The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-06-13

ontside in order IN lteen the work goineon.
He said II the contributions reached ga
million Il would take that amount TO clean
ont the CITY debris and nav the people of
Johnstoyyn and the men who were EMPLOYED
from outside. In addition he thought the
State should give 81 .O60. 600. General Hast
ings told the Governor that IL he thought
his OHastinRs'l estimate too high he would
be glad IL Governor Beaver would come to
Johnstown for day or two and look 1t over.
After the talk over the wire General Hast
ings said: s'The work that Is going on now
so nicely can not last longer than a week or
so at the outside, unless the money for con-
ducting il on a permanent basis is furnished
by the State or the people of the United
States.ri
Arthur Kirk is gradually proving that he
knew what he was talking about when he
said that dynamite was the only proper ma
terial TO use in removing the debris above
the railroad bridge. Hitherto he has been
very much cramped in his work by a scare
ity of explosives, but yesterday big sup
ply Of cartridges arrived A clear space
has been made about two Of the piers. The
great mass of wreckage is gradually bo-'
coming loosened. There is such vast
quantity Of it, however, that weeks will be
required to remove all. The rapidly falling
water is acting as an impediment to the
work, as the river is already quite shallow
in places. If it gets much lower there will
no be enough water to float the heavy logs.
This debris is one Of the chief points Of in
terest now. as it is undoubtedly the most
dangerous pestilence breeding place in the
whole flooded district. All efforts to remove
the remaining bodies buried beneath it have
been abandoned. The pile has been gone
over carefully several times, and all the
corpses that could be reached have been
taken out. There are still several hundred
in the wreck, but they are too deeply i'm
bedded in the mass to be recovered, and
there is no alternative but to destroy them.
Everybody acknowledges this now and
there will be no more hindrances to tho
work
The stencil arising from the debris is be-
coming almost unbearable In the vicinity OF
the bridge, and workmen are finding serious
difficulty in remaining at their posts for
more than q few hours at time Disin-
fectants have not been used on the pile yet,
although they are being freely used through
the town. Curiosity and relic seekers have
been warned to keep away from the debris,
as disease turks in the air about it. They
pay very little attention to the warning,
however, their desire for plunder evidently
being greater than their fear Of pestilence.
Thursday night private Of Company Il
captured man who had been prowling
through the wreckage. In his pockets were
found $4,000 worth Of notes and drafts,
many Of them negotiable Work was begun
yesterday on the ruins OF the HurlDurt
House. OF the fifty-six guests at this hotel
only eleven are known to have escaped and
only nine bodies have been recovered
So far as known only eighteen bodies were
recovered yesterday in the Conemaugh val
ley. One Of these was poor remnant OF
humanity that was discovered in the center
Of road over which wagons had been pass
ing for the past forty eight hours. The
heavy vehicles had sunk deeply in the sand
and broken nearly every bone in the body
Of the unfortunate. It was impossible to
identify the corpse and it was taken TO the
morgue and orders issued forits-burial- SC
overwhelming is the stencil that the under
takers often hurriedly performed their task
of washing n bodv and preparing it for
h,,,;ai ond ,.atyaatsd 10 the ward n await
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Ale1 d. oaniPoeil, . New tolH I1so..'so' wo..A'
returned yesterday from three mile "Trip 70
the country, where he located thirty-six
barrels Of -four. Teams and men were seni
out to bring the stun in. The house Of Mrs
Mills and the house Of Jacob Stutzman- Mr.
Campbell saws, are stocked with enough
rrovieiore 70 last thorn months He alse
ias,,ri tor,sa n p,,os,,sct ,,-v,i,.;, Il well
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suocKea win uiainones auu oene, "
An were taken from the Wreck, OoSPies
the vigilance OF the guards and the nest
means employed by those in charge people
cot thronob Che iinee and over. the wreck
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ase, Wneie .ney Puiol r,lla -. -,
1t is feared at the Red Cross Corps head
quarters that the food has left partin,
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cuiSe nofetins ~ .n s. ~ .a.ss,..,..:..
IN the Aorm OF tne uTeau uiseAse VI ipnonoria-
The attentions of the medical people arenors
,li,a..tfd "a, nville vvhere the Red Cross
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naAeS ~ " +, 1,.s..,s
Red Cross decided TO establish hospital
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the locdt autuoEiACS scSuIcu ~, Sis5 - 80 90
erected their nospltal tents, WIFI Ut. Derns,
OF Philadelphia, In cnarge- Inls mcrnins
they will be prepared to receive the PATIENTS
Tha panrs,-l,-anis C,hild,,enis Aid Society
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OF InlauelPhis, - ,SpI 49,.
OBJECT Is 70 nhp al tle .,nl anu uoii1e
less Walls anu outdin nOhlee loI enenA-
IouxsrowS As IT WAS.
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Jonnstown nave gwen n..ie oI w M.
tion of the town itself. so that the following
brief summary Of its former population ana
manufacturing industries Will be read with
interest and also aid in gaining clear idea
of the nature and extent Of the property
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