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ON ILL-FATED TRAINS.
Names of Some of the Passengers Who
Perished in the Floods.

Names of Some of the Passengers Who
Perished in the Floods.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.-For the first
time in forty eight hours communication
was had indirectly with Altoona at the
Pennsylvania railroad Office this evening.
The superintendent at Altoona says the
Atlantic express, leaving Pittsburg at q.
m. on Friday, the Chicago and New York
limited (east), which left Pittsburg at 7:10
Friday morning and the seashore express,
which left Johnstown early Friday morn.
ing, arrived at Altoona Saturday evening.
All the passengers on these three trains are
reported to be well. - E.-r 7 q
Altoona sends list OF passengers on the
day express from Chicago which was caught
in the food, who are saved. Among them
are w. n. Smith, General Manager Of the
Associated Press at Chicago, and Mrs.
Ella CARRIER OF Amora, Illinois. The fol-
lowing persons and passengers on the day
express are s ,e4 a..
SAID TO HAVE BEEN DROWNED:
Mrs. ]. W. Brady, Chicago: Miss Margaret
Patrick, Pittsburg, and William Shelter,
Newark, NJ. Another list Of persons at
Altoona is known to comprise some Of
those who were on two sections OF the day
express which was caught in the flood, and
it Is also thought to be partly made up OF
those who reached Altoona by other east
bound trains. Among the names are Mrs.
G. H. Seapold and Carrie Cascher, Saliva
Coma, E. M. Seapold, New York; Mrs. NJ.
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PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
SPORTING CIRCLES.
HELENA AND ASSLNIBOINE CLUBS
PLAY BASE Rail-.
The Soldier Boys Meet Their First
Waterloo-A Return Game To-Day.
Racing at Cincinnati, Jerome Park
and Other Places ON Saturday.

The Soldier Boys Meet Their First
Waterloo-A Return Game To-Day.
Racing at Cincinnati, Jerome Park
and Other Places ON Saturday.
| HELENA, M. T., June 1.-[Special to The
Miner. The Fort Assinaboine club and
Helena Maroons crossed bats, to-day, in q
splendid game, which the capital club won
on score OF 6 to 3. The soldiers came
here with a record Of seventeen victories for
the season, met their first defeat here. Up
to the ninth inning the score stood 6 to /,
when on the last inning the soldiers man.
aged to knock out two runs. Helena's bat.
terry was Semper pitcher, Rodgers catcher.
The local team has been strengthened BY
several Eastern importations.
The return game will be played Sunday,
when Helena's battery will be johnson of
Chicago, who will hold down Dix, supported
by Semper.
| RACING AT CINCINNATI.
CIscINNATI, June 1.-This was the last
DAY OF the meeting. The track was .ex-
ceedingly heavy and stiff; weather cold;
attendance very large.
Six furlongs-Cheney won, Ben second,
Stuart third. Time, 1:28.
Seven furlongs- -Monita Hardy won,
Cupid second, Cutaway third. Time, 1:36k.
Five furlongs-Joe Nevins won; Tioge
second, Gunwod third. Time, 1:OSA.
Mile-Bravo won; Long Bay second,
Leiderkrantz third. Time, 1:51.
Mile and a quarter-Montrose won, Mar.
china second, Clifford third. Time, 2:16k.
RACING AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, June To-day was the open.
ing day Of the summer meeting OF the st.
Louis Jockey club. The track was in fair
condition. ..
Mile dash, all ages-Wheeler T won,
Males Last second, Kermesse third.
Time, 1:45.
Seven furlongs, all ages-McMeth won,
Entry second, Red Stone third. Time,
1:31K. @t,
Three-year-olds, mile and half-Long
Fish won, Calliente second, Cassius third.
Time, 2:39h.
Five furlongs dash, two.year-olds- Fly
away won; Lulu B second, Lena Ban third.
Time 1:O3Z.
Seven furlongs dash, all ages-Bridge
Time 1:3OZ. .., .f
Steeple chase was declared Off Green re-
fused to allow him to start on account OF
having been ruled off at the west side. Cor
rigan then scratched his entries. Irish Halt
and Windsor, and the race was de-
clared off. '" 81 b"7
RACING AT JEROME PARK.
New YORK, June lat Jerome Park the
attendance was email, weather rainy, and
track muddy. ... ....
Mile and one-sixteenth-A walk over for
Firenzi.
Half mile-Civil service won in 5OA;
Maxius second, Bavarian third.
Mile and one.eighth-Aurelia won in
1:592; Eureus second. Ballystone third.
Three-fourths of mile-Banner Bearer
won in 1:1SA; Blue Rock second, Bess
third.
One Thousand four hundred yar6s-Mad-
stone won in 1:24A; Sam Wood second.
Badfury third.
Mile and one-sixteenth-First Attempt
won in 1:5Sh; Gend'armes second, Win
wood third.
Mile and one-eighth-Faragon won in
2:O3A; Lelogus second, Falcon third.
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RESCUING PARTIES At Work.
The Number of Dead from IL, 900 to 15, 900
Over Half the Number Recovered.

The Number of Dead from IL, 900 to Is 900
Over Half the Number Recovered. "a
JOHNsTowN, Pa, June 3.-The rescuing
parties at work on the mass of unburied
wreckage in the river, are finding bodies and
fragments at ten to fifteen an hour. In
other parts OF the submerged district many
bodies are being taken out.
A careful estimate of the bodies recovered
everywhere puts it at 200 to 5000.
The bodies of Patrick Hogan, wife. and
children, were found in the debris, partly
burned, this morning. In one OF the few
remaining houses in Johnstown, this morn
ing, the searchers found and rescued a man
so weak that he could not give his name.
Forty-eight bodies now at Johnstown
station, will be buried as fast az possible.
Very few have been identified. Fifty men
are digging graves on Prospect Hill.
The latest from Connemaugh says that
but four were lost OF those on the unfor-
tunate train caught in the food at the bot
tom of the bill. These were in the Pullman
sleeper. +-a
HUNDREDS OF BODIES
are lying ON the sand at Kernville, this
afternoon. A.crowd OF 500 is gathered
around endeavoring to find the bodies Of
friends or relatives. No coffins ars there,
but { 90 are on the way here, and the un-
dertakers sent for 500 additional. Kern
vile, from now on, will be the place where
most of the bodies will be found under
pile Of debris about an acre in length.
Rain is now falling but it does not inter-
fere with the work. Most Of the rescuirg
party have been up two days.
The fire at the bridge is almost extin-
guished, and the task OF getting at the
bodies under the burning debris will be COM
menced in earnest.
THE TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE.
The water has subsided to great extent
and the streets in the main part of town
are free from water. The falling water has
laid bare the terrible work of the food,
and the full extent OF the disaster is only
being ascertained now. The streets are q
sickening, foul-smelling mass OF wood and
debris, and the Work of searching for
bodies has only fairly begun.
The latest estimates place the loss OF life
at from 10000 to $4,000. It is jmpos-
sible to get any account of those lost.
Every one is 80 thoroughly tired out and
overcome by the weight OF the disaster as
to be utterly unable to give any accurate
details or figures. Comparatively few
have been identified.
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FREE OF CHARGE.

Pacific Express Company Will Deadhead
Contributions to the Flood Sufferers.
Agent Blain, OF the Pacific Express COM
pany, received telegram yesterday even
ing from F. G. Gentch, superintendent, in.
structing him to bill all contributions to
the food sufferers of Johnstown, PennsyE
vania, through to destination free of
charge.
The order includes money or merchan-
disc contributions, and will remain in force
until formal notice OF revocation is given.
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Stuttz New York Theater Company.

Secure your seats early for the Stuttz
New York Theater company, who COM
mence their engagement at Mcguire Opera
house Monday, June 8, Oh which occasion
will be produced the comedy drama in five
acts entitled The New Fanchon." Miss
Elodie Alma will appear in the character Of
the Little Cricket, supported by the full
strength OF the company. The May pole
and shadow dances will also be introduced.
Admission 81. Tickets now on sale at
Calkins & Co.'s, where seats may be re-
served without extra charge.
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A Bridge with Hundreds OfPeO.
pie upon 1t Takes Fire and
Burns to the Waters Edge.
ALSO CHURCH BURNS DOWN
Nearly Thousand p PeOple Roast
ed Alive on the Bridge
and the Church.
TWO TRAINS CARRIED AWAY.
f1a 'gIlalaasl

The Losses of Life and Property Appall.
ing--The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany Loses at Least Five Millions OF
Dollars in Johnstown Alone-Nearly
all Parts of Pennsylvania Suffering by
FIoods-Loss of Life and Property
Everywhere-PromptE Efforts to Aid the
Living.
InHNsrnwN. Pa, June 1, 1910 p. m.-
Most OF the accumulation OF buildings
which were swept by the angry waters to
the Pennsylvania railroad bridge and piled
up fully fifty feet high, have burned to the
waters edge. Before the buildings took
fire, many people, dead and alive, were
taken from them, and in several instances
the unfortunates were so wedged in that it
was necessary to chop their legs off to re-
lieve them.
The Catholic church was also destroyed
by fire, this morning. Many people were on
the roof when the structure took fire. All
of them we're consumed in the flames, and
the damage as yet is not known, regardless
OF the great loss OF life.
The Pennsylvania railroads. loss will be
enormous. fw III Fary
THE TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
SANG Hollow, Pa, June 1.-The first
reports Of the loss OF life were entirely too
low. 1t is believed that 5000 persons
have perished. OF these TOO or 500 were
burned in the fiery furnace at the viaduct.
Two thousand coffins have been ordered
for the bodies already rescued.
New FLORENCE, Pa, June 1.-6 p. m.-i
1t is now thought that the loss in the
vicinity OF Johnstown win be about SILL
100000.
OF the dead nearly so had been identi-
fed, among whom were James Mcmillan,
superintendent OF the Cambarian Iron
company's store, wife and four children, and
daughter-in-law; John P. Linton, leading
lawyer, wife and five children; Mrs. Thos.
Kerlen and two children; John Nolan and
seven OF the family; DR.. Geo. Wagner,
wife and three children; Frank p. Bowman,
vile and two children; Mrs. Richard Worth
ington and seven children; Person Fisher,
wife and six children.
SWEEPING TRAINS AND VILLAGES AWAY.
SANG Hollow, June 2, 1 q. m.-The first
account sent out OF the Johnstown disas-
ter are far too low. Instead OF 1000 or
5000 it is probable the list will reach s.
900.
1t is now known that two passenger
trains and two sections ON the Penn
sylvania railroad have been thrown
into the torrent and the passengers
drowned Three trains were held
at Johnstown from Friday at II q. m. and
were lying on siding between Johnstown
and Conemaugh stations. The awful tor.
rent came down the narrow defile between,
a distance OF nine miles, and With a fall OF
300 feet in that distance; sweeping away
these trains and the villages OF South Fork,
Mineral Point, Woodvale aud Conemaugh,
leaving but one building standing. a
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THE HORRORS. OF THE FLAMl
A Bride Crowded with People Burns an,
.es Roasts Them Alive.

A Bride Crowded with People Burns and
-.es Roasts Them Alive.
y New FLORENCE, Pa, June 1.-The most
awful elimination of the awful uight was
the roasting OF hundred or more persons
in Milford. The ruins OF houses. outbuild-
ings and other structures swept against the
new railroad bridge at Johnstowu, and
from an overturned stove or some such
cause, the upper part OF the wreckage
caught fire. There were crowds Of men,
women and children on the wreck, and they
were literally roasted in the flames. Some
time after the fire had burned it clear,
others were thrown against the mass, and
there were fifty people in it when the ruins
parted. broke up and swept under the
bridge into the pitchy darkness. .
New FLORENCE, June 1.-The report just
reached here that at least 100 people were
in the flames at Johnstown, last
night. It is said to have been an awful
horror, but definite information cannot be
obtained here. The air is filled with thrill
ing almost incredible stories, but none OF
them, as yet, can be confirmed. It is GER
tain, however, that even the worst cannot
be imagined. "a
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Ar THEBURHING BRIDGE.


why the Physicians Think the strucsure
Should Have been Allowed TO Burn.
JoHNsrowN, June 3.-The chief sensation
of Sunday morning was the united remon-
STRANGE by the physicians present against
the extinguishment Of the burning wreck.
They maintain, with philosophy, what TO
the anxious searchers seems heartless, that
hundreds, il not thousands, OF lifeless,
decaying bodies will be beneath the mass Of
burning ruins. It would be better, they
say. I'd permit natures greatest scavenger,
the flames, TO pursue his work unmolested
than to expose to further decay the horde
OF .pnt ying bodies that must be beneath
this iietllIs. There can be but one result.
Days will eiapse before the rubbish can bs
sufficiently removed to permit the recovery
of these bodies, and long ere that every
corpse will be q putrid mass, yielding forth
those frightful emanations Of decaying hu-
man flesh that in o crowded community
like this can give but ONE result, the dread.
full typhus. Every battlefield has demon
strated the necessity OF the hasty interment
OF decaying bodies, and the stenchs that al.
ready arises ID the fore.runner Of impending
danger. &
SAVE THE WRECK SAVE THE WRECK r.
was the loud cry Of indignation which arose
from the lips OF the vast multitude, and the
warnings of science were lost in the eager
demands OF those who sought the remains
of those near and dear. The hose was again
turned upon the kissing mass, and rapidly
the flames yielded to the supremacy OF
WRter.s @
It ,is atmost impossible to conceive the
extentAof athe smoking ruins. An area OF
eight or ten aeres above the dam ID covered
to depth OF forty feet with the shattered
houses borne from the neighborhood Of
JohnstoWn. In each OF these houses it is
estimated there are from one to twenty
people. This is accepted as data on which
to estimate the Humher that perished upon
this spot and if the data be correct, bodies
that must be beneath must run well up in
to the hundreds if not thousands.
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RUIN AND DEVASTATION,

which grew at every instant OF it's progress.
Forty feet high, some say thirty, according
to others, was this sea, aud it travelled
with swiftness like that which lay hidden
in the heels OF mercury.
On and on raced the rider, and on and on
rushed the wave. Dozens OF people took
heed OF the warning and run up the hills.
Poor, faithful rider; it was an unequal
contest. As he turned to cross the railroad
bridge mighty wavefell on him, and horse,
rider and bridge all went out into chaos.
WHEN AND WHERE THE DAM BROKE.
JoHNsToWN, June 3, 11:2O a. m.-Four
gentlemen whose relatives are members OF
the South Fork Fishing club, who had gone
to learn the fate OF their friends. have just
returned. They report that there is NO one
at the lake except the custodians and some
workmen. The dam broke in the center at
the back, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
AT 4 the lake was dry. That great body OF
water passed out in an hour. An effort to
avert disaster by digging the lake away on
one side to ease the pressure OF water, was
without avail. The water passed over the
dam about a foot above its top, beginning
at half-past 2. -
. Whatever happened in the way OF q
cloud.bursS, took place during the night.
There had been but little rain up to dark,
and in the morning when the workmen
aWoke, the lake was full and kept on rising
rapidly, until at o'clock it began pouring
over the dam and undermining it. Men
were sent three or four times during the
day to i
WARN PEOPLE BELOW.
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Wedding Bells.

The marriage of Miss Agnes G. Hennessy
and c. Fred Sully will take place at st.
Patrick's church. Thursday evening. June
6, st O'Clock. The wedding will be pri.
vate and will be witnessed only by relatives
of the contracting parties. Congratula-
tions are extended in advance. f.
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In the Matter Of Cronin.

TORONTO, June BIN answer to dis
patches containing the announcement OF
the proposal to extradite him, w. ].
Starkey states that he is quite willing to
20 to Chicago and tell all he knows OF the
Cronin matter, which. he says, is nothing.
RACINE, Wis, June 3.-It transpires that
the skiff missed from Chicago about the
time OF the disappearance Of DR.. Cronin
was picked up by . tug and towed into Ra.
cine three days after the occurrence. II
contained two paddles and mans kid
glove.
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pressed their faces against the windows in
vain; II an Sendeavor to see something, they
knew not what. They knew in measure
OF the dreadfnl late their loved ones had
met with. All along the raging Conemaugh
the train stopped and bodies were taken
on the express car.
4 What journey was that OF the last
hall hourl The swollen, awful corpses are
here and there in piles OF cross ties, or on
the river banks, among the tangled green
eve. About 8 O'Clock the first passenger
train since Friday reached New Florence
depot with load OF eager passengers,
among them tough looking Hungarians and
Italians who lost friends near Nine
yah. Two OF the passengers on
the train were man and wife
from JohnstOwn. The little woman said,
"Ours is q big new brick house; 1t is three
story house, and i don't think there is any
trouble, do you? There are my four chill.
dren in the house and their nurse, and
guess father and mother will 60 over to the
house, don't your"
In a lew minutes all those in the car
knew the story OF the pair, and many pity
ing glances were cast at them. Their house
was ONE OF the first to 60.
PrTsBURG, June LA special train was
chartered by the newspapers to carry pro.
visions, medicine and clothing to the near.
est possible point to JOhnstown.
The railroad conductor who arrived this
morning, said: sThere is no telling how
many lives are lost. We got as far as Bel
war, and tell you il il
"A TERRIBLE SIGHT.
THE body OF g. boy was picked up by
some 81 us there, and there were seven
bodies recovered altogether. don't think
anyone got into Johnstown, and it is my
opinion they will not get in very soon.
No one not on the grounds has any idea of
The damage done. It will be at least q
week before the extent OF this flood is
known, and / think many bodies will never
os recovered"
A dispatch from Ninevah says: There
appears to be q large number of people
odged in the trees and rubbish along the
inc. Many are alive. Rescuing parties
should be organized at once.
Another telegram from Ninevah says:
Jp to noon 175 bodies have been taken
rom the river at that point. The stage of
;he water in the Allegheny river this after. |
loon became so alarming that residents
living In low districts began to move their |
household effects to higher grade. It has
,een q very busy day along the wharyes
,wing to the suddenness OF the rise, and |
he coaling fleet are hard at work securing
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DAMAGE no THE RAILWAYS.

The Pennsylvania Company Losses Alone
Over Five Millions of Dollars.
PHILADELPHIA, June IA dispatch re-
ceived at p. m. from Pittsburg states
that the Pennsylvania railroad people
succeeded in getting a temporary wire
through from Sang Hollow to the western
end of the railroad bridge, which is west Of
Johnstown. Debris lodged against the
bridge and is piled up to distance OF prob
ably forty feet. This is stated to be still
burning. Unless the flames die out SO as
to admit Of passage across the bridge,
nothing can be done towards repairing the
heavy washout between the bridge and
Johnstown station.
A dispatch also stated that the Cambria
Co.'s plant on the north side OF the Come
maugh river at Johnstown is complete
wreck. Until this dispatch was received it
was not thought here that this portion OF
the plant had been seriously injured. The
plant is said to be valued at $4,000, 900.
A dispatch received at the Pennsylvania
railroad office, this afternoon, says that
considerable damage has been sustained
by the railroad property. 1t is feared the
bridge crossing the west branch OF the-Sus-
quehanna at Sydney will 60. This bridge
was previously reported as being bal
lasted with a heavily loaded freight train.
Additional information from the Phila-
delphia e. Erie branch il that four-span
bridge across the Juanita at Grantsviile
has
BEEN CARRIED AWAY.
ul~ &. .A;Il
Ofthe twenty bridges south OF Ralston,
OF, the Northern Central branch, five are
washed away and all the rest are badly
damaged. .4g
The Cumberland Valley railroad lost q
new iron bridge crossing the Potomac river
near Williamsport, Md. ...
The bridge across Mahoning creek is gone,
and the bridge over the same stream at
Heating is badly damaged.
The railroad yard and tracks at Empo'
rum are badly washed out.
At Williamsport the west branch OF the
SusquehanDa Ia said to be thirty feet high.
Eight inches OF water is on the floor OF the
cate that nearly the whole city is over
flowed.
At Harrisburg the Susquehanna river ie
still rising.
AZ Steelton two and half feet OF water
flows over the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks, and the steel plant at that place id
also submerged. - ~ ~ ~ ~ 80
PASSENGERS AND CARS SWEPT AWAY.
PrrsBuRa, June LA Greensburg spe.
cial says the first section Of the day OK,
press which passed there at 8 o'clock. was
lying between Sang Hollow and Johns
town, yesterday afternoon, when the
waters came down. The food cut one Of
the cars, containing about fifty or sixty
passengers, loose. and it was carried away
and it is supposed the passengers per
ished. Few OF the occupants OF the Other
cars, it is thought, escaped, but it il
doubtful. 8. M. Bell OF Latrobe was con
ductor, and escaped by assistance rem
dered him.