Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-11

FUMES FROM DECoMPosED BODIES Is EVEN
NOW ALMOST UNBEATABLE - SOME SCENES
ALONG THE LINE OF WORK TO-DAY.
JoHSsTowN, Pa, June 11.--This is the last
day for clearing away the effects of the food
by the civil authorities. Tomorrow the state
| takes hold of the stupendous work of restoring
the valley to its condition before the food, and
all work done after to-day will be under the
supervision of Adjutant-General Hastings.
The volunteers who have SO untiringly worked
| for the object of restoring order will have
finished their self-imposed task to-day. After
twelve days of almost superhuman work by
the army of volunteers the state will assume
Its proper place in the work and do what
every citizen of this commonwealth has known
for days to be its duty
The weary and dreary succession of rainy
days since the food continues, and day broke
amidst drizzling rain. With but a single ex-
ception. every day here since the deluge has
opened with rain, but while the rain has made
the work more dsagreeable, it has had some
good results. But for the almost continuous
rains the river at this point would have become
too low and shallow to float away the debris
that is fast being loosened and thrown into the
the work of getting the wreckage away from
the stone bridge much less arduous and much
more speedy. Again, the rain has served to
cool the air and temper the hot rays of June
sun. Had there been such weather as pre-
vailed yesterday afternoon. hot and exhausting.
it is believed by many that it would have been
impossible to continue the work of searching
for the dead. Even as it is, the fumes arising
from nnnnmnncn1 90
animals are most offensive and
AT TIMES ALMOST oyERPowERrSG.
So noticeable has this become that each gang
! of meh searching for the dead carries quanti-
ties of disinfectants, and when body is located
the vicinity is thoroughly saturated with
them. BY this means the work which other
wise would be unbearable is less offensive
The horror of the situation has not diminished.
but rather grows. The search for the dead
continues, and in all sections and directions
bodies are being found. Numbers of bodies
are now coming to the surface of the waters.
and those whose work has made them compe-
tent judges say as many more bodies as have
been found are lying somewhere. In many
unexpected places bodies are hourly being
found, and where this will end no human mind
| can guess. At Z o'clock this monotonous work
began, and as the day advanced the sun came
out, and the morning hours were hot and
muggy.
The fires that had been kindled among the
timber near the stone bridge were quenched
by the rain and the valley was filled with
steamy and il-smelling vapors.
AN EXODUS SET IN HERE TO-DAY,
which before the day closes will have reduced
the number OF men now here by many hun
dreds. The willing and Woodworking volun-
teer laborers began to leave early this morning,
and the train leaving here at a. m. took away
over 400. This is merely the beginning of the
great outpouring that will set in tomorrow
and many are leaving to-day in order to avoid
the rush tomorrow. Among those who left
this morning were $50 laborers from the Hart
man steel company, Beaver Falls. They said
they would not work for Sl.50 for Gen. Hast
ings or anybody else. 1t is the general opinion
here that Gen. Hastings has made q mistake
in offering less to the men than paid at pres
cnt, 50, and that the result will be Temporary
cessation of work.
One OF the first things to be done by Gen
Hastings will be to discharge the 500 police
men now doing duty here. In this connection
there Is likely to be much grumbling and hard
talk. 1t has been decided they should not be
paid out of the relief fund. but that the county
whose sheriff deputized them should pay for
their services
SOME PERSONS LOOK FOR TROUBLE
from this source, but this is credited by but
few, the general opinion being that the ques-
ton will be amicably settled.
All the men employed by Booth 4 Flynn will
be paid OFF to-day and discharged and trans
portation furnished for as many do not wish
to work for the state at ST. per day.
number W ali hntf fba
majority will leave.
A number OF the proprietors Of stores are
hurrying to get their places of business i'll or
der and open up. Already number have
done SO, and this has done much to encourage
others. more cheerful and hopeful feeling
prevails and is daily increasing The work all
over the valley is being pushed to-day with
vigor, as if the present force were trying to
show how much they could do. The channel
of the river above the stone bridge is being
fast cleaned. and while comparatively little
impression has been made on the great mass of
debris near the bridge, the results along the
channel are very marked.
BIG BoNFIREs LIGHTED.
At o'clock last night twenty-six huge bon
fires lighted up the valley and mountain sides
for miles around. The piles of wreckage re-
moved from the debris during the day was thus
disposed OF, making grand sight. The hor-
since the water receded into its CHANNEL fatbers
mothers, sisters and brothers seeking their
dead have wandered up and down amid the
ruins. To-day is no different in this respect
from yesterday. At each cry s'They
have found another" these heartbroken
searchers hasten forward and anxiously gaze
upon the features Of the dead. Every now and
then is heard wall OF distress, sometimes ris-
ing almost to the pitch Of a scream, and again
nothing but a sob is heard as friend or rela-
tive is recognized. Last evening the body Of
pretty little Jennie Given, aged ~, was dis
jam Of drift disclosing four bodies Under the
fioor of a wrecked building pinned down by the
the heavy sills lying across her face and
limbs lay the body crushed almost
beyond semblance to humanity. A man elbow
ing his way through the crowd stood gazing at
! the undiscovered corpse. His anguish stricken
countenance proclaimed him . relative, even