Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-04
SEARCHING THE DEBRIS,
Bodies are Being Discovered Throughout
The Wrecked Djstrict

Bodies are Being Discovered Throughout
The Wrecked District.
JoHSSTowN, June Sd.-Ten Il odies have been
taken out of the wreck near the Cambria Ii
brary. so bruised and mangled that it is iInpoS-
sible 10 identity them. 1t is supposed they were
guests at the Hubert House which is com
pletely demolished. Eight bodies We're reCoy-
cred near the Methodist Church CAPTAIN Kuhn
OF Cambria county claims the entire population
which was foOG-struCR in JOhnstOwn and the
surrounding towns numbers . ,OOO which will
email the loss of about $3.50.
Mrs. j &, Campbell of AlleChany City and
Mrs. W. o. Hughes of Pittshurg. reported At the
scene of the disaster for the relief OF homeless
children.
PREPARING TIE DEAD FOE BURIAL.
JoHNsTOwN. June Sd.-Brsve men with heavy
hearts are working hard this morning to bring
some kind OF order out of the terrible chaos
In many chamel houses the labor of preparing
the dead for burial goes on increasingly. ASfaSt
as the wagons that are gathering up the CorpseS
along the stream arrive with their ghasJly load.
they are empued, ana return again to the banks
OF the Conem3ugh to find other victims among
the driftwOOd, in the underbruSh, or half buried
III the mud
PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING.
Relief trains are arriving loaded with provi-
slonS and clothing, and citizens committee is
rapidly distributing whole carloads to the hun
dredS of hali-tamShed and nearly naked sur
Vlvors.
PROMINENT CITIZENS LOST.
Some of the most prominent citizens OF the
State have persisted. John Fulton, President of
the Constitutional Amendment Association and
General Manager of the Cambria Iron Works is
drowned, with his wife and children II. J.
Roberts, Cashier of the First National Bank
and John Dibert, banker, are also drowned. the
formers son perishing with him A Shire
macher, ProthOnOtary of Cambria county; H.
&. Rose, District Attorney; DR.. John Lowman
the wife and eight children of Chief OF Police
Harris, and the wife and three children of T.
W. Kirkland, well-known jeweler are dead
THE WORK OF PILLAGE.
Fx-Sheriff Dick drove seven Hungarians into
Conemaugh river at kernvllle this morning
and kept them there until all were drowned.
They were caught stealing from dead bodies
and lootng private buildings.
W. Hagen, of Pittsburg shot a Hungarian
caught rObbing corpse.
The lynchingS, shOotings, and drowning of
these iiends reach a total of sixteen since yes
terday, ana many more are probable
TOWNS WIPED OUT.
1t is learned definitely that Franklinborough,
which adlolns JohnStown on the north, anu
Mineral City, six miles above JohnStown, are
practically wiped out. East Conemaugh is al
most depopulated.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
The members of the State Board of Health
arrived in Ninevah this morning and deter
mined to proceed at once to bridge the river to
clean 1t of the dead and prevent the spread of
disease. To this end they wired the State De-
partment 10 furnish them with proper appli-
ances. They Will take charge of the town to-
day,
1t is raining this morning at intervals, but not
hard. The weather continues cool, a favorable
circumstance in view of the vast number of
decomposing bodies. This morning the stencil
OF decaying human flesh was plainly percep-
tlble as one aScended the banks of Stony creek
for half mile along the smoldering ruins.
The appeals OF the physicians to allow the
flames to burn, and so lessen the danger from
disease, have been Overridde2 completely by
VI n trfn
been steadily playing since 10 O'Clock last
night.
a CITY OF THE DEAD.
Ninevah is literally a city of the dead At
the depot the entire place is filed with corpses
eighty seven collins are piled up and boxed. ON
the streets Collin boxes covered sidewalks. I'm
prOyised undertaking shops have embalmed
1873. 1t is said that bodies were found last
evening in sort of a pocket below the Penn
sylvania Railroad signal tower at Sang Hollow
There were lS0 bodies at Ninevah at 9 o'clock.
The inquest will begin there to day. There
are between 500 and 600 bodies on the south
side OF this town where the rescuers are work
ing.
MARTIAL LAW.
The first relief train from Pittsburg reached
here this morning. Martial law now prevails.
Everyone is challenged and compelled to state
his business.
THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
The water having subsidized, damage is hourly
more fully revealed. The estimates of loss to
life range even higher to day than last night.
The figures now are placed between TO- 600 and
jectured, however. The exact extent of the dis
aster will never be known. The work of identi-
tication is slow and no one is known to be
keeping the ghastly statistics.
TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES.
From under the large brick SCHOOL, house
alone pa bodies have been taken. number of
bodies were found with bullet holes in them,
showing conclusively that in their fright sui
eide was resorted to.
Physicians this morning made a united re-
monStrance against eXtinguishing the flames in
the debris. 1t would be BETTER they say, ''to
let the flames pursue their work unmolested,
than to
EXPOSE To FURTHER DECAY
The hundreds of bodies that lie beneath. There
can be but one result. Days will elapse before
the rubbish can be removed sufficiently to per-
NIT the recovery of the bodies, and long before
that every body will be giving forth iever-bTeed-
ing germs that may result in an epidemic that
no human power can check during the heated
term
IMMENSE PILES OF CoFFISs.
Collins on the hillside are stacked as high as
second and third-story windows here At
KernSyille the people are making collins for
their dead tIom the DEBRIS of their wrecked
homes.
Adjutant General Hastings and Motham.
Chairman of the General Committee, have es-
tablished prison al Connellsville, to which will
be shipped every stranger in town having no
good excuse for being here.
MORE LYNCHING.
1t is now reported that twenty persons were
lynched. Deputy Sheriff Robe found two Hun
garlans robbiDg and shot both promptly.
Searching parties began their work amid the
debris of the bridge this morning. They took
out among the first Of the corpses found q man,
woman and child, the latter elapsed in the
woman's arms. The trio evidently were of one
family.
WATER CONTAMINATED.
PITTsBURG, June 3d.-Pittsburg and Allegheny
which have population of 235 coo, who drink
| the waters of the Allegheny river. down which
the corpses and debris from Johnstown must
flow, unless stopped above, are in danger of an
epidemic. The water to-day is thick with mud.
Bodies have been found TOR a distance of thirty
miles.
INFESTED WITH THIEVES.
HARRISBURG June Sd. -Adjutant General
Hastings telegraphed to Governor Beaver from
! Johnstown this morning that the loss OF life is
between l2,0l0 and goo.
In another dispatch the Adjutant-Geueral
| says: "The greatest disorder prevails at Johns
| town. The place is infested with thieves and
vandals who are robbipg the dead and stealing
| everything they can lay their hands on" Gov.
ernoI Beaver has ordered the Fourteenth Regi-
ment to be in readiness 10 move at once to
| Johnstown, for service if necessary.
JoHNsrowN, June Sd.-Fifty additional officers
have been sworn in to preserve order. Still
houses are rifed. Burglars were detected last
night breaking open SAFE in the cellar of a
! wrecked building and assaulted the officers.
SAVED BY A BELL CORD.
BALTIMORE, June Sd.-C. w. Linthicum, a
drummer for Baltimore firm, tells how seven
| persons were saved by passengers on the train
| The engineer of the train, when he saw the
| high wall of water coming, reversed the engine
| and ran to high ground, escaping narrowly.
| The next instant the debris of the flood swept
| by, and all on the train worked to save the peo
pie in the water. Seven seized the bell cord
which was thrown to them. A score of Others
| cOuIi have been saved if they had bpar
! dazed. Linthicum counted 107 live persons
! floating past, and the dead bodies were seem
| ingly without number. Many were horribly
| distorted.
| BLOCKADED RAILWAYS.