The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-06
JOHNSTOWN.
The Horrible Casualty Still De-
veloping Most Terrible
Details.
The Number of Dead Now Es-
timated Will Reach Ten
Thousand.

but no ray or 6un5nlne mas YET ll8nGeu une
scene of horror at Johnstown bridge. For
thirty-s1x hours, without intermission, fire
engines have played upon the smoking
ruins above the bridge, but the flames that
break out afresh at frequent intervals
seem to defy the subduing force of water
Nearly 1000 men are employed in differ
ent parts of the valley clearing up the
ruins, and prosecuting diligent search for
the undiscovered dead; and the charred
victims of the flood and fire are
being discovered with undiminished fire.
quency. Within the last hour hall
dozen discoveries have been made by
searchers as they rake with sticks and
hooks in the smoking ruins. So difficult
is it at times to determine whether the re-
mains are those of human beings, that it
is apparent hundreds must be fairly
burned to ashes Thus the number that
have found their last resting place be-
meath these ruins can at best never be
more than approximated. Mr.. Max Hall,
the iron manufacturer, is mayor protein
of Johnstown. To-day he is probably
the busiest man in the United States.
Although for days without sleep,
he still sticks nobly to his task. Hun
dreds of others are like him. men fall to
the earth from sheer fatigue. There are
many who have not closed an eye in sleep
since they awoke on Friday morning.
They are hollow-eYed, pitiful looking
| lot. Many have lost near relatives, and
all have lost friends. Some of the unfor-
tunates, who could not 90 to the relief
trains, endeavored to obtain flour from
the wrecked stores in Johnstown. One
nealer was charging So sack for
flour, but suddenly the crowd
heard of the occurrence and sew
eral desperate men went to the
store and rolled the flour gratuitously to
families of the homeless and the stricken
Another dealer was selling at $1.50 sack
He refused to move any away, but would
sell to any one who had money; otherwise
he would not allow any one to go near it,
guarding his store with g shotgun. Hun
garians attacked a supply wagon between
Morrellville and Cambria City to-day
The drivers of the wagons repulsed them
but they again returned. second fgh
ensued, but, after lively contest, the Hun
garians were again driver
away. After that the drivers
and guards of the supply wagons
were permitted to go armed. The Knights
of Pythias have received large donations
of money from Pittsburg lodges. TIL,
Chamber of Commerce has made arrange
ments with the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road TO transfer passengers from Johns
town to Pittsburg free of charge. A trair
packed 80 full that it was impossible tt
obtain standing room on the platform
left last night. The passengers wert
mostly children and women.
RAILROADS RUNNING.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June A. Bulletin. l.
At IL O'Clock the first relief train, bearing
thousands of pounds of provisions fo
the suffering, and 1000 cofins for tn
dead, passed over Johnstown bridge ant
across the improvsed trestle and track t.
the Johnstown depot. For the first tim
railroad communication is re-estab
lished between the stricken citizens ant
the outside world.
THREE HUNDRED MORE.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June A. Bulletin. l.
Three hundred more bodies have jus
been found opposite Nineveh. Thi
makes 700 bodies found at that point.
WHOLE FAMILY LOST,
GALENA, ILL.,, June An. S. Schultz, o
this city, has received telegram Saying
eight of his nearest relatives, comprisin,
a whole family, were lost in the Johns
town disaster.
ESCAPING FROM THE TRAIN.
JoHNsTowN, June 1T is now definitel,
settled that at least from twenty to fort,
people were lost on two sections of tn
day express that left Pittsbnrg at 8 e. n
Friday, and the Johnstown accommodg
tion that was about to leave Johnstowl
that afternoon. Edward M. Mccullough
of the Westmofeland Coal com
pany, was among the passenger
on the day express east OF
Friday morning. He stated positivel,
that there were two sections of the de,
express and the Johnstown accommoda
ton caught in the flood. Said he: SIT il
my opinion that at least twenty peopl
were drowned from these trains. In fact,
can count that many myself, and the dealt
rate may go as high as forty. We did no
know of the flood until about thirty second
before it was upon ne. We heard tn
whistling of the engines and all who couIt
ran to the hills. Among the passenger
were two young ladies. They heard tn
warning and ran out of the car, but it va
muddy and they went back for their over
shoes, and before they could get awe,
they we're caught by the water ant
drowned. Next morning We found then
both cold in death. The colored porte
and one woman we're lost from our sleeping
car. The porter tried to save the woman
and they we're both drowned. In anothe
car another gentleman was lost, and il
the parlor car woman lost her HUSBAND
and sister, and another lady pas
senger and her three children
were lost. A woman named Christian, VIII,
| lived in Mississippi, was lost from one o