Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-03
WATER RECEDING.
Two Thousand Two Hundred Collins For
Mnrded from PI1tshnrc-

Two Thousand Two Hundred Collins For
warded from PIttsburg.
PITTSBURG, June 2d.-The usually quiet of the
| streets of Pitlsburg On sunday were to-day
alive with excited people eagerly seeking news
| from the flood destroyed JOhnStown in front OF
| newspaper bulletins. Groves were rapidly for
warded TO the scene of the disaster Coffin
| manufacturers here are worked 10 their fullest
capacity and collins are beng shipped rapidly
ms morning ten carloads were sent down con
Tuning Z2Jo coihnS and they VIII be distributed
at various points along the river where the dead
| nave been collected. Reports are coming in
from large number of towns throughout
| the western part of the State and eastern Ohio
ana West Virginia, of citizens mass meetiug s
| being held, and donations
N AID OF THE SUFFERERS
Are fast pouring in. \ dispatch from Stem
benvllle, o., states that Scott Salkeld with his
| little son, let that place Monday for South
| Park. 1t is feared they
rERIsHED IN THE FLOOD.
| benefit by a theatrical company to be given
in aid OF the sufferers was advertised to be given
in one of the theaterS in this city this evening
! The TACT coming TO the ears OF the Law and Or
der ooclety, however, they gave notice that the
| performance would not be permitted. This ac-
| ton Is severely condemned by the community
The rivers are slowly rcceding, ard all appre-
henSlol OF danger Is past.
SCENE OF DEsoLATIoN.
JohnStown is the most complete wreck i'm.
from the face OF the earth as if they had never
| been erected The streets from end to end are
| piled IRON II teen to twenty feet high with de
| briS and i'll some instances it is as high rs the
| roofs of the houses This GIT at mass of wreck
age fills the streets from curb to curb and fre-
quently has crushed the fronts of buildings in
and filed the space with the reminders of
\ TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
From the wooden mill above the island to the
| bridge, distance probably OF two miles, strip
| of territory nearly halls mile in width has
| been swept clean. not a stick of timber nor
| one brick on top OF another being lett TO tell
| the story.
| All day long men, women and children were
plodding about the desoiate waste trying in
| vain to locate the boundaries of former homes
Nothing but a wide eXpanse of mud, orna-
| mented here and there with heaps of drift
wood, remains, however, Tor their cOutempla-
| ton.
pared to TIE frightful sacrifices of precious lives
| to be seen on every hand. During all this Sun
day Johnstown has been drenched with the
TEARS OF STRICKEN MoRTALs,
And the air is filled with sobs and signs that
| come from breaking hearts. There are scenes
| enacted here every hour and every minute that
| affect all beholderS very profoundly.
| An utterly wretched woman named Mrs
Fem stood by muddy pool of water trying
| to find some trace of once happy home She
was half.crazed with grief, and her eyes We're
| red and swollen. As the writer stepped to her
| remarked:
They are all gone. Oh God be me.ciful to
them! My husband and my seven dear lit e
| children have been swept down with the flood
| and am left alone. We were driven by raging
hoods into q garnet but the water followed us
| there. Inch by inch it kept rising until our
| heads were crushed against the roof.
IT WAS DEATH TO REMAIN,
So we raised window and, one by one, placed
| my dGrllngS on some drift wood, trusting them
| TO the Great Creator AS l liberated the last
| one, my sweet little boy, he looked at me and
said Mamma, you have always told me that
God would care Tor me: will he look after me
| now" l saw him drift away, and with his
| face turned toward me and with PRAYER on
my, lips for mis- Geliverance he pass from my
! Sight forever The next moment the roof was
| crushed III and Heated outside, to be rescued
| fifteen hours later from the roof of d house in
| Weave vile. III could only find
| ONE OF MY DAELINGS
l could bow to the viii of God. But they are
all gone; have lost everything on earth now
handsome woman walked through the de-
| pot where dozen or more bodies were await
| ing burial. Passing from one to another she
| hnally lifted the paper covering from the face
| OF a woman, young, and with traces of beauty
| showing through the stains of muddy water
! with cry of anguish she realed backward to
! be caught by man who CHANGED to be passing
| In moment or so she had Gained herself sufi-
GENTLY to take one more look at the features of
| her dead.
She stood gazing at the unfortunate as one
| dumb. The dead woman was the
SISTER OF THE MoURNER
The body was placed in coffin a few min.
| utes later and sent away to its narrow house.
| These incidents are but fair samples of
scenes familiar to every turn in this stricken
| city. The loss of lite is simply dread Ill The
| most conservative people declare that number
| Will reach 5000.
| THE LAST STORY.
| The streets have been full of men CARVING,
bodies to various places where they await ide
Il tbaK 49,,
| just begun. Every hour or so forces of men
working on various heaps of debris find mum
| Der of
| BODIES BURIED IN THE MUD
And wreckage. 1t is believed that when the
flames are extinguished in the wrecknge at the
| bridge and the same is removed that hundreds
and hundreds of victims Will be discovered
| In fact this seems certain, as dozens of bodies
have already been found on the outskirts of the
mass OF broken timbers.
Reports from outside points are also appalling
| Up to o'clock tonight $50 bodies had been en-
| balmed at Ninevah, and there is a report that
| more have been discovered half buried in the
| mud on the island between New Florence and
| the place named. At the Fourth Ward school
| house over one hundred victims have been laid
out for identification. In many cases they
| have been recognized, while in many more the
| tags bear the simple word unknown
Shocking sights have become so common that
they have lost their terror, and the finding of
body here and there attracts little or no atten-
| ton from the great crowds that constantly line
| places.
AS this is being written, hundreds and hun
| dreds OF homeless men, women and children
are sleeping
on THE HILLSIDES UNDER TENTS
| That were sent on from Pittsburg and other
places about the country.
| The Pennsylvania Railroad has succeeded in
| getting track through to the city and pro-
| vision enough to meet all immediate wants
| have arrived.
Those, people who were not swept away or
disabled are working earnestly for The revival
| OF the stricken city, but 1t will take months of
| work TO come anywhere near repairing the
! fearful damage, while it is about certain that
| the list OF the loss will never be made COM
plete.
| THE SUPPLY OF CoFFINS
Sent in from Pit;sburg and o'her points is so
! great that the kelief Committee telegraphed
| last evening not to send any more until ordered
| \ dozen OF places have already sent in gener-
Gus sums of money, and the people are encour-
aged TO believe that their more pressing wants
Will be provided for. II will require several
days yet to ascertain anything like definite
idea OF the loss of life, but it will certainly
reach up into the thousands. Every hour
brings fresh evidence of the fact that the disas-
ter eclipses anything of the kind in the history
OF the country, and no one Can say what the
final results will be.
| A case of attempted lynching was witnessed
this evening near kernyille A man was oh
served stealing valuable articles from some
houses. He was seized by mob,
ROPE PLACED AROUND HIS NICK,
And was jerked up into the air. The rope was
tied to a tree, and his would-be lynehers left
him. BystanderS cut him down before he WAS
dead. The other men did not interfere and hs
was allowed to go.
L E~- hall, nth - H.