The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-06-08


Skiffmen row across the ruins dnd
estimate that there is forty-two iaet
of water in the main street. There
is not left standing, they say, a sin
gle house. But until the flood rolls
away, the city of Johnstown will rA.
main unseen and the horrors that
will then emerge can now only he
imagined. A telegram from the near
est operating station. New Florence.
states that 1,175 bodies have been re-
covered. Ifs many have been east
ashore at this comparatively earIy
stage, it Is terrible to conjecture what
aggregate loss of human lives viii be
revealed by the full and authenticated
returns.
Mayor McCallin received a tele.
gram from Johnstown this morning
stating that they were badly in need
of collins and undertakes, and they
wanted 200 collins, all sizes, sentim-
mediately. The Mayor, upon receipt
ofltelegram wentto SIMPSONS UNDER
taking establishment and ordered the
collins, stating that he would be per-
sonally responsible for the payment.
The collins were sent on the nlief
train,
NINEvEH, June i.-MidnStt. !.
The recovery of the bodies ~
victims of the flood was commaA %
even before the water began v re-
cede. but it was prosecuted with
greater vigor yesterday. Hoy many
persons were lost can never beknown
but it is known that over 40 bodies
were recovered yesterday.
AT Ninevan, about IA mics below
Johnstown, the greatest number was
found. BY 5 O'Clock last evening 81
bodies, chiefly those of women and
children, had been placed in the Min
evan planning mill, which had been
turned into a temporary morgue, OF
these J. H. Moorehcad, with wagon
pulled by four horses, had recovered
SO. Across the river from Nineveh
70 more bodie, were taken out. AT
New Florence 80 were recovered. AT
MorrellyilIe, just below Cambria
City, Al dead bodies were placed side
by side as they were recovered from
the sand.
In St. Johns Church. in Lower
Cambria, 80 bodies were lying az 3
o'clock Yesterday afternoon. and lat
John Cuthbert's, higher up, %
awaited Identification.
Other bodies were recovered at
Boliyer, at Cambria City and irter-
mediate points, making the total
number recovered up to 5 O'Clock in
the evening 40S.
The rapidly receding waters gave
up CHASTITY secrets, After theIrecov-
cry of the first bodies, most o which
were washed ashore, there wire few
found entirely exposed. Asa rule
their presence was Indicated PA q
hand or foot sticking up throUglNfN
vet sand.
So rapid was the work at Ninweh
during the afternoon that the diver
of the four-horse wagon sometimes
forgot how many he had in a load.
At one time he drove up with IL
bodies and thought he had counted
II as they were loaded in.
The Identification of the bodies
was very slow. Ninety out of every
100 of the corpses were badly bruised
about the head and face, evidently
from contact with the enormous
masses of debris in the river. At
NineYeh only out of the 81 bodies
had been identified last evening. and
of the 7 only 3 bore the necessary
cards of Identification. These we're
Joseph Jackson, a repair man on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Mrs. Nc
Marry, of Johnstown, and Hubert
Bryan, of Johnstown, a boy about 10
years old.
1t was not at all remarkable that
apathy took the place of grief on the
part of many relatives, as we'll as the
onlookers. The sight of so many
dead bodies had a benumbing effect
and caused many bereayed persons
to treat their loss lightly. One man.
who had lost his wife and three chill.
dren, talked as cheerfully as person
who had lost no one, and man who
had only lost his mother spoke about
it in smiling manner.
YOUNGSTOWN, June I.-When the
Hurlburt House fell in. it is said that
50 guests were within its walls. n
were drowned except seven.
Thieves have grown so bold tina
they are now carrying chisels will
them to break open safes and chests
The Cambria and Johnstown Com
panies have offered to pay for al
police protection for three days.
1t is simply impossible to attempt