Evening capital., 1892-06-08
SCENES.
Burning the Victims of Flame
and Flood.
HORRIBLY MANNED AT OIL CITY.

TERRIBLE Sufferings OF Many who
Escaped Death-A whole Family
Buried. with Not q Relative Pres
ent at the Funeral--The Death List
Increasing.
OM CRY, Pa, June S.-The entire
Oil creek valley has been converted into
. valley of death. More than zoo dead
and more than s., ,0O0, 900 worth of prop
erty destroyed is the awful result of the
fire crowned food. Every public build
ing in this city and Titusville has been
turned into morgue and every private
residence is a hospital.
Two dead bodies were taken ont of
the river at Foxburg, forty eight miles
from here. It is believed that many
corpses will be found down the streams
when the waters recede into their nat
ural channels. The Allegheny river and
Oil creek are now receding rapidly.
Burying a Whole Family.
Coroner j. M. Snowden held an i'm
quest on a number of the bodies recov-
cred on Monday owing TO the fact that
their decompQsAa condition made il
necessary to bury them at once. A YER
dict in accordance with the facts was
rendered.
Everybody slept under roof last
night, temporary quarters having been
furnished by the Relief association.
The funerals of twenty-five of the
identified dead took place yesterday,
among them that of the Mills family
father, mother and four children. The
interment was conducted by the Odd
Fellows. Not relative was present.
but many a stout heart was stung with
the bitterness of death as the last little
caslxet was consigned to the earth. The
Mills family came from Ireland five
months ago.
Many Sad Scenes.
All the bodies found SO far present the
same horrible appearance, and in all
cases fire aided the water. The bodies
as fast as they are identified are being
prepared for burial. This is place OF
mourning. On every corner weeping wo-
men and children stand and ask If any
one has seen their loved ones. Strong
men shudder at the horrors past and
present, and willing hands aid in the
gruesome task of tenderly caring for the
dead The whole city is stunned by the
blow and business is at "a standstill.
A pitiful sight to see was saved parties
of families searching in the water and
smoking ruins for lost members. Groups
of weeping men.s women and children
dig and hunt for lost ones, and when
found their grief is indescribable. There
Were never sadder scenes, not. even at
Johnstown. Here hundreds are MANNED
and burned to death, while at Johns
town the number of injured was COM
paratively small, and the scenes in the
hospital are beyond description. Many
of the injured have lost a leg or an arm
through the fire, ears and noses have
been burned off, bodies burned and blis-
tered, and still the victims live and
suffer
Titusvilfe's Loss.
TTTUsvII.LE, Pa, June SIT is now
estimated by the conservative people
that no less than 100 lives have been
sacrificed in this city. Reports have
reached here that q number of bodies
have been taken out of the water be-
tween here and Oil City, but as yet
these reports have not been verified. IL
is the general opinion, however, that ut
least thirty or forty bodies have been
sent down the stream and are liable TO
float some distance towards Pittsbnrg
before they are recovered. Thirty bodies
1t is estimated that the damage done
TO the city streets and bridges alone will
reach, if not exceed, $40, 900. Whole
sections of thoroughfares have been
| completely washed away by the rapidly
moving waters, and il will be long
| time before the city will be able to re-
pair the damage unless outside aid in a
substantial quantity is rendered. City
hall presents scenes recalling war times
and the Johnstown disaster, the women
being busily employed receiving and
distributing shoes and clothing to the
unfortunates, while others are engaged
| in shortening and lengthening, or in
some way altering clothing 80 IL will
| ut the individual to whom it was i'm
tended to be given.
Governor Pattison and party arrived
| here at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
| Randolph Blankenburg and Robert M
| McWade, of Philadelphia, the latter
| representing the Red Cross society,
came with the governor. The party
| first inspected the ruins, and then met
O citizens committee, members of the
local relief corps. The governors par
ticular inquiry was with reference to
sanitary arrangements. There is great
fear that the decaying bodies yet in the
| debris will cause a pestilence. Mr..
Blankenburg signed two drafts of s. 900
each for Oil City and Titusville. A
| committee of three will meet Mr.. Blank
| enburg in Oil City this afternoon to ar
range as to how the money will be APP
piled. After assuring the local com
mittee that If necessary the state board
| of health would come to their assist
ance, the governor and party returned
to Oil City.
| Including the Standard Oil company's
subscription $42, 900 have been contrib
r1fed for T1fs1cxyrlla