Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-04
DARK AND DREARY.
Further Details Of the DeSOlaliOn In
The COncmaugh Valley.
SICKEN1NG SIGHTS.
The Picture Presented Be-
yond Description.
SIN AMID SORROW.
Human FienlS Continue 10 Rob
the Dead.
40 ACCURATE ACCOUNT
o. tie Less Of Life Will Ever Be Known TO-
subscriptions for SUI.
ierers.
SIN AMID SORROW.
40 ACCURATE ACCOUNT

ttonAlsg hu4 auoihor storm reotns luiniu0h~
ivory ono feels thankfu. though that toe wca-
tlor stll remains cool and that the gradual pn-
tr.iaciiou Of hundreds OF bodies tha' SIN lire
The streams and lie hidden under miles Of drift
wood ard debrfs Is not unduy hastrnoi. This
morning tao peculiar stencil Of dccaying human
ucsh ls plsnly percepuuo 10 the senses As one
Qtrcnd- INC banks OF stony crock for hal' nils
along ihe smoullertng ruips ~ me wreck, oul
she most akcpucRl ROW eonceio Sn1 Icahh" thAt
hundreds. aye. porhAps thoUssnl% Of bodies lie
rhhrred and llarsCucI Aouesth This great funeral
Yyre The soarrh-rs wander wcarly over This
rmokine mss. aud as o'cAsinnaiy sudden
Fhoat CONES over tto waters the patent wal 'h-
CTS ON tho hin reaiiTo that another hastily lis
Covcry has boon added 20 that long lst 81 rrveia-
uons mat chill every heart aud draw tears TO
every eye
CHiERrD RgWirVs oF VICTIMS.
Trorn The banks many charred romans Of The
victims q the flames and hood arc plainly gisi-
Sole % the naked eye M the recedlng waters re-
llrtsnfly give up their dead. Beneath almost
rso-y log or blsckened beam a cli~tcning skull
a. tho blarchcJ TemnanLs of ribs OF limbs marx
al the roWaius ~ lies hopes ana dreams
tince 10 O'Clock last night the hre-euCinos have
cen busy Tie water mas bccn constantly play
ing on The burning ruins. at tunes The Gre eua
almost extinEuiehcd. nut She ntul tamcs sud
e. anfy break 0ut niresh iu some new quarter, and
again me wator and flames wage "a 0croe COM
h1t. Tho chief sonsguOu OF sac morning has
lesn the united romon.trance Of physicians
ernust the extineuishment ~ no burning
wreck. They maintain vltu philosophy what 20
yhe anxious soarrhers seems hear ess, that hun
firoi4. 10 not ID ussucs. Of hfelc-s S0d decay7ng
bodies lie beneath THIS mass OF burning runs
a SCREENING SIGHT
"It womb bs beucr." they say. TO permit
naflres greatest >.avouccr. tho names. 10 pur-
rue his w0rx uuIn Tested tnau ~ oppose 10 fur
fhordocay 'h" horde 81 purifying bodies that
lis hensath The d.tri, lhcrc can 20 ont ono
resu.L pays viii clapse before me rubbish can
So suriclenly removed 20 permit the recovery
ti these bpilos. aud long ere HAT every corpse
will be a putrll mas-. Every battlefield has
demonstrated the necessity OF hasiy iutermeut
90 de-0viug hoIios. and tho stencil tha. already
ars'. b. 70 turerunner Of impending danger.
N.rn the wreck barn the wreck loud cry
a. 1nf glafip1 arose from the lips az me vast
multitude ana the Warnings OF science wfr"
losf ln the eager demands ot those MAI sought
The remains of their ncar and dear The hose
was again turned ufon tho kissing mass and
rapidly me Games yielded 10 tho supremacy oi
tle water.
TIRE EXTENT oF TIE Ruins.
It's almost impossible On conceive the extent
% those HwukinK ruins. An area OF eight or ten
sres shove t1e dam is covered % depth OF
forty feet win shattered houses borne from the
resident centre of JohustoWn. In each u these
houses 30 IL estimated that there were from ono
20 twenty or twcnt}-nve people This - &C
Ccptel ds the data upon which 70 esumate The
uumter that ICrsncd on this spot, and n the
data be correct. the toiies thaths beneath these
ruins must run well ny into the hundreds, II not
As yet mere g. no telling how many lives hAvo
been lOet Ad,utaDt General Hastings. who has
charge or everything. stated iLle morning iLhl
he supposed tnerc were 81 least two thousand
people under The burning 0>tris. bus The only
Wsv o. fni out how many lives were lost was 70
tate tire census 81 the people living sud suit
trg-t that from the census before the hoOi. said
DO: " Ia uy opinion There arc anywhere from
flgr % fYc thousand souls lost"
TIE Ore, man from The dam nj South ork has
just arrived. Tho dsm blrst open in the contre
OF the broad freak.
PROVISIONS.
A train ~ five cars came IN from Cumberland,
Nd. This morning loaded with provisions aud
thlrty men to help clean Up the debriS. General
undertaking rooms are az wock, and about sixty
CoG4Ds containing bodies o. unknown people ara
piled up on The station and platform.
Quite fafhetic sight WAS seen this morning
ou the bridge. lntl today General Hastings
hat his headquarters on me cast side Of the
uTer. but This morning he came over 10 The
burning dr5ris followed by about 20 men car
lsllc collins. 10 started To wOrS Immediately
suI has ordered men from Philadelphia. Harris
fu-r ami all eastern towns 20 DO labOung work
the sleailg by the Hunga-Hus at Cambria
CRY ana points along the railroad has almost
ceased. Tho r9lOrt Of several iyncmngS and
.he 1f""alug oi i'a.iah. W1lle Dolng pdrsue1
tv ciuleus yesterday put IL dempcr ON me soul
less Illf0ring for = ume. Deputy->herin Rose
was pstro.lirg the river bank lie found Two
HunCArlgns attempting 90 rob several bodies,
and al once gave chase.
ROBBERS SHOT.
He found two taking 10 The woods and pulled
put MS pistol sud shot twice, wOundlug both men
tAlly. From the latest reports tho men are SUI
81
has taken charge q Johnstown' ana armed men
arc this morning patroiiing tho civ People who
have been properly IN limits are permitted TO en-
scr tho city, ithey arc known, but Otherwise II IS
impossible % get into town.
This regulation seems harsh, but 10 Is q ne
css.ity. The Relief Committee from Ohio are
pitching thoir canvas tents on the hillside Ihey
have uine hundred of these tents, and they arc
being eagerly utilized As fast as erected FOR
tie nrst tlmo since tho food mon have bcea put
30 work On the dtbri1 az she bridge and are bun;-
Ing fer ths bodies thai have not been burned bS
you'd recognition.
HUSBAND, WIPE. AND CHILD.
This morning a man, woman. and child were
1Aten from tho ruins. The child was casped ia
thc arms u the woman, aud the trio we're EVIL
DENLY husband, wife. and child. 1t Is Il most
distressing tlgnt 20 see the relatives OF the peo-
plawbO are supposed 10 Do lost Standing around
watching every body a. 70 Is pulled out. and act
t1R more ike msnlGrs than sane people.
The condition " AFFAIRS here f. illustrated by
the circuIrs stances under witch those dispatches
are being ssnt 10 has been necessary 30 estab-
Nah TIE headquarters o. tho Associated Press In
building which a. being used a. one OF tho
morgues. and its telegraph operators are send
ing The distressing news % tho world surrounded
~ bodies % the dead. Tho Western Union
Telegraph Company are furnishing every posi-
bic facility for the Transmission OF news
RELIKF TRAIN.
The reliof train from Pittsburgh over the
Baltimore and ohio road rcachod here a.
O'Clock TINS morning after an exciting ride up
the mountain All along the road AZ each town
filled cars q provisions. McKeospOrl aided two
70 the three lsdeu from Pittsburgh. two more
were added a. Braddock, three al West Newton,
and 20 Qn, al he way 20 dohnsiown, puil when
the latter NOS reached Tho uGin had ten loaded
carr.
when Johnstorn was reached every one Was
EnIlous 60 gct ~ wOrg 20 assist in the Work OF
Re-. u-. lariy Mss made up and started for
Sc lower part n the town. The path cover
6 Win trees, roces. fences, parts Of houses, and
every Imaginable ming. Bureaus, beds, side
boards. and fIrattGrG Of all kinds were streWn
Whole valley of stony creek for miles up
from Johus,own Is hlled with debris Of al! kinds
she line % HE Baltimore and ONO has becn
cleared 81 the aetTts, and 10 +, piled up on zach
tsle Gs high ~ The TOP OF Ae cars When The
4Dser part q the town WAS reached NE scene
presented Was beyond description. Half has not
been told, nor mover viii be, - 10 the extent u
the aWill wreck
Brr LITTLE RyMAINs.
from the Pennsylvania railroad 20 Main street
there h nothing standing DutE stone church anu
q isrFe bri,k sc0Ool-noasc. The Mansion House
b. fone, and over one hundred people were 1851
rare. Prom tue Baltimore and ONO depot you
can zee for blocks 10 every direction, aud bo-
tween toe depot aud that point there ~ standing
ollya pert Of tho horfeli block end TWO small
brcs occes hat wero protected by tho Aofrch
b-llirF.
The town Wa at rest early this morning.
Ivory one vas thoroughly exhausted with the
terfiblr strain and work Of the last Two Gays ana
IlgLts The town ~ under martial law, and
every oue who goes about the place - cha lenged
had required 10 give an account Of Dimsoh' Ibe
water has sub-ided 70 a great extent ana the
streets 10 the main part OF the t0wD are Tree
ffem water mo falling water has isil bafo
terrible work Of the flood and tho inil OK.
teli u the disaster u only being eseeriEansd
E1W.
I'M LATEST ESTIMATES.
no sueets are one siekening. fopl-smelling
mass Of wood aud debyfs. aud the Work OF search
irr for bodies nss only fairly begun 1be laieh1
esmaef put The loss " life al from 10 OJJ 10 ~
O5L ltis Impossible 10 got any account d tas
number iOaL Every Que Is ~ tDotcughly tireu
tti Gnd overcome By the weight OF the oisASlcr
D. 10 be uttoriy unable 20 give anY accafaie ae-
tals o. figures. Tho work OF identifying ine
eeA1 goes on very slowly, ana c0mpafAHFoly
Low ~ Ia have been ideIine9.
AnDHg those Identified today were Nuns Mo1
aud wife Sir. GogdDoi, a merchant on Main
street, whose body vas sent - Baltimore. accom-.
laaied ~ he daughter; Mrs.. J. kAiecstein ana
Lai.r.l.. 80. .a...alraa Mr. Hlhn-E |