, 1889-06-06
Of dead. At last he came to corpse Of a


child about nine years old, his daughter.
He looked ut the swollen and blood stained
features and then with u voice of the most
un nutteraOlc agony cried, my Maggie, my
little Maggie" ut the same time pressing
the ipani,nsts form 20 h,s bosom and Riv.
Ing expression TO alternate caressinK and
Y, calculations Of grief. The man took his
child. and went with II to What had been
his home. He placed II brside those Of his
have bpep drowned. IL Ia impossible 10
nar-ate the many pathetic incidents that
| occurred on all side. At Moreilen, forty
three bodies were laid out waiting to he
identified. eight Of them children. ono that
| uf y child which . physician said had been
horn wnils the motnrr WAS fighting for her
life in the raging food. At Ninevrh.
nine miles down stream, one bundrtd and
.ix bodirs. mostly women and children.
were Land out Ia sawmill and additions
we're beios hIed up y,s by ~s.oo .,s
Ds,ss ssso- over e1'sta which the srea. tide had
survpd with the fury of Q demon. Many
were found with their hands clinRibR IL.
paciously 10 branches Of trees and shrubs
In ons cafe q Young uple we're found
locked in each others arms. Ia another
csse mother was found with a child
clasped in each arm ana held close to her
bosom. There 10 no possibility of telling
juet who has been lost, as thousands are
missing. The survivors. many Of whom
I. II Of niost thrilling escapes, from collec..
tions Of debris, house.tops, car doors and
planks. seek the banks and gaze
with s,upor born OF paraly ,tion of their
mental faculties from the fright ana hor'
ror they have been SUI 'jected 10.
mann hor nf ppnpl.. whn ura viaihlp
from The banks are Sd few, in contrast
with the population of the various little
borough which con,titute the city. that
the QUESTION, "Wnf re are these peoplep"
il asked on all sides. The impression is
gaining ground that the disclosures yet TO
come, where the gorge collected
aud which Is now burning over
an area Of several acres. is yet more
eha-tly. The aw.ulness'o of the scene dehes
language to depict. ss it doea imagination
10 conceive. Without seeing the havoc
created, no idea can be given. either of
the area of desolstion, or extent of dam
ally starving. Men who yesterday were
worth half a million dollars are to-day
actually penuilsss and suffering for the
necessities of life. A loud cry of distress
~ being sent I'D from the entire city, and
dol-iul want should meet with prompt
response.
fLoRKHCR. Pa, June /. 6P. Mt is
nov thought that the lossi in the vicinity Of
Jobnstown will be about $ll. ZOO, 900. c.
w. hoppenstale Of Lincoln avenue. at the
east and OF Pittsburg. distinvu uished him.
self oy his bravery yesterday afternoon.
was messenger on the mail train which
had " turn back at Sang Hollow. As the
train passed the point the water was full
of struggling people. and woman and
child floated in near shore, The train
WAS stopped and Hoppenstall jumped into
the water and in two trips saved both the
mother and child. OF the dead nearly six
" have been identified, among
whom are James Mcmillan. superint.n
dent of The Columbia Iron
Company's store. wife, four chill.
dren and daughter in.law. John p.
Linton. a leading lawyer. wife and Eve
children, Mrs. Thomas Kirlen and two
children. John Nolan and seven Uf his
family, DR., Grorpe Wsgoner. wife and
three children. Frank 2. Bowman. wife
and two children, Mrs. Richard Worth.
ingtOn and seven children. Pearson Fisher
wife and six children. just brfore reach.
ing Sang Hollow. ut the end of the main
line OF the Pennsylvania railroad is sig
nal towor and the men in 1t told
STORIES OF WHAT THEY SAW,
so piteous | could not listen to half of it,
aud command my attention. Here are
some little odds and ends of happenings
they told me Of: A beautiful girl came
down on the roof of building which was
swung in near the tower. Sne screamed
20 the spectators 10 save her. and one
brave fellow alked as far out into the
river as be could and shouted to her 10
untHp har.ll ls NH ths al xxJt n ha nj
OF plank. She was a plncky GIRL and
stood upon har fraii support in evident
obedience 10 the con- mand of the operator.
She made two or three bold strokes and
actually stopped the course of the raft for
few seconds.
An instant, then it swerved and went
out from under er She tried to swim
ashore, but in few minutes she was lost
in the swiriinv water, something hit btr,
for she lay quietly on her back with her
face psllid aud txpressionless, Men and
women in dozens. and in pairs and singly.
children. boys. big and little. and wee
babies were there, in among the awful
procession in the water, drowning, gasp
Ing, struggling and fighting desperately
for fe. Two men on tiny raft shot
into the swittest part of the current. They
crouched stolidly, looking at the shores.
while between them, dressed in white,
KNEELlNa WITH HER FACE TURNED
MEAvEEwARD
was q girl ak or seven years old. When
she came oppo ite the tower she turned
her face to tho operator. She was so close
they could see the big tears on her cheeks,
and her pallor, as Vt death. Helpless men
on shore shouted to her to keep up her
courage. and she resumed her devout atti.
tude and disappeared under the trees of
projecting point "a short distance below.
I'VE could not zee her again, said the
operator, and that was all Of it. do