Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-07


 The scarcity of pure spring water which if
 not tainted by dead animal matter is 8 press l ing evil for consideration, but we doubt ii l that is as important fact at Johnstown as large amount of decomposing flesh in the latter at this latter point No disinfectant
 can reach such 8 cause of disease, save the l action of the large volume of water which l dilutes sll poisonous materials. FIVE HUNDRED ORPHANS Ia the Conemaugh Valley Three Thousand one Hundred and Thir- teen Dead Bodies to Date - Measles Broken nOut-Another Heroine Relics ofthe Flood Picked Up in Ohio-More Troops Called For.
 JoHNsTowN, June 6.-Out of total popu-
 lation of 1.030 at Woodvale, ,6e7 are known to
 have been saved, making the loss of life about 50 per cent. of the submerged portion of the village. It is estimated that the number of orphans in the Conemaugh valley will be about 500.
 They are being removed to central points where they can be found in case they are in quired for. St. Marks P. E. church lost twenty~seven out of membership of 150. Rector A. P. Diller, wife and two children were drowned. Their new church building has disappeared.
 Two hundred and forty-six bodies were found yesterday, of which the majority have been identified. This swells the list to 3,113 bodies.
 Measles have broken out among the chil- dren to an alarming extent. Typhoid fever is making it's appearance, while the preva- lence of pneumonia is causing much unessi- ness.
 Nearly 5000 men are at work clearing away the wreckage and debris of ruined buildings in the yards of the great works of the Cambria Iron company.
 Since the arrival of Vice President Stack house from Philadelphia there has been a feeling of general confidence that was not ex- perienced before additional evidence of the go-ahead spirit of the company was furnish ed, when L. L. Smith of the Gautier mill, which was entirely swept away, wrote this notice:
 All Gautier employees are requested to report on the 9th, at am, for work
 The order for the Gautier mills had two fold object, one to have the men report in order to learn what men of the oompany's force are still alive and the other to restore confidence.
 It is possible, too, that the men may be paid off. The monthly pay roll of the Gautier mill was $23, ,000. In the mill about 1900 men were employed.
 FIGURING UP THE LOSSES.
 The loss of life by the floods in the towns of Mineral Point, Franklinborough, East Conemaugh, Woodvale, Kernville, Cambria, Minersville, Morrellville, Sheridan and Coopersdale, which with Johnstown consti- tute the string of communities in the direct path of the flood, is about 2,000 and the loss of property about $6,000,0O0 Johns- %-rr oI,o1 J 1000 to the death list and SIS, ,000, ,000 to the financial loss. The Pennsylvania railroads loss will be about $10,000,000, making the total loss, as near as can now be figured, over 5000 lives and more than $34, ,000, 900 of property. The loss of life at Johnstown proper is little more than guess.
 ANOTHER HEROINE OF THE FLOOD Mrs. DavIs' Superhuman, But Inef- fecsuaI, Efforts to Save Her HRs- band.
 STEUBENyILLE, O., June 6.-Mrs. Frank Davis and her children have arrived here from Johnstown with the body of her hus- band, who was employed there. Mrs. Davis and her children went to visit
 him last week and stayed at the house of 8 friend named Hamilton, where Davis board ed. During Friday water came into the house, and all were busy moving things to the uper floors.
 When the deluge came they were in the third story and the house was carried against brick block and was partly broken up but stuck fast. Davis foot got crushed in be- tween the timbers and he was held fast. Every effort was made to release him, but to ne avail
 With one child clinging to her neck and the baby on her shoulders, Mrs. Davis work ed desperately, but the fastened foot could not be extricated and tine water continued to rise.
 How this woman must have suffered. The bangs of this most horrible death couldn't ! be worse. Men dived down into the water to see what held the foot.
 The water reached Davis' mouth and he held back his head. Mrs. Davis laid down her babe in the water and pulled with re- newed energy. The water came up to her husbands nose, and while with brave energy she attempted to rescue him she never lost sight of the children, who at times she held above her head to keep them from drowning. Then the roof was taken off the building, the floor lifted up and hoated down against an- other building, where it lodged, and Mrs. Davis and her children were rescued. REV. J. A. RANNEY's EXPERIENCE. DELHI, Ind, June Cit has been known for several days that the Rev. J. A. Ran- ney and the parents of Mrs. Charles Hardy, of this city, were on one of the ill-fsted trains overtaken by the flood in Conemaugh valley, and no tidings could be received from them.
 Yesterday afternoons train brought the Rev. Mir. Ranney to this place, worn out and broken-hearted. To correspondent he said: "Mrs. Rsnney and I were on the train at ConemauRh when the flood came. The occupants of our car rushed for the door, where Mrs. Ranney and became separated. She was one of the first to jump and I saw her run and disappear behind the houses in sight. Before I could get out the deluge was too high, and with number ot others re- nained in the car. Our car was lifted up and dashed against car loaded with stone and was badly wrecked, but most of the oo cupants were saved. As far as know, all who jumped from the car lost their lives. "The rest of the train was swept away. l searched for days for Mrs. Rsnney and could find no trace of her. I think she perished. The mind cannot conceive the awful sight presented when We first saw the danger. The approaching wall of water looked like Mag ara, and huge engines were caught up and whirled away as if they were wheelbarrows." Johnstown Relics Picked Up i'm Ohie. PORTSMOUTH, June GA large number of I relics of the Johnstown disaster were picked up at this point in the floating drift. At | Sciotoville pooketbook containing $5.26, g set of silver spoons marked "S. Y.," bank book of the First National bank of Johns. 1 town with & credit to Nathan Dyer, and two 1 locks of hair, mementoes of lost loved ones, | were found.
 More Troops Called For. PTTTsBURa, June 6.-Adjutant General Hastings has ordered battery to Johnstown
 at once. The Eighteenth regiment has been | ordered under arms prepared to leave for l Johnstown at moments notice. The occa- sion for this action has not yet been ascer- i tained.
 FLOODS OTHER SECTIONS. | Damage Half Million I'm Central Pennsylvania. HUNTINGDON, Penn, June 6.-The devas
 tation in central Pennsylvania is very great | Not house is left that stood within reach of the swollen streams here. The damage is |