IN DEATH'S VALLEY. | The Gruesome Work Along the Banke of the Conemaugh, guarantee then the liability of each signer un. der the same be proportionately reduced, Third, The liability of each to bo for a pro Fourth. This guarantees to be binding only NO SES8iuN OF THE LEGISLATURE A State Commission Guided by the Gov- ernor Will Perform the Work. DANGER OF AN EPIDEMIC DENIED, board of health, under the police powers of Witness our hands and seals this 10th day of The Governor's Opinion, In conversation Governor Beaver said: Borrow's Sway Still Continues in the Melancholy Vale, but Practical Forces Are Diligently at Work Evolving Order Out of the Chaos of Johnstown's Ruins. Employed in Re- Park's Scenes at the Guapowder and Fire the Recital Preaking of the Tale of Ruin. moving Debris—Engineer of the Dam-—Willinmsport's | Graphic JorxstowN, Pa., June 11.—The debris of the raft on the castern side near the | bridge has been fired, This means that | a number of bodies must be burned. The fire is burming slowly and no au- thority is given for the measure. Gen. Hastings didn't care to talk of it, The Situation. JorxstTowx, Pa., June 11.—The exact situation of Johnstown is just this: There | are missing and dead about 10,000 people. The refugees are living in tents and crowded into houses of friends on the | hills. Debris is piled high all over Johns- town proper, with the exception of a | wide swath along the Conemaugh, swept elean of houses, but which is four or five | feet deep with sand. The debris holds decaying vegetables and animal matter, and the acres of debris remain above the bridge sending forth at all times the strong and almost overpowering odor of decay. Many of the houses Kernville and Horners- | ville, which escaped total wreckage, are | breeding places for disease, the cellars are full of mud and decay, and anong | them sickness is gradually increasing. | The sanitary conditions are almost be- yond description, and with the hot sum- mer just beginning it will be a marvel indeed if contagion does not run riot. Of Working In the Wreck. Jouxstowy, Pa., June 11.—The great raft is in an endless, measureless grave yard, made in a1 t. Its tombstones | are the shattered ti the wreckage. The torn, ments of walls marking streets had been. Though have already been uncevered, now are coming ragged frag- | where the hundreds | the dead to light in surprising | “I have that many Philadelphians al- interrupted the mayor, “and “That's good,” rejoined the governor, I think myself that the The bonds to $1,500,000 to complete it. this thing only in the light of a sanitary In other words, 1 operate under the police powers of the state, de- dare the Conemaugh river a nuisance, direct that the nuisance shall be It is my would be required for an extra session of the legislature will pay for all the work that is to be done; but I think that an appropria- session to pay for all GOVERNOR BEAVER'S PLAN. and Verfects Scheme Action. JouxstTown, Pa., June 10,—Governor Beaver, so much inquired for during the last wi here vesterday, looked at the wreck with weeping eyes, confer Visits Johnstown n of 5, Caine B. Scott. Hasting and the burden of the lief and h William Me- others who work of pledged a million fe Ls LSUry upon cons satisfied at once, Flynn, James Creery, Use have borne rescue ana 14] doll 1 Were A State There will be no extra Commission. session of the A state commission, with the gov- ernor at its head, will take control of the relief work on Wednesday It was proposed that the stafl furnish $1, to Gen, Beaver for immediate use in clearing up and restoring Johns- i wake the state whole urg, Philadelphia ill He 1n- until the legisia- appropriations This plan was anda « it w EA ture 1 that w Hiaaes relieve them. sii arranged that on morning Gen. Hastings Governor Beaver, should f the work of policing the clearing including Johnstown and the surrounding bor- Governor Beaver left at 7 o'clock last night for Philadelphia. Governor Deaver Interviewed. r Beaver said flooded upply depots soon be re RisO it was Wednesday harge valle yY and it up, In an interview Govern the mua found district and but they & % “I found the streams filled with deoris there ts remain, will endanger public health, “The funds which have come into my THE BRIDGE OF DEATH numbers—if any one here « prised, and there are sor them that had nes The Sickening Stench. People just arriving in Johnstown sa that the stench is sickening and fearful, tainting the air the valley every- where, while those who have worked here throughout the trying scenes have noticed it only at times and in certain places, showing that their senses are be- numbed. All the waters are giving up their dead and the skiffs and grapplers are in waiting for them. The red shirted lum- berman standing midway in the raft, who called the marker and color beaver, raised his ax to strike, but the blow never fell. If it had it would have cut in twain the first of the bodies taken from the point on the morning of the tenth day. It was the remains of a woman, Emma Roth by name, identi- fied by her broken hearted husband an hour later, Immediate Barial Necessary. The day is past when the discovered dead can be kept any time for identifica- tion. Frightful scenes at the morgues bear quick testimony of this. The keep- ers say that as soon as the air strikes the corpses now it becomes almost impos gible to handle them and the sooner they are buried the better. Y There are over fifty new faces on the slabs at the morgue, and a record shows that up to noon Sunday, which was just 8 week frdm the time morgues were es tablished, 1,492 people were buried from hem who were discovered right in this vicinity. This has nothing to do with the valley, or the dead of Ninevah, New Florence and elsewhere. A great many were also buried who were not taken to these morgues, THE BOND. Terms of the Agreement to Indemnify the Governor for Expenses. PHILADELPHIA, June 11.-The follow- ing is a copy of the bond of indemnity red by Governor Beaver and Mayo tier yesterday afternoon: Whereas, James A. Beaver has this day given Jis bond to William B. Hart, state treasurer of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the penal sum of $1000, conditioned for the payment of monies may be advanced by the sald William B. Hart for the purpose of clears ing the streams and abating public nuisances which threaten the health and safety of the le of this commonwealth, caused by the floods which have destroyed so much of life and property in the Conemaugh and West ‘Branch valleys, and, * Whereas, There is not sufficient time to as semble the legislature In order (0 secure a regular appropriation for the work which is absolutely necessary to be done for the pre servation of the health and safety ¢t the peo ple: now, therefore, We, the undersigned, citizens and corpora. tions of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, each for himsei: and no one for any other, hereby guarantees the payment of the sald bond to the extent of $5000 and no more, upon the following conditions: First. This guarantes not to bo binding an an be sur- | we faces among 1 CDE INEST of is til dignod by 20 individuals or corporations Second, If more than 20 persons sign this as a sacred trust, will be expended individual sufferers. No part of it will +7 h is legiti- mately the domain of the state under its police powers. This I wish to empha- size, so that all contributors to the fund may feel assured that their money will be judiciously and economically ex pended for the benefit of suffering hu- manity and not to the work which should and will be undertaken by the state or municipal authorities.” loard of Health Bulletin, The state board of health yesterday hung out the following bulletin: “The general condition of health in Johnstown and vicinity excellent, No epidemic disease of any kind pre- vails, nor is it expected that any will arise, The whole region has been di- vided into convenient districts and each laced i a competent sanitarian. is unaer he state board of health is prepared to meet all emergencies as they arise. The air is wholesome and the drinking water is generally pure. I the good people of the devastated district will go on as they have so nobly done during the past wee in their efforts to clear up the wreckage good health will certainly be main- tained.” Presence of Diphtheria Denied, Dr. Joseph N. Dickson, in charge of the Bedford Street hospital, and Dr. T, L. Hazard, of Allegheny, deny emphati- cally that there 18 a single case of diphtheria in Johnstown or any of its suburbs. They say there is a good deal follicular sore throat. but that is rarely fatal and is not contagious. It is some- think like quinzy, but a milder disease. Religious services were held at several different places throughout the city yes terday and were largely attended. The Waters Give Up Their Dead. The waters began to give up their dead yesterday, the ninth since the flood. Fifty odd bodies were recovered here, most of them floating in the water. Seven of them were dragged out of the raft above the bridge. On the body of Christopher Kempt, an un- dertaker, was found $3,100, The Coroner's Jury's Verdlot. GreENspURG, Pa., June 10,—-The jury impaneled by the coroner of Westmgre- land county to inquire into the cause of death of the 218 persons whose bodies were picked up at Ninevah rendered a verdict that each of them “Came to his death by violence due to the flood caused the breaking of the dam of the South otk reservoir, and as well the aforesaid coroner as the jurors addressed do cer- ceased died of violence caused by the action of the flood, or there is such strong suspicion of such violence or other un- lawful acts as to make an inquest neces. Bitterness Against the Club, There is great bitterness of feeling among tho people of Johnstown and the is so Eh La to ot iy 2 0.5. Bore, su of the club, are enter. the villay club have irendd Overal of members of the been | roken into and the furniture in them broken into (ragments, Their pleasure and fishing bosts have been de- gtroyed, and greater violence is feared. * ' sii, ownod by The Governor's Fand, Harnrigpura, June 10,—The governor's fund for the relief of the survivors of the flood in the Conemaugh valley and other portions of the state is assuming large proportions and the disposition to con- tribute appears to be on the increase, Yesterday letters and telegrams were re- JOHNSTOWN BEFORE THE FLOOD, ceived requesting the governor to draw $68 000 additional, swelling the aggre- O00, DISEASE 1 THE AIR. Induces Workmen Posts, Fear of Pestilence Abandon JouxstTown, Pa,, June 8, at the Red corps headquarters that the flond has left a parting curse hovering over the Conemaugh valley in the form of the dread disease, The attentions of the medical people are now directed to Kernville, where Their Cross ing epidemic. Miss Clara of the Rs hospital at trouble with ured i with Dr. charge. A. Barton and Dr. O'Neill, to and, al eri of d Cross, decided Kernville, the lx and Bernas, after authorities, ite Philadelphia, Workmen Giving Up. Some work from { it are the sO strong that it and them from their labor. A guard is thrown around the whole district Johnstown and no iployed is permitted outside of the line without a J from Flynn or the adjutant general. Flynn refused to allow the men to leave the town. Flynn admitted the clearing of the debris would be finished with 5,000 men in ten days. of Flynn's men quitting They : he ¢ Of one 1 asd The Stench Unbearable. The stench arising from the debris is becoming almost unbearable in the neighborhood of bridge and work- men are finding serious difficulty in re- maining at their work for more thang few hou t atime. Disinfectants have not been put Pp le vot, although they are being freely distributed through the town Curiosity and relic warned io keep : ¢) on Live wrokers have been from the debris as disease lurks in the air about it. They pay very littl ttention to it, however, their desire for plunder evidently being greater than their fear of pestilence. The Red Cross society have formed a hospital corps for the benefit of the workmen, many of whom are injured This cellent work, Hurlburt House Vietima The register and safe of the Hurlburt House have been taken out of the ruins intact. The following is the entire list of dead and the survitors of the ill-fated hotel : The dead are: Mra. E. BE. Benford, Johns town: Miss Maria Benford, Mis Mary Ben. fo Loa Benford, Mra Matzensteln and child, Mrs. Smith and three children, Miss Homer, Mra. Dr. Defrancs, Miss Laura Hamil ton. Misa Ella Byrne, Jane Maloy. Minnie Honiton, Mary Rodgers, Ella Harrigan, Bertha Stofhel, Lottie Yost, Jennie Smotse, Ella Johnston, Charles Wilson, clerk; Wil lam Henry, J. C. Clark, Ne Clark, Dr. i simer Brinkley, « Butler, Charlies John Byrne, Albert Wherry, J. W, ‘eakiand, Dr. St. John, Harrisburg: Carrie Richards, Ypsllanti, Mich: Moilie Richards, Ypsilanti, Mich: Jennie Wells, Tioga: Mim Diehl, Shippensburg: J. G. Coz, W. L. Spits, Carlin, Philadelphia: J. E. Little, Pitts. burg: 8 MeClond, Chicago; Frank DD. Felt, Chicago: W, F. Down, New York: James Murray, Philadelphia; Charles Dewalt, Al- toons Herron, ttahury. The survive se Damen ate on the same Jatin D. Doosy, Phila nedition: Hartley, Philadelphia ure: Mary Early, Johns Villian Marshall, Laura e Joges, Walter Benford, F. A. Tr. 3 OG dney ra wh register are as follows Erdiager, CLEARING THE WRECK. An Immense Amount of Time and Labor Required for the Work. Joussrows, Pa., June 7.—~Five thou- sand men were yesterday at work clearing away the debris on the island. Last evening the number was increased to 8,000, Gangs came mm from Hollidays- burg. Sandpatch and half a dozen other places and reported for duty. They were put to work at once, most of them without any breakfast. Mr. Flinn estimates that it will take 10,000 men sixty days to clear away the wreck. At this rate it will require §1,- 500,000 to pay for the work. This does not include the expenses. Five million dollars will not be enough to put Johns town in shape for rebuilding. The EMicacy of Fire, Dr. Graff has been given charge of the sanitary commission. Dr. Oraff talked at length on the different plans of sani- TRAIN RUNNING ON FLOODED TRACKS AW STEELTON, tation for the flooded district, and finally said: “There is but one sure, safe a burn everything. [I think the order will be issued to burn everything all over the district. This is the surest plan to pre- vent any contagion or epidemic; but un- derstand there is no immediate of epidemic as long as the weather keeps as cool as it is now. There is not so much danger from decomposition and putrefaction unless the weather changes and becomes warm,” Dr. Graf's plan of d ng of the debris above the bridge is to scatter ofl over it and burn it. Powder More Effective Than Dynamite, The first blast of gunpowder fired at the bridge proved more effective than any of the ¢ of d ite hereto- fore used and hurled ts of de bris 200 feet in the air, with ! | | it was a round eu which looked like the trunk of a numan body, It fell back into the water with a splash and gilded into the swilt current under the ridge before it could be pulled in. Ex- po on after explosion of dynamite fol- owed the blast of gunpowder, the detonations coming so close together that they might almost be taken for the continuous discharge of heavy guns. An opening 400 feet long, which runs back in some places fifty feet, was made dur- ing the afternoon. Endeavors to Save the Dam. In conversation with a press repre sentative Resident Engineer Park, who was on the spot when the dam broke on Friday, said: “On Thursday night I noticed that the dam was in good order, and the water was nearly seven feet from the top. When the water is at this height the lake is then nearly three miles in length, It rained hard on Thursday night, and | rode up to the end of the lake on the eventful day and saw that the woods around there was teeming with a secth- ing cauldron of water. Col. Unger, the president of the fishing club that owns work to fix the dam. A farmer vicinity also lent a willing hand “To strengthen the run along the top of then thrown into the in it and LUrraows earth on was constructed We four feet of shale rock to solid rock cut through about we Came unpos ible {nce we when which wa channel open the water leaped down and a feet wide and thre that ond of : % the dam, while And then pe of aising at the the pier at the other end. the face of this from the dam it kept 1 s an hour, Hope great os Abandoned, “At noon 1 fully vid pra« tically ave and I got o to South F ing the danger and f bedi the dam, + and galloped down the alarm, tell at the same time of their advising them to get toa plac eo of safety I also sent a couple of men to the telegraph tower, two miles AWAY, nd mess to Johnstown and Cambria and to the other points on the WAY. The ¥ ung girl at the instro- ment fainted when the news reached her and was carried away. Then by the timely warning given, South Fork had an opportunity to movi their hou them- impossible to na hors ork and gave ple THA 10 8 REO chold goods and betake AS THE selves RKECEDING FLOOD to a place of ‘ be was frying to save thint was soft was drowned floating down stream.” Oficial List of Passengers Lost, Prrrenvng, June 7.—~The official road re poris of the dead and th ing from Ue east bx i train Pittsburg last ive the num- ber at Hit and narter of the Pullman car New Orleans here wore no losses from the first two trains. The corrected list of dead Talbott, nes Long, of Cleveland, with two or three children; Cyrus Schick, of teading, Pa.. and his sister-in-law, Mis Stinson, who is a sister of Judge Stin- son. Mrs. Schick saved her life by go ing back into the car to secure her waterproof. John Rose, of Jersey City; Mrs. J. B. Rauney, of Kalamazoo, Mich.: Miss Jennie Baulson and Miss Bryant, of Pittaburg: Mr. Misall, man- ager of the Mansfield, O., Baseball club; Missa Agnes C. Christman, of Beaure. gard, Miss. ; L. Phillips (colored) porter of the Pullman car New Orleans; Mra Swineford and daughter, Mrs. Smith and child, of Dayton, O.: where the bexlies have been forwarded. Miss Hurnish, of Dayton, O.; Andrew Ewing, Ligonier, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Swing, Belle fonte, Pa. THE DAM DEFECTIVE Made of Mud and the Safety Slnlceways Kept Closed, Jouxsrows, Pa, Juna 6,—The broken dam, where the terrible Conemaugh dis aster had its beginning, is receiving at- tention now that the first thrills of bor ror over the catastrophe itself have in some measure begun to subside Numbers of correspondents and others have visited the dam, and no one who has seen it confirms the stories of its elaborate structure and fine masonry which have been told in different quar- ters, Indeed, the general verdict of thes e visitors seems to be that there was no masonry there. The dam is declared to have been merely a heap of mud, faced with rough stones and filed in somewhat with shale, The Slulcoeways Closed. Years ago, when the reservoir back of the dam was used as a feeder to the Pennsylvania canal, the dam was in bet- ter shape, and it is said that there were sluiceways whicn could readily be opened #0 aa to relieve the reservoir if the press ure of water became too great, These sluices had been kept closed by the South Fork Fishing oh since they came into possession of the place, in or- der that the game fish might not escape to the river below, Experts have declared that had these extra sluices been kept in order and op erated there is no room to doubt that the terrible calamity in the Conemaugh val- ley could have been averted, The Dam Improperly Planned. Not only do those who have visited the dam deciare that its material was ig- suffident, but they also assert that it was not lined out on an improved basis of engineering. There was no attempt to give it extra strength curvature, Its 400 foot of le stro straight across the end of rail en pases the colored Mrs. 18 200 foet wide by 75 feat deep, It is little wonder that nothing above that fatally stanch railway bridge could be found to resist such a torrent, Additions to the Death Roll The following are additions to the list of dead: Henry Ludwig and wife, Juke. Morrell Swank and 8-year-old son, Mrs, H , Mise Laura Hamilton, J Wild, wife and daughter, Mrs, Jane . Mm. Aaron vis and three children, Woodvale; John OG, Alexander and wife, Woodvale; Mrs, Martha Alexander, Noah Evans, wife and four children, Mrs. Reose, Mary Fitrharris. The remains of & man PEARL Fos bambi gop Be pn Fas BROS IE IS. WAN 1 “Castoriaigso well ads ’ i recominend itan snoeriort gnown to rue.” H. A. As 11 Be. Orlovd BL, 1 SABER RE HUMPHREYS’ i TYIVLLPITT wary np : IR. 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