The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

not until the food from the reservoir had
reached the city did they anticipate danger.
All fied from the first to the second floors.
Then a the water rose they went TO e
a .ic, and Mr. Schubert hastily prepared
raf, upon which all embarked. just as
the raft reached the idge a heavy piece
Of timber raj ed from the water an swept
the editor beneath the surface. The ra
then gllded through a all the rest were
re cued. NJ. Schubert's remains we Q
found this afternoon beneath pile II
broken timbers. This e ening his coffin
y as carried to his wild W a d children at
the house of friends in Morrellville.
TOUR ALONG THE BANK.
A tour of the west bank of the river for
a distance of two miles leaves
the mind confused. There are not over 100
bodies to be seen, but W lile q mass OF peo-
pie walked back and forth they were
strangers. Not one person II ten that one
met was a reside t of this vicinity. 1t
leads to the belief that hund eds,
perhaps thousands, are still buried in the
mud d debris. burned in the awful fur ace
at the stone bridge, or lodged further
down than the searchers have yet gone.
That many are bu lied Yet is lso indicated
by fresh find every few hours, though no
thorough search in the mud aud debris has
been mmenced. The b lief that many
were buried i, strengthene by the unmis-
takeable odor that rises from the ashes of
the fire on the river bank.
FIELD USED AS MoRGUE.
The work Of getting bodies together for
easy identificatio began early this after
noon. The central point was Morrellville.
o. Fairfield avenue Is a large vacant lot
belonging to Frank Lecky. AT o'clock
this was almost entirely covered with
cottins, while between them and stooping
over them were weeping men and women.
Although the number was short Of 100 at
O'Clock, Others will come in and there is no
telling what the total will be- On one rough
box was piece OF paper it the words,
Three children Tonight they were
lifted out, and all thres were placed in one
coffin. The little bod es were aim st naked
and the purple faces bruised and cut
Many of the bodies had not been ie ltifi d.
The corpse of beautiful young woman lay
in the improvised morgue. Several people
say it is that of Miss Ida Fischer, promi-
nent young lady of Johnstown.
BODIES TAKEN TO PRIVATE HOUSES.
Olly a few hundred yards below a num-
ber of bodies had b g taken to private
houses. They were taken to the Morrill,
vile morgue this afternoon. In one rude
box lay ne body of a beautiful young
WON n. ANY one know herP called ont
the committee an. The crowd pissed
down, but no one called her name. On the
face wa a beautiful expression of peace.
the features were fine AID the clothing
elegant The only Disagreement was an
ugly cut OF the left temple, sufficient to
cause death.
st Marv's German Catholic church
stands q arter Of mile b low the bridge.
Its walls are standing, but in' side 1t is filed
with mixed, broken beaches aud ruined
images. In it we're ,und the mangled
body of p Eldridge and the re mains Of sew
eral uegr roes.
The distance to st. Columbia Catholic
church is a half mile. The streets to it are
filed with broken houses, and people il
those that were left standing were busy
shoveling mud from the first floors
AN AWFUL SCENE IN CHURCH.
The scene at st. Columbia church was
awful. Forty or fifty bodi had been car
red into it and laid on the muddy seats.
Lying in a row in this church were five
children from to years old. No one had
identified them this afternoo i. Their little
curls were matted with mud. Taeir nos
trils were filed wit sand and the eyes of
some completely covered. No one had
come to wash away the dirt from their
faces, nor tie blood-stai from the awful
cuts and bruises. Where are their pa ents?
Across he aisle lay the massive frame of
Hu garian labnrer. Strong men as well
as children we the torrents victim.
A number of bodies are lying in a school
house unidentified. Trenches were being
dug in the lover Yoder Catholic ce net ry
and Grand View (Protestan0 cemetery tbs
after 100
Bodies that we're exposed when the wa sers
began falling are in bad condition. Some
have already been inferred Ia the has
and excitemen5 no definite arrangements
seem TO have been made for funeral services.
The only sug .estion that could be obtained
at orr ellville was hat all the bodies would
be buried and general memorial services
held after the present suffering Is allevi-
ated.
A RUSHING WALL OF WATER.
In a tax to-day ith Conductor Bell, of
the first section of the day express east,
which was laid up at Conemaugn on the
night OF the disaster ne said: "Th9 first and
sec ND sectlo IS stopped side by side at Cone
maugh Friday afternoon Oh account OF
wa ,hout at Lilly. Tne second was next TO
him. Tue first was on the outside. Sud-
denly the two saw what 10 ked like a wall
of water It was thirty feet high. We
barely had time to notify Q passengers
and they nearly all fed up tue III | side.
One OLD man who, vita his son. retu med
for me reason W s drowned. Two cars
went down in the current. do not know
how many were owned. We saw two on
TOP of the cars. T water set fire to lot
of line d the fire caught two Pullman
cars which were de troged, but no
person was burned, all TIE passengers
having left the train before tie cars
caught. There were about 100 pers ms
on nv section, which was made u OF day
CO es. Afterwardl they were taken to
Edenburg. They ex jected to to Altoona
this afternoon. Friends of those on the
Chicago limited eed feel no anxiety, as it
was not in the food at all"
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY LOST.
Harry Rose, tine popular district attorney
for Cambria, i amo ig the missing. and
the 9 is scarcely any doubt that he is among
the lost Many have 81 reported VIII are
not. Col John Linton and his family are
safe. John NJ Rose is not dea |, as reported,
nor Col. James Mcmillan. Rev. II. CnaD-
man, also rep irted aad, is alive. The facts
circulated t1is afternoon caused muc joy.
A 50 al Of a battery u idet command OF
Lieut. Brown, forerunners of wao.e Bat
ter arrived at the inprovised tele graph
Office at G: 80 o'clock. He went at once to
Adjt Gen. Hastings and arranged for
proper protection.
Another dispeusary, under Doctors Wake
field of the Cambrid % Medical Society,
| Steward of the Allegheny society aud
Milligan of the Westmorel md society, is
doing good work. DIR. Milligan states that
they located 800 patient to-day. They are
! at the Napoleon retire 1T dispensary. No
| .,,re,an,,is instrunants c1uld ba procured in