The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-03


ID seized byamob. Arope was placed Rbo
Is his neck and hewas lerked up into h
ID air, The rope was tied 70 the tree a
10 the would,be lynchers left him, 3
ID ISLANDERS cut him down before he W
le dead, The other man did not interie
is and he was allowed 10 60,
s. Ex,Mayor 0halmerdicki Of John
d town, shot q man In JohnHtoWn tod
for robbing q dead woman's body.
7. A dispatch from NineYeh says; Oh
% can get no idea Of the fearful work Of Il
waters until he has seen the poor, MAJ
gled, bespatteTed bodies. On the Ind
= ana side OF the river at this place aboI
seyenty-fYe more bodies Rre laid ou
= In the low Nineyeh flats q number
s other bodies can be seen, but so far the
! have not been recovered. Arms are pr
truding above the water and sand, br
2 the bodies are In such dangerous place
3 that they can't be secured without gTeG
peril, The water has subsidized somC
what, but the current in the stream
still strong and violent,
The wrecklng train this afternoon col
lected fifteen bodies between Derry an,
Nineyeh,
They were taken to the planning mil
and placed In rows about the establish
ment, No one can have any idea wha
the bodies looked like until he has seel
them, Some OF them had their skull
knocked In as some brute had hi
them with q bludgeon. Fine lookinI
women had ugly gashes on their cheeks
and the delicate hands were scratched
and torn as II they had been dEagget
through q briar patch, Their faces werl
smaller and distorted; mouths wert
drawn out Of shape and the eyeballI
were In some instances filled with mud
as were also the ears. Their slender
garments we're bedraggled with leaves
weeds and grass, mixed with mud. The
little children arranged In rows looked
for all the world like large Chinese dolls
with their round, bloated faces and
bloody skins, Many Of the bodies were
covered with blood and bruised horri,
bly,. They were tossed about, butIeted
by currents and dashed against rocks
and debris until they were scarcely rec
ognizable by friends.
When the waters subsided somewhat
tue bodies were loft lying in the mud
and grass along tho shores where they
are being picked up as fast as they can
be found.
BODIES UNDER THE GRASS.
Close observers going along in the
trains can see lots OF bodies partially
covered with grass and drlftwood. In
some places the debris is piled up as
high as a house, and It Is supposed
bodies are lying under these masses.
Everywhere on the shores Of the
stream the bushes and trees have caught
various articles Of clothing. At one
point q lady's chip hat ornamented the
top Of young birch, and clothes
enough, ragged and torn, can be picked
up to complete any gentleman's or la.
dy's wardrobe.
Among the bodies lyingat Nineyeh
was that OF a woman with a young babe
in her arms. Her limbs had stiiiened
about the child, and in that position she
was stretched outon the floor. Most Of
the victims at Nineyeh are women. A
big, brawny mill hand with hob.nailed
shoes on his feet and his hair cropped
close TO his head, was placed beside the
dead body Of handsome looking man
with ninstache and side whiskers.
He appeared 10 have been proies-
siolal man, judging from his exterior.
Innocent little fellows with their disCol.
ored faces upturned and wearing calm
expression, brought tears to many an
eye. Some Of the bodies lacked shoes,
and II has been learned since that these
people worked at night and slept dur
Ing the day, A cripple was noticed
among the ladies, The one limb having
been shorter than tho other, and the
thick sole and high, narrow French heel
were prominent. But IL was the horrible
mangIing Of the bodies that made the
picture In the sawmill so frightful and
disagreeable.
Late last night people about Derry
were willing to wager that the loss Of life
would not be less than 10000, but un-
doubtedly these figures are too high by q
half. Certain II % that the actual loas
will never be known. The bodies In the
fire can be seen burning up, and some
will be carried into the Ohio and never
recovered.
Nine people were in the tower at
Johnstown when tue flood came. Chief
Lineman II. A. Jackson, Of Denny, hap
pened to.be one Of the number. Only
one Of the nine escaped. Mr.. Jackson,
Mrs. 0gle, the operator, and her daugh.
ter were carried away and drowned yes
terday morning. The bodies were re-
covered and identified last night.
Twoeleepers Of the day express lying
at Conemaugh were burned some time
during yesterday. One OF the coaches
qf the delayed train, full Of people, and
II Is reported that only nine Of The pas
sengerB were saved.
wlPE AHp QHl1p DROWNED.
Just opposite Lacolle a man, bis wife
and child clung tod tree all night long.
In the morning the people on the other
side called to them to hang on and they
would rescue them. When the water
had fallen q little tue man dropped down
from his position. In assisting his wife
mud child they stepped on the same de.
briS, which gave way beneath them, and
they we're rushed out To the center ol
the stream, where they sank before tho
distracted husbands eyes.
Poor Stove GluCis, who lost his wife
and five children, travelled around with
the wreckers. With tears In his eyes
and heartbroken, le carefully scrutiniz.
ed the bloody and mangled faces Of the
women. Once he thought he had found
his vile, but when lie saw the bodies at
Nineyell he got roLfRgel and Couldn't
tell which one, II any, belonged to him.
In Conemaugl the round houses and
engines were moved and carried away,
A flour mill and half OF cotton mill are
all that is left Of tue town OF Woodyale
and Cambria City iB entirely gone. A
number OF people were forced 70 remain
In the market house and steel works ali
night
PROMINENT PEOPLE LOST.
II Is reported that r. j, Linton, /,
prominent attorney Of JohnStown, ant
his family; John Dlcbert the banker
and bis family, and NJ. O. McAlillen, o
the Cambria Iron Company, wer,
drowned. The last seen Of Mr.: Linton
his wife apd children, thpY were On thi
roof Of his biz brick house, Anolhe
haOua n NttnL II tt,hnt, Aha ,t,a1fs 1.