The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-06

counts tho horrors OF JOhnhtoWh VIbro
not half told, The lOas Ia now o. anna.
tod al twelve TO eighteen mlllionI Tho
latest estimate OF deaths Ia 800 70
5000. A special meahenfIeT from
JOhnatOwn al LigOnler Eaysi "NOt
900 houses arc left In J0hrAtOwn, The
deaths cannot be less thaA 5000 Penn,
aylvania Railroad company had a special
train on Liberty aueet all the forenoon
10 receive contributions for tho suffer
era. The train ialt az | o'clock loaded
with supplies The Amefious club hold
u meeting AZ One o'clock 10 arrange for
a popular meeting at tho old city hall
on the Gall OF the mayor NJ o'clock,
A special telegram from II ", Martin
solicitor Of Cambria city, dated saug
Hollow, " tho mayor OF lltlabuIg,
says, dCan YOU, through your people,
send relief ~ the homeless AZ Johns
town aud vicinity We are entirely
out OF food, and great suffering Is on
duTed We are without an undertaken
send 200 collins, OF all sizes,
w. II. Hayes, OF Pittsburgh, has Just
returned from JOhnatOWn, ll6 says
"JOhnRtOwn ia annlhllated, COnemaugh
ia wrecked and Cambria City Ia swept
away" A special courier reports that
the wreckagt Ii piled up at JOhnhtOwn
bridge 40 feet high ana burning
People climb out OF the wTeekage into
trees only 10 be oremated, Not leaa
than seventy people arc burned here
Allegheny river ~ PltNbnrg ~ u
mass OF wreokage OF houses ground up
into small pieces with doors, trunks,
bedding, etc, A largo number OF dead
animals are passing down tho river,
Several dead bodies have been rescued
here
The river is lined with boats with
steam up ready 10 rescue anything OF
value, and there is great excitement
all along the Allegheny river
The farmers living near the banks
are tleeing 10 the hills
There 10 no communication from
Johnstown by wire. Reports come In
slowly but every one adds new horrors
20 the scene,
The water ls piled high with wreck
age and bodies by the score were Noen
floating by, Every effort possible 10
made W rescue the living but no ade'
quAte mealls are 40 hand, Ropes arc
dropped from the bridges and scores
were rescued by catching thon, but
many could not be reached,
BOLiYHR, 1880 p, m, ~ Messenger lust
arrived says "The first reportB were
not Oyerdfagn," He was standing on
the hillside and saw the hrat part Of the
food. The water was piled high with
age. The water Is falling and
wTeeking parties expect 10 reach
JOhnatOwn tonight The scene ~
Saug Hollow beyond tho COnemaugh
ia appalling. One hundred and ten
persons were seen floating past before
dark, last night All night ahrieks OF
persons on the water we're heard
through the darkness, This forenoon
the river there was covered with wreck
the WreCkage Of houses, and the cries OF
tho drowning for suocor waS appalling,
Whole houses were Aoating down
with people nj the windows, Parts OF
houses with whole families olinging TO-
gether and shTieking for help went past
him 80 rapidly they could not be count
cd He says there iB great suffering on
the part Cf survivors who fled 10 the
hills, as food and clothing are wanted.
One hundred bodies have been recover
cd NJ Nineyah. Many nUated by but
could not be recovered. Seven hundred
bodies were found All JOhnstown bridge,
Tyrone, Pa, Is inundated. There is
great destruction Of property but no
lives lost,
Clearneld, Pa, Is entirely under water
and the water Is rising rapidly, as II II
still raining,
At Huntington the river Is rising,
The principal streets are submerged,