Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-26
UNKNOWN DEAD.
A Monument to BE Erected to-
Their Memory at JOhnstoWn
With Money Obtained by a Sale
of Relics CT the + io0d.

search no Longer madc Tor bQHlehi Al
though 200 Skeletons aae Supposed 60
ns ir the sand Estimates as 70 the
Number Of Dead--sad News gos
Woman who'd Not Heard Of tho Flood
JoHNsTowN, Pa, Aug. 20. The hor.
rors Of the Johnstown flood Of a year
ago last May are continually revived in
the minds of the public. Now alb ex-
hibition Of flood relics in this city opens
up flood of pathetic recolledtons.
These relics are to be placed on sale
within tive weeks, and the money OBJ
tanned will be used in erecting a m0nu-
ment marked. ITO the Unknown
Dead.
search Abandoned
The search for bodies has been ahan-
doned, although 200 skeletons are sup
posed to be still In the sand Travellers
on the Pennsylvania railroad never fail
to notice the sandy plain which extends
for miles above the Johnstown Of to-
day. The flood made a clean sweep Of
the valley, and here and there may be
seen the half filled cellar ways. Not a
vestige Of the superstructures remains.
Huge powders are scattered over the
barren plain, and occasionally one sees
a rotting tree stump, which iloated for
miles on the escaping waters of Lake
Conemaugh. A brick manufactory,
with one end caved in stands unEis-
turbed Ill the center OF the lake valley,
just as it was found after the waters
had recedcd. This waste never Will
give up all its dead.
As train passes through the town,
one notices one-story frame dwellings of
uniform shape scattered among the
more imposing residences. they are
the "Oklahonas," or western huta,
erected blythe relief commissions They
made miserable places Of shelter during
the cold days Of Last winter
Tho stone Bridge.
One landmark is unlikely ever 10 dis
appear II is the celebrated stone bridge
over which trains Gross the Conemaugh
1t is there that the immense dam come
posed Of human bodies and wrerkage
was formed.
Relies.
The flood relics which are To be sold
at auction IN Pittsburg include half a
hundred watches in all styles ana oil all
metals, manufactured in all countries, \
for Johnstown had big foreign popu-
lation, attracted by the iron works A
peculiar fact il that the time marked on
all was o'clock or but few minutes
after that hour The works Of some
were clogged with mud, while nthcrl
were only slightly injured. One recent
ly started has kept correct time ever
since. The list iaciudes nearly 600
relics Of every description. The inajori-
ty are thickly coated with mud
From the breast-pocket Of an un-
known dead man was taken d baby's
yellow shoe, slightly worn, aud n red
wooden stocking. They We're neatly
wrapped III small linen handkerchief.
with defacel Initials. here are three
coils of darls-brown hair, wrapped in 4 (.
piece Of faded white paper, on which ia
written: "Maud Jordan's hair, given to
her friend, Celia J. Rhodes, III May,
1885,
Had Not Heard of the Flood.
A few weeks ago poor woman with
her three little children came all the
way from Austria. expecting to meet
her husband at Johnstown. She wns
told that he had been lost In the food
Number of Dead.
j. Bernard Kremer, Of Lancaster, Pa
secretary Of the state food relief com
mission. places the number Of dead at
2,li2. The Johnstown Tribune makes
it fifty more. Tho list was nude III by
the following methods: A registration
Of the survivors, conducted under the
auspices Of the state conmissi0ni Il
directory published by private enter
prise; lists published by The Johhstown
Tribune and Democrat; letters Of IN
quiry from all parts of the world,
morgue records, records of the ceme-
teries as furnished by clefgymen and
the authorities
A young man spent several mouths ia
sitting the material ana comparing his
lists with G,e00 on more swofnstate-
mcnts which had been made to the state
commission.
Grand View Cemetery.
A lovely spot is being made Of the lot
in the Grand View cemetery which the
commission purchased for the resting
place of 100 unknown dead, Ench
grave has marble marker, mon which
Is engraved the word "unllnown.