Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-08

"fhh hNn w littliot CONTRADICTION, IMAM the
original dam would have been with the
crest only three and half 10 four feet high
above the bottom OF the rock spill.way In.
stead OF seven feet It II impossible TO say
whether the rip-rapping OF the new part OF
the dam was as good as the old or not, since
It has been wholly carried away. A large
amount 81 the old rip-rappiug and slope.
wall stil remains intact and is OF eN-
ecllent quality. Il does not appear that
there was any great amount Of leaking
through the dam before It broke The de-
struction came from the water flowing over
the top. WELLINGTON said that no engineer
OF rcnown and good standing for such work
could possibly have been engaged on H., since
IN the particulars mentioned II violated the
most elementary and universally understood
requirements Of good practice. Ho did not
believe thnt any other dam ~ equal height
had ever been constructed IN This country
wholly ot earth without some kind OF Specisl
protection against leakage or abrasion by
water IN The centre Of the dam.
The estimates OF the original dam indicate
that Il was made Of about hail earth and haf
rocE; but II 80 there was little evidence OF
il iu the broken dam. The riprapping was
merely skin on each face. with more or less
loose spalls mixed with esrth The dam was
outside slope, aad % feet wide on the top.
The rock throughout was about one foot be-
low the surface. The earth was pretty good
material for such p dam, II It wss 10 De buiit
az all. being OF a clay ey nature and making a
good puddle. To this fact lis Standing intact
since 1851 must bc ascribed a. no engineer
OF standing would have ever tried to 90 con-
Struct u. Th~ TACT thst the dam was re-
constructed one after twenty years ab1n-
dOnmeut made II specially bard on the older
part Of fhe dam 10 Withstand the pressure OF
the water. Wellington left for Pittsburgh
this evening.
The Waits Mission is doing noble work
in .JohnstOwn. Miss II. vs.. HinCkley md
her assistant, Miss Cornelia Hancock, arc the
herolnes ~ the hour. Within An hour after
hat established a bureau and we're receiving
children or babies that had been orphaned
by the cruel flames. Miss IIinckley talked
cheeduly % her work to the Associated
Press representative this morning.
CARING FoR tbs CHILDREN.
we have been very busy from the verv first
hour" She said, ''and feel ioat we have been
able 10 render good service. Within a few
minutes We received notification OF perhaps
hundred orphan children. and as the
press wss kind enough to send out our ad-
dress we were In receipt Of oilers from all
over the country TO take charge OF some OF
the little ones. In many cases the children
reported have subsequently, had their little
hearts claddeneG By the sudden appari-
ton Of mother or father who alter
sll was not lost in The Good. but
bad found q friendly refuge on the
uyer miles below. From Cleveland, In
dlauapOh. Altoona, Pittsburgh, and in
fact throughout all Pennsylvania and the
eastern states. We hsve received kilograms
from societies and families Oil.rng to take
charge II certain Numbers OF little ones. We
received through the MsvOr OF New York
message from Leaks and Watts orphanage
IN New York city, Offering 10 receive twenty
tive OF ibe orphan children. OF course we
gladly accepted the o0er. We could re-
srond 10 many more such Kind oilers. IL i
set impossible 10 estimate how msny chils
dron will fall upon our hands, but the nuIn-
Der will probably run into the hundreds"
The Associated agent az JUhnstown has
received numerous kilograms from all por'
fions OF the nited states asking 10 whom
drafts for rcnef should be RENTED. In
many cases cheeks and drafts have been nd
dressed to james b. scott Dictator OF the
valley, aud he was probably The most proper
PERSON 20 whom 10 maze these remit'snces.
81 wish YOU would now state to the cOun-
try" SAID scott ~ the Associated Press rep
rcsentatlye to-day, that AZ things are be-
coming more and more settled every hour |
would recommend that all drafts and cheeks
hereafter he sent 10 william K. Thompson,
treasurer of the Finance Committee, Pitts
hurqh. That city Is now really the financial
point, SIS most Of our supplies must neces.
sarily be- purchased there. Let ali general
ne in the form Of drafts and no
confusion can possibly arise"
HE SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
Eight thousand men have been at work to.
dav clearing out the debris, but truth COM
pes the statement that the undertaking has
not been fairly started. Fires are burning
up and down in the Valley Of Conemaugh rs
far rs the eye can reach. The air is thick
with smoke. end yet 10 people familiar With
the situation the efforts OF this army OF
earnest toiers are hardly appreciable.
Something Ike system Is being established,
but the most careful estimates are to the
effect that it will tase weeks 10 clear out the
ruin pied up for mics between the hills IN
the course Of the RIVER. There is an establish
ed belief with many PEOPLE that Newspaper
reporters I've chiefly IN world Of fiction.
Could every person who reads these lines see
the fuchtiul sights that have confronted
the members Of The press here during
the last week they would all unite
in declaring that only q small portion Of The
story had been told. Human fancy cannot
conceive the horrors Of the situation. This
reDort Is being written from the second story
Of a building worth probably fifteen dollars,
which commands view Of the mountainous
wreck.
The stencil that is waited through the
doorless aud windOwless structure by every
RAISING breeze f. sickenine. An hour $50
The writer completed a tour OF the mighty
wreck in this vicinity IN company with Ar
thur Kirk, the millionaire Gilman, VINO Is
looking after the work Of opening up the
ryer-channel chiefly by dynamite. Dozens
of human beings and animals were TO be
seen on The surface ch0rred and blsckened
by lire. aud in such a state OF decomposition
that the strongest man could no more
than glance al them. hirk, who Is
man o. IRON nerve and stranger 10
fear, declared that he was sick at heart aud
ANXIOUS 10 quit the awful scene; ID facl,
while ne was taking with the reporter the
chief Of the sanitary Committee and Direc-
tor scott begged him TO stay and carry on
the WORK. lie viii stay TO the limit, but
mis- task is an nwiul one. Eigbty.sX men
IInNu AlllOUds UuNfi N'ANAH VI NtsN 'F@''Nf''
officials. ale scattering disiufectants over
acre. ~ the wreck &c thdth railrosd bridge
stoned. Kirk decllres that thousands OF
bodies will yet be found IN this territory
alone.
Grtat trouble has been experienced at the
bridge caused by he mass OF teIegraph-wlres
i'm he debris. Line rrpairers are badly need
ed 10 help IN removing the wires, and ARK
saws that a. soon IS they are gone he Will
hustle the debris through 10y the acre.
Western Union telegraph officials have been
asked 10 send experienced linemen TO
nclp in The work. The problem Of
the hour i, The disposal OF the de6rls
above the Pennsylvania railroad bridge.
Unless il is soon got RID OF the stencil viii
be 80 oyerpoWering that no human beng
can withstand il. The pneumonia scourge
grows alarming. DR.. Sweet OF Phlladel'
pbis. a prominent member OF Dr. Grons
sts0. came down from Cambria Hospital to-
nignt with startling report. DT. Gron had
reiired and DO Onccial action could be
taken. Or. Sweet said;
DISEASE PREVALENT.
prospect Hill IS full Of pneumonia, With
some dipbtheria and measles. The hospital
IS fun TO OVERLOOKING. aud to-day attended
iorty.two cases on the outside. They were
IL ~ pnaUmnula There