The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-06-08

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Bad sause traces % = 0nec happy hozse. she "a,
half crsaad uith grief, and her eyes wssS rid Ant
swollen A. ssepsci 50 hsfds she ra.sd hsF pals
and hsgsari isee csyias
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bsra .~rrs aasa siih the sS-si and lss aloas
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bag tie wafrrs followed a. taenr Inch by inea 4
trpi risiaE until Ger heads wrre crushing aEsiRi
shr soss 81 wss deash - rrmkln- 50 TAisc-i >
Riudou and oue by oue plaoei my dArilagt ea saans
slriR#ooA srusslug . tbs Gsuzf Creator - ihcr
atri fse las os,s my sweet i.iie 1sy ae hooked Al
me and aid
-Mamma. yea always iala aae that tbs Lord souid
care gor me. wiii be lo9s zftsf nc SOW
u sAw bin drlfs aaAy uish his ioving fAsu lusnesl
toward me and with q prayer GA my iir~ f5s bis
dslire-Aace he passed. ffoua 8 shs f9Feycg The next
usucut The ROT crashed in Ana Seated outside "a
be rescued diiern hours lasrf from the roof 81 =
house IN gerny1ls. II eoald Only apd oae Of say
iarllnss could bos T. the All oft'oA bot they 81
are < ne I have lasl ever th.us On caEth nos bat
ny life and I Hili return b my Old Virginia home
and lay me dowa fos Hy isss grrNt slevP-
Chairman Noxham tells 81 frsghtfa dcsccrAliun
Of the dead aud % the Ioosins 81 houses. on The
ahcruo0a % the disaster, he wAs w0Esins alaVns
the victims
On the hili side above Johnstn4n be noticed =
s1iored man hand a eolotel woman = gold watch
aud chain with the rrnsrk Hold my watch and
chain for me am afrai3 sill lose h. The man was
apparently working indasgriously upon the wrcck
aud Mr. Moxnam did nos shink anything Of the
circumstances until he saw the negro step upto The
woman again aad hand her another watch, rcpeai-
Ing bis remark Suspeciing something wrong. Mr.
Moxham had the woman placed under arrest
Her pockets were found 10 be alled wiih watches
and jewellery. There we're several rings that were
eloody The fingers had been cut OF the dead for
the gold. Later on Mr. Noxham diseoyerei several
cart loads Of Shoes aud clothing secreted back Of
one Of the hills. one man had ciOtheSlnes
strung full Of clothing evidently taken from food
victims As they were wet and muddy. When the
officers attempted 10 seize the goods the fellow
opened fire upon them with revolver They re
TUNED The salute and did not stop. amer Fegainng
the clothes. 10 see what the eiicc, had been
Edward c VIII. aged z yeArs, foundryman.
saved q lives
IN Klein. of New York assisted IN reseuing %
persons He was in the Merchants Hotel and as
persons foated by he grasped them and drew them
in the window. Among them Rev MI. Philips and
his wife and TWO children.
rescue the living aud recover the dead. Many
heroes were developed,
Atthe morgues the most terrible scenes enact
ed Children claiming their parents and other rel
atives aud parents searching for children. When
body is recognized the most heart rendering screams
are heard Fathers and mothers are compelled 10
bury their children. and children their parents.
Words fail 10 describe the situation.
wedding was in progress in the Johnstown
Methodist Church when the food burst upon il.
wednesday afternoon the elearing-up brigade reach
ed the church and in few moments they unearth
ed the bodies Of the bride and with their two
attendants The bride was a comedy looking girl,
evidently belonging 10 the working class Her
hands were outstretched in pleading manner, and
her features were distorted with terror.
The loss oflife on the Susqnehanna in and around
wilIiamsport Pa. is about 100. Additional reports
of damage at various places continue to come in,
William Gafney. an insurance agent, had very
ptiful duty 70 perform on his fathers and wifes
side he lost fourteen relatives among them his wife
and family. He had man to take the bodies to the
grave. and he himself dug graves for his wife and
children and buried them. In speaking of the mat
ter he said: never thought that l could perform
such sad duty, but had to do it, and did it, No
one has any idea of the feelings of a man who acts
as undertaken gravedigger, and pail bearer for his
own family
A frequent visitor at the morgues is David John
Lewis. All over Johnstown he rides a powerful
gray horse and to each one he meets whom he
knows he exclsims: Have you seen my sisters?'
Hardly waiting for reply. he gallops away, either
to seek ingress into morgue or to ride along the
river banks. One week ago Mr.. Lewis was worth