'W! 3EGrearT2 .. r77wwt rwr-ww &. xryrrig5nrBrimrrrm f - " " r -& i - a: i -,y - - v i-nt t r TffftTTiiTrHiTimra-Mn 1 rir a. - i . - - . svr . j -" i. . P-.i.5 -r , -v - '- , ' "PJhhTO3-t ,.' jt, --''- ' . ". r-: T ''WliH - . ,M kJ'ST ' ." T W ""- JT ixS.. W ' ) FLOOD NEWS. fc t N - ,. a- rpwi riTcnapnnTT wi i rnnunoi i" jt All -the details of the Johnstown Disaster, 5 . which is furnished by a large staff of oom- petcnt correspondents located at FORTT-ITOTJKTH TEAS. WE JAWS fli &ss,fc Opened to More Than uniyAooui ESCAPED TO THE NEIGHBORING HILLSIDES. Fifty Per Cent of the Population of Six Thriving Boroughs Perished. ESTIMATES OF THE INFORMATION BUREAU CLERK. IFEOM A 8TAIT COBREEPOSDEKT.! .Johnstown, June 6. The work of the bureau of registration is growing smaller and smaller daily. The returns of the names of the survivors are coming in very slowly, and the clerks in charge say they are nearly all in Chief of the Bureau, H. McConaghey, said to-day that so far they have heard from 15,000 persons as living. This is only one-half of the population of the six boroughs, according to the census taken a few months ago. This with the corpses al ready recovered would make the 17,000 or more spoken of as accounted for. As time goes on and the work of clear ing away the debris continue, it is gener ally conceded that the number of bodies which will never be recovered will probably reach into the thousands. To-day parts of bodies have been found, but who they be longed to, or what they were, could only be conjectured. It is not fair to presume that the people wno have not registered their names are drowned. A great many of the survivors have left town, and did not have a chance to register. Others have gone to the houses of friends away back in the country, and do not wish to come to the various registration districts. The returns of to-day represent about 3,000 people, and appended are the names of those registering: A. Anderson John S Ames LewlB and wife Adams II O AlperTMIllun. Abler I, Abler William J Adams byl AIlmandMJ Arorttrlne 4 Allen MlcbaelS Alters Dr F 4 Arks H 7 Abler AS ArnottJB Borer Tm and wife JlrsDad OW Kits Airs M 3 JMam Frank IlAh&nan Jonn 3 month Eph 8 BartlerKusseli: Dram Ira fttirhanan H&rr2 Kenlbrd J H and rsmlly 'Weir David and famtlyJJraUy JIrs John & family lttkner'Wm& family JJurdllHIohn - 1(0 were H 6 Harry James Jiates F4 BaerBavI, Eser Isaiaa Barnes Charles Baer Ira Bates George Brltton Mr Barley Mr 3 JtranntnAJ Barley Joseph 4 Barry E A Benson Mrs Jnlla S Brumbaugh LBandwueBenson Thomas 6 Bnrman J erome 4 Beard Thomas 3 Baxter John B 2 BeyerAngs Blner Arch Bowers Amos 7 Bel tl William 2 BloughJD2 Brown James 2 BrenabanntAbe Brown H 4 Boecher Fred Behmlt and family Bachler H Ball Alex 312 Confer Daniel 2 Closson DOS Clark Thomas S Campbell Mrs MC Cohen A and family Cope W W and family Cash James Cash John Cush Patrick Cush James CalUhanDaTld4 CUban Macule Campbell J as and family Carthew Grace CopeHG Carel Alex Cash Thomas Carvill 7 Cash John Cash Thomas and family Carney i'ranV Coneuonns Carney James and wife Conners James 5 Colbert J 4 Crawford 0 Corner M J Coffin Jobn and family Crown Thomas 3 Colbert G 4 Condon J C Croyd John 6 Cooneys J T 7 Cronln Mrs D 5 Cooper J 7 Callahan John Donaldson 1 Edwards Henry 4 Easterbrook Alfred 6 1 (triage Edward Effly George 6 Edwards reward EckJ PI Emerson G Emerson D Edwards Miss Home Elchensehr 9 Donaldson J W Edwards JDS EldHdge Elmer Effley Lewis 4 Eckel John and wife Edwards Uattle Edgar Daniel and wife Emerson Jessie Emerson Abe Evans Miss Edwards Minnie TlnhamMary Ford OS Frank OAS risherlwls Ferguson WH8 FUherJohn4 Frank Qalg EalrbaughAS Fisher James Elsher fi Ford William 9 Fisher Ed Fltzzlmmermans A3 Flannapran Dom FrankDFJrS Felix Homer 6 Fernley George t Fisher Harry XoidAnjuo Flaherty Edward 4 i oisom juiss Bene G Grlmsley Mrs Golde Conrad 2 Good G B 4 Griffith DaTid 6 Gcrbart Wm 7 Onty Wm and wife '' GoreThos and wife GlacsJandeon Gallagher Mrs Mag 4 Gallagher Mrs B 2 Griffith Evan Goan Ben Grogan Davis 1 Gore B W and family Gastontldy Tony Hoffman G family GarrlnTbos4 Gochan DaTid Glass Adam Gregorys B6 Griffith John 7 GonghmonrHH6 Googhmonr H 8 6 Gallagher Mrs Sarah 8 Griffith Hannah Gerhart Conrad 1 Gong Wm 4 Gray W m 8 Glace Fred K 2 GoldyHenrrl Golde Mrs til Hawks Kate Hawks Eebekah iuitm omi Hawthorne Wm family Hanslr Mrs family Herbert Mrs M Hras Thoa Halleran Thot 8 Hannen Mrs John 3 Hoffman babe S -iHarrigan JTS Hone Mrs 3 Horn John family HnutSawn Hummel Mrs 31 tHawkins Wm 5 Howard LG 12 Haws Bobt HannauA Hannaben Mrs 6 Hohen Fred Hltand Mrs 1 Uoten WllllamS HoganF P HuffnerNIchS "HouptKeltle Hoffman Edith Holland Francis 6 Harshburger fcamael S HornerJMS Jllckel John 2 HlckelJohna Hays Tn os HostenJrJosS Hannen John 4 Herrlnrton Mrs B 4 Helsel U alter HappeWH family Hamelton Jas HarnerHH Harris Harry7 Hershberker J Hamilton H Herdman K Henderson Maggie 3 Uartman J 7 UoffLJ4 Hlgson John 7 Hohn Albert Horner H F and family Honpt Edith Hunter J HS Hoove T J Hutchison L C Harris Albert Harding H 4 Harford Ed ward tussaocrgKi xr ai j Hoffman C H ft Hobbs Charles 6 JarFM James Wm James Ben D JonesJliS Jones Morris and family James I) W and family James James Jones John E 7 Johns Stein Jenkins JobnT Jenkins Kate D Jenkins Jos 8 Jenkins David 3 Jones John S .Tlllrn Cath 3 Jones Thos J 7 Jackson Wm Johns John and family Jones Enoch 7 Klpp August 4 KelferJ W " KisnerJCS KlngDorsey X. . Kerr is James XlllyJS KtrperL3 .,7arson Anrnst pI,ongJon7 , Ix)ngPaJnnel 4 JLavertr S iLjsettJohn and family ,Llsi J amis 4 0J.elrhJohn 4 lEewls Mrs A 8 Lewis Miss M Llff Fred 2 Lloyd B "S Lewis Jennie , "SfLewMKate -.-LimeWJC- SLewls Carrie ISewisUxzle jLEWMJSM, ld imuiin the scene. OF DEATH Thirty Thousand People, nair ot wnom M Mondaetrlndy Michael Jlnllln Fatrick St faa MurphvRose Martin Jas McKce Sheridan Murray Frank J McDoaldJBS McOoloyne 10 McOlnnlsi McCaneJohnS McCune Kobert 4 McGulre McDcrmltt Mary & Alice McCoy Augustine t McHenry Wm E McCabe Thomas McCune Mrs Ann O 1 11!-1 (TDonnell Sirs 5 O'Brien John 3 O'Donnell F Oakes Eira 5 O'Brien Morgan O' Brlen Bridget O'Brien Mary O'Donnell Hannan t O'Donnell Jotin 4 OwCntMoahS O'Grady Kobert 6 O'Toole Mrs T 12 Overholtz John Ott Edward 4 Overdorf 8 Ortenan James Owens Daniel Oglavle Thomas O'Connor US Otto S 5 P FfroesAnd4 Fershtng Ber J H 8 Prltchard Paul J B 7 Parsons Dan Fentz J W 2 Prlngd Paul 3 People Aug Pringle Mrs K 4 Pfefi 4 Patterson Marshall 4 Price Man d Price Conrad Parks Chas 3 Pershing Mrs Mc PfroerMrsS Palmer J H Q QulggBF4 EocsGeo7 Evan M. 5 . Rosenbanm Jno 4 Khlnbolt Jno 8 Eager Jas KUeyB U 8 Btevens Tobias and wife StraweWH4 btaekhouse Dr J Splnger John 7 beymore Wm S bharkey John 4 Schwann J E bhuey M E 10 binilhUeoS 8tCUlrBT3 Stewart John Stewart Wm btrong Andrew 2 bterns Wm btulzman Geo Sweeney Thos Saylor Geo Strayer Emannel Stanton G Smith John S 3 Smith John Sloan Margaret 7 bloane Philip 8 Swank M I Bcnlly Cha j Schaffer W T 5 Tate APS Thomas WH2 Thomas G J and wife Thomas Sarah Thomas and family 1 omb Dr Toner John Toms Mrr TrevenlanW'm 3nomleyEobt WUburDr4 Wonderly Ed 11 Wright and wire WrlzhtJO Weir Mrs E M 1 Wel J C and wife Weir J P and wife Warren Samnel9 Willowar Mrs Isabel 2 Wise Ed Wert Geo 5 Watcher John 7 Walters Wm Walters Kato Wilson fiobt E . Wldtnan Mrs M WUuelmGeo W llhelm Adam 3 M Isc Adam 7 Wild August 7 Way John and family Watlzy Lentod Warren and family Wheat Jas Warren Katie Wilson T WlleoxWnU Wilcox Jas and wife Woodruff LD Wilson Howard WlreWD The Dispatch's accurate list is posted daily at all the agencies for the benefit of both inquirers and the clerks, who are saved the trouble of referring to the manuscripts to answer questions. Ur. H. McConaghey, of Pittsburg, is woiking assiduously in this work. Simpson, mcswigax, Katxe. MOEE OF THE SEAS. List of Bodies Identlfled at KernvIIIe and Elsewhere. rFSOK A ETA1T c6BBZsrosnar.i The following is the list of dead in Kernville Morpie up to date. TWO CHILDREN OFNEFF SWANK. WIFE OF WALL DAVIS. MBS. HOEKER. MRS. REAN. MRS. WESLtJGLTJFF. MRS. JACOB SWANK. LOTTIE BANNAN. ' MRS WILSON BAKER. JESSIE HAMILTON. MR& J. DELANEY. OTTO COOPER (colored). DANIEL REESE. WINDOM REESE. MRS. MIND. MISSES MAGGIE AND ELLA WHITE, CHARLES MESSER. MR& E. BRENNAN, dauehter of B. E. Knne. UNKNOWN FEMALE (white). MISS ELLEN QUINN. MISS GERTIE HOWE. LARGE GERMAN WOMAN. UNKNOWN WELSH WOMAN. MRS. EVANS. EDWARD HEFFLER. NELLIE BAUMAN. MRS. R GAGELY. MARY HOLLO WEEN. ELOIRD FINLEY. iMRS. LICK. MRS. KELLY. v JOHN MERRILL. MRS. DYER JAMES HOWARD. MR AND MRS. J. CRAIG. RACHEL FOSKES. BABY FISHER MRS. PULMAN. MRS. ROBERTS. MR KENNEDY. SERVANT GIRL, 22. JOHN FISHER MRS. MARGARET FISHER GEORGE FISHER MARGARET FISHER James Murphy received nine bodies at the Presbyterian Church, as follows: MR HOFFMAN. DAUGHTER AND CHILD. the last of nine. UNKNOWN WOMAN, licht complexion, 250 pounds, gray hair, 50 years old, YOUNG MAN, UNKNOWN, hlcyclist, 18 years old. wore Wcycle olive suit, Anger ring, marked E. L. H. LITTLE GIBL, 11 years old. SMALL BOY, 8 years old, nicely dressed. TWO UNCLAIMED. Fourteen bodies were brought Into the Fourth ward school to-day so far, as follows: HENRY LUD WIG . .ADOLPH NATHAN. MRS. THOS. BROWN. SON OF MRS. T. HOWE. MISS BERTHA WILD. MISS JOSEPHINE WOLF. JACOB MALTZIE. MISS EMMA BROWN. LITTLE GIRL baby, found In Miss Brown's arms. VINCENT D. SIMM. LON BLUFORD. WOMAN,-snpposed to be Margaret L. Davis. Isbaeu BECEET. SOCIETY. LOSSES. One Lodse Can Find But Six jffembers Oat of 98 That Were. rraou A statt conRESPONDijrr.l Johnstown, June 6. The various se cret societies have lost many of their mem bers. According to the latest estimate the Jr. O. XT. A M. Cambria, Mo. 785, lost 12: Alma, 323, lost 8; Corona, 9991 only found. 6 'ititit abfs Vat o-f-90.1 'Tkk lodge' t$fot lOTprorjg was decimated. The Odd Fellows have lost 25 men. Johnstown Council, Nb. 85, lost 4, and one is missing from No. 72. An embalmer just came in and reported that 4 more bodies were found and put in the Fourth ward school The supply of embalming fluids is exhausted, and the stench is becoming so bad the men cannot stand it. Israel. POOR BUT PROUD. Many Suffer for Want of Food and Clothing Whoso Frldo Won't Let Them Slako Their Wants Known Good Work of Dr. Field. rrnoii A staff cokuxsfondent.i Johnstown1, June 6. Rev. Dr. Field, rector 6f St. Clement's Episcopal Church, of Philadelphia, who has been here as chap lain of the Bed Cross Society, will leave for home to-morrow morning, and will return herein a few days to continue his work of charity. Dr. Field has been going the rounds of the suffering poor, and says there is great distress among them.' He states that the suffering of some of the families is indescribable. Dr. Field arrived here yesterday morn ing, in company with 25 surgeons, from Philadelphia, and Miss Clara Barton, the lay President of the White Cross Society. The surgeons are working under the leader ship of Dr. O'Neill, the eminent specialist of the Quaker City. They have established their headquarters aita Kernville, and are Doing Considerable Work assisting the physicians from Pittsburg and other places. In conversation with your correspondent to-day Dr. Field said: "The only way to alleviate the distress of these poor people is to go around and visit eacn ramiiy. x nave oeen traveling arouna visiting them since yesterday morning, and it is almost impossible to picture their suf ferings. I have found families almost starr ing, having nothing to eat in the house, and too proud to let their condition become known. Last night I knew of a number of families that were without any bed clothing, and they suffered from exposure. I found one family that was absolutely without any blankets or food, and you can imagine what they suffered. They quietly endured their sufferings, though, and I tried to assist them. I understand that the supply of ra tions is giving out, and the supply depots are out of meat, bread and clothing. Unless they get some more their suffering will be terrible." The Rations Very Short. This morning there was a great amount of suffering among the people, on account of, short rations. The various relief commit tees ran out of provisions yesterday after noon, and many people had to be turned away without getting what they wanted. This morning Mayor Scott received a tele gram to the effect that 6,900 loaves of bread-, 29 barrels of cooked hams and a large sup ply of ground coffee had been shipped. They arrived here about noon and were dis tributed to the people. At one of the supply stations there was a string of women and children with baskets, waiting to be served, that would stretch from Grant street to the foot bf Fifth ave nue. Many of them were almost famished for something to eit, -and 4ae many fervent expressions of thankfulness as they received their share of the rations brought tears to the eyes of those serving them. By the time the present supplies run out it is ex pected that more will be received from other sources. McSwioan. forakerTnxious. The Buckeye Governor Wants to Keep the Ohio Elver Water rare Governor Bearer Endeavor to Quiet HI Apprehensions. IEFCLaI. SZLZGUAM TO TUX DISF1TCS.I Columbus, June 6. Allen O. Myers sent a telegram to Governor Foraker from Pittsburg to-day stating that dead animals above Pittsburg were being floated into the Ohio, and suggesting that an appeal from him might stop it. The Governor held a consultation with the State Board of Health in regard to the matter, which resulted in the Secretary of the board sending out an address to the people of Ohio, suggesting that all who live along the Ohio valley boil thf river water which they use for domestic purposes. ' Governor Foraker also sent a telegram to Governor Beaver in regard to the report, and the latter made the following reply: Habbisbubq, June 6. To Hon. J. B. Foraler: Have had organized force In counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Indiana, along the Allegheny, Kislclminetas and Conemaugh rivers, removing all deajl bodies from streams for three days. I cannot believe it possible that the report made to you is correct. Pitts burg has had boats on the river removing all offal so as to protect ourselves from the danger which Is common to all cities and towns along the Ohio and Its tributaries. You may be as sured that everything possible will be done to protect our neighbors as well as ourselves from the danger of pestilence. Our State Board of Health has been on the ground from the start, through its offlcers.aud somo of its members. William McCreery, Chairman, Pittsburg, can give yon reliable Information as to the Alle gheny above Pittsburg. ISlgned James A. Beayee, Governor. DISINFECTANTS NEEDED. Still 1,000 Bodies) Thought to be In the Bnlna of KernvIIIe. ITTtOlI A STATS' COEniSFOKDEJtT. Johnstown, June 6. J. Lipptrt, George Richards, Fred Ziznmer and John Murphy, of the Allegheny corps, made a tour of Kernville to-day, inspecting the sanitary condition of the town. They re port that the sanitary condition of all the houses is bad. Four persons were found sick. There is no morgue in the town. "What is needed most to-morrow is disin fectants and men to clear up the ruins. The inspectors say that the people cannot clear the place themselves. Eer. Beal estimates that there, are still 1,000 bodies in the ruins at Kernville. 13EAEL. TYPHOID GETS A STAET. The First Case In a Suburb of Johnstown Reported Very Promptly. fFKOM A STATT COBBXSPOSDEJfT.T Johnstown, June 6. Dr. Bibbet last night reported one case of typhoid fever ont of town. A man from South Fork reports that they have plenty to eat and clothes to wear in that town. J. K. Taggart, of Lei eenring, sent up 100 tents this morning. The Methodist and Presbyterian Churches unquestionably saved a great many lives. The Methodist Church is a fine stone struct ure about the center of the town. The church checked the force of the torrent and divided the stream. The Presbyterian Uharcfa also acted as a bulwark. Both ot tkweb'oildtegs are standing, butdamaged m? .RS. .., tryit PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1889. ill Til f he Thriving Manufac turing Borough of Woodvale WITH ITS 2500 PEOPLE Almost Completely Destroyed by .the Awful Flood. ONLY 29 .HOUSES REMAIN ITEOH A STAFF COMlESrONDENT.l Johnstown, June C "Woodvale, the bustling little borough which lay east of Johnstown, with its tall maple trees on both sides of the Pennsylvania railroad, has been almost wiped out of existence. The flood that carried off the greater portion ot the town blasted the higi anticipations of the residents that the borough would soon be come a thriving little industrial city, Eer manufacturing plants gave employment to the majority ot the 2,500 residents of the place, bnt the flood has killed them. The toilers living in the borough will have to move away and secure employment else where, as the backbone of the place has been broken. To-day it was announced to the residents of the place that th e Jonnson Steel Compa ny, better known as the Johnson Steel Street Bailway Company, had decided to move their dismantled works from Woodvale to Moxham, on the other side of Kernville. The Company have .a steel plant at that place and think it will facilitate matters t6 have their Woodvale interests at the same place as the steel mill. They accordingly gave notice to their employes that this would be done. The News Came Like a Shock to the residents of the place, as a great ma jority of them worked in the mills. With the announcement came a force of men, who began work, erecting tents and quarters for laborers, who will clear away the debris and take out the machinery for shipment to Moxham. Mr. ITahe, an official of the com pany, was on tjie ground to-day superin tending the work of olearing up. To your correspondent he said: ' "The company has decided that it will not rebuild the mills here, but will move the machinery and rebuild at Moxham. We lost about $200,000, as nearly as can be esti mated, but will rebuild at Moxham as toon as we can possibly do so. Our greatest loss was the draughting department; We lost about 590,000 worth, of drawings that can hardly be-replaced. . tley. were the aeeV mulation of 'four years, and we will now have to begin at the bottom again. We also lost $21,000 in cold cash, which was stored in an ordinary fire-proof safe. Our safe had beentaken away just a few days previous, and the money was placed is it on Friday at noon. Heavy Loss of One Firm. We had intended paying our employes the day following, and that is the way the money happened to be in the office. With our mill at Moxham wewilltryto catch up to the place where we left off. We had orders on our books that called for completion within the next month. The orders are worth 150,000. What will be done about them I do not know. The Johnson Steel Company is composed of Kentuckians. A. J. Moxham, of this place, is the President, They make a specialty Of street railway materials. The mill has been running day and night for several years." If a hand could reach out of the sky and take in its grasp 321 houses and pull them out of sight the task could not be done more effectually than was done by the flood of last Friday. There were 295 houses out of the 324 washed away. Those remaining are on the hillside, where the flood could npt get at them, and if it had reached them there is not the slightest doubt but that they would have suffered with the rest. There is a great amonnt of suffering in the borough. Most of the little houses are packed with people almost as tight as the gorge above the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. Suffering From Lack of Food. In some of the houses 25 and 30 people are living, while in none of them are less than three families. The people are also in actu al need of food and clothing. The residents say they cannot get anything from the Johnstown Belief Committee, and the facil ities for getting supplies into the borough in large quantities are very meager. A sup ply depot has been established in the town above the woolen mill, but up to 5 o'clock to-day the people stated that they had not been given any relief. They are very sore at the treatment they have received at the other relief stations, and say they have to take what the people at Johnstown and Conemaugh do not want. The Belief Com mittee in the latter places tell them to go to the Woodvale committee, while the latter have been unable to get anything across the river. The people who own thf houses not washed away say they cannot be expected to feed their neighbors all the time. At George Hood's bouse there ara nearly 30 people. All the provisions ran out, and the women and children suffered from the want of food. Some of the men found a boxcar lying along the hillside that had been washed down the Pennsylvania tracks, loaded with flour, and broke into it. Saved FroM Aetnnl Starvation. They secured a large number of barrels, which were divided up &mongthe people, and the latter were kept from starving. By the removal of the Johnson Steel Company's plant the only thing left in the borough is the Woodvale Woolen Mill and a small flouring mill alongside of it. The former is badly wrecked, and it will require a .great deal of money to repair the damage. The woolen mill gave employment to about ISO boys and girls. On account of the river being so badly swollen the mill was shut down Thursday night. It was feared that the employes would be in danger if the river rose too high, and they were told not to report for duty Friday. Being industrious they demurred against being left idle for such a small cause, but they afterwards found out that their lives were saved by,ly lag offt If i? yary probable ..that "ike kjBftjorlty of them weald have :er dewikd -tiy''bTva'6t Wik.TUB to also true of the Johnson Steel Company's mftls. ,Mr. Moxham, 'tho President, ordered tho mill shut down-Friday .noon, and told .the men to go home to their families. There Were only three men fn the mill when the deluge canie. Awful Wreck of Railroad Property. Two of them were washed away. One had his ribs broken and will probably die. A pontoon bridge across the Conemaugh is being constructed to-day for the use of the people in Woodvale. Near the bridge is about 100 yards of railroad track turned completely upside down. The rails are spiked td the ties just as securely as they Were the day they were put in. The tracks were carried from Woodvale clear across the river and landed with the ties downward in East Conemaugh borough. On the hillside above the woolen mill are scattered any number of freight cars, ca booses, tenders, etc. A train of cabooses coupled together, standing on their wheels on the hillside in the midst of high maple trees, is an unique conception, but such is the sight to be witnessed. How the Penn sylvania Ballroad will get their cars and engines out of the trees and up from the bed of the river nobody can tell, Tor a long time it has been the boast of the male por tion of Woodvale that it was the only bor ough in the State, of 2,500 people, that did not have a church or a saloon within its borders. McSwioan. A TREACHEROUS POLE. Tho .Johnson Steel Company's CUIcl Drnnchtsmnn'a Btrneslo for Life He Jompcd From His Horso to a Telegraph Pole, bat In Tain. , FEOH A STAFT COBBESPONDEHT. JOHHSiomr, June 6. A horse, supposed to be the one upon which Bobert Wicker- sham was riding when the flood overtook him and he climbed a telegraph pole, was found upon the premises of a farmer back of Woodvale this morning. The horse had apparently been in the woods for several .days, and was almost starved. Upon his back was a saddle, which was supposed to 'be owned by Mr. Wlckersham. The farmer will keep the horse until called for. Mr. Wlckersham was the chief draughts man at the Johnson Steel Company's works. He was a general favorite with -everybody connected with the company, and his death is sincerely mourned by his former associ ates. On Friday afternoon he was out riding with a friend above Woodvale. He was coming down the river and was nearly opposite the bridge to cross over to Cone maugh when the flood came. He was Warned to Get Oat of the War by seeing people running and hearing the swirl of the angry waters behind him, as they rushed down to catch up the town In a wild embrace. The gentleman turned on his horse, and seeing the water tried to get out of the way. His friend, who was ahead of him, spurred his horse forward and got over the bridge before the flood struck it. It has been reported that he escaped, while others say he was drowned with his horse. The latter had to ford part of the swollen river to get . across with his rider on his 'back. ' 1 Wlckersham was too far behind his friend to get away. Seeing that he could not make the bridge in time, he ran his horse to the 'nearest telegraph pole, and jumping off he ascended it. He struok his horse to make him gallop off, and that was the last seen of the animal until to-day. Rot a Place of Safety. Wickersham was seen to climb up the pole until he reached the cross-arms, where he rested. He apparently thought he was safe, and yelled to a number of people to run up the hill out of the water's reach. In a few minutes the pole "sagged" and tipped over. Wickersham still clung to it and the pole began to drop lower and lower. All of a sudden the pole gave a lurch and fell into the water. Wickersham disap peared from view and was seen no more. The people living in the row of frame houses on the hillside opposite saw him as he' went down. McSwioak. ENDLEBS LITIGATION TO COME. Heirless Property That Most be Looked After by the Stnte. IFB03I A 6TA1T CORHESPONDEST.1 Johnstown, June 6. As the people slowly begin to sensibly realize the awful calamity, and in many cases hope has been gfven up, the ones saved are en deavoring to better themselves and to pro tect, if possible, their property remaining. In many instances whole families were wiped out by the aquatio avalanche, and the question now arises: "To whom does their property, real and personal, belong." Legally it falls to the next nearest heirs, but there were property owners lost who have not any relations here, and the danger of bogus heirs asserting themselves is ap parent. Endless litigation will follow in the wake of this catastrophe, unless the State legis lature steps in and issnes some sort of a limi tation act. The plans of the city when it was incorporated as a borough are in the vaults of the Begister's office at Ebensburg, and no doubt many deeds are recorded, also proving the ownership, but with all this it is thought there will still be legal and il legal claims to devastated districts. Katne. A -NATIONAL AID COMMITTEE. Every State Tnvltcd to Assist In Establish ing Agencies for Supplies. tntOH A BTATT COKBESrONDENT. I Johnstown, June 6. The Belief Com mittee is to be made national in its scope. Action to that effect was taken this after noon at the meeting of the Financial ' Com mittee of the local relief organization. The plan was proposed by parties high in au thority and has been given official sanction by the committee in the following resolu tion: The survivors of the flood are now, and most he for some time, wholly dependent upon issnes to them of food and clothing, as there are no goods here, except those brought by the Relief Committee, and no place in which commerce can be carrie'd on. The agencies for making each destribntlons should receive grave consid eration. It la the nnanimons consent of the committee that another committee should be appointed for this purpose, composed in part of citizens in this locality and of members ap pointed by the Governors of the States, or by chambers of commerce of the cities f r6m which contributions have been received, or In such other way as win give this agency a national character, and assure the country that its most generous charity will be judiciously and fully applied to the relief of the victims of our un precedented calamity. The committee that took this action was jeempesedof Jakes HcM111b. Gyrus Elder. OMSSm, -yr. , Swk J. I.feeWto HLtSI" Mp$t( 1 i Ml Twenty-Five Bodies at a Time Are Being Buried. A POND FULL OF THEM To Be Got Out at Wood vale, With Pennsy's Permission. NO PESTILENCE FEARED. rrnoir a staff cOBnzsroirDxirr.i Johnstown, June 6. Dr. Groff 's men reported to-night that East Conemaugh, Franklin borough, Woodvale, Morrell ville, Cambria City and Mineral Point all need food and clothing. The corps didn't report anything about the sanitary condi tion. Dr. Fussell reports that he found a big dam .formed in Woodvale. There was one horse in it, which was removed and burned. The doctor thinks this dam is full of dead bodies, and he advises that the dam be drained. He thinks it can be done in four hours if the railroad people will allow him to cut an opening under the railroad. Special Agent W. H. Kennedy, of the State Board of Health, made a tour of the town. He reported that the stench on Main street is becoming horrible. There must be many bodies undeV the debris. Twenty-Five Bodies Together. At Grandview Cemetery they are burying the bodies 25 in a trench. The location of each body, with the name and description, is marked with a board. Where the dead have friends a few follow the bodies to the grave, but the average of followers is not more than two. Ho services are held and the bodies are lowered into the trenches without any ceremony. Mr. Kennedy found a boy alive in one of his tours. The little fellow was nearly ex hausted for want of food and drink, bnt he will live. Mr. Kennedy also says that the debris is being removed rapidly. Dr. Car rington, another inspector, spent most of the day about the Pennsylvania depot. He disinfeoted the bodies of some horses that could not be burned without destroy ing what is left of the town. He burned er jt truckloads or wet and dirty clothing, taken off the bodies, and a few horses and old hides. Some dead horses were found that are too deep to reach. Dr. Sweet, of the Bedford Street Hos pital, reported that four men were hurt while tearing down houses; some of them are seriously injured. The hospital is fast being puLinto first-class prder. The first few days ofth&'flood a number of amputa tions were made on persons badly injured. To Prevent a Pestilence. Dr. Benjamin Lee, executive head of the State Board of Health, left for Pittsburg this afternoon to establish his headquarters at that place. He will be in direct com munication with the Sanitary Corps here, and will issue orders to them by wire, in dicating what he wishes done. His object in establishing headquarters in Pittsburg is to assure, the people of that city and vicinity that there is no danger from disease spreading on account of the water in the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas and Allegheny rivers being polluted with disease-spreading germs. Word has been received here that the residents of Allegheny county ore very much alarmed on this account, and have asked the local health authorities to take steps in the matter. Dr. Lee stated this morning that there was no occasion for alarm. He said the State Board would take all precautionary measures and pre vent sickness spreading among the people. A Stenmer Going Up. The State Board of Health has chartered a small steamboat to start from Pittsburg and come up the Allegheny as far as possi ble, and clean out the stream of any rnbbish that has accumulated along the banks. It has been found that' this is the cause of a great amount of disease among the people, where such stuff has accumulated, and the board will exercise all its power and all the money it has at command to do the work. It is also expected, of course, that a num ber of dead bodies will be discovered. Hun dreds of horses, cows, dogs, etc., were swept away with the human beings, and where they are now lying is a mystery. A great many of them were washed down the river and are probably lying concealed on the banks, where their offensive odors might poison the air and cause contagion. Orders have been issued by the Sanitary Corps here to cause all the dead horses, cows, dogs, etc., lying abont the city to be burned, and thus kill the germs of disease. Poshing the Pennsr. Dr. Lee had a consultation this morning with the Pennsylvania railroad officials, and requested them to put more men at work removing the pile of debris from above their bridge. The officials of the company stated they were doing the best they could, but would put more men on, if they could get them. Fires have been lighted all around the moss of debris for the purpose of killing germs of disease arising from the putrefying flesh and rubbish. The odpr that arises is unbearable, and, in some places, it is so bad that the workmen were seriously af flicted with nausea. A wholesale plan of disinfection was in augurated this morning by the Allegheny Medical Belief Committee. They began at the upper end of Kernville, and inspected every house in the'borough. They placed disinfectants in the houses and about the premises, to prevent any contagion that may arise as a result of the flood. Other medical corps will take possession of the other boroughs and give them a thorough cleaning out Israel, McSwioan. LOOKING OUT EOE THE 0EPHANS. The Scores of Fatherless and Motherless Find Iran Friends In Need. rvuOM A. STAFF COKKESrONDEST.J Johnstown-, June 6. The Penn Chil dren's Aid Society is represented here by Mrs. H. N. Hinckley and Miss C.Hancock, of Philadelphia. They arrived to-day, and have establishea headquarters at jno. w .' j . -r,c . ' i . AdMM sW. 'I Ihey received aeest freaa a Jokakwa aiatlwan for a cMM for I adoption, and are looking up the orphans and, homeless children. They found nine orphans in the house next to where they are located, and Ave half orphans in the house. Jfesjrere all orphaned by the flood. J?t5Tned of a lady on the FranklftSkjng care of 24 children nQt35l-,'-Sjood- Mrs. Hinckleyhafoyfige for seven years. Miss HaotwflErata- tion of long standing. She wa3tTo in the late war. The ladles received telegrams from Eev. Morgan 'Dix, New York, who will take 75 children. Mrs. Pearson, of Indianapolis, wants one child; Mrs. Campbell of the same place will take one, and Prof. Charles Micqe, of New York, will find place for four. SniPSOH'. A HAED BULE TO ENPOEOB People Who Have Johnstown Interests Will Cross the Lines. IFB0M A STATP COnRESrOXMST.l Johnstown, June 6. Since the Sheriff of the county issued the order that no pas sengers should arrive here unless possessing a pass from authority, there has been un bounded dissatisfaction and trouble. At Bolivar is the farthest point to which the Pennsylvania Bailroad will sell tickets unless the Citizens' Committee pass is flashed. Notwithstanding that deputy sheriffs and other authorities are there to prevent this order being violated, anxious ones elude them and get here, just the same. Many who have friends andfamilies among them neglected to observe this order or were not aware of its existence and had to walk 18 miles. To tired women this seems rather hard. Discrimination was shown in a few cases so far as to the passengers having tickets for intermediate points between Bol ivar and this point Warning is given, however, that they will be ejected if the order is not obeyed. Kaxne. BEATEE ONLI WANT8 TO KNOW. He Wouldn't, for the World, Cat Johnstown Off Without a Cent. IVEOH A BTATT COBBSSFOXBXST.J Johnstown, June 6. Manager J. B. Scott said this evening that he was in favor of paying the men Saturday evening. The Finance Committee, however, does not think it is wise; but their action will be sub ject to Mr. Scott's decision. Daring the day Governor Beaver telegraphed that he had 250,000 at his disposal. He wanted to know how much to send to Johnstown, so that he could give some of it to Williams port and Lock Haven. The consultation was held over the wires. The people in Johnstown don't want the earth. At a late hour the Governor had not commenced to consult Iseael. THE BROKEN DAM. People Who Still Talk About the Responsi bility of the Owners of tho Reser voir TUcy TMuk the Catastrophe Blight Have Been Avoided. IBTICIAL TELXQBAH TO Tint DISPATCH.l New Yoek, June 6. The Bun will say to morrow: Thp feeling against the Pittsburg association that owns the lake and dam that caused the calamity grows more Intense the more the troth about the dam becomes known. The SunXdlsclosure of the fact that the dam was simply a heap of dirt, with loose stone facingMnstead of astructnre of solid masonry, and that the waste gates had been closed up by the association, which was printed this morning, made a sensation here and threatens to bring the matter to a head. Crim inal proceedings are freely talked of, but It is thonght it will be difficult to sustain a case even in courts as prejudiced as those of Cam bria county will be against the dam owners. The men are rich and responsible, however,and the liability of civil action is generally believed to be complete. If they should be held liable in civil suits for damages it is probable that many, if not all of them, will be financially ruined. There is an abundance of evidence that the owners were frequently warned by old residents In the neighborhood of the dam that it was becoming weaker and getting into a more dangerous condition all the time. One fact alone, as to the dam, ought to con vict the dam owners of negligence sufficient to make them responsible in aamages. The stone face that went up each side of the dam was not continued across the top in order to maintain a wagon road there. The top of the dirt heap had merely been leveled off and left in its na tural condition. It was a moral certainty that if the water ever rose so high as to go over the top of the dam, it would wash it out. With the water washing over the dirt top of the dam, the rock facing would amount to no more, as a source of strength, than a sheeting of card board. To have covered the dam with a sub stantial course of stone capping, arched or in some other way. arranged to oner as little resistance as possible to the passage of the water, would have spoiled the wagon road, but it might have saved the dam. FEW W0MENARE LEFT. Twice ns Many Females as Hales Perished The Weak Went First, and Were Drowned With Their Arms Cling ing to Their Babes. rSrXCIAI. TELEGEAJt TO THE DISPATCH. Johnstown, June 6. One of the peculiar things a stranger notices In Johnstown is the comparatively small number of women seen in the place. Of the throngs who march about the streets searching for dead friends there is not one woman to ten men. Occasionally a little group of two or three women with sad faces will pick their way about, looking for the morgues. There are a few Sisters of Charity, their black robes the only instance in which the conventional badze of monrninz is seen upon tho street In tho Darts of the town not totally destroyed, the usual nnmberof women are seen in the houses and yards. But as a rule women are a rarity in Johnstown now. This is not a natural peculiarity of Johns town, nor a mere coincidence, but a fact with a dreadful reason behind it. There are so many more men than women among the living in Johns t oi. n now because there are so many more women than men among the dead. Of the bodies recovered there are at least two women for every man, besides the fact that their natural weakness made them an easier prey to the flood. The hour at which the disaster came was one at whlch.the women would most likely be in. their homes and the men at work in the open air, or in factory yards, from which escape was easy. Children also are rarely seen about the town, and for a similar reason, they are ad dead. There is never a group of the dead discovered that does not contain from one to three or four children for every grown person. Generally the children are in the arms of the grown per sons, and of ten little toys and trinkets clasped in their bands Indicate that the children were caught up while at play and carried as far as possible toward safety. Johnstown when rebuilt will be a city of many widowers and few children. In turning a school nouse into a morgue tne autnonnes probably did a wiser thing than they thought. It will be a long time before the school house will be needed for its original purpose. THE CHOSEN FBIENDS Will Contribute Liberally to the Aid of the Flood Victims. CHICAGO, Jase 6. William G. Morris, Su preme Trustee and Acting Councillor of the Order of Chosen Friends, issued the following to-day: To the Councils, Officers and Members: Fbiends The dreadful calamity of flood and fire at Johnstown, in which thousands hare lost their lives, appeals to every lover of the race for assistance. Recognizing the principles upon which the Order of Chosen Friends is founded, we ask every member to practice its watchwords now by donating liberally to the relief and succor of qur unfortunate country men. Let your contributions be collected by councils and forwarded to Mayor Dewltt C. Cregier, of Chicago, to be sent to the proper authorities for distribution. Act quickly, Friends, in this great emergency. Heir Hampshire's Legislative Action. uoircoBD, n. n June a. tm jjegBiawre i toyapproiiriaied s,m tot tbVCowwMwtft jhKw8.' v "r ; , ; ; - , t I CONCORD, IT. H., June a. The Lerfsiatfcre .THEONLYGIRL at OVERLOOK Is the titla of the Firt and Only American Novel written by Wilkle Collins, and pub lished COMPLETE la next Sunday's DISPATCH. r 9 " THREE CENTS wmw. More Laborers Can be Used Than Was First Supposed. MORE MONEY NEEDED. $1,500,000 and 10,000 Paid Workmen, the Calculation of Contractors, TO CLEAR THE DEBRIS. Three of the Wounded Suf- - 1 ferers in Pittsburg Hos pitals Die. RELIEF COMMITTEE'S WORK. Contributions of Cash, Cloth ing and Food Still Com ing in to Headquarters. AID BY SECRET SOCIETIES. Masons and Knights of the Mystla Chain Will Help Build Bouses What Colonel T. P. Roberts and aiaxMoorbead Know of the Building of the Great Dam An other Boat Fatrol of the Tflver to Be Made So Far 3.600 Codas Have Been Sent From Pittsburg The. Life Insur ance Loss Not Great Effects on Prohi bition. The Belief Committee of the Chamber of Commerce bad a startling realization yes terday of the tremendous amonnt of work that is necessary to be dono yet before tho flooded district will be cleaned up. When a message came that 10,000 laborer were needed at Johnstown, and would be needed for weeks, and that they must be paid, it staggered the committeemen, as it meant an extraordinary outlay for wages alone, not including the cost of provisions and other This word came in shape of the tawing telegram from William Flinn: A Physical Impossibility. It Is tho judgment of myself, Evan Jones and the practical men here that it would take 10,000 men a month to clear up this town. It seems to me a physical impossibility. The vol unteer workmen are leaving rapidly. We must have BOO men to fill the vacancy. Yon should send four or fire competent to be put in charge ot financial matters, as expenses will be enor mous. Also give us a commissary here on the ground. When we make requisitions for sup plies we should find them here on account of the uncertainty of trains. Provisions for horses and men should be sent in large quanti ties. Mr. McCreery's placid brow corrugated, and he said the pay roll was now $100,000 a week, for the services of 7,500 men, and work must stop if donations did. An Important Mission. Mr. Evan Jones arrived in Pittsburg from Johnstown yesterday. He had a highly important mission to perform, namely, to enlighten Pittsbnrgers on the real needs of Johnstown and the situation. To a Dispatch reporter he said: "There are one or two things which must he under stood at once abont the situation at Johns town. The work Captain "W. E. Jones and William Flinn have undertaken, namely, to clean the town of debris and remove the bodies of human beings and animals, is going- to cost a great deal more than most people have any idea of. At the' very lowest estimate just the removal of the wreckage and the bodies ' not including the cleaning up of the . cellars and house lots mind you will cost from half a million to three-quarters of a million of dollars. There are now over 5,000 men employed in this work, and most of them at $2 per diem. There ought to he 10,000 men and there will be probably in a few days, and it is easy to see how the daily pay roll will absorb from flO.000 to $25,009. Plttsborgers Mast Persevere. "It won't do for Pittsburgers or our friends elsewhere to rest content with the subscriptions now in. An immense sum is needed to avert a frightful plague, not only in Johnstown, bnt in the,snrronnding coun try, including Pittsburg. The money ought to be sent at once to the Chamber of Com merce Committee. Governor Beaver is greatly impeding the work at Johnstown by-, asking people to send him money at Harris burg The money ought to be sent to Pitts burg direct. "In a very short time all the laborers at Johnstown will be hired men, for the volua-" teers speedily grow tired of the hard work " and either clamor for pay or want to go- home. Paid labor is decidedly more reliav . Die in every way mu lumuira. avuev vs . t J 4j. ..i... .ha... (nMMmaTHi1 JBN again that The Dispatch cannot put the call for money too strongly. And the money should not come via Governor Beaver -or anybody else, bnt straight to Pittsburg.;' A Committee Appeal. ." " In view of the information received fron Mr. Plinn and Mr. Jones, the Chamber' Commerce Belief Committee last'sightse oat the following bulletin t tlittsbA papers and through theAsaeriatedJPrew ixea. w. jag,a.cajgo KNtHMKi J' .wras
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