The Portland daily press., 1889-06-03

in one of the theatres in this city this even
ing, but the Law and Order Society stopped
1t. The rivers are recedlng slowly and all
apprehension of danger is passed. The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received from
Johnstown:
The unruly element has been put down and
order Is now perfect. The citizens committee in
nation has been issued that ali men able to work
must report for work or leave the place. We
have too much to do to support idlers, and will
not abuse the generous help being sent by doing
so. Money Is now greatly needed to meet the
heavy pay rolls incurred for the next two weeks.
W. .. Lewis chairman OF the finance committee,
is ready 10 receive the same.
@. w. Hoppenstall of Pittsburg, was a
on the mail train which had TO turn back at
Sang Hollow. As the train passed a point
where the water was full OF struggling per
sons, woman and child foated in near the
shore. The train was stopped and Happen
stall undressed. He jumped into the water
and in two trips saved both the mother and
child. A beautiful girl came down on the
roof of building, which swung In near
tower. She acreamed to the operators to
save her and one big brawny, brave fellow
walked as far into the river as he could and
shouted to her to guide herself into the shore
with bit Of plank. She was plucky
girl, full OF nerve and energy and
stood upon her frail support in the evident
obedience TO the command OF the operator.
She made two or three bold strokes and ac-
tually stopped the course of the raft for an
instant. Then it went from under her. She
tried to swim ashore but in few seconds
was lost in the swirling water. Something
MT ner Tor she lay, quietly on her back with
her face pallid and expressi0nleSs. Men and
women in dozens, In pairs and singly, chill
dren, boys big andlittl and wee babies were
there among the awful confusion OF the
water,
desperately for life. Two men on tiny raft
shot into the swiftest part of the current
They crouched stalidly looking at
the shores while between them.
dressed In white, and kneellng with her face
turned heavenward, was girl OF six or sew
en- years old. She seemed stricken with pa
ralysis, until she came opposite the tower,
and then she turned her face to the opera
tors. She was so close that they could see
the big tears on her cheeks, and her palor
was as death. The helpless men on shore
she resumed her deyout attitude and disap-
peared under the trees OF projecting point
a short distance below. 1--WE could not see
her come out again." said an operator, "and
that was all Of it" 'Do you see that fringe
place where the little girl went out Of sight,
"Well we saw scores of children swept in
there. l believe that when the time comes
there will be hundred bodies Of children in
there among those bushes"
Just above New Florence Is the little town
Of Nineveh. 1t was here that the first
charnel house was found. One hundred and
nine dead were here, the largest proportion
OF whom were women. Here 1t was that the
awful work OF the freshet could be realized.
What have been fertile farms look like worn
out brick yards. Great trees have been
twisted and torn like weeds and the broken
household goods of hundreds of houses line
the shores for miles. Every now and then
CHASTITY outlines could be seen in the water,
being swept down stream.
Two miles from $50" tower is "Sx'
tower of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
here 1t Is that the greatest railroad in the
than thousand feet the entire track is
wiped out, rails, ties and even ballast. The
north track is entirely washed away.