Altoona Times from Altoona, Pennsylvania • 1

row. VOL. 6 ALTOONA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1889. NO. 13.

this city, was up and around yesterday, LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. T. H. White, D. L.

Miller and Foster have charge of the hospital. The assist THE WRECKED CITY. DON'T FORGE Stock of ali kinds of Carpets Shades and Fixtures. Shades We iave Largest and Choi in tlL city. Handsome Window nvide and put up Come and pick it and put it down when wanted.

All qualities. Special numbers BEAUTIFUL LACE est at C1TAM out your Carpet so we can sew $3.50. $4. $5- Exquisite Em- Satteens at l2 and 25c. Pretty broideries and Flouncings.

Extra value in Bbck, Chantilly Flounc-ing Laces. Handsome Wash Dress Goods. Linon d' Inde and Cambric Checks. Extra value 5c Lawns and Beautiful Challis. Numbers (315 and 1317 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Penna.

Among the drowned at Woodvale was Mrs. Philip Smith and two children. Mr. Smith was at home with his family and retreated to the third story of his frame building. A brick building adjoining foil downcrushing Smith's house.

The roof fell in catching his wifo with the child in her arms. Mr. Smith roscut four of his children by raising a comer of the roof and pulling them out. He is a brother of F. C.

Smith, passenger conductor on the Middle Division. A family named McIIugh, who resided at Conemaugh, consisting of the mother, two daughters and a son, were carried through Johnstown in their house, which lodged against a mill. The miller resoued the two girls, who stood in the mill and saw their mother and little brother swept away. They bade each other good bye and parted forever in this world. A man and his wife were rescued from a tree top several miles below South Fork.

They were in the tree about eight hours, having tied themselves to the tree with a piece of blanket. They were taken off by a farmer on a raft. John Hurd arrived home yesterday on the noon train. He and Charles B. Adams went to Johnstown on horseback.

The remaining Baloons at Johnstown are all closed by order of the officials. Five car loads of oofiins were received at Johnstown from Pittsburg on Sunday night. Communication by rail has been effected between Johnstown and Pittsburgh. The first to pass through was the ballast train. One of the worst features in relation to tho disaster at Johnstown is the robbing of tho bodies of tho dead.

On Sunday two Hungarians were hung for robbing the dead, and were still suspended by the wire noose on Monday morning. On the body of one was found thirteen fingers with rings on, the fingers having been chopped off with a hatchet. Four more were shot. On their persons were found fingers with rings, pieces of ears with earrings; also, collar buttons, watches and cuff buttons. A Chinaman who was shot had in his possession fingers that had been cut off; also earrings.

A colored man was shot while attempting to amputate a finger that wore a ring. The finger was only partly severed. A large force of men were working among the debris when word was brought to them that men were robbing the dead bodies. They captured three and found fingers with jewels of different kinds. This so enraged the men that they actually drowned the three men, throwing them in the water and piling stone and brush on them.

A couple of negroes were driven off while breaking open trunks and READ! The above alliteration is worthy your careful consideration. Its disregard may cause you to sacrifice many a hard-earned dollar. What we ad-veitise we ask you to read having read, reflect, and we feel assured that we will command your tespect. Never advertising what we cannot produce-always saying what we mean causes our announcements to be eagerly scinned, and are looked upon by the public with highest iegard. Thanks to an appreciative patronage, as well as a finely seleeted stock of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods, business duriug the past month surpassed all expectations.

It was our prize month for number and amount (jf sales. This month, however, we hope to exceed anything heretofore accomplished, if low prices will do the work. 'Tis no wonder our trade is so large, as the clas of goods we handle is in great demand the kind you cannof get everywhere. Only the finest clothing houses in the largest cities carry the class of goods we do, and as fashionable men and boys are bound to have these goods, they come to us, knowing we keep just what they want at moderate prices. Ask to see our All-Wool Men's Fancy Casstmere and Cheviot Suits for the same class that otter merchants are offering at $12.00 and consider bargains.

:0: LARGEST CLOTHIER, HATTER AND FURNISHER, 1118 ELEVENTH Altoona. Although Buffering greatly from the shook, she will be all right in a few days. Mrs. Patrick Carroll, together with her daughter Rose and son Thomas were drowned, Mrs. Carroll.

is the mother ef F. Carroll, of Salina, Kansas, who is married to a sister of J. Anderson, of this city. Michael Carroll, another son, escaped a watery grave, but is almost insane from grief. The Carroll family is well known in Altoona.

James J. Murphy and family of Johns town, with exception of two, Minnie and a yor don, are also reported among the owned. llliam Kirby, who kept a hotol in Johnstown, was swept away with the flood and drowned. He was well-known in Al toona and had relatives in this "city. His father is also said to be drowned.

Charles Dewald, traveling salesman for A. E. Goetz merchant tailors of this city, is thought to be among the drowned. He was stopping at the Hulbert House, and is among the missing. It is feared that he has perished.

ALTOONA MEN WHO WERE THERE. Said Conductor Dave Edwards, of Altoona: "My train was side-tracked at Sang Hollow when the flood occurred. Houses, stables and cars came floating down the river. People were on the roofs, and praying to be rescued. In Kernville I saw twelve children all laid out on the bank, dead.

Parents were rushing back aud forth bomoaniug tho loss of their children, aud acting like persons bereft of their senses. I saw thirteen children taken out of one house in boats. At least 200 persons came floating down the rivor. My trainmen rescued two women and two men, but as most of those in the water were in the middle of the stream we could not do much. A little girl came floating down on a large plank.

She was kneeling down with her little hands upraised to heaven. We made a desperate attempt to rescue her, but failed, and she floated on down the stream. Just then a house came rushing down, and on one corner of the roof was a woman. She was shrieking at the top of her voice for help, when the house struck against a stable and the woman disappeared. About fourteen persons were taken out of the water at Sang Hollow, all alive.

Four dead bodies were also taken out. The debris floating down the stream choked up the P. R. R. culvert at Johnstown.

In a short time the buildings took fire and tho people inside wore slowly roasted to death. The shrieks aud cries of those peoplewere heart-rending, but no help could be given them. I believe there were fully 150 persons burned at this place. At Woodvale nothing remains of the once prosperous borough but part of the woolen mill and a flouring mill. At the Fourth ward sohool house in Johnstown I saw fully 500 persons laid out.

As fast as they were taken out of the water they were washed and laid out for identification. The boodies were scrubbed with a brush and the hair cut short. Three houses remain at Mineral Point. My mother, who had been living at Woodvale left the day before the flood and was thus saved." Mr. Edwards arrived in the city yesterday morning, and thinks the loss of life will amount to fully 9,000.

JohnE. Ileess, of No. 1021 Fifth a vauue, left this city Sunday morning for the scene of disaster. Mrs.Hees had several relatives in Johnstown and Mr.Hees went over with tho intention of finding their remains if possible. Said Mr.Heess: "Nobody would believe the terrible facts that present themselves to the visitors' gaze.

The scene is the most terrible one could imagine. Doad bodies are strewn over the banks and are floating down the streams. Men, women and children are lying about in a nude oondition. Everything in Johnstown down to Main street is swept away, except the B. O.

depot. I helped to take out nine bodies, among whom were Jacob and Wil liam Maltzi, with their wives, all relatives of my wife. We took out one man whose body, had been stripped of everything of value. A ring was left on one of his fingers, but the finger was cut as though some fiend had attempted to cut off the finger to get the ring. The large brewery of Lambert Kress was saved, and was being utilized as a hotel.

I saw two men hung or rather choked to death for rob bing and mutilating the dead. Both were Hungarians." DONATIONS TO THE 8UKFEREHS. The amount subscribed at the open air meeting Sunday amounted to over $1,000, and a collection taken up at the sacred concert Sunday evening amounted to about $250. Mountain City Lodge, I. O.

O. do nated $500 for the relief of the victims of the flood. Altoona Castle, No. 145, K. of G.

held a special meeting Sunday evening and donated $100, which will be distributed by C. 8. Taylor, Frank Prough and Charles Wagoner, a committee ap pointed, who went to the scene of disaster yesterday. Centennial Castle, K. G.

donated $100. Altoona Council, No. 152, O. U. A.

gave $100 for the relief of members of the Order in Conemaugh and Johnstown. They also gathered provisions which were sent over. Logan Lodge, No. 79, K. of donated $500 for the relief of members of the Order, and Messrs.

John H.Carr and Samuel Abrahims went over to the stricken country yesterday to distribute the money. At the services in the First Methodist church, Sunday, a collection was taken up which netted about $40, and Class 22, Second Presbyterian church, gave $7.50 from their treasury for the relief of the sufferers. Estimate of Fatalities. A party who claims to know all about it, being conversant with the situation aud all the circumstances, beliaves that when all the facts are collected, the loss of life by the great flood on the Conemaugh will not exceed 8,000. This is given as the outside estimate, meaning the very highest.

We sincerely hope onr informant is correct, although we fear that he has underestimated the fatalities. ants are Drs. McCandless, McCann, Mc-Ginley, Slotter, Jones, M. J. Buck, White, Oldshoe and Mountain.

The nurses are the Sisters of Mercy, as wo understand, although they may belong to another or der. A great quantity of provisions were received via. the B. O. Railroad on Sunday afternoon from Pittsburg aud points west.

Throe or four hundrod men came from Braddook this morning to assist in gathering and caring for the dead. Bishop Pholan and Father Coyne arrived over the B. O. road. John' T.

Kearney, wife and three children, whoso residence was at 165 Franklin street, Johnstown, left the house when the water bogan to rise and repaired to the house of Joseph Boiter. In a short time the water surrounded them. They were then obliged to take refuge in the second story. The house with its precious burden was soon borne down with the current. Fortunately it lodged against the side of the Baltimore and Ohio depot.

Mr. Kearney was wedged between the timbers, still holding his little son in his arms. Mr. Beiter preceded him and immediately caught his child and carried it to a room on the second story of the Baltimore and Ohio building occupied by the Johnstown Democrat. He then returned and rescued his wife and other child.

The baby is only eighteen months old and was carried away by the flood. A large piece of timber soon crushed through the house, killing Mr. Beiter's child. Mr. Beiter and wife with one child, were saved.

Twenty-six hours after this occurred, the eighteen mouths old baby of Mr. Kearney was found in a mattress that was folded, crying very lustily, but in a short time it was returned to its parents who believed their babe dead. Mr. Kearney and wife went to Altoona yesterday and will remain for a while with his brother-in-law, J. W.

Cramer, at 1400 Lexington avenue, and will also visit William Leonard, at GOO Ninth street. A collection was takon up by the passengers, amounting to $10.11. Besides this several private donations were mado. This family, like hundreds of others, saved nothing from tho flood except the clothing they wore. Dr.

J. M. Shecdy went to Johnstown on Sunday aud kindly offered his services at the hospital to care for the sick and wounded. Dr. W.

Lowman, surgeon in charge, thanked the doctor kindly and said that there were two doctors now on the staff for every patient, and that it would only bo a loss of tirao for him to stay there. As stated in yesterday's papor, Mr. W. L. Clark, formerly of the novelty store, Altoona, with his niece, was drowned.

Mr. Clark's body was found on Sunday, and laid on the bank. The parties who found the body went for assistance, and returned in less than teu minutes to find it had been robbed. His gold watch, a diamond pin, collar button, and everything valuable were stolen. The collar button was cut from the shirt.

Mr. Lloyd Cooper procured a coffin and had the remains for-warded to Philadelphia at 4 o'clock on Sunday aftornoon. The body of Miss Nellie was not recovered at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. CH.VPTEll OF INCIDENTS. Rev.

Fathers Tahaney and Shechan had a very narrow escape from drowning. Father Sheehan attempted to move the Blessed Sacrament from the church, but was forced to leave the house and within loss than ten seconds the building was in ruins. They saved nothing but the clothes they wore. Father Sheehan gave many persons absolution during this terrible time and was also engaged caring for the injured. At a meeting of the citizens Father Tahaney was given full charge of all the provisions at the storeroom aud superintended the distribution.

One of tho most miraculous escapes was thrt of the Sisters of Charity, ten in all, at their convent near St. John's church. Before the flood from the South Fork dam reached Johnstown, the water was on the first floor of their building. They had already repaired to tho chapel on the second floor, and in a short time were obliged to ascend another story, taking the Blessed Sacrament with them. All of the building except that portion was totally destroyed.

After an imprisonment of thirteen hours, they were rescued from the second story window with nothing but the clothes they wore. They aro now stationed with a private family. An almost continual stream of bodies was conveyed to and from the Fourth ward school house. The sight of these bodies was simply terrible. They were covered with mud, limbs broken and twisted in every imaginable shape, horrible gashes and bruises, disfigured heads and faces; a look of terror was stamped on the features, the hair dishevelled; some had the eyes upturned and arms raised above the head, which seemed they had implored heaven to help them.

The limbless trunk of one lying on a box in the school yard, was burned to a crisp, and the flesh roasted from the skull. These are a few of the sights presented to the spectator, and to many they may seem incredi ble; but, alas, it is too true, and seems like some terrible nightmare. God grant that we may never be called upon to picture such a terrible disaster as this again. Funeral services were being conducted in St. John's church when the flood struck the town.

The members of the congregation were obliged to run for their lives. The church was carried away. The Chief of Police of Johnstown and entire family were lost. Ticket Agent Dougherty, of South Fork, is deserving of great praise. It was through his repeated entreaties that Limited Express was taken east of the tower, and none too soon, as it cleared the flood by only two car-lengths.

He knew the condition of the South Fork dam and was expecting it to break. Eighty bodies were taken out of the river near Sang Hollow on Sunday. NEWS GATHERED IN THE CITY AND COUNTRY 'ROUND ABOUT. Communication Proposing State Indemnity for Johnstown Sufferers Item lit Giveu I.ast Night in Kleventli Aveuae Opera House by the Itnford Company In "A Night Off," Olher Matters of Local Interest Scattered All Around. Editor Times: The subject uppermost in our thoughts the past few days has been the groat calamity at Johnstown and what to do to furnish reliof for the unfortunate people who were caught in the great flood.

Giving food aud sholtor to the survivors, the recovery of tho dead, giving them humane burial, and protecting the property that remains, from thieves (a class of people who always appear upon such scenes) are important matters that have been so far attended to as promptly and diligently as possible. This great and charitable work is going on and it is to bo hoped that everything will be done in a perfectly sanitary manner, so that sickness and greater distress may not add still further to tho awful calamity. While all this is being done another question ni ises, and that js a great public question that cvory one in tho State has an interest in. The question is, how can so great an amount of fixed capital and industry for labor be restored in the shortest possible time? We say in the shortest possible time, because labor aud industry are paralyzed in many places until some restoration is made. The Governor should call the Legislature together, and they should considor the South Fork flood as a great public disaster affecting the whole State to a very great extent.

Tho nature of the disaster precludes the possibility of recovering any aid from iusurance companies as in case of fire. A reliable commissioner should beppoiuted by the State to take all tho evidence of tho losses sustained between South Fork and Johnstown and each ouo, from the least to the greatest adjusted and an appropriation mado to restore all. Do not depend upon private charity to do this but rathor upon public enterprise. Private charity will always have enough to do in building churches aud hospitals. This commission should be permanently aud conveniently located so that all cases could be fairly aud impartially heard, nu-til everything is satisfactorily adjusted.

There is no doubt but a great deal of real estate will be found that has no living owner. Such might be taken possession of by the State and held to its credit. P. MoT. A Night Oil." Tho above named company hold the boards at the Eleventh Avenue Opera House last evening.

This company was announced to appear last Friday evening but was unfortunately detained by the Hood near Johnstown. We understand the company had a very close call, and they may congratulate themselves in being more fortunato than tho rest of the passengers on that ill-fated train. It was evident that they enjoyed the "Night Off" from such a calamity. As usual with members of their profession they felt a desire to alleviate the sufferings of tho unfortunate ones by produoiug Augustiu Daly's sublime comedy, "A Nighf Off," which is one of the finest in that renowned artist's repertoire. The audience (though not so numerous as we would have liked to have seen, considering the object for which it was given) was certainly a solcct and appreciative one.

At tho close of the second act the curtain rose three times in response to the vociferous applause tendered to them. The dresses of the lady members of the company were furnished by Mons. Worth, the eminent French costumer. They were certainly perfection, especially those worn by Miss Paulino Willard. "Justina Babbitt" was cleverly portrayed.

"A Night Off" was a very creditable performance for the closing night at the opera house. More News From Johnstown. A special to the Times at an early hour this morning affirms that the public is not aware of half the horrors that brood over the doomed city of Johnstown. No chap-tor iu written history reveals such suffering and calamity. Think of a little child crawling out from a burning pile of debris and calling for "mama," "papa," and the wild waters still raging around it.

Fortunately, the little girl, not more than six years old, was rescued from tho flames after having gone through a deluge of raging waves. She was a pretty, -blue eyed, flaxen-haired girl, but she still lives. Pettit not Killed for lledford. The Mirror in its second edition of yesterday is correct in stating that General Superintendent Pettit was in Harrisburg, but mistaken in the announcement that he had gone to Bedford. Iu company with Civil Engineer Brown, of Philadelphia, he undertook to reach Altoona, and did so under peculiar difficulties.

A long part of the way had to be "hoofed," but after climbing mountains and wading mud, the distinguished gentlemen reached this city yesterday at 2 p. m. We hope the extra-previaus Mirror will not take this co rcc-tion unkindly. A Bad Gang of Tramps. A large number of tramps have been making their headquarters iu Haggorty's woods, at the east end of town for several days past.

Citizens who live in the neighborhood have been assaulted on their way home at night and one man was robbed of a hat a few evenings ago. It appears that the man on whose premises they are loaf-' ing is afiaid to disturb them, as they threatened to burn him out if be did so. Altoona has no use forsuch characters and the officials should "coop them up." Over Mountains of Decaying Bodies. A SCENE OF HORROR. AN ENERGETIC TIMES REPORTER SURVEYS TIE FEARFUL FIELD.

Sights That Cause the Eye to Quail and Hie Heart to Tall Description of Horrors tlie Like of Which was Never Printed Dead Uodles Burning In Piles of Drift Corpses Kolbed by Inhuman Vandals-Souie of the Human Vultures Hung and Others Shot. Special to The Times. Johnstown, June 3, 1889. Your correspondent arrived at South Fork on Sunday before 12 o'clock, with some seven or eight hundred persons from Altoona and other points east of South Fork. The first object that met our anxious gaze were the remains of the buildings that were in the flood, the terrible course plainly marked by that terrible flood.

A few feet west of the station, and east of the Conemaugh river, stood a heavy freight engine with tender thrown to one side. About a hundred yards from this are the remains of the bridge that one spanned the Conemaugh. The heayy iron sills that the rails and guards rested on is lying on the bank above the bridge. The double track, with guard and rails along all the tracks, ties and long wooden sills that they rested on are laying three-fourths of a mile up the river. This really seems incredible, but it is accounted for by the immense body of water that rushed down the south branch that moots the Cone maugh, about fifty yards below the bridge, and forced it back up the Cone maugh for more than a mile.

Thirty-four houses were swept away, and it was im possible to procuro the names of the many missing. About three hundred yards west of the bridge Engineor Monahan's train, engine 1108, was standing headed right direct for the valley from whence came the water. The engineer and fireman, seeing the mountain, of water rushing toward them and carrying everything before.it, quickly scaled the side of the mountain, and not any too soon, as they had scarcely reached terra firma when their train was covered with the raging torrent that car ried it down a quarter of a mile, and lifting many of the loaded cars from the tracks, carrying them across a hollow fifty yards wide and fifty feet deep and tossing them against the side of the mountain. Opposite the rear of the train on the bank of the river, engine 4ISG is lying on her side. A quarter of a mile farther on, the roadbed is cut through a ledge of red rock and just beyond this is the viaduct that towers sixty feet above the water.

Just east of tho viaduct the river courses away from tho road and rolling around tho mountaiu, comes back and under the viaduct, making about a three-fourth circle. The water rushed through the cut the viaduct probably twenty feet, making the water at this point nearly ninety feet deep. Rocks twenty-five foet square were washed out of the road bed. The heavy steel rails twisted into every imaginable shape. In our effort to reach Johnstown we were obliged to ford the river at South Fork, which is over one hundred yards wide, and in places there was three feet of water.

Many were taken across at the nominal sum of 25 cents per head. We wore then obliged to climb the side of the mountain about a mile, the distance to Johnstown being probably eleven or twelve miles. Some thought the distance fifty miles. To pretend to picture the situation is an undertaking far beyond the power of man or pen. Picture in your mind Johnstown and surrounding towns as they were.

Compare them with a sandy desert and it will give you a faint idea of the scene. The thriving little town of Conemaugh is swept away, with the exception of the houses on the hill side. Fifteen engines, some weighing 80 tons, that were here are now lying below Johnstown, two miles from Conemaugh. The following is tho list of the dead at East Conemaugh: Mrs. McKimm, Mrs.

Sample, Miss Sample, John Atkinson, Mrs. John Burke, Mrs. Augustine McIIugh, Loman and Gertie McIIugh. Franklin borough Dr. J.

C. Wilson and wife, Miss Devlin, Mrs. Kiper and child; Peter Rubritz, wife and daughter Maggie; Mrs. Robine and two children; also, Solomon Boyer. Missing, George Constable, Win.

Mills, Zack Varner. Part of Wood-vale woolen factory, a tannery and part of the mill, are the only buildings in this vicinity that are standing. Gautier steel works wire mill and every thing here are swept away, including Morrell Company's store. The B. O.

depot and P. R. R. ware house are the only buildings standing in this vicinity. Mr.

W. Stonobraker, assistant Chief-of-Police, says he estimates the loss at over ten thousand lives. The late census gives Woodvale a population of twelve thousand with only three hundred survivors. According to the last census Johnstown proper had a population of 10,200. There are missing about 5,000.

Cambria City had a population of Millville 2,800. One ward is entirely wiped out of existence. The followiug gentlemen compose the hospital staff Dr. W. B.

Lowman, surgeon in charge; J. C. Shentban, associate in charge; Drs. AV. W.

Walters, John T. Lowman, W. E. Matthews, H. F.

Tomb, H. E. Overdorf, F. Sill, J. W.

Cooper, Henry Mayer, S. M. Swan. Drs. Yeagly, G.

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Perhaps nothing we have sells more freely than Worsteds Suits at $12 and $15. BROTHERS, Cokner Eleventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street. $20 Suits. $5 Trousers. No It can't be true Such prices can't be made on the grade of goods handled by Quandt Cherry.

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scattering goods around. The Johnstown military company and many citizens are sworn in and are doing duty. General Hastings was expected to arrive at Johnstown last evening or this morning. A gang of men in charge of P. R.

R. Foreman Lyttle, of this city, are repairing the bridge at South Fork. Thoy are working day and night. A numbor of the cars wrecked near South Fork were loaded with flour, syrup, and other merchandise. The railroad officials gave the citizens in the vicinity permission to help themselves to the provisions.

Of course, many of the needy got a good share, but a goodly number living a distance away, who had lost nothing, helped themselves, one man alone getting away with one hundred and twenty-four sacks of flour. At Morrellvillo, below Johnstown, houses and all kinds of debris lodged against a culvert and caught fire. On Sunday evening people who were near oould plainly hear some one among the debris calling for help. No doubt there are a number of others still living, who are penned in by the debris, waiting for the flames to devour them. One woman was taken out on Sunday evening who had been in the debris more than two days.

She was taken to the hospital. The body of Nellie, niece of W. L. Clark, the novelty man, formeily of Altoona, has not been discovered up to latest accounts, and the hope is entertained that the young lady may have been saved. James Howard, aged 44 brother of Miss Julia Howard, of this city, was a victim.

His wife has been dead forseveral years. His two children were saved, but the father went down to a watery grave. The Mayor's office was orowded last evening with people, all eager to act as volunteers in aid of the sufferers at Johnstown and the flooded districts. Those in charge were kept busy dealing out passes to persons whom they thought proper to go. Many were refused the coveted documents, but it is certain that an enormous crowd will leave the city to-morrow morning ror the scene of disaster.

The train will leave Altoona at 7.30 a. m. Yesterday the depot was crowded with news-seekers, all anxious to hear from the Hooded districts. Last night the scene was the same and everything else is forgotten in the endeavor to hoar the latest from the flooded district. Each citizen was vicing with the other in the endeavor to do all possible for the victims.

Elias and Martha Bristol and three children are reported among the number drowned, together with Miss Hannah Horner, all of whom resided on Vinestreet, Johnstown. They were all relations of Jeremiah Horner, a Seventeenth street store-keeper, who returned last evening from the scene of disaster. Mr. Horner was unable to learn anything in regard to his missing relations. Last evening an aged lady was brought to Altoona from Johnstown.

She is a victim of the late flood, and presents a most pitiable sight. Her face is terribly bruised and it is thought she is injured internally. She was taken to city hall, where a physician attended to her injuries. She will be taken to the Almshouse today. Mr.

Charles B. Adams, of this city, arrived home last evening, bringing the glad tidings of the escape of his father and mother from the flood. Miss Cora Wayne, who was rescued from the late Hood and brought to her home in GEO. PIPER CO. Brokers, Underwriters, General Insurance and Shipping Agents.

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