Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-12
SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERT SER

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with a load of information from Kernville
and bonneville district this evening. The
cellar of the house on Bedford street was
found stored with clothing which was full
Of disease. A butcher-shop on Franklin
street was found full of putrid meat, which
was destroyed. Nine horses and four COWS
were cremated.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
A row of human feet was noticed sticking
out of the sand on the river-bank near
Kernville. A gang of men soon unearthed
the bodies of two men and one girl, all IN
good state of preservation.
EPISCOPAL MINISTER, WIFE AND CHILD.
The body of Rev. Alonzo P. Diller, rector
of Johnstown Episcopal church, and those
of his wife and child were recovered to-day
under circumstances both sad and strange.
Four Epis ,opal clergymen who had been
sent there by Bishop Whitehead we're
working about the ruins near Lincoln ST.,
when they came upon the body of their late
brother. Clasped in one rigid arm was the
body of his babe and in the other his wife,
whose arms were about his neck. They
were removed in this position and will be
SO buried tomorrow.
Father Smith, pastor of the Catholic
church at Ebensburg, Cambria county,
reached here to-day after two days jour-
Fey from South Fork. He says the resi-
dents of Mineral Point, CoopersVille, Dutch
town, East Conemaugh, and other small
settlements along that valley are in desti-
tute circumstances and are in need OF i'm
mediate supplies. Reports from each of
these villages show that between 700 and
800 were lost between Woodvale and the
hamlet of South Fork.
EXHIBITING BABY.
1t will hardly be thought that people
would pay to seq rescued person in any
part of Pennsylvania, near Jamestown, es-
pecially in Pittsburg, whence SO many sur
vivors have gone. Yet inquiries are being
circulated here about the. parents of a
pretty baby that ffoated in its cradle from
Johnstown TO Pittsburg. Two young men
who rescued the child have been besought
by many ladies to permit them to adopt the
little one. The men were here to-day in
curing 70, the parents. They say they
will give the child only to the parents, and
admitted that they were exhibiting it for an
admission fee of ten cents.
JoHNsTOWN, JUNE 9TH.
The bodies recovered this morning and
taken to the morgues were as follows:
A twelvs.year old girl, supposed to be
Myrtle Strsyer; William Marshall, Indiana,
Pa; three unknown women; one slender
old lady had $775 in her pocket; an un-
known man with head and body burned to
a crisp.
DIsINFECTANT.
A most Welcome arrival this morning
was DR.. II. Bullen, of disinfectant fame.
He brought with him fifty barrels more of
his disinf4ctant. The Doctor will take
charge of the disinfectants and will disin
feet the dar gerous section of the flooded
district, end notably at the stone bridge.
DR.. Les, of the State Board of Health,
says this dsinfectant is most effective OF
anything Of the kind he ever saw, and it is
also recon- Enended by all the undertakers
already been used with most favorable re-
suits. It's great virtue consists in the fact
that it is perfectly harmless. DR.. Bullen
was a tornor resident of Johnstown and
lost thirty relatives in the flood, among
them three brothers.in-law, three uncles
and two aunts.
FL BODIES FOUND.
1920 P. M.-Forty-seven bodies have
Just been discovered in a hole on the site of
the Hullbut House. They are supposed to
be the bodies of guests.
LoCKET WITH wAsHINGTON's HAIR.
Among Inc most interesting roles Of the
food is a s-aail gold locket found in the
ruins OF the Hurbut House yesterday. The
locket Contains small coil of dark brown
hair aud has engraved on the inside the
following ismarkable lines: IA lock of
George Waahington's hair, cut in Philadel-
phia. while on his way to Yorktown, 1881. /"
Mr.. Benfosd, one of the proprietors of the
house, states that the locket was the pro-
perry Of bis sister, who was lost in the food,
and that it was presented to her by an old
lady III Philadelphia, whose mother and
herself cut the hair from the head of the
Father of his County.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 9.-Today is the
tenth siuee the disaster in the Conemaugh
Valley occurred. Fifty-eight bodies were
found. Tna remains that are now being
removed from the drift are far advanced in
decomposition aud physicians in charge are
advocating their cremation as fast as found,
as it is almost impossible to handle them
safely.
Religious services were held at various
points tod y. Most of the suburban towns
where tia church buildings remained, had
regular services. In Johnstown open all
meetings we're bald at different points in
the afternoon.
The body of Miss Bryant, who was the
companion the missing Miss Paulson, Of
Pittsburg, was identified by relatives today.
1t had been inferred under the name
of Miss Washington, but, through the pub
lished description of ring worn by Miss
Bryant, her friends had the body exhumed
and identified. 1t will be taken to Will
mingtop, Del.
The work of registration of survivors OF
the FOOD is going steadily on. Up to this
evening there were about 81, 900 registered,
and the lsa is still increasing. The mum
Der of the lest is placed now at 5000 by
those who held it would reach 10000 a
week ago A conservative estimate is be-
tween 8, 500 and 1900. Up to date there
have been 1900 bodies recovered. The
population Of Johnstown and the neighbor-
hood affected by the food was 81 900.
About 1G, 600 are, therefore, unaccounted
for. 1t IS thought the work of registration
will be completed in five days. About
5000 persnus have removed from Johns
Town anu FiDlDiSy sluCo JIG AJUu'
The tla GAG of the disaster has been placed
upon the S ,1th Fork Hunting aud Fishfng
Club, and So angry are some of the people
in this vicinity that trouble is feared fol
W. S Boyer, superintendent at the cot
tages on the lake. Already several of the
pretty villas have been broken into BY
marauders and the furniture demolished
The boats h I'VE been stolen iu broad day
light ard :educed to kindling wood by al
Infatuated crowd of llquor-crazed fellows
The ootoner's jury that was in session
yesterday 81 Nineveh. terminated its laborl
in the afternoon. The verdict has beer
fully prepared and only lacks the signature
of the Jurors before being given publicity.
is understood that the jury, after review
ing at length the successive breaks ant
careless repairs in the dam in past years, de
clares the executive committee of the Soutl
Fork Fishing Club guilty of gross, if no
criminal negligence.
Seventy eight bodies we're recovered Sat
urday, of which number forty seven were
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