New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-03
SAD SCENES AT SANG HOLLOW.
BODIES BURIED IN THE DRIrTwooD-THE FEAR
FUL FORCE OF THE FLOOD. @

Full FORCE OF THE FLOOD.
Pitsburg Juns (Speciar.-A young man who
was passenger on the Derry expsess, which lei'
Pittsburs yesterday morning, and who reached sang
Hollow, four miles from Johnstown returning 10 the
city last evening furnishes interesting account OF
his experiences. "when we reached berry he said,
- our train boarded By relief committee. and no
sooner was It ascertained that were going on to
Sang Hollow han contributions OF provisions and
supplies of every kind piled on board filling an
entire On resching sang Hollow the scene that
presented itself 10 hesrtrending. The road
was lined with homeless people. some with trunk
or solitary chair the only thing saved from their
household goods, and all wearing aspect OF the most
hopeless misery. Men were at work transferring from
freight car pile Of corpSes at least sixty In
number and here and there CHASTITY something under
q covering showed whore the body Of some vic en Of
the food lay awaiting Identification or burial In a
nauei grave. Busy workers were engaged In
clearing away the piles Of drftwood and scattered srt
eios Of household which numbered the tracks and
the roads These piles told their own mownfu
story. There beds bureaus, mattresses chairs.
tables pictures dead horses and mules, ovcrcoais.
remnants Of dresses sticking tho branches Of trees,
and thousand other odd pieces OF hot 'am and iesam
from ruined homes. ! saw q nah get off the train
ard pick up an insurance policy fOr 100000. An
other took away roles a baby's chair and con-
nrmaton card in battered frame On the banks Of
ire Little Conemaugh Creek people were delving in
the drftwood, which was piled 10 a depth Of six or
seven feet. uncarthng and carrying OF whatever
coud Do urned to account. Under those piles, Il Is
thought, numbers Of bodies buried not 10 be re-
covered except by the labor Of many days woman
and little gil brought from Johnstown nv som.
means which could not ascel lain The woman wac
In confinement and was carried on a lounse her cole
remaining piece of property. She was taken to La
trobc for hospital treatment. ] cannot understand
how Il Is that people unable to make their WAY
from Sang Hollow % Johnstown The distance {.
short, and II shorud certainly be a comparatively sasv
task 10 get over II on foot o. horseback However,
there seems TO be some nsuperabls obstacle. All
those who made the trip on the train with ne in order
10 obtain tdings OF their friends In Johnstovp we're
forced to return as did WV
Tbs railroad Is In a terrible condition The dsy
express aDd the limited, which left Pttsburg on Nh.
dag morning, are lying between johnStown and Cone.
On By tho GOOD. Lin2men we're sent down
hon our train at every ft.toa to repair
snorts arc being exered to repair tho injury sustained
" the railroad, and IL Is only question OF
roups OF days until through communication Is re-
succession of sad spectaoles. At Blaisvllie inter
section two little eirls lay dead and in house
Aseh from the dvcr was the body Of woman. |
mated. 10 is my opinion that when the number
Of dead IA finally ascertainei It Will DO found not
. fall short Of 5000. Supervisor Foley, OF the
Onto road was IN JohnEtOwn at O'Clock this after
seen. and sent telegram from IN Office eighteen
siles outside OF the town. Ito reported that Johns
beng left standing. Some idea Of the fore Of tho
sod may DO had from the statement inadc by Mr..
SYly nst freight cars, both losdei and empty, had
esfsnce Of several blocks and deposited in grave
yesu ~ the outskirts Of the town, where they
S1ns u mass mixed up With tombstonos and