New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
THE STRICKEN OIL DISTRICT.
FIRST HORROR OF THE GREAT CATASTROPHE
OVER.
OIL CITY AND T1TusvILLE BRAvELY BATTLING
WITH THEIR D.STRESS-STILL sEARCH-
ING FOR THE VICTIMS

ING FOR THE VICTIMS.
oil City. Penn June s-After three days OF cx-
element violent grief and well lperformed dnues 10
the dead and living this place has resumed business
recovered It's lost nerve and Is ready to look the
future In the face with hope and faith. Activity Is
returning and the nervous dread and fear have gone
This morning seven unknOwn and unclaimed doad
were buried in the relief lot In Grove Hill Cemetery.
This is beautiful triangular lot scvent; six feet
vide, near the entrance and has been set apart 10:
| this purpose. and In it handsome monument Will be
placed Already there two unknown dead' buried
| there.
All the dead recovered up to yesterday have
been buried, but the sad ceremonies not yet over
there several in the hospital who ere not cx
pectcd to live. These Charles C5burn, Pntrck
Fccncy and two children Mary Tccmer, Annie Brul-
sci. Edward Hanna and Mrs. sophie Briggs.
The relief fund OF Oh City amounts TO s3l .07o.
and for Titnsville S31 535 In these are included the
t250o0 given by the Standard on Company. to be
equally divided between the two cities.
The work OF removing the ruins is being actively
prosecuted by force Of 500 No efforts have rs
yet bc'n made 20 clear away the ruins along the
west side, and the fires still burning among the
! rull "a.
The Relief Committee has already given aid to
almost 700 persons and II IS believed the number Will
reach 500. Many OF these will have 10 be taken care
Of for months
T1tusve. June a.-The work ~ searching for bodies
Is still being pushed the search now being directed
to the east end Of the town. where It Is supposed
many have been carried and lodged under the piles
Of rubbish The funeral Of the Blngenhclmcr family.
consisting the mother and eight children, took place
at O'Clock this morning. and about forty funerals
held late IN the day. Dslnfcctants are being
profscly scattered prevent the spread OF disease
Much sickness prevails among the people who were
In the water during the excitement
Provisions scarce and IL Is difficult matter 10
get meal. The railroads expect to run trains
regularly beginning to-day, the tracks having been
temporarily repaired.
The special Relief Committee from Philadelphia
subscribed 5000 on their visit here. They had
been TO Russia TO relieve suffering. but had seen
nothing equni TO this for the extent Of territory.
several streets In the lower part u the ciiy nave
been virtually wiped out Of existence, ana II VIII
cost the city authorities 10000 Ia repair aud re
place tho streets. stone abutmcnts to iron bridges
and tho wrought iron bridges themselves were carried
that were not burned down or carried on bodily by
the nold have been so wrecked that they are worth,
less hundred Of families Will have u be supplied
with houses. furniture. cooking utensils and pro
visions and clothing.
will not add any additional trouble 10 this afflicted
citv. As the debris is being cleared away. moc dead
bodies found and IT may be several weeks before
the entire story OF the disaster will IT, known. a. ia
US the los Of lfc i concerned. EycwitncsseS who
were on the top of iron tanks AID houses. report
that they scores Of bodies floating down with The
rush Of waters. and 1t is not known yet wher" they
have been IQNcNi.
Among the 1000 lelegrams which have been received
here the lat three days. there about $50 which the
telegraph companies have been unnbi" T. deliver fr
the ra son that persons addressed cannot hc found.
The mgiay rush Of waters has changed the chan
mel Of the creek that Of tir rcincrirs which
was situated 900 from the hank Of the or ok II
now In the centre OF the new channel. and "A number
OF dwelling h0uScs. which wcrc high on the bank 30
feet from the creek are now IT, very edge.
While the loss OF life here is probably not much.
II any, than that Of OH city. the dninnge don"
10 property Is probably ten times greater. The o.,
vasiatcd Is nearly three miles IL length and ior
or Eve blocks in width The scvcrcst loss l. Ia tho
destruction OF the rchne1es and manufacturing plants,
where 80 many OF the survivors earned livelihood.