Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-06
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THE GREAT DISASTER.


j"lINSrowN, Pu., June G.-m the mids
ot this scene Uf death and dcsolation re
icntng Providence is cXerting q subduin
! influence. The temperature remains lol
III the (onemangh valley. Its benefit i
lnestlnahie. and should it continue for
lew days longer it is possible that hun
dredS OF bOileS may yet be recovered il
such a state OF preservation ~ to rende
Identification possible. Many hundred,
Of victims, however, viii be roasted anc
charred into a lileess mass. The work o
clearing up the wreck and reroveringtht
h0dles Is being conducted Systematically
over 5000 men are at work in the valley
AS the rubbish is gone over and the
bodies and articles of value are recovered
the debris is piled up and the torch ap-
f! Piled. In tWenty-four hours more every
mass of rubbish will probably have been
! searched and the Investigations be con.
fined to the smoking wreck above the
Johnstown bridge.
! At, the commlssary station yesterday
$4,000 people were fed and 600 families
were furnished provisions. Five car loads
OF clothing We're distributed and now al
most every one is provided with raiment.
At the different registration places 1000
names have been enrolled, The resi-
| dents OF the devastated districts were be-
tween 10000 and $4,000. There were 100
people waiting around the offices to have
their name placed on the list OF saved.
1t is thought by tonight that IS per cent
of the survivors will be registered
Yesterday afternoon fifty bodies were
taken from the debris in front OF the
Catholic church, Johnstown borough.
Forty Of those were women, who were
taken to the first Presbyterian church,
which is being used as morgue. Seven
teen bodies were taken from the debris
and river. The relief corps from Altoona
found Il body near Stone bridge. This
corps took out thirty-two bodies from the
ruins yesterday.
Five bodies were taken out of the
wreckage near Nibert's bank on the main
street.
Something like accuracy is being
reached in the estimates of loss of life.
The most conservative now put the num-
Der at 10000. Nine hundred army tents
have been divided and two white walled
villages now afford shelter to nearly 5000
homeless people. Talk of rebuilding the
town has already begun and it is thought
that the great Cambria iron works will be
running again i'll thirty days. A hundred
men are at work clearing away for this
purpose.
Over 5000 men are thus employed in
JOhnstoWn proper, about 800 of these
being regular street hands hired by con-
tractors, the others being volunteers. Mr..
Finn, OF Plttsburg, contractor, arrived
at the wrecked city and at once took
charge OF the army OF laborers. In an
interview he told Of the work that had to
be done and the contractors estimate
shows more than anything the chaotic
condition OF the city. 1t will take 10 900
men thirty days to clear the ground so
streets are passable.
A frequent visitor at the inproyised
morgue and about the wrecks is demented
John Lewis. All over JOhnstown he rides
Il powerful grey horse and to each one he
meets whom he knows he excaims. |
'llave you seen my sister," Hardly
waiting for reply he gallops away either
to seek some morgue Or to ride along the |.
river bank. One week ago Lewis was
worth $50 200, his all being invested in
large commission business To-day he |
owns the horse he rides, the clothes on
his back, and that is all. In the fierce
waves were buried five of his near rela- !
tives, his sisters Annie, Lizzie and Mag |
gle, the latter was married, and her little |
boy and baby. The flood and fire claimed
among its victims not only the living but
dead. To-day handsome coffin was
found half buried in some charred wreck !
age, down near the point. Inside was
found the body Of n man shrouded for
burial, but SO scorched about the head
and face as to be unrecognizable The
is that the house in which the
dead man had lain had been crushed
and the debris partially consumed by |
fire.
Harrisburg, Pa, June G.--Money, cloth .
ing and provisions continue to pour into
Johnstown. France and English sub
scriptions are growing up into the thous-
ands. Ireland send sympathy. Chicago
telegraphs that her donation for the sui |
ferers will amount to 100000.