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

thivuEn At nuhihtai pufhiun M thn Town
forty rods wide, leaving no yestage OF q
building or street IN ita path Tho buai,
nen streets cannot ba found, and tho
town loools like mud'c0yered field,
Tho Lose Of life
Ia estimated by conservative police oiii-
GERS we'll acquainted with tho fAgta at
not less Than 1900 20 5000, j0hn,town
people seem 10 be annlhilated, aud you
would not Hee 800 Inhabitants In town
all day. The rE0ple seem pamlygod.
Hundreds OF people from other towns
are helping tO get bodies out The scene
VI the bridge IL horrible beyond desoHp-
ton, Tho bed Of the river for a uhird OF
mile Il q B0lid mass Of dehriA, two
thirds burned over, The people Ia Il
were heard calling for help up 20 .
o'clock Sunday morning,
Two Pltlsbnrg fire englneR are now
playing on the fire, Many burned
bodies are 30 he seen Ia the fire Tho
scene n terrible, The portion 0f the
town chat contained the arlat0cratie real
decm Is entirely wiped out Not q
veitAge Of their residences remain But
q very fow Of their bodies have been
found
Cutting 90 rlngeH
The fObherlea were simply frlghtful
Last night llmgariana patr0lod the rail-
road, holding up many who paaael All
day yesterday they were r0bbIng bodies,
cut fingers OF 10 get rings and taking
everything Of yaln0 from The bodies,
EXMay0r Dick h reported W have
shot two llungarans while al the work.
two more wore hanged by the infurated
people,
The city iAo
Vast Charmed House,
and bodies arN being found all the time
The school house ha6 been turned into
mOrgue, Three hundred bodies are lying
aide by side In tho school house, and
hundreds more nt other places
Th0umudH are supposed 20 bN under
the acres VI debris and great teara Of an
epidemic are entertained, Bodies are
already beginning ~ docompoio and two
daya Of hot guu Will make tho condition
simply terrible The state board OF
health, by official orders, haa directed
RheiIIs Of nll counties ON the river 10
take FROM the water all bOdiesu Of pemona
and anlmalR
steel Works Aupihllatod,
The gtga works above Johnstown are
annihlntpd, not % brick nor piece Of ma
Chincry remaining Nearly every build
ing Of thB Cambria iron works has walls
crashed in, machinery intact, hut Gov
erred with o foot Of mud and many feet
Of debris, The lOfa Of the company IN
.atas..aN.l al OaH. Ia lsla s..tlll.s.a
All the prominent men connected with
tho work. nrc dond, win the town be
rcbuIlt2 No one knows, but In all prob
ability IL will not II loolR impossible
The railroads have large force Of men
working on Che tracks, but can't got
trains through for days.
Tho Hnpidlty of The water
An eye. witness Rid the water WA
three feet dccp IA the strccN Hundreds
had come 10 src the flood when suddenly
the rush came, ana soon the water was u
mcthIng mnW of broken houses and
RhrrNIUN IHr. Ia. current came
iaster thiup horse could run and escape
was impossible Everything wus carried
before it In eight muutDS tho dOstruO,
ton WIS completed and The wllOr thirty
feet deep Everything that could float
had living freight Nearly every person
had u child, aud In q half hour not
child wpR tn hn Eron,
Long train lolds Of supplies ARE here
AMI sufficient rOr immediate necessities,
900 Tents from Ohlo
have arrived llolp viii be needed for
weeks, as thousands are without food
and no way 10 secure u. The railroad
company 10 carrying all supplies and
Hood SUIT rpm free.