Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-02

turned over. and in second the three
persons were in the seething waters, pelng
carried to their deaths.
MOTHERS SACRIFICE.
Another instance is that of a mothers
love told at Belware. A woman and TWO
children were floating down the stream.
The mother caught rope and tried to hold
il and her babe. 1t was impossible, and,
with a look of anguish, she rellnqulshed
her hold and sank with her two little ones
clasped in the grasp that soon proved one
of death.
EXPLANATION OF THE FLOOD.
A ride over the mountain road gives one
a good idea of the cause of the waterspout.
Every creek was rushing river and every
rivulet raging torrent.
The ground is watersoaked, and when
the immense mountain district that drains
into the Conemaugh above the South
Fork is taken into consideration, the terri
BILE body of water that must have accumu-
lated can be realized, and gathering as 1t
did within few minutes. it came against
the breast of the South Fork dam with
irresistible force.
The frightened natives along the Cone
maueh describe the flood as something
awful. The first came almost without
warning, and the torrent came roaring
down the mountain passes in one huge
wave several feet in hight. After the first
swell the water continued to rise at fear
full rate.
The first shock is over and all prepare
tons are being made for the relief of the
homeless and the recovery of the bodies OF
those who went down in the flood.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
IT, D. ~
1t is now thought the property loss in the
vicinity of Jamestown to be about SILL.
100000 C. W. Hoppenstall of Lincoln
avenue, in the east end of Pittsburg, dis
tinguished himself by his bravery yester-
day afternoon. He was messenger on the
mail train which had 10 turn back at Sang
| Hollow. As the train passed point where
| the water was full of struggling people, q
woman and child hoated in near the 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 sixty have been ident-
flied, among whom were James Mcmillan,
the Superintendent of the Cambria Iron
Company's store, and his wife, four chill
dren and daughter in law. John P. Linton,
leading lawyer. his wife and five children.
Mrs. Thomas Kirlen and two children
John Nolan and seven of his family. DR.
George Wagner, wife and three children,
Frank P. Bowman, wife and two children.
Mrs. Richard Worthington and seven
children. Pearson Fisher, wife and six
children.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
Just before reaching Sang Hollow, the
end of the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, is signal tower, and the men in
II told SfnripS of w hot thpr NIT
that could not listen to bali of it. Here
are some little odds and ends of the hap
penings they told me of: A beautiful girl
came down on the roof of building which
was swung in near the tower. She screamed
to the operators to save her, and one brave
fellow walked as far into the river as he
| could and shouted to her to guide herself
into shore with bit of plank She was a
plucky girl and stood upon her frail sup
port in evident obedience to the command
of the operator. She made two or three
bold strokes and actually stopped the
course of the raft for an instant, then it
swerved and went out from under her.
She tried to swim ashore, but in a few Sec
onds she was lost in the swirling water.
Something hit her, for she lay quietly on
her back, with her face pallid and express
sionless.
BORNE On THE WINGS OF DEATH.
Two men on tiny raft shot by in the
strongest part of the current. They
crouched, stolidly looking at the shores,
while between them, dressed in white and
kneeling with her face turned heavenward,
was a little girl 6 or years old. When
she came opposite the tower she turned her
face to the operator and he was so close he
could see the big tears on her cheeks and
her pallor was deathlike The helpless
men on the shore shouted TO her to keep
up her courage, and she resumed her de-
vout attitude and disappeared under trees
of the projecting point a short distance be-
low. I'VE could not see her come out
again, said the operator, land that was
all of it."
do you see that fringe of trees?" said
the operator, pointing to place where the
little girl had gone out of sight "Well,
we saw scores of children swept in there. |
believe that when the time comes they will
find almost 100 bodies of little children in
tn ere among those bushes
RoBB1NG THE DEAD.
Men and women in dozens, in pairs and
singly, children, boys, big and little and
wee babies were there, in among the awful
confusion, drowning grasplng, struggling
and fighting desperately for lite.
Just above New Florence is the little
town of Ninevah. 1t was here that found
the first charnel-house. Here were 100
dead, the larger portion of whom were
women. Acre it was that the awful work
of the freshet could be most forcibly real
lied. What had been fertile farms looked
like worn out brickyards Great trees had
been twisted and torn like weeds, and the
broken household goods of hundreds of
hptrcac 1ino h,ae
those who steal from the dead and unfor-
tunate, have been busily at work robbing
the trunks, boxes and articles of furniture,
and there is nothing worth taking left ex-
cept the lumber. Every now and then
CHASTITY OUTLINES
Could be seen in the water, being swept
down stream. Two miles from this town
is the tower of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and here it is that the greatest
railroad in the world ends suddenly in the
river. For more than 900 feet the entire
track is wiped out. The rails, ties and
even the ballast of the north track is en-
tirely washed away.
This is the nearest telegraphic point to
Johnstown, and the delay in getting off
news dispatches has been fairly madden
ing. The Associated Press expedition was
first in the field, and was ready with thou
sands of words of specials, but no wires
could be had from II A. NJ. until almost 2
p. ".
No special trains could be hired, no loco
motives were to be bought, and the situa-
ton can be appreciated.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED AND LOST.
PITTsBURG, June LIST. A Greensburg
special says: The first section of the day
express, which passed here at o clock, was
laying between Sang Hollow and Johns
town yesterday afternoon when the waters
came down. The food cut one of the cars
containing about fifty or sixty passengers
loose ana 1t was carried away and ii is sup
posed the passengers persisted. Few of the
occupants of the other cars it is thought
escaped, but it is doubtful. S. NJ. Bell of
Latrobe was the conductor, and he escaped
by assistance rendered him.
A special train was chartered by the
newspapers TO carry provisions medicines
and clothing to the nearest possible point
TO the Jamestown Railroad. The conductor
who arrived in this city this morning said /:
There is no telling how many lives were
lost. We got as far as Bolivar, and l tell
you
IT WAS A TERRIBLE SIGHT.
The body of a boy was picked up by some
of US there, and there were seven bodies re-
covered altogether. | do not think any
one got into Johnstown, and it is my
opinion they will not get in very soon. No
one who is not on the grounds has any idea
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