Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-04
CRAzED WITH GRIEF.
[Continnod from First Paae.l |

A man caught stealing gold watch Is now
in a temporary Jail. A shot was fred at
him, but he was not wounded. The only
thing that saved him from lynching was the
smallness Of the crowd.
The services in the chapel from which the
bodies were buried, consisted merely OF
prayer by one of the survivors. No minister
was present. Each coff1n had q descriptive
card on IL, and on the graves similar cards
were placed so that the bodies can be re-
moved later by friends.
The Cambria hospital has now 300 patients,
Dr. Buck, with an efficient corps OF aids, is
IN charge. Two of the patients died yester-
uay. The remainder of the patients are
doing well. The hospital in the upper part
of Johnstown is full to overfowng. Many
have been carried to the surrounding houses.
Hospitals have been established at Cone
maugh and Mineral Point, but little could be
learned Of how many patients it contained
and how they were faring.
MIRACLE,
as it Is called, that happened the Church of
the Imma Julate Conception has caused
tremendous sensation. A large number of
persons will testify as TO the nature of the
event, and tho circumstances are really
remarkable.
May devotons were in progress when the
water descended on Cambria City. The
church was filled with pc ple at the time,
but when the noise of the flood was heard the
congregation fastened to get out of the way.
They succeeded so far as escaping from the
the church was partly submerged, the water
reaching fifteen feet up the sides and swirling
around the corners furiously. The building
was badly wrecked, the benches were torn
out, and in general the entire structure, both
inside and outside, was fairly dismantled.
Yesterday morning, when an entrance was
forced. the ruin appeared to be complete.
One object alone had escaped the waters
wrath. The statue of the Blessed Virgin
that had been decorated and adorned because
of the many devotions was as unsullied as it
was made. The flowers, the wreath, the
lace veil were undisturbed and unsoied. The
marks on tho wall showed that the surface
of the water had risen to height of fifteen
feet, while the statue which is only three
feet high, had been saved from all contact
with the liquid. Everyone that has seen the
statue and its surroundings is firmly con-
vinced the incident was miracu-
cal the affair savors of the supernatural
There are about thirty Catholic priests
and nuns here, who are devoting themselves
TO the care of the sick and injured. Bishop
Phelan has organized the Catholic forces
of this neighborhood and all are devouing
themselves to the hard work assiduously.
What the hospitals would have done with
out the sisters is difficult question. Among
Gabel, Costrabe, Gallagher, Troutwein,
Rosensteel, Doren, Corcoran, Derlin, Boyle,
Smith, O'Connell and Lambing.
J. j. Murphy, bookseller Of Pittsburg,
haunted Cle mOrgue al uay. Ills OrOuner
James and his entire family are lost, and
Murphy is seeking for their remains Every
fresh arrival of ghastly burdens set him to
anxious inquiry, but as yet he has not dis
covered them.
p. S. Frazier, a Pittsburg lawyer, was
tramping among the ruins looking like
miner. Frazier has sister here
whose family OF four was almost
drowned, but managed to escape after an
exciting experience. When the flood came
dptyn them they 1riyan frOm the
first to the second story and soon after to
the third. They were kept there six hours
before they were helped through the roof,
and from there made their escape to the
hills over the house tops in the neighbor-
WHERE wooDvALE ONCE STOOD
there is now q sea of mud, broken but rarely
by pile of wreckage. The Associated
press correspondent waded through the mud
and water up the valley to-day over the site
of the former village. AS has been often
stated, nothing. is standing. The place
is $ swept bare OF all other
buildings but the ruins OF the Gautier wire
mill. The boilers of these great works were
carried 100 yards from their foundation.
Pieces of engines and other machinery were
swept far away from where they once stood.
The wreck of a hose carriage is sticking up
out of the mud. 1t belonged to the crack
company of Johnstown. The engine house
is swept away and the cellar is filled with
mud so that the site is obiterated.
Ia German Watchman was on guard at the
mill when the waters came. He ran for the
hillside and succeeded in escaping. He tells
graphic story of the appearance of the
water as it swept down the valley. He de-
clares the first wave was as high as the third
story of the mill. The place is deserted. No
effort is being made to clean off the streets.
The mire has formed a grave for many a
poor victim.
are protruding from the mud and it makes
the most sickening of pictures.
ROPE FERRY
| is now being operated in the lower part of
town. An effort is being made to construct
| bridge across the Conemaugh at point
where the old county bridge stood.
A man named Mcguire was met on his
way from South Fork to Johnstown. He
| said he was standing on the edge OF the
| lake when the walls burst. The water was
rising all day and was on level with the
pile of dirt, which he said was above the
| walls of the dam. All of sudden it burst
/ with report
Ikea CANNON.
The water started down the mountain side,
| sweeping before it trees as ii they were
| chips. Boulders were rolled down as if they
were marbles. The roar was deafening. The
| lake was emptied in an hour and a half. All
the water, he said, was now out.
| The railroad is in terrible condi-
tion. At some points holes twenty
| and thirty feet deep were washed
| in the tracks. On the way down he stopped
| at Mineral Point where sixteen houses we're
| washed away and several lives lost At
| East Conemaugh thirty houses were carried
| away by the flood, The loss of life is large
at this point. Three days have passed since
the flood gates were opened and the waters
! rushed down upon the mountain city. Order
is slowly arising out of chaos.
| The great Cry Is for men. Men who will
| work and not stand idly by and do nothing
| but gaze at the ruins. An order posted ON a
telegraph pole in Johnstown to-day BY citi-
| zeps' committee says:
| "We are now so organized that employ
| ment can be found for every man who wants
to work, ana men offered work who refuse
| to take the same, and who are able
| to work, must leave Johnstown for
| the present We can not afford to
| feed men who will not work. All work will
| be paid for the same. All strangers and
| idlers who refuse to work will be elected
| from Johnstown."
Officers were stationed at every avenue
| and railroad that enters the town. All sus-
| piclous characters are stopped. But one
| question is asked. It's:
s'wILL you woRK!h
II an affirmative answer is given a man
| escorts him to the employment bureau,
where he is put to work; IL not he Is turned
back.
There is lot of idle, vagabond negroes in
| JOhnstown, who will not work. 1t is likely
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