, 1889-06-02

New FLORENCE, Pa, June l.-One
hundred bodies have been recovered at
Nineveh. Seventy persons are reported
burned to death at Johnstown Bridge.
w. N. says he has just returned from
Johnstown, and that the place is an
initiated. Conemaugh is wrecked and
Cambria City swept away. Fully 1000
lives are lost.
PrTTsBuRG, June Persons return
ing from the scene Of disaster say at least
three thousand people have lost their
lives.
1t was stated at the Office of the Penn
~sylvania railroad early this morning that
the deaths would run up to thousands.
The stream of human beings swept before
the angry floods is something most pitiful
to behold. Men. women and chill
dren were carried along frantically
shrieking Tor help but rescue
was impossible. Husbands were swept
past their wives Children were borne
along at a terrible speed to certain death
before the eyes of their frantic parents.
1t Is said TO be impossible to estimate the
number of lives lost. 1t will simply be a
matter OF conjecture for several DAYS as to
who is lost or who has escaped.
PHILAD ELPuIA, June News lust
received from Bolivar says two story
houses, barns. stables. whole forests OF
trees, o%uthouses, sm~okehouses, railroad
bridges. county bridges, RATS, inverted
skiffs and driftwood by the acre are float
ing by, from all of which imploring hands
were stretched out to those on the banks,
willing, but impotent TO help. At Lock.
port, two miles east, twenty persons have
been taken from the food.
New FLORENCE, Pa, June 1.-The
gray morning light does not seem to show
either hope OF mitigation " the awful
fears of the night. An Associated Press
correspondent drove across the mountains
To New Florence, fourteen miles from the
scene OF devastation. Even here 81 far
irom the washed out towns the horror is
In our midst. Seven bodies have been
found on the shore near this town, two in
II tree, II man and woman, where the tide
carried them. Country people are COM
ing IN large numbers aud telling stories of
disaster a.ong the river banks in seques-
tered places.
John Mccartney, who lives in Johns
town, reached here at 4 o'clock. He left
YOUNGSTOWN at half past 4 Yesterday; he
says the scene was indescribable. The
people had been warned early in the
morning to move to the highlands, but
did not heed the warning, although re-
peated a number OF times up TO | o'clock
when water poured into Cinder street sew.
eral feet deep. Then houses began rock
ing to and fro and finally the force OF the
current carried buildings across the street
into vacant lots, dashed them against each
Afhar hraattar fhn.. 40 M.
buildings were freighted with the poor
wretches who so shortly before laughed at
the cry of danger. Mccartney says in
some cases he counted fifteen persons
c~linging to buildings. 1t is impossible to
get to Johnstown proper to day in any
manner except by row boat The only
hope is to get within about three miles OF
YOUNGSTOWN by special train or by handcar.
The waters are now receding here as
rapidly as they rose last night, and as the
banks are uncovered the dead are show
ing up. Already nine dead bodies, five
OF them women, have been picked up
within the limits of this borough since
daylight. None are yet recognized. One
beautiful women, 25 years old. had
clasped In her arms a babe six months old.
The dead body OF a young man was dis.
covered 10 the branches Of a huge tree
which had Deem carried down stream. All
orchards, crops and shrubbery along the
banks OF the river are destroyed. The
body OF another woman has just been
discovered in the river here. Her foot
was discovered above the surface of the
water aud a rope fastened about it is now
tied to u tree, waiting assistance to land it.
John l.. Weber and wife, an old couple,
Mike Metzgcr and John Forney were res
cued near here this morning. They had
been carried from Cambria City on the
root of their house. There were seven
others on the roof OF the house when
carried off, and all were drowned. They
are unknown To Webber, they having
been drifted On the roof from floating de-
bris. Weber and wife were thoroughly
drenched and almost helpless from ex-
posture and unable to walk when taken
from the roof.
The hanks on both sides of the river
are crowded with anxious watchers, and
with Mortified frequency their vigilance is
rewarded by the discovery of a dead body.
Within the last half hour three floating
bodus have been recovered at this point.
Hundreds OF people from Johnstown and
upriver towns are hurrying here in search