The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-11
A RESUME OF THE DAY.
Stationary Engines and Dynamite Doing
Good Work=Rodies Recovered.

A RESUME OF THE DAY.
Stationary Engines and Dynamite Doing
Good work-Bodies Recovered.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 10.-The progress
of the work at the stone bridge to-day has
been more satisfactory than any day so far.
More work has been done in removing the
debris at this point to-day than on any
three other days. The stationary engine
of the bridge has done more work than
fifty men. Huge masses of broken and
bent iron and immense timbers that the
men have been trying to move for days
were lifted from their places and moved
with ease. Fourteen more of these great
helpers will be here tomorrow. This Will
make twenty-four doing excellent work.
The large force of men heretofore employed
at this point has been taken to other points,
and a small force of men, with the aid Of
the engine. is doing more effective work.
heavy charge of dynamite was put off to-
day. and did a great deal of good. moro
than any three charges heretofore
fired. 1t demonstrated that heavy
charges must be used in order
to do any good. Three bodies were found
lying close together to-day, near the stone
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that vicinity.
All the commissary stations are kept
busy. at the Cambria station a vast
amount of provisions and clothes have
been distributed. Long lines of sufferers
stood in the heat and rain waiting their
turn. No one is furnished without
order, and every department is under the
strictest discipline Most excellent work is
being done here. The same good work is
being done at the Americus Club commits
sary, and others, and the same discipline
and regularity is observed by all.
vast amount of work has been done by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
they now able to reach Mineral Point
with their construction train. The magni-
tude of the work this company has on hand
is daily becoming more apparent. In this
immediate vicinity the company has al
ready accomplished wonders. The washout
between the stone bridge and the Pennsyl-
railroad station has been almost filled, and
trains are running over both tracks.
The first funeral of flood victim, that
might be truly called such, and in which
the corpse was taken TO the cemetery IN
| conveyance. was held to-day. >Thes body
was taken TO the cemetery In a wagon, ac-
| companied by the mourners in carriages,
and burial services were held over the re-
mains.
There were thirty-fve bodies recovered
| to-day-eleven OF them at the stone bridge.
Those taken out of the water were In q
much better condition than those found
among the debris. The latter were not
only horribly bloated and distorted in feat
ure, but decomposition had set in, and the
stencil arising therefrom was so unbearable
that the men at the various morgues found
1t a diSagreeable duty to wash them. The
bodies now are almost beyond recognition
Many are as black as negroes and where
they are bruised the face is sunken into q
jeiied mass The pa1t SHdertahers will h ali
made it unpleasant for some to
work with others, and besice, now
that the State is to take
charge and volunteer service is retired.
they say the State can and must hire un-
dertakers TO bury the dead.
The list of the unknown" is growing as
the means of identification become more
obscure. Those identified to-day were
John G. Alexander, a young man supposed
| to be the son of 4. Elsesser, furniture deal
er, Kate Neary, Mary Jane Nugent. James
| Mckinley, Mrs. j. l.. Smith, w. L. Dow,
hardware merchant of Chicago, and Mrs.
The report of DR.. Sibbett, issued on Sat-
urday and addressed to DIR. Croft, may be
| given in brief as follows:
| Bodies received - Fourth-ward school-house
| morgue, 219; Pennsylvania railroad station
| morgue. 1s2; Morrellville morgue. LIS; st, CO.
| lumbia Church InoTgne Cambria City, s35;
| Chapel, lis; Old Nineveh Indiana county
| morg9el, So Nineveh proper, 2S3: Total, lsn
| The above is official BENZ. LEE, NJ. D., Sec.
| Mr.. Fred Heinz, who is in charge of the
| transportation department at this point.
| says that since the department was organ
| lied they have sent away about two thou
sand people. The majority of them were
| women and children. They were shipped
| as far west as Pittsburg and east to Phila-
delphia.
| Mr. James d. Scott said this afternoon:
"rhe work will continue as it has until
| Wednesday morning, when everything will
| be handed over to the State. The chiefs of
| all departments are now making out re-
| ports, which will be given to the commits
| sion appointed by the State. The work of
relief will likely be continued by the State
| on the same plan as heretofore. We are
| obtaining some sort of system. and have
finally brought some kind of order out of
continue until the people can take
| hold for themselves. When the Cambria
iron-works and other mills resume, the
| people Will be able TO earn money. The
| great aim Just at present Is TO give the sur
| vivors work. The State is TO open a COM
| missary department, where goods will be
sold until the merchants will be able to
| again get on their feet. The line of charity
| will gradually shade into that ability of
taking care OF themselves. Until that
| time has come, the people will have to be
| taken care of. We are building store
| houses along the B. IL o. road, where sup
| plies will be stored until it is necessary to
| use them. 1t has been the practice to de-
| liver them almost directly from the cars.
| This has caused confusion. This evil will
soon be remedied. Supplies are still In de-
| mand."
There is no friction between the civil and
| military authorities. Chief Scott Will re-
| main in charge under General Hastings, OF
the commissioner appointed by Governor
| Beaver.
The debris of the raft on the eastern side,
near the bridge, was fired late tonight.
| This means that number of bodies must
be burned to ashes with IL. The fire is burn
! ing slowly. and no authority is given for
| the measure. General Hastings don't care
TO talk of 1t.
Resumption of the Cambria Iron-works.
| JoHNsTowN. Pa, June 10.-Great credit
is due the Cambria Iron Company for
promptly setting the stricken people of this
city to work. thereby diverting their minds
| from their many sorrows. On Saturday
night last the company had their natural
gas mains under the bed of the Conemaugh
river repaired, and since that time the
flames have been burning brightly. To-day
the machine-shop, employing 100 men, is in
operation The -boiler-shop is changing
with the hammers of a full force of work.