pittsburg and the end OF
the stone bridge.
BISHOP PHELAN ON HAND.
Bishop Phelan is in Johnstown to-
night, He made the perilous trip on the
swinging bridge. For an aged n an It
to make 1t all hazards. Fathers bran
and Gallagher accompanied hit One
OF the Catholic churches In The town
burned on Saturday. A house dtlfted
down against 1t and set it on fire.
learned In Johustown that the great
CHARTERS Steel Works are swept away,
with all It's valuable machinery. This
alone entails loss of 81 2,00O,t00. One
million will not make the Cambria Iron
Works whole.
ARRIVAL OF TENTS.
Five hundred tents arrived from Ohio
tonight In charge of Adjutant- General
Axltne. Sixty. five have been put upon
the hillside aud are now occupied by
families.
Only few hundred yards below the
bridge a number of bodies had been
taken 10 private housts. They we're
taken to the Morrellville Morgue this
afternoon.
SCENES AT TWO CHURCHES.
st. Marie's German Catholic Church
stands a quarter OF a mile below the
bridge. Its walls are standing, but in
side it is alled with mixed, broken
benches and ruined limoges.
The distance to st. Columba's Catho' ic
Church ia half mile. The streets to 1t
are filled with broken houses, and people
In those that were left standing were
busy shoveling mud from tho first boUru.
The scene at st. Columba's Church was
awful. Forty or riuy bodies had been
carried into and laid on the muddy seats.
Lying In row iu this church were five
children from 2 to o years old. No one
had identih, them this afternoon. Their
little curls were matted with mud. Their
nostris were filled with sand and the
eyes often completely covered. No one
had come to wash away the dirt from
their tiny faces, nor the bloodstaius from
awful cuts and bI uisee. Where are their
parentss Across the aisle lay the massive
frame of q Hungarian laborer. Strong
men, as well as children, are the tor
rents Victims.
Richard LAWS ran TO Prospect Hill
when the water raised. As TO Mr.. Dech-
erts message he says just such have
been sent down at each flood. The warn
ing so often proved useless that little at
tention was paid to 1t this time, II
cannot describe the mad rush." he said.
'At first 1t looked dusty. That must have
been the spray. / could see houses going
down before 1t like a child's play block
set on edge in a row."
Adjutant General Hastings, N. G. p,
and Major Sanger have assumed charge
OF Johnstown. Nothing is legal unless
1t bears his signature.
TWO THOUSAND CoFFINs SENT OUT.
A special train, conveying two fire en-
giDes and hose carriages, with a full |
quota OF fire men, left here about noon for |
Johnstown. Twenty eight policemen OF |
the Pitisburg force accompanied them |
under command OF Inspector McAleese.
The collin manufacturers here are worked |
to their fullest capacity, and collins are
being shipped rapidly. 7 is morning ten
carloads We're sent down, containing 22OO |
collins. They will be distributed at yAri-
Gus points aOng the river, where the
dead have been collected.
THE cAMBhIA IRON MILLS TO BE RE.
BUILT.
James McMillin, vice president of the
Cambria Iron Works, was met this after.
noon. He is completely unnerved by he
terrible disaster. In u conversation be
"a d: 81 do not know what our loss Is.
cannot even estimate, as have not the
Isintest idea what 1t may be. The upper
MIL is totally wrecked damaged bey6nd
al repairs. The lower mill Is damaged
10 such an extent that all the machinery
and buildings are useless. The mills will
DO rebuilt imm, diately. have sent out
orders that all men that can must report
1t the mill tomorrow to com meDce clean
ng up. do not think the building is
insured against a flood. A great thing
We want is to get the mil. In operation
lgain.n
The estimate of the losses Of the Cam
,ria Iron Company given Is from T., ,COO,-
400 to g, 500 900. But little o: this can
20 recovered.
DANGER FROM FALLING WALLS.
Now that the waters have receded,
here is groBt danger from falling walls.
All day long the crashing Of walls could
10 heard across the river. Before day.
reak this morning the sounds could not
ut make one shudder at the very
hOuphtS of the horrible deatha that |