Oxford eagle., 1889-06-20

mother was To break the arms. and the res
cuers resolved =, let them lie IN death -
they had In life
William fsafruev lost fourteen relatives
Including hts wife and two childreu
Several OF the bodies h. recovered and IN
aided performed the moarnfut duty Of dix-
gtnx their graves anil bnrytng them 10
speaking OF the matter he said. Il never
thought that I could perform such . sd
duty but had TO do it and l did H. So
one has any idea Of the feelings of a ruan
who acts und~Ftakrr. grave digger and
pa t-hearer for his own famiIv-
Mamma. mamma. erisd child shs
had recognized q body that no one sE>s
could and tn \ moment the corpse wm
ttekesed. boxed and delivered To labor.rs
who bore 1t away % fotn ths long funeral
procession
No hesr~~s wer~ seen tn I0hnssovn Rel
affv~s recognized their dsad secured shs
eorsns and gvt them rarrt~d th. best wsy
they esaId 10 she gvsveysrds A prayer.
some tears AMI fes more of the dead thoa-
sansts we're buried tn Mother Earth
Mr. ovi- wa. the Western Cnton teIs-
graph operator at Johnstswn for swenev
years Her daughter Niarie, vas her g.
ssstant shs was as her post when the food
ing To those lower down In the valley she
conld have escaped with her daughter and
two other assistants had she s@Ia-hly mind
ed the first warnings that came over the
wire. bur she ordered that no cus I~aw-
the Office until the valley wa- warned An
heroieaily stood their ground and we're lo~e
A wealthy young PhtIadeIphian named
ogIe recently became engaged 20 . Johns
town lady Mis-. Carrie Diehl They were 20
be welded In the middle Of June. snd both
parties were preparing for tho ceremony
The lover heard OF the terrible noed. bat
knowing that the residence OF his dsar enc
was ap In the hills fels little fear for her
safety To maks sure. however. n
started for Johnstswn Near the Fourth
street moExae he met Nr Dfehl
Thank God yoa ar. safe he sxcia med.
then added is Carrie weIIs" s-sns Vas
visiting IN ts- valley ~hen she wave came.
was the mournfgI reply. than b. bscksaed
the ycang man % enter ths chamber oe
death moment Later Mr. oxis wss kneeI-
ing se.tds 4 rough hfer and was kisstnx the
cold white face. From tho hfeisss finger
h- slipped thin. gold ring. and tn iss place
paf one Of hts own Then he .t1ls quietly
out-one Of the thousands made to mourn
By the bursting Of the South Ferk dam
hight h that Of Jane. Elxfn He had como
10 Johnstcwn 20 strend the wedding Of h,s
sister Ell@n He knew Of the fscs that .
terrible disaster had taken place. but
had no IDEA that his family was Involved
HI. agony may be imagined rnthsr
than described when learning on his
arrival that his mother and three ssssers
had 6een drowned and his father dsnensed
over tie terrible xnfcefon Tia cid rem
tienran WIS crying hk. q child and askfng
tho~e he met Did YOU zee them Dsd
you see them 70 down. they viii come bsek
for the wedding tonight She has goas for
her bridal wreath
squire Fisher and his wife had an inter-
escinx family OF seven children Their
house wiEhssood the attack of the wave
but 4 locomotive wss sweps down. struek
the residence. and all save one. boy of
T. were lost This lsd few 1zvs later.
overpowered by his grief. committed sai-
eide By harIing himself trosn he top % .
hzils1ns.