The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-04
HOURLY DLvGLOPMENIs
Exnct Number of lives Lost wiz Never
lie Known -rhirty per cent. Lost.

LNncf Number of Lives Lost Will Never
He known per cent. Lost.
JoHNsrowS, Pa, June 3.-Thc deycl.
opments Of every hour make II more aud
more apparent that the, -xact number Of
lives lost in the Johnstown horror will
never be known. Al estimates that have
been made up TO this time arc conserya.
tive. and when all h known will doubtless
be- found to have been too small. over
1000 bodies have been found since sun.
rise today, and the most skcplicl con.
cedc that the remains OF thousands more
rest beneath the debris above Johnstown
bridge. The population Of Johnsiown,
the surrounding towns aud the portion Of
the valley affected by tho food is. or was
from 5000 to 5000. Associated Press
representatives today interviewed numcr.
Gus leading citizens Of Johnstown who
survived the food, and the consensus Of
opinion was that fully 30 per cent OF tie
residents Of Johnstown aud Cambria had
been victims Of the continued disaster, ~
flr, from water II this be true, the total
loss Of life in the entire valley can.
not be less than 1000 OF 5000.
and possibly much greater oi the
thousands who were deyoured by the
flames and whose ashes rest beneath
the smoking debris above Johnstown
bridge. no definite information can over
be obtained. As little will bc learned OF
the hundreds who sank beneath the cur.
rent and were borne swiilydown the Cone.
maugh, only TO be deposited hundreds Of
mics below on tho banks aud the DRIFT.
wood Of the raging Ohio Probably one.
third of the dead will never be recovered,
and Il will take a let Of the missing weeks
hence TO enable oyen a close estimate 10
be- made Of the numbcrc Of lives that were
snullcd out In that brief hour That this
estimate can never be accurate IN under
stood when II u remembered that In many
Instances whole families aud their rcla.
lives were swept away aud found = com
mon grave.
THE TOTAL Destruction
OF the city leaves no data 10 even demon.
strato that the names Of these uniortu.
mates ever found place on tho pages Of
oiernity's history.
"All indications point 10 the fact that
the death list will reach over 1000 names,
aud In my opinion the missing will reach
5000 In number" declared Gen. ID. II.
Hastings tonight
At present there are said 10 - 1900 re-
covered bodies, The great difficulties
experienced IN getting d correct list ls the
great number OF morguCs. There IN no
central bureau Of information aud 90 com.
municate with the different Lighthouses is
the work Of hours. Tho journey from the
Pennsylvania Railroad morguc 20 the one
In tho Fourth Ward schoolhouse. IN
Johnstown, occupies NJ least ono hour.
This renders II impossible 10 reach all OF
them in one day, particularly as some OF
the morgucs airs situated at points inacces'
siblc from Johnaown.
At o o'clock In tho evening tho 6l3th
body had been received at the Cambria
City depository for corpso3. Tho names
Of the lately identified are Burgess ONiel,
vile and children; John Smith, Joseph H.
Ramer, Mrs. George AZ, lAuthor,
James Schlick, Julius Bishop, John Glen
ole, Kate McEncry. There arc ten there
ut present unknown. AZ Mlllyllo was tho
the body Of girl fifteen years OF age,
making their forty-siKth corpse received
there. Tho angry mark on the wrist
looked rs II bracelet had been torn from
the arm.
AT THE MoRouE Ar the rnnANcnc6S
CONVENT
in Johnstown the bodies Of Mrs. and Miss
shad Jones, coiorcd, Charles Renkow, 49,
Brown, Of Woodvale. and q son OF hich'
ard Fiiz Harris were idcnliiicd. seventy
bodies have been received At the Pcnnsyl'