The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-15

/ uullIB nlBnb anu DubuIubl Sldlt
that nothing in art or literature can hal
delneate the horrors of that night after tn,
ruins had taken fire. Dore's wonderful
imagination would be at fault were he Il
attempt to depict anything so fearful in IL,
accumulation of horrors as this showed
| yJohnstown, are that there Is plenty Il
eat but lack of tents, blankets and Other
comforts. Altogether seventy dead bodie:
were taken out Tuesday near this point
The work of removing the debris is beinf
pushed as rapidly as possible. The majority
of arrests made thus far have been fol
| petty offenses, such as stealing from private
houses, and suspicious characters refusing
to work There is no doubt, however, In
spite of all precautions, but that the bodies
of the dead have been mutilated by ruflians
to remove rings and other valuables.
The Fourteenth Regiment, reinforced
Wednesday until it is now 600 strong, is
still camped in freight cars beyond the de
pot opposite the late city proper. Space is
rapidly being cleared for its tents, however,
near the ruins of the Catholic church,
which was on fire when the deluge came.
Early yesterday morning the regiment went
into service. Company F was detailed to
Cambria City, where the element of ruffian-
ism, meeting that of desperation, foreshad-
ows storm. During the day many people
of questionable character were escorted out
of the city limits.
From Johnstown up the valley easy com
munication has been opened as far as Cone
maugh, two miles, and it is possible for any
one here to readily behold sight ever be-
fore seen in this world, and which no one
who does not see it himself will never be
lieve did really exist. 1t is described here
as well as words can describe il, but merely
as duty to history and not with the idea
that any one who can not look at it will
ever think it true Every one has seen the
light iron beam shafts and rods in factory
lying in twisted, broken and criss-cross
shape after a fire has destroyed the factory.
In the gap above Johnstown the water has
picked up a four-track railroad covered
with machine shops, round house and
other heavy buildings with heavy contents
and has torn the track to pieces, twisted,
turned and crossed it as fire never could 1t
has tossed huge freight locomotives like
barrels, and cars like packing boxes, torn
them to pieces and scattered them over
miles of territory. 1t has in one place put
a stream of water block wide between the
RAILROAD and the bluff, and in another place
it has changed the course of the river as far
in the other direction and left hundred
yards inland the tracks that formerly
skirted the banks.
There is little to indicate the late pres
ence of a railroad from here to the upper
part of the Conemaugh. The little plain
into which the gap widened here, and in
which stood the bulk of the town, is wiped
out. There is not the slightest indication
that the center Of The plain was anything
but a 1ood-washed gulch in some mountain
hn nd otn n fnn
collection of ruined railroad equipments
Three trains stood there when the flood
swept down the valley. On the outside was
a local passenger, with three cars and a To-
comotive. 1t stands there yet. The cars
were tilted by the washing of the track
but are comparatively unniured. Two
more locomotives have been run into the
sand bank in front. A freight train stood
on the track whereon n large collection of
smashed cars has its place now. 1t was
broken all to pieces Inside of all this was
the day express, with its baggage and ex-
press cars, and at the end three vestibule
cars.
1t was from this train that a number of
passengers were lost. Some of the freight
cars were loaded with lime and quickly had
the cars blazing Three of the vestibule
cars burned down to the trucks. These and
the peculiar shaped iron frames of the vesti-
bules are all that show where the cars
stood.
The reason the food did not wipe out these
three trains entirely is supposed to be that
just in front of them and between them and
the flood was the round house filed with
engines. 1t was large building, and prob
ably forty feet high to the tops of the venti
Iators in the roof. The wave of water was
so high that these ventilators were beneath
L. The round house was swept away to its |
very foundation, and the flood played havoc |
with ten locomotives, but it split the tor
'ent and part of it went down each side of |
he trains, saving them from the worst of |
is force. Thirty-three locomotives werein |
md around the round house and the repair |
shops near. OF these twenty have been |
,ound, or at least traced, part of them being |
'ound scattered down into Johnstown and |
me tender was found in Stony creek. The |
)ther seven locomotives are gone; not a |
race of them has been found up to this
line. 1t is supposed that some of them are |
n the sixty acres of debris at Johnstown
lbove the bridge.
JoHSsTowN, Pa, June "Wednesday
light and Thursday morning all bodies that
emained unidentified were placed in coffins
md removed places of burial Each coffin
,ore card on which was description of
he body and clothing and any article of use
II value found on the remains. AS the
'odies were carried and deposited in the
ard an undertaken made copy of the de-
cription, together with the morgue number
s well as the place of burial. The list will
'e posted at different places throughout the
own for the information of inquiring
riends. Very few of these, however, will
YER be identified from these descriptive |
ards. The work of digging out the corpses
et in the ruins scattered all over the place
5 progressing somewhat slower. AT ten
'clock yesterday morning not one new body
ad been recovered. The fifteen bodies
aiken from the door of Alma Hall were the
asst recovered, 1t is impossible to tell when
he other unfortunates will be dug out if at
H. although a large force of men is at work
t the hall
Five thousand men were at work yester-
ay clearing away the debris on the island.
Superintendent Flynn says that it will
axe ~, 900 men sixty days to clear away the
'reck. At this rate it will require $780,
DO to pay for the work. This does not in
lude the other expenses. Five million dol
lrs will not be enough to put Johnstown in
hape for rebuilding.
Late Wednesday afternoon little boy
'as taken from the ruins alive, and after
trouble resuscitated and given
YER to his father. 1t has since been learned
nat his name is Eddie Schoeher.
Yesterday morning the Altoona men who
ave charge of the wreckage above the
ridge loosened up debris by blast of
large dynamite cartridges, max
Ig it possible to open the mouth of the old
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