Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-05

the point district. where a couple OF hun
dred mansions Ito in solid heaps OF BRICK
stone, aud timbers.
Chief Evans, OF the Pittsburgh fire de-
psrtment, was hustliug around with force
OF tweniy.iour 6remen Just brought NJ 70
relieve those who have been working 50 bard
since Saturday.
Morris NJ. Mead, superintendent OF The
Bureau OF Electricity, headed force OF SIX
teen sanitary inspectors from Pitisourgn
and are now doing great work among tue
dead.
Superintendent Kirk, OF the Pittsburgh
| Dynsmlte Company, set at rest The reports
| floating about to-day that there were TO be
some terrific upheavals by dynamite. we
! Will not attempt 10 loosen the wreckage oy
! DYNAMITE" said he. at IL full oil dea1
| bodies and they would be terribly mangled
n dydamite were used. We will employ
small cartridges for shsttering heavy timbers
occasionally, but that Ia ALL" But Kirk has
n scheme afoot that is as momentous as IL Is
cheering TO the thousands below Johnstown
who have been exposed to the danger OF
pestlence from drinking Allegheny river
water.
USDER tbs DEBRIS.
Reeklng menace to life and health lie 10
the bed OF Conemaugh lake for 900 YARDS
above the Pennsylyania railroad bridge.
When drifts accumulated ogsinst this
structure hundreds-some say thousands
OF bodies were piniOned under the de6Tis.
II extends across the river 400 feet and twice
that distance w the stream. The awful
story OF how II caught fire and burned
for three days, roasting pinioned VIC
TINS ard filling the valley with the sicken-
ing odor OF burning flesh, has been related.
The plan now Ia ~ build a wall along the
old river course, turn the water into the
drift, and thus flush II out. This Is a mOn-
ster scheme, but Kirk thinks the earth wall
can be thrown up by tomorrow evening.
A large force Of men are to be put to WORK
upon II at once.
HAVE YOU SEEN NY sIsTERst
A frequent visitor at the morgues is David
.Johu Lewis. All over ,IOhnst0wn he rides a
powerful gray horse aud 10 each one he
meets whom he knows he exclaims: "iIaVe
you seen my sisters!" Hardly waiting for
a reply he callops SWAY either TO seek in
eress into morgue or 10 ride along the
river banks. One week ago Lewis was worth
100000, bis all being invested in large
commission business. To-day he owns the
horse he rides, the clothes on bis back, and
thati all.
ROHBlNG tuNfSES'
A negro man and woman were found TO-
day in the set Of robbing coTpses. They pre-
tended 10 be at work searching the de5r1s,
but the man was seen to hand a gold wsich
10 The woman. Both were srre.ted. The
woman's pockets were found 10 he filed
with watches and iewelry. There were
several rings that were bloody. Fingers had
been cut or OF the dead for gold
THIEVES STILL AT WORK.
Although a close watch has been kept on
bodies after they have been unearihed.
thieves occasionally get in an opportunity TO
steal from the dead. Five Italians were
caught this evening while in the act Of eX-
humipg a body at the cemetery. For
tuDalcly for them there were few
people around or they would uu-
dOubtedly have been strung up. As IL
was they were taken in charge by lie OF
soldiers and locked in n boX-cAr. TO-mOr-
row morning they will he taken 10 Green's
burg. where they will be tried. Petty
theying il constantly going on. but to-mor-
row a thorough military patrol viii prevent
IL in great measure.
TUE SITUATION AT LOCKHAvEN.
PHILADELPHIA. June A. Superintendent
Petit, Of the Pennsylvania railroad, made
haven At $3.50 thls morning. lie met some OF
the principal citizens aud they say there IL
no suffering. An the houses had FROM six
TO ten feet OF water in them, and the mud Is
still in the streets and houses. Only one per-
son Is known 10 have been drowned qt Lock-
haven, but several lives are reported lost a;
MIldsm, a town about four miles from
Lockhlven. The RraYcst apprehensions have
been felt in regard 20 Lock haven, and as SUI
perlnteDdent Pettits dispatch received at 10
O'Clock this morning Il the first news from
that beleaguered city since Friday the
very favorable outlook is a cause OF general
rejoicing. Local freight Mt LOckha'en for
other towns will be started this afternoon.
STARVATION AND FAMINE.
4 special 10 the Press saws: The news
from LOckhaYen Is Of toe most gloomy cha
racter, fear being expressed that many will
starye. All communication is cut of and
aid cannot reach them. TO add to their dis
tress they are without water supply, the
reservoir having been washed out.