Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-08
GRIEF AT OIL CITY.
Two nuadred the Number Estimatsd 90
Have Been Lost Thores 100 the
Number at ritusviiie.
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tBy telegraph 70 the Dispascn-l
OH Orr, Pa. June Tin accord
ance with . proclamation issued by
Mayor Hunt last evening every place Of
business and mandatory in Oil City 10
closed, and for the first time since the |
disaster attention is being given to COM
for lag the bereaved living and to tho |
burial OF the dead. The Mayors re-
quest that all business DO suspended be-
tween the hours OF 10 A. M. and 6 T. nj.
to-day and that the time be spent in re-
covering from the terrible disaster, that
the injured may receive needed atten-
ton. and that the dead may receive
burial, was generally observed.
Yesterday everybody engaged in the
search for the missing. To-day the
search goes on, but the citizens have
taken time to mourn. All public and many
private buildings are draped in sombre
emblems. The first interments took
place this morning, and during the day
twenty-five persons will receive burial
Among them were Myrtle i. Hawk,
Frank Watson, the Mills family Edwin,
Mary, and their children. Emily. Edith,
Florence, Amy, and Maud. l.. Dill
worth, j. b. Reinbold, Simon p. Steck,
w. ID. Eakin, and William Hasenfritz.
The remains OF +. " II. Planke were
taken to Carthage, n. Y, for interment.
The body Of Mrs. John Roach and her
infant were taken to Cochranton last
night.
The funeral OF the Mills family at 8
o'clock this morning was perhaps the
saddest incident OF the catastrophe. The
interment was conducted by the Odd
Fellows. Not q relative was present,
but many stout heart was stung with
the bitterness of death as the last little
casket was consigned to the earth. The
Mills family came from Ireland five
months ago.
The funerals OF the remaining iden-
tilted dead will be held tomorrow.
THE DISASTER WAS UNAVOIDABLE.
TITusvILLE, Pa, June THE coro-
ner's Jury this morning made trip over
the ground where the lives we're lost
during the recent outbreak OF fire and
flood. picking up information which may
be of service to them when they come to
examine into this calamity. The men
on the jury are among the best citizens
here and are thoroughly familiar with
both the property and the people whose
lives were lost. They have no doubt
whatever that the disaster could not have
been avoided. But, nevertheless, they
intend making thorough and complete
examination.
The Board OF Health has taken the
matter OF interment in hand and has
passed resolutions directing the burial OF
all bodies possible to-day and the re-
mainder on Wednesday. No body here.
after recovered is to be kept unburied
more than twenty-four hours. 1t is ex-
pected that twenty to twenty-five OF the
dead will be inferred to-day.
The total amount OF money subscribed
at this writing is sll, 573, but it will take
more than dozen times that sum TO do
much practical good.
sIxrY-sEvES BODIES RECOVERED.
Il orr CRY, Pa, June THE total
number Of bodies recovered f,on the
flood and fire is sixty-seven, Of which
twenty-three are not identified. This
statement does not give On adequate
idea of the loss Of life. In the portions
Of the city which suffered the greatest
damage there lived hundreds OF foreign
laborers whose names are unknown anc
who will never be found. In this same
section were numerous children, and o
the great number OF these lost only ter
have been found. The problem is, Wher'
are all the rest Those who are &C
auainted with this section Of the city SAY
that scores have persisted who will never
be heard OF. These same people con
tinue to estimate the loss of life at l5i
and others insist that if complete re
cord could be had the awful list would
reach 200.
THE LOSS AT TIrUsyILLE.
TrUsvI1LE, Pa, June 7.-Bodie
continue to be found along Oil Creel
between here and Oil City. Mrs. Quinn
a well-known lady, was found half mill
J.. from her late residence among thu
I wreckase of barrel-fsctory. Thirt.
I or forty bodies are believed to have
been carried down stream. A cOnserva
!. tive estimate of the loss of life at Titus
l. vile is 100.
The City Hall presented yesterday
4 scenes recalling war-times and tn
{ Johnstown disaster. the women beini
a busily employed receiving and distribu
q ting shoes and clothing to the unfortu
n mates, while others were engaged \
q altering clothing SO that it would ii
. the individuals to whom it was intended
= to be given.
C NEW YORK WILL HELP.
New YORK, June Mayor Gran
}, announced this morning that he wa
d ready to receive all contributions in al
o of the sufferers from tho Oil Creek disas
!, ter. He has as yet received no direc
J, appeal from the authorities OF Iitusylll
!. or Oil City, but believes that any hel
= would be timely. and that the generous
It hearted people of New York should nc
J. e backward in giving
j.; TT IS REALLY SURPRISING HOY