The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03
A VALLEY OF DEATH.
The Estimates On The Loss Of Life
Not Cut Down.
Sad Incidents to Melt the Hard
est Heart

fully 1,0OO HOUSES swept away az
Johnstown-Hungari Robbing the
Corpses - Two of the Vultures
Hanged by Posse and Four Forced
to Drown Themselves in the Waters
of the Flood-Plans Afloat to Help
the Survivors.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 2.-The situation
here has not changed and yesterdays
estimates of the loss u life do not see7u to
be exaggerated. Sis hundred bodies are
now lying in Johlss)wn, aud large num-
Der have already been buried. Four i'm
mense relief trains arrived last night and
the survivors are bsina we'll cared for. A
portion of the police force of Pittsblr and
Allegheny are on duty aud better order is
maintained than prevailed ye to day. There
is an absence of pillaging. Commu licatio
has been restored between Cambria City
and Joh nstown By foot bridge. The work
Of repairing the tracks etween Sang Hol-
low and Johustown is going on rapidly and
trains will probably be running by to-mor-
row morning. Not less than Ii, 900 strangers
are here.
The handsome brick high school building
is damaged to sucl IN extent that it will
have to be rebuilt. The water at aimed the
hight of the window S lis of the second
floor It's upper stories formed refuge for
many persons All Saturday afternoon
two title girls could be seen at the wiido vs.
frantically CALI g for aid. They had spent
all night and the day in the building cut off
from all aid, with out food and drinking
water. Their condition was lamentable.
Late in the evening the children were re-
moved to higher ground and pr ,perly
cared for. A number of persons had been
taken from this building earlier in the day,
but in the excitement the C ildren were
forgotten. Their names could not be OBJ
tanned
Morrill, institute was a beautiful build
ing, and the old homestead of the Morrill,
family is totally ruined. The water has
wea ened the walls a d foundati ms to
Sue a extent that there is danger of its
COLLAPSE e. Many families took refuge in
this building and were saved.
DANGER FROM FALLING WALLS.
Now that the waters have receded, there
is great da ger from falling walls. All day
long the crashing of walls could be heard
across the river. Before daybreak this
mo ming the sounds could not but make
one shudder t the very thoughts of the
horrible deaths that await many who had
escaped the devastating flood,
Library hall was another of the fine
buildings of the many in the city that is de-
stroyed.
Of the Episcopal church not vestige re-
mains W here it once sto ID there is now a
placid lake. the parsonage is swept away
and the rector of the church. Rev. Dillon,
was drowned The church was one of the
fv--%l l,,,sl1 4 ELL i
several of the surrounding houses, Many
of them were occupied. The victims were
swept into the comparatively still waters at
the bridge and there met death either by
fire or water.
A THRILLING STORY.
James NJ. Walters, an attorney, spent the
night in Alma hail. and relates a thrilling
story. Oae of the most curious occurrences
or the whole disaster was how Mr.. Walter,
got to the hall. He has his office on the sec
ond floor. His home is at No. 135 Walnut
street. he says he was in the house with
DIS 1amlly when the waters struck it. Ali
was carried away. Mr.. Walters family
driTted on the roof in another direction. He
passed down several streets and until he
came to the hall. His dwelli struck that
eGlhce, and he was thrown into his own
oIllce. About 200 persons had taken refuge
IN the hall, and were on the second, third and
fourth stories. The men held a meeting
ana drew up some rules wAicl all we're
oound to. Mr.. Walters was chosen presl-
Gent, Rev. Beale was put in charge Of the
nrst floor, A. NJ. Hart Of the second floor,
and DIR. Matthews of the fou TIA floor. No
lights were allowed and the whole night
was spent In darkness. The sick were
cared for The weaker women and children
had the best accommodations that could be
mad while the Others had to wait.
AGoNIZING SCENES.
The scenes were most agonizing. Heart
rending shrieks, sobs and moa s pierced
the gloomy darkness. The crying of child
ren mingled with the suppressed sobs of
women. Under the guardianship of the men
all took more hope. Many knelt for Dours
IN prayer, their supplications mingling
WI the roar of the waters and the shrieks
OF the dying in the surrounding houses In
al thls misery two women gave premature
birth to children DR.. Matthews is he g.
Several of his ribs were crushed
by falling timber and his pal
were most severe, yet through all he
attende the sick. When two women in
mouse across the street shouted for help, he,
with two other brave young men, climbed
across the drift AMI ministered o their
wants. No one died during the night, but
women and children surrendered their lives
on the succeeding day as result of terror
ana fatg Miss Rose Young, one of the
ladies in the hall, was frightfully cut aud
puIsed Mrs. Young h d leg broken.
All OF Mr.. Walters family were saved.
C"l. Norman L. Smith Of Pittsburg, while
returning from Joanstown after visit to
AdJt Gen. Hastings was knocked { ON a
temporary bridge into the river and car
rled down the stream couple Of hundred
yards before ne was able TO swim ashore.
ne was not hurt. Gen. Hastings counter
manded the ordering out of the Eighteenth
regiment The order was not authorized,
ana militia is not needed
DROWNING OF AN EDITOR.
This afternoon sp ing wagon came
slowly from the ruins in what was once
cambria. In it, on board, and covered
Dy a muddy clotn, were the remains of
Editor G. /. Schubert, of the Johnstown
Free Press, German. Behind the wagon
walked his FREUD, Benjamin Gribble.
Editor Schubert was one of the mos. popu-
lar and well-known Germans in the citv.
thursday he had sent his three sons to