The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-08
SORROWFUL SCENES.
Burning the Victims of Flame
and Flood.
HORRIBLY MANNED AT OIL CITY.

EcrribIe SufTerings Of Many Who
Escaped Dcath-A Whole Family
Buried, with Not u Relative Pres
ent at the FuneraI-Thc Death List
Increasing.
OIL CITY, Pa, June e.-The entire
Oil creek valley has been converted into
a valley of death. More than 200 dead
and more than So 600 900 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 a morgue and every private
residence is a hospital,
Two dead bodies were taken out Of
the river at Foxburg, forty-eight miles
from here. 1t is believed that many
corpses will be found down the streams
when the waters reccde into their nat
ural channels. The Allegheny river and
OH creek are now receding rapidly.
Bnryins a Whole Family.
Coroner j. M. Saowden held an in
quest on a number of the bodies recov-
cred ON Monday owing to the fact that
their decomposed condition made it
necessary TO bury them at once. A YER
dlcl III dccoTudhce Win tne lactS 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
inttrment was conducted by the Odd
Fellows. Not n relative was present,
hK1t q st lnu,t St, \,
the bitterness of death as the last little
casket 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 rs they are identified are being
prepared for burial This is place Of
mourning. On every corner weeping wo-
men and children stand and ask il any
one has seen their loved ones. Strong
men shudder at the horrors past and
present, and willing hands aid in the
f.ruesoine task of teHderly caring for the
dead. The whole city is stunned by the
blow and business is ut II standstill.
A ritiful sight to see was saved parties
OF families searching i'll the water and
smoking ruins for lost members. Groups
1
| dig and hunt for lost ones, and when
found their grief is indescIiba There
We're never sadler 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 I'M ured have lost Il 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.
Titusviiie's Loss.
TITUSvIiL.E, Pa, June SIT is row
estimated by the conservative people
that no less than 100 lives have been
sacrificed in this city. Reports have
reached here that a 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 at
least thirty or forty bodies have LGun
sent down the stream and are liable to
float some distance towards Pittsbnrg
before they are recovered. Thirty bodies
Were buried yesterday.
1t is estimated that the damage done
to the city streets and bridges alone will
reach, if not exceed, 100000. Whole
sections of thoroughfares have been
completely washed away by the rapidly
moving waters, and it will be a 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 bnsily employed receiving and
distributing shoes and clothing to the
unfortunntes, while others are engaged
in shortening and lengthening, or in
some way altering clothing SO it will
fit the individual to whom it was in.
tended to be given.
Governor Pattison and party arrived