Telegram-herald., 1889-06-02

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works II re CaI4bsi. lroa &ad Steel tcLa-
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plaut Besides t-is tAsre are many other
large industrial establishments o. lie h&nA
OF tbs riTer.
Az Cokstown, a village Of several hun
dEea Inhabitants, tAe houses ale aimess
entirely covered and a great GaAny dwell
iags al BlaiIssills sEs submerged
Scarcely dwelling II TIE vicinity of
sang Hollow en- be seen Tie trdses a.
Bolivar sna AileYa, IL Is reported, Lave
given away aad that at Salisbury. u Is
feared all % carried away
yIKwING TaE scEEE OF HORROR
NEw FLOAsNcE "a, jane 1.-The coun-
Try people aTs coming into the news cen
ters II large numbers telling stories Of
disasters along the river banks IL
sequsslered pl&css John Mccartney,
carpenter who lives IL Johns
town. reached here about o'clock
/ lie left Johnstown 81 s.So FRIDAY
ami says tie scene when hs lsft
was inteseribab.s. The people had been
warned early IN the morning 10 move 10
the highlands. but they aid not heed tie
warning, although IL MAS repeated num-
I Der OF times up 10 i o'clock, when the
water poured into Cinder street several
feet deep Theu the houses began rock
/ ing 10 and fro. and finally the force of
/ the current carried buildings across
streets aud vacant lots and dashed them
against one another, breaking them into
fragments These buildings We're
freighted with the poor wretches who TO
shortly before had laughed at the cry or
danger Mccartney says III some cases
1 be counted as many Is fifteen persons
rlinqing to buildingE McCaTtneys wife
was with him She had tlree sisters who
! lived near her They saw the house in
which these girls lived carried away, and
then they could stand IL no longer, so they
hurried away The husband feared his
wife would 20 crazy before he could draw
her away. and they left the flooded district
and went inland along country roads until
hey reached here.
WATERS GIVING UP THEIR DEAD.
The waters are now receding here as rap
Idly as they rose, and as the banks uncover
the dead are showing up. Already nine
dead bodies have been picked mp within
the limits OF this borough since daylight
None of them have Us yet been recognized
Five of those found are women One
LADY, probably % years old and rather hand
some, had clasped in her arms a babe about
months old. The dead body OF young
man was discovered in the branches OF a
huge tree, which had been carried down
! the stream All the orchard crops and
shrubbery along tho banks u the river
have been destroyed
SEVEN WHO DIED AT oNCK
John /. Webber and his wife, old
couple, Mike Metzger and John Forney
were rescued near here early this morning.
They had been carried from their home in
Cambria City on the roof of their house.
There were seven others on the roof OF
the house when it was carried OF by the
snQry waters They were all drowned
They arc unknown 10 Webber, they having
drifted on TO the roof from floating debris.
Webber and his wife were thoroughly
drenched and were almost helpless from ex-
posUre
The banks on both sides Of the river a:
this place are crowded with anxious watch
ers. and with horrifying frequency their
vigils are rewarded by the discovery of q
dead body Three floating bodies have
been recovered at this point and
hundreds OF people from Johnstown and
up-rlver towns are hurrying here
In search of their fri7nds and
relatives who were swept away in the
flood The most intense excitement pre-
walls here. The street corners are
crowded with pale and anxious people
who tell of the awful calamity with
bated breath Squire Bennett ha'
charge of the dead bodies, and
he is having them properly cared
for. They are being prepared
for burial, but will be held mere for identi-
fcation -Four boys have just come from
the river bank above here. They say that
on the opposite side a number OF bodies car
be seen living in the mud They found the
body of a woman on this side. She wa
covered with debris but they hauled he
through She had only few tatters o.
clothes on her, aud her body was badly
bruised
No news can be received from Johns
town. and il may be many hours before an.
can be had r. B. Rogers, justice OF tn
peace ct Nineveh, has wired the coroner a
Gresnsburg that 100 dead bodies have becl
found at that place, and he asks what TO G.
! with them. From this one can estimat
that the loss of life viii reach over on
perhaps more.
HKEDED NOT TIE WARNING
NEW FLoEENcE. Pa, June The awfu
, calamity at JOhnstOwn was as singular a
, y was fatal IL is now very eviden
, that more lives have been lost because c
p foolish incredulity than from ignorance c
the danger For more than year there
has been fears Of an accident OF just sue
t character. The foundations OF the dan
! were considered weak early last spring
4 and many increasing leakages wer
4 reported from time 20 time. Ample warn
4 ings were said 10 have been given "a tn
+ Johnstown people, In scores OF cases tn
> advice was utterly disregarded, and thos
i who heard it and followed # were locke
D upon As towards by those who ara no
: dead IN the rank grass beside the river
G wcr1DsT DFsyRr MR. CHILDREN
Farlv in the evening a woman with tw
. children was seen 70 pass under the bridG
< 1t Bolivar Clinging - tho roof ot co'
a house A rope was lowered TO her, but sh
d shook her head and refused 20 desert th
d children u wss rumored that ali thrs
J. we're saved at Cokeville, a few miles belo
2 Bolivar
n little girl passed under the bridge ju
a before dark She wa kneeifng on IA
Q OF hoor and had her hands cissred az
: in prayer Eyery effort va INSIDE 70 sa'
I - - t1,.,v ali r,rove9 futile Z rnflrosF.
s. 40 vas standing by remarked that n