The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-04
WORSE AND WORSE.
[ooptiaasd from Fra Pqge,l

he is may never be known, but his ride
will be famous in local history. Mount
ed on a grand, big bay horse, he came
riding down the pike which passes
through oOnemaugh to Johnstown like
some angel OF wrath shouting his por-
tentious warming, run for your lives
To the hills. Run 10 the hills" The
peoplecroWded out OF their houses along
the thlckly settled streets, awe.struck
and wondering, Nobody knew theman
and some thought he was a maniac and
laughed,
on at a deadly pace he rode and shril'
ly rang out bis awful cry, lnatew mo.
ments, however, there came q cloud OF
ruin down the broad streets, down the
narrow alleys grinding, twisting, hurl-
ing, oVerturning, crashing, annihilating
the weak and the strong,
pRATu oyRRTAKRs HIN,
It was the charge OF the aoed wearing
It's coronet OF ruin and devastation which
grew at every instant Of its progress,
Forty feet high, some says thirty, &C.
cording to Others, was this sea, and II
Travelled with a swiitness like that which
lay hidden in the bells OF mercury. On
and on rode the rider and on and on
rushed the wave. Dozens OF people
took heed OF the warning and ran up 20
the hill,
Poor, faithful rider. 1t was an un'
equal contest, Just as he turned across
the railroad bridge the mighty wave fell
upon HIM and horse, rider and bridge
all went out into the chaos together,
A few feet further on several cars OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad train from
Pittsburgh were caught up and hurled
into the Cauldrou and the heart OF the
town, reached the hero, who turned
neither to right nor left for safety for
himself, but rode on to death Tor towns
men,
ADJUTANT GENERAL HASTINGS ESTIMATE.
In answer to questions from Governor
Beaver, Adiutant General Hastings has
telegraphOd the following; "Good order
prevailed throughout the city and vi
clnity last night. Police arrangements
exCellenti not one arrest made; no need
Of sending troops, Tho mayor Of JohnE.
town and tho sheriff OF Cambria county,
with whom | am in constant communi.
cation, request that no troops be sent
I concur In their judgment. There i,
great outside clamor for troops. Do not
send tents, have nine hundred here
which are sufficient. / advise you to
make call on the general public for
money and other assistance. / suggest
that you name Drexell & Co., Philadel-
phia, and w. Il, Thompson & Co., bank
ers, Pittsburg, as repositories"
About two thousand bodies have
been received, and the work OF embalm.
Ing and burying tho dead is going on
with regularity, There Is plenty Of
medical assistance, We have q bounti,
full supply Of food and clothing to-day,
and the fullest telegraphic facilities are
offered and all inquiries promptly an.
swered. The Pennsylvania railroad will
be completed to Johnstown station TO.
night. Have you any instructions or
inQuiries2 The most conservative esti.
mates here place the number OF lives
lost at fully 5000. The prevailing i'm.
preston is the loss will reach from 5000
to 10000. There are many widows and
orphans and great many wounded,
Impossible to give estimate, property
destroyed will reach $25,0O0,0OO. The
popular estimate will reach $40 600, 900
to $50, 100000. Chief Burgess Hurl and
u. Q. MoXham, Chairman Relief Com.
mittee, are doing good work. Have
made reputation on Pittsburgh for cook.
ing facilities, shoes and made.up cloth.
ing for men, women and children, all OF
which We need badly,
Tomorrow morning we will have 600
men with horses, carts, axes and other
tools clearing away the debris. You
can not raise too much money for this
suffering community. will issue pro.
clamation tonight TO the people OF the
country and TO all who sympathize with
suffering to give aid to our deeply
afflicted peoplei tell them To be Of
good cheer; that the sympathles OF our
people, irrespective OF section, are with
them and wherever the news OF their
calamity has been carried, responses Of
sympathy and aid are coming In. A
single subscription from England lust
received Is for one thousand dollars.
The mayor Of Columbia, Tenn, says
draw for $500. Governor Fifer, Of I'LL.
aois, says; what can we do for the
sufferers In the valley Of the Gone.
maughF No effort will be spared here
70 bring quick aud full relief. God
t Rless oil who suffer aud a.. who help
.tslgpedl "H. HASTINGS,