Telegram-herald., 1889-06-05
COUNTING THE DEAD.
Over 2.3o0 Bodies Recovered Il
al Scar JoAnstowr.
sgsBREDS slY sEIER EE found.
Olhss HuasFS4s WI GO - Their E.zss
Eestlsx- Pace -ldsa ti81a- Esrksrs
.0r1 os4-BFi~f oatiias - ~
sit44aion.


F bss ~ bo1lss recovered Is Eou estimated
E - Aat atal4--.seneE4 H4stlB.s ana TIC ua-
f esrsaAsrs - 90 bus tie lie1erzl LIS v.r.s
T Governor Beaver thaI hs bslsses tie ass
( sil 4nao'lnt ~ from s. % to /. 3oC kves I'D
tl@- t-als @ocid PToauoe e-e pIoeI of
Us Ia ortsr ~ facilitate TIE ascertain
f las ot re naU.bsE ~ the dssd a. s1Es1y
~ residents " Johastosa saa Cambria
/ S4s nave peea requested - Eeg-sssr a.
f4Iious 10 ga4sed places
4A- developments of every hour make Y
Ap2e anc more apparent thai tie s1Ac.
number e lives LOST ia tie J0anstovn
horror viii never be known All estimates
that have teen made up . this time are
conservative, and vixen 81 is known Nil
o0sDtisss b. found 10 have been
TOO small The population of johns
Town, the surrounding towns and the por
ton OF the valley Affected by the Hood
=. or was, from 500o 10 HoO A.
sociated Press representatives interviewed
numerous leading citizens ot Johnstovn
Who survived the Moods and the eonsensu.
OF opinion was that fully 30 per cent OF
the residents OF Johnstown and Cambria
lad been victims OF the continued Dis
aSters OF IRE and water If this be true the
total loss OF life In tho entire val
ley may reach l5.0oo
GENERAL HASTINGS REPORT
JoHSsTowS, Pa. june .-In answer 10
questions nom Governor Beaver AGiutant-
General Hastings has te!egrapked tic fol-
lowing:
GOOD order prevailed throughout the city
aud vicinity last night. Police arraagements
are excellent. Not one arrest made No
need OF SEEDING troops. The mayor o,
Johnstown and sherii OF Cambria Conn
I "a 4 IN
uon, request that no troops be sent / con
cur IN their judgment. There IS d great out
side elGnor for troops. Do not send tents
Have 30 here, which are sufficient / advise
you 10 make u call on The general public for
money and other assistance. / suggest that
you name Drexel Co., OF Philadelphia. aud W.
X Thompson Co, bankers. OF Pittsburgh, as
depositarics. About 20oo bodies have been
rescued and the work OF embalmlng and
baTying the de ad Is going on with regularity.
There Is plenty OF medical assistance. We
have bountiful supply OF food and clothing
to-day aud the fullest telegraphic facilities are
Afforded and all inquiries are promptly an
swerot- Tne Pennsylvania railroad VIII be
completed 10 Johnstown station tonight Have
you Any instructions or inguir.esi
The most conservative estimates here place
the loss OF lives at fully 500. The prevailing
impression IS that the loss will reach from 5000
70 i00D. There are mauy widows and orphans
On estimate. The property destroyed VIII
reach S25,OO1OO1 The popular estimate Will
reach S40.OO0000 TO s50,001,0O0. Chief
Burgess Hurl and L. c. Moxham.
chairman of the relief committee, are dong
good work. Have made requisition Pitts
burgh for cooking facilities shoes and made
up clothing for men. women and children, all
OF which we need badly Tomorrow morning
We will have Go men, with horses, carts, axes
Gnd other tools, clearing away the debris.
You can not raise too much money for this
suffering community. L Will issue proclama-
ton 10 night 10 the people OF the country and
to all who sympathize with suffering 10 give
ard 10 our deeply afflicted people. Tell them
e. DC OF good cheer; that the sympathies OF sl
our people, irrespective OF section. are with
them. and wherever the news OF their calam-
ry has been carried responses OF sympathy
and aid are coming in single subscription
from England just received Is for $1,000. The
mayor OF Columbia. Tenn. says draw for So.
Governor F.fer, OF Illinois, says: What cGn
we do for the sufferers in the valley OF the
ConemsnghF No effort will be spared here 10
bring quick and full relief. God bless all who
suffer and all who help them.
"H. HASTINGS"
Monday q corn patch of about an acre in
extent at Nineveh was dug over by a VOL
unteer force and l3S corpses were uncov-
cred. The manner in which the
=
accidental A man walking over the
field kicked at clump of land, overturned
it, and uncovered a woman's face. This in
dicated rich find, and the people around
were called in to assist, with the results
above stated This increases the list of
dead IN Nineveh TO 230 The new dead
were found under about four feet OF allu-
vial deposit
NO ROOM FOR IpLERa
JoHssTows, Pa, June 4.-Order is slowly
arising out OF chaos. The survivors are
slowly realizing what is the best course to
pursue. TIE great cry is for men-men
who will work and not stand idly by and do
nothing but gaze at the ruins. The follow
ing order was posted on a telegraph pole in
JOhnstown Monday: Gi& |
"NOTICE-During the day men who have !
been idle have been begged to aid Us in clear |
ing the town and many have not refused 10
work We are now so organized that employ /
ment can be found for every man who wants
TO WORK, and men offered work who refuse 10 /
take the same and who able 20 work /
must leave Johnstown for the present We I
can not afford TO feed men who Will not work 4
All work will be paid for the same Strangers 1
and idlers who refuse TO work will he elected 4
from Johnstown- BY order OF the citizens /
committee"
Officers were stationed at every avenue I
and railroad that enters the town. All /
suspicious looking characters arc stopped /
But one question Is asked IL is VIII you I
v orky' II an Affirmative answer is given q /
man escorts him to the employment I
bureau, where he is put to work II not he I
is turned back The committee has driven .
ore or two men ont of the town
The Cambria hospital has now 500 patients
Two Of the patients died Sunday. Miss
Hughes. Young lady aged % and Ms
Tceters. a lady aged - She was suffering
from a compound fracture OF the arm. The
remainder Of the patients are doing well
Several injured people have had operations
performed upon them.
The hospital In tho upper part Of JOINS
tovn IS full 20 oyer1owing Many have been
carried 10 the surrounding houses One Ok
their patients died on their hands and
several are very low
Hospitals have been established at Cone
maugh and Mineral Point but little could
be learned Of bow many patients they con
tanned and h0w they were fsring
TIE Pan Handle Railroad ComT Tary has
s.ring of cars. about ten in nun ber. lying
between NorrellvsIie and Johnsrovn. which
are dtted up with stoves and cooking
u.ansils. IN charge q n io- q railroad men.
vho are giving earables - hundreds q
families
The Pittsburrh committee las a good
suurrv ~ provisions cn Band bat wiI
: adv accept donations of good sl1stal-
oa food aacl Sc p rl- potatoes. bacon &c
There are nov CO l4ty lr and ahoutths
rsfns 80 r-g-e AMI Deputies which the
b-~.~s-s or rrarar ts-ass ls snuls rfttrar
o. assistar-s of tae ri iItarv VERY fsr
sr~.-.s have been msr~ ~ order c' tra
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