Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-07

a BySTowN. juno 6.-The work Of
rnr the streets Of the wreckago con
About 5000 lab3rers are work
{ from early morning until late at
Wednesday afternoon the use of
f. mite was resumed to burst logs, so
Il the debris in the dam at the bridge
& T. loo,ened and floated down the
+ The dynamite is placed in holes
Il into the massive timbers. After
4 g has been broken a chain is at
4 si 10 its parts and il is then hoisted
machine on the bridge and dropped
II the current Of the river. During a
h at the bridge two bodies were al
II blown TO pieces. The blasting has
Il ihe effect Of opening the channel
n the central portion of the bridge.
\ ntract0r Kirk has abandoned the
y Of constructing dam 20 overflow
mass Of ruin at the bridge. The
j tr has fallen and cannot be raised to
rrceable height.
i powerful windlass has been con-
5hci' d at a point about 100 feet below
i bridge, and a rope attached TO il is
anei al the edge Of the debris. In
4 way the course between one Of the
4 SPANS Of the railroad bridge has been
tnad out. Where dynamite has been
j 10 burst the logs. another span has
D freed Of the debris, a space of about
.nty by forty feet being cleared. The
b are now well supplied with tools,
the force is not large enough 10
BE rapid headway.
d. search has been almost abandoned.
) believed that few in addition TO
already mentioned viii be found
, b the debris is loosened and started
pn the river. The bodies of Mrs.
R'us and her daughter Teresa were
|lnd in the debris in the Cambria iron
rks about noon.
Whole Families Wiped Out.
i would he impossible 10 mention all
instances where entire families were
be- out Of existence. Richard Worth
ZION, who lived at 64 Conemaugh
Heei, states that his house was washed
3ay, and he lost his wife and three chill
'sn The bodies of his wife and baby
/ ye been recovered. but those of his
I1ghter Mary, years, and Annie, 3
. .IS, have not vet been found Mr..
|Uthmgtons father-in-law, VIM. How
; the latter's wife, daughter Margar-
B. son John and his wife and babe, with
er domestic. Ann Evans. all perished
/ the food. and none of the bodies have
teen found.
Before noon to-day between 10000 and
900 survivors had been registered at
headquarters OF the census bureau.
T. McConaghy. in charge. said that he
elscted 10 complete this work by to-
louow evening. and that then he would
CnIare his list with the new directory
Joimstown. and suburbs, which was
pushed two weeks ago by a printing
ouse of Altoona, and has never been
Iubiished. After this work is through.
/ will furnish the relief committee with
D approximation Of the missing. This
'il not be- correct. by any means. owing
; The number who left the city without
'gisteHng. but it is the best that can be
VIZ HlitI tlle circumstances.
The Coal supply short.
The supply Of coal is very short, and
! The railroads are 80 ohstructed with
assenger and relief trains, il would he
ard 10 obtain it in any amount from
1road- 50 Mcmillan was placed in
harge Of number of squares of Labor
= and instructed 10 obtain a sufficient
mount Tor present use from coal hanks
? the surrounding hills. This viii he
liiioaded at central points and the dis
houton made TO sufferers in the usual
yay.
Removing Bodies.
Many bodies were recovered It's fore
.oon. Eighteen hodies had been re-
si'ed at the Fourth ward morgue. and
!" more had been brought 70 the sur
ace by Capt Jones workers. Tie un-
i,eI'akers were Kept ON the Jump from
ne word 90, but even then theF could
io' Keep pace with the demand upon
mem. owing 10 a lack Of teams TO con-
~ Iodles to the morgue. At noon a
m lle oi ioo additional corpses were laid
,u' N rows. Many Of them were much
iry;oinposed and discolored from being
= long submerged in the water. II they
Le Aol claimed by night they viii be
iuuiled INTO deep trenches and covered
va. his Is necessary owing 20 decom-
',si ee.'l'n. In this way it is possible that
usiis bodies viii be buried and their
/ iisi'ls vii never know what became Of
III mn. Doctors fear typhus If the