The Sun and the Erie County Independent from Hamburg, New York • 2

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rector of the APPALLING gether go down, and, following them, wan a lone woman kneeling in the attitude of prayer. Her face was turned heavenward and her hands clasped. Bbe seemed resigned to her fate. Accord ing to the reports of those along the banks, never were people mors resigned to their fate. They teemed to reallte there was no help for them.

Hose Thirty-four Feet la Five Mlnutoa, The tidal wave struck Bolivar Just after dark, and in five minutes tbe Conemaugh rose from six to forty feet snd tbe wnters spread out over the whole couutry. Boon houses began floating down and clinging to the debris were men, women and chihireu shrieking for aid, A Urge number of eltiaens st once gathered on the oounty bridge and they were re-en forced by a number from Garfield, a town on the opposite side DEVASTATING WORK OF TH PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD. WHOLE TOWNS WIPED OU TEN THOUSAND MINIMUM DEATHS ESTIMATE. IS Terrible Incineration at the Johnstown lUridse Hundred 1 of Ylotlm Burned Feat All Identification With the Wrecks of Their ome ThlaldasT Ninevah Strewn With Mangled Modi Lumber nd Ixg Curled An; and Unrned. Subscription Raised and Relief Trains Started Name of Those Identified, Bodies Kapidly Decomposing the Work of Burial Rerun High Water and Loss of Alone; the Potomac Aa Epidemic reared.

FrrrBBDBO, The western part of Pennsylvania was visited on Friday night with the most appalling Casualty which the country has known since the' war Thou sands of people have lost their Uvea It estimated tht at least ten thousand were ei'her drowned, killed by the (ailing houses, or burned In a terrible fire at the South Fork viaduct. Prolonged rains through the East gener ally have flooded the steams and done great damage In many plaoes. The heaviest rains, 1 however, seem to have fallen in the south eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania very broken country where the valleys are narrow and where the river-side towns re always endangered by high water. The unceasing down pour of rain has caused all the steams of the region to raise suddenly. HAP OF THS DEVASTATED nutralCT.

The great calamity originated about seventy miles due east of PittsLurg, in the south ern part of Cambria county. This region is drained by the south fork of the Conemaugh, which at Johnstown unites with Paint creek and forms a considerable river. It then runs northwestward, forming the boundary line between Indiana and Westmoreland counties; unites with the Loyalbanna and becomes the Kiskiminitag, which empties into the Allegheny river, twenty-nine miles above Pittsburg. Up in tbe hills above the south fork a large artificial lake bad been created by damming. eiaiider and wife, Woodvale, bodies not found; Mrs.

Marina Alexander, body not found; Noah Evans, wife and four children, bodies not found Mrs. Reese, body found; Mr. Mary riizunrns, uuwy louna. The remains of a man and girl war found near those of Mrs. Fitsbttn is, Bauiuel Long died in the hospital from Injuries.

Hamilton Clark, body louiul; Mia Llule Gallagher, budy found. Tbe following bodies were tonnd and are now lying in the Presbyterian church; Joeopb Williams, Mrs. Johu Harris and three children, Dr. Marburg, Carl Wener, wiie ana cuiia, uetuue Bending John p. Clark, Hamilton Clark, Ueorge and Llllle McDowell, aged 8 and 5 years, Mary Neary, Mows Fisher, two unknown women, Mary O'ConneU, Mr.

Roseusteel, Claui Brush, Philip t'onstnble. Klr-t New from Mineral Point Mineral containing about 225 residents, is situated about seven mile east of Johnstown, It ha since last Friday been completely cut off from tbe rest of the world, and until the Pittsburg Times reporter managed to get Into the place yesterday by working his way along tbe bed of the stream, it was uncertain whether any one had escaped. The loss Of life was not nearly so 1 as it would nave oeen naa not the most of the people left their homes some time before, owing to the report, of tbe dam being liable to break at any moment. Out of a total of thirty-four bouses in tbe place, only seven are left and the reason they were not taken was that they were situated some up the mountain, out of the flood's reach. No Trace of tbe Bouses Remains.

Not a single vestige of the houses swept away can be seen. There was only one church in the place and it was swept away. Tbe number of persons known to be drowned ii sixteen. The town is almost completely obliterated. What was formerly the main street is now tbe bed of the river.

Many re sponsible people here who saw the flood coming, alllrtn that it was at least twenty feet higher in the centre than at the sides, and as one person graphically expressed It. "looked iust like a sliding loresc rusning on us." A large number of freight cars were lying at Mineral Point when the flood came, containing produce for the East, some being filled with hams, others with eggs, butter, flour, crockery, These are a veritable godsend to the destitute inhabitants, some of whom woulu proDamy nave starvea Deiore anv aid could have reached them. Mr. Stoner, tbe division boss of the Penn sylvania ra'lroad, has kept open house for the unfortunates, five families staying in the house with his family, besides giving free meals to all who apply. THE WRECKED TRAINS.

Fewer Passengers Lost than was Heported. To Re-Survey Johnstown. Pittsburu, June (5. Robert Pitcairn, general superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Superintendent Starr of the Fort ayne road, said in resacd to the miss ing trains, that the first two were all right in Altoona, but the two seotions of No, 8 were almost wiped out. They thought the loss of life cannot possibly exceed twelve, and tney are hopeful it will not reach that numDer, The reports of lost from the trains, they say, are very inaccurate, even as received over the company' lines.

IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK, Creat DHinage at Andover, Klmira, Com ing aud Other Places. Axdovbr, June 3. This vicinity was vis ited Friday night and Saturday morniug by the most terrible rain storm that wus ever known in this section. Soon after 12 o'clock Saturday morning tbe rain began to fall in torrents and tbe wind blew a gale. The water did not come in drops, but flew in perfect slieot.

Rivers and streams ros rapidly and were soon above high-water mark. The storm continued for upward of two hours and tbe whole population turned out to save property. and roads wereover- this town were earned away. Newly planted crops are utterly ruined, and in many places nothing but stones and gravel remain where rich soil existed The water continued to rise rapidly until 4 o'clock a. when it was thought it height bad been reached; at this bour jtwo large mill dams half a mile above! the village gave way and the I water rushed madly down into the village for some time.

It rose at tbe rate of a hot in ten minutes. Nearly every street in the village was overflowed. sidewalks were carried away and in many cases families ml ved then goods to upper floors forsafety.1 ft Elmlra. Elmira, June i The water here Saturday-night was from I foot to a foot and a half higher than ever lefore known. Yesterday afternoon two bodies floated down the river.

A roof upon wbidk three persons were cling ing is said to bav passed by the city Satur day night. The dy of a female baby was washed ashore in I lower portion of the city. Saturday nigbtj the Erie railway bridge was anchored in i place by two trains of loaded freight cad The water rose to the cars, which, with ie bridge, acted as a dam and forced tbe wapr back through the city on the north side! of the Chemung river, where the principal business houses are located Tbe water covered the streets to a depth of two or three feet, and the basements of the stores werw, quickly flooded, causing thousands of dollars damage. The only possible way of enterfa.g the Rathbon house, the principal hotel of ire city, was by boats, which were rowedt directly into the hotel Office. On the south slos of the river the waters were held in check (for several hours by the ten foot railroad eiibankment, but hundreds of families were driVan into the upper stories of their bouses.

Lite in the evening 2,000 feet of the embankment was forced away and the water carried tne railroad tracks and everything else before it. 1 Atloiean. Olcax, June 5. Tie flood which ha prevailed bere since early Saturday morning surprises the oldest inhabitant It is without parallel. No lives lave been lost, but the loss of property is enjormous.

The following streets were flooded! and people were com pelled to flee for thJr lives: Barry, State, Henley, River, Green, Irving. Canal, and parte of Thirteenth Washington, Eleventh and many other streets way out In the suburbs. A number of houses were carried away and many wreaW, while tbe number of barns and outbuildings which have been noatea sway cannot counted. The waters are falling tlowly, aid no more danger is feared unless a rain storm sets in. All the farms in this vicinity have been flooded and the sprint crops ruined.

Tbe amount of lumber which has gone down the river is enormous. At least 15.000.000 feet of leg and lumber have been swept away. The city is cut off from the south side of tbe river, ss tbe two bridgts have been nartiallT carried away. Up tbt river the flood bas been disastrous. At Weston the villaze was completely flooded Portrille was under water, boats being used In tbe main streets.

snd much damage bein reported. At Gose-lons the same thing pn vails, while at Eldred the town was submergt 1 and several live are reported lost Eighteen Bodies Found. Corxino, June 5. Tbe loss by the flood in Steuben county is estitnated at In tbe rush for safety here a young boy named O'Brien was drowned in hit house. Many house were entirely surrounded by rushing water and there jwere many narrow escape.

Nearly all tlfc country between bere and Hornellsville Ma under water and the damage to farms is ynormou. The Fall Brook Coal company is great loser. From Ansonia, Pa, to Jersey Shore on the Pin Creek division tbe track is said to have been almost entirely washed Sway for a distanc oi ntty miles, it is Dentved the loss to tbe company will be It ts said tbat eighteen bodies have bten found In eight mnes oeiween otoxenaaiei Junction and An sonia. auoe, Uie generosity 01 our country to aid us in this, the hour of our uire necessity. One thousand military ten" win afford the greatest possible re people who are now without shelter, dm us several Urge mass touts feed the people lo large number ground where these people reside is air uni place for them to return to for sanitary re sons.

mayor FoiutMAN. The governor replied, assuring the "yor of prompt assistance. TYPHUS FEVER FEARED. Every Kflort Helng Made at to Prevent It. PlTTHBUBO, June 5.

Grave fears of en epidemic are entertained. The river is full ol floaters, carcaase of cattle, wnsli from pools, and but for the cool weather the dreaded typhus would probably even now lie rampant in this city. Every effort is tiemg made to avert such a calamity, and an extra session of tbe legislature is being urged, to act on tbe matter. Reports from Prosnect Hill say that several cases of pneumonia have already broken out there. The citv takes its water suimly from tbe river, and people who aro compiled to us 3 the water are being mstructeJ as proper methods of disinfection.

LATEST FROM JOHNSTOWN. Thrllling Stories laborers Wanted Estl- matea of Lives Iot. Johnstown, June 7. An eye-witness of the horrible scenes in and about the stone bridge of the railroad during Friday and Sut unlay states that nothing in art or literature can half delineate the horrors of that night after the ruins had taken fire. Dore's won derful imagination would be at uult were be to attempt to depict anything bo fearful in its accumulation of horrors as this showed.

At all times during the night the moans and shrieks of souls in tbe fearful torrent of flame could be heard above the roar of the flames and tbe booming torrent which thundered by. All through Friday night the horrid din kept up until some of the onlookers fled from the spot unable to bear it longer. A Horrible Sight. Another party as late as Saturday morn ing heard the shriek of a woman's voice amid the ruins, and looking in the direction was horror-stricken to see a woman's white arm and shoulder amid a pile of ruins on which tbe flames were rapidly encroaching. For several moments the arms swept tbe air, the band clutching convulsively at space, then a broad sheet of flame swept down toward it snd the most fearful scream of mortal agony that ever thrilled tbe air arose.

Then all was silent, and the wave of fire swept on, crackling as if in glee at what it had dune. Only Laborers Wanted. Several large delegations of laborers with tools have arrived and are doing effective work. These are the only kind of men that are wanted or needed. Many doctors arrived from Philadelphia yesterday in charge of Dr.

Forbes. The doctors were thanked for their willingness to help, but their services were declined from the fact that there are but few sick to care for. W. H. Devore bas been given charge of tbe impromptu embalming establishment in the Pennsylvania railroad station by Benjamin Lee, secretary of the state board of health.

Estimates of Loss of Life. The best estimates of the loss of life, based on the registry of living and the unofficial poll put it at from 12,000 to 15,000. The drift of opinion among intelligent men. physicians, engineers and railroad men is that from 1,000 to 1,500 will never be beard from. Drummers Missing.

John Ayered of Cohoes, N. and John Don, both traveling men, passengers on the day express last Friday from Pittsburg, have not been accounted. lor. Wreck of a Hotel. The Keystone hotel, a large frame struo ture, was pulled to pieces yesterday.

This I large number of6iies.Tl5f he oodieevof a woman and three children were taken from tbe debris in front of the First National bank. Tbe woman had all the obildren clasped in her arms. Mrs. Mary Connors, a widow, Miss Teresa Downs, her sister; also a 10-year- old girl, supposed to be named Bracket, of Woodvale, and an unknown man, were taken to the depot morgue. The corps of workmen who were searching the ruins near the Methodist church have found 100 addi tional bodies.

A Mother Nearly Crazed. The first body taken from the ruins yester- lay morning was that of a boy named Willie Davis, who was found in the debris near tbe bridge. He was badly bruised and burned. The remains were taken to the undertaking rooms at the Pennsylvania railroad station, where they were identified The boy's mother had been making a tour of the different morgues for the past few days and was just going through the undertaking rooms when she saw the remains of her boy being brought in. Sbe ran up and demanded the remains and seemed to have lost ber mind She caused quite a scene by her actions, but calmed down after a while and stated that she had lost her hus band and six children in the flood and that this was the first one of the family tbat had been recovered.

She said that she had not slept a wink since Saturday and had visited tbe different morgues at least one hundred times and was almost crazy from the sights she had witnessed The supply of drugs for treatment of pa tients at the Cambria hospital was exhausted yesterday and teams sent over the country to secure all that could be hod. The Philadelphia relief corps brought on a good supply but it has been miscarried Thirty-six persons have been sent to Pittsburg hospitals. Short of Provisions. Director James B. Scott reported some danger of destitution owing to the slow way lu which provisions were coming in.

There are at least sixty car loads of provisions and other supplies en routs between here and Pittsburg, but there is not track facility enough to handle them with sufficient rapidity. Owing to the lack of bridges to get across the stream between the island and the railroad not much was done except the work of repairing, which is being pushed with great rapidity. At tbe Americus club headquarters reports were received that there was great destitution in Conemaugh, and Mr. McFeely was immediately sent to tbat point for a conference with the local committee on ways and means of getting forward goods of all kinds, and especially provisions. Tents, Blankets, Needed.

Reports from Morrellville, three miles below Johnstown, are that there is plenty to eat, but a lack of tents, blankets and other such comforts. Altogether- seventy dead bodies were taken out near this point. The work of removing tbe debris is pushed as rapidly as possible. The majority of arrests made thus far have been for petty offences, such as stealing from private houses ance refusing to work. There is no doubt, however, in spite of all precautions, that the bodies of the dead havs been mutilated by ruffians who have removed rings and other valuables.

In spite of Director Scott's statement, that there is enough to feed the men now here, Capt. Jones, in charge of supplies, is continually crying for more. He has now 8,300 men and 1,600 more are coming from Pittsburg. He has plenty for them to eat, but not enough cooking utensils. As all the tents tbat have been erected are already filled be will take such time as is available to build shanties and repair vacant buildings, The work of clearing up bas begun and will be prosecuted with great rapidity.

Additions to the Deed List. The following are the additions to the list of dead: Henry Ludwlg and wife, bodies not found; Mra Morrell Swank and 0-year-old son, bodies not found; Mrs. George Hager, body not found; Miss Laura Hamilton, body not found; Jacob Wild, wife and daughter, bodies found Mrs. Jane Bridges, body not found: Mrs. Aaron Davis and three children.

Water and Allegany streets and the l(i end of River street. The Iron bridge is saf, aud no one is allowed to cross it nnimraul himlnu. All .1 't uUUIVU except vmuu'W wwi a l-IUMXI On nUIMlU an.l i. bu t.uuuia iq t-iumjii. tf FILLS Saw mill jg uumjr uaniognu, ana many tnousaud feet of lumber went down tream, Patterson iiiiiauu luiuuer yam ou mver treet wer entirely surrounded by torrents of All tbe gardens along the river are washed out, At Canaseraaa.

Caiubkraoa, June 5. had a terr II, 1 flood. One of our new iron bridges is none A k. Y. Muiwwi wave lltelr home at midnight.

Cellar filled with water and our merchant will lose heavily. Water wat running over me fine railroad trucks daylight Saturday. Roma stock reported drowned, four wooden Dridges are gone. John Garwood, brother of Sheriff Gnrwood i i i 1 UH'l a narrow escnpe iruiu drowning while trying to cross tbe Canaseraga creek on borseliack. The damage bere will amount to a good many thousand dollars.

At Mouut Morris. Mt. Morris, June 5. John L. Sullivan the champion bruiser, spent Saturday at the Scoville bouse, being detained here by the bigh water from reaching bis training grounds at Belfast, Allegany county.

The water commenced falling Sunday. Thou sands of acres of good farms on the flats are submerged and farmer will lose heavily by destruction of their growing crops. One man near tbe river took the precaution Sat urday evening to take bit children up town and a lady left her borne on a short visit until tbe danger was passed. At Perry. Perry.

June 5. High water carried awav fences, bridges, crops, in Castile, along the Genesee river, ana swept on: three-quarters of an acre of land belonging to John O'Connor. A herd of forty cattle stood for two days on a small piece of hind surrounded bv water from six to eigne teet in depth. Two children of P. W.

Stocking narrowly escaped drowning by the carrying away of a small bridge over a water course near (iib- sonville. At Attic. Attica, June 5. The great rains of last week swelled tho quiet Tonawanda into a raging torrent and did a great deal of damage. A bridge about two miles south of here was carried away and much grain and other crops on the creek flats were destroyed, A St.

Petersburg dispatch says tbe silver miners in tbe Ural mountains have struck and have set on fire the houses of the managers in Ekuteriueburg. The factories adjoining were also set afire and seven persons who weie: in the building were burn to death. At a special election Syracuse approved by a vott of 11,804 to H01, tbe law providing for tbe issue of for water works to be controlled by the municipality. Justice Gray of the United States supreme tourtand Miss Jeanelte Matthews, daughter of the late Justice Matthews, were married in Washington Tuesday evening. A- Bnohfstnr diyf" "yq- Henry E.

Rochester, son of one of the founders of the city, died Monday. He was a prominent lawyer and Democrat and a friend of ex-President Cleveland. A Berlin dispatch says: A hurricane and waterspout at Reichen bach have caused great loss of life and property. The parachuter Young, while preparing; to descend from a balloon at Alexandria, England, fell and broke an arm. He also sustained other injuries and bis condition is pronounced critical.

A New York dispatch says: Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Ayer's suit against James Seymour to recover 884 shares of tbe Reeamier company's stock which she claimed, together with money, belonging to her, was beinr wrongfully held by the defendant, cams tot definite settlement Tuesday. Counsel for Mr, jjjy-oui over the stock, money and everything appertaining to the Recamiet company to Mrs. Ayer. The municipal council of Dublin at the suggestion of Lord Mayor Sullivan, has adopted an address of condolence to sufferers by tbe Pennsylvania floods.

The railway from Alpnach to tbe summit of Mount Pilatus, in Switzerland, has been opened. The incline is forty -eight feet in tbe hundred and the ascent of 8,000 feet occupies un bour and forty minutes. Tbe Hebrew Benevolent society of Los Angeles, Cala, forwarded tl.000 to the Pennsylvania flood sufferers. Another thousand dollars was raised by tbe council committee, banks and other institutions. Mr.

Gladstone has gone to Southampton, where he will open a western stumping tour, Secretary-of-8tate Cook of New York and his family sailed for Europe Wednesday on the steamer City of Berlin, THE MARKETS. New York Money Market. Nsrw Tors, June 6. Money closed at 8 per cent, yesterday the lowest rate; the highest rate was ft. Exchange closed steady; posted rats, 54.811 4.896; actual rates, for siity days and 14.89 4.

80(4 for demand. Government bonds closed firm: currency 6's, 1.19 bid; 4's 1 29; do, 1.06,4. Pacific railroad bonds closed as follows: Union firsts, 1.15ai.l9; do land grants. 1.0) 6 bid; do sinking funds, 1.17 bid; Centrals, it 1.1. Xew York Produce Exchange.

Hew York, June 0. FLOUR Closed Arm and higher yesterday. Fine grades winter, .75: do sprinir, superfine winter, S2.65S8.0: do extra No. winter, S3.10i38.60: do spring, l2.85.a8.2B: extra No. 1 winter, S3.G0O48S: do spring, S3.3niVI-': city mills extra, for West Indies.

Southern flour closed easier; trade and family extras, W.Wa.S. 10. WHEAT Options were active and firm on unfavorbale crop reports from the other side. The closing prices were MOlc higher. Spot lots closed strong.

Spot sales of No. i red, 8-'f 62Ko; No. 8 red. 7677c CORN-Option were fairly active and firm, closing higher for some months. Spot lots doted steady.

Spot sale of No mixed 41) 2ite; steamer mixed, steamer white, 3c OATS-Options were active and steady, and closed at about Tuesday night's figures Spot lots closed Arm. Spot sales of No. 1 while, Wc: No. do. 84c: No.

1 mixed, 80c and No. 2 do, uij. RYE-Dnll. BARLEY Nominal. PORK-UulI; new mess, LARD Closed steady; June, July, Aug 17.11.

BUTTER Dull but steady; state creamery choice, western do, CHEESE Firm; new state factory cheddar, 84 9c; western flat, EUOS-8 ready; fresh eastern firsts, KKW. Oaniuliaii do, 14)4t-: western do, 14y3Hic- tltlea Cheese Market. TJteoa, N. Y.t June 4. There was a slight Improvement In the market for cheese yesterday.

It was an advance of only 6C but still It wa sn advance, and that something. For some of the best factories there was sharp competition, aad most of them succeeded in se.ling for Transactions: Six lots, 600 boxes, 83 lots, ,7 boxes, 8c. 8 lots, 074 boxes, 84c; 89 lots, 8,857 boxes, Wj lots, 1,891 boxes, 86c; 1 lot, 109 boxes, 8Wc; 1 so boxes, 11 lots, 944 boxes, on commission-Total, 18,688 boxes; ruling price. 8c. Transactions oa year ago, 13,965 boxes; ruling price, Llttle Falls Cfeeese Market.

Little FiliS, N. June 4. CHEESE-fhxr market showed a much better tone yesterday all around than it did lartweec. Although buyers- dispatches were not fttvorawei to a mm tn prices, they caused a good reeling and buyers operated with eonfldenoe. umj one buyer paid over tiia, and thl one four lots at 8Ho, the extreme pHoe.

sold freely and ail sold off dose to the hoop. There were 18 lots at let 6t lots at W4c: 4 WM (Ho; It tots consigned. Total. 4.817 boxes, "nw were also 8B box of farm cheese sold st n0" but twe tt the latter price. BUTTIB-Twti-Bt pks of 'fJ Yesterday morning tin Drat attempt was made to get Into the Cambria iron work.

gang of DUO men wa put to work and la re moving tbe debris around the mill. At almost every step dead bodies are being un earthed and are being carried to tbe Petiuayl vaula railroad depot wljf a they are being placed in coffins and laid on the platform fur tdenlltloatlon. One of the bodies found her was that of Mrs. Ogle, the telegraph opera tor, who was beard from in tbe town only moment before the flood struck the building. From the banks many Tarred remains of vic tims of flames and flood are plainly visible at the receding waters reluctantly give up their dead.

Beneath most every log or blackened beam a glistening skull or the blanched remnants of ribs or limbs mark all that remains of life's bopea and. dreams. Since 10 o'clock Sunday night tbe Ore engines have constantly phtyed on the burning ruins. At times the fire seems almost extinguished, bnt fitful flames suddenly break out afresh in some new quarter. It Is said tbat two Hungarians cut a lady'i bead off near Woodvale to secure a necklace, Tbe woods are being scoured for the oi lm Inala.

East Conemaugh Feople Escaped. The destruction of life at East Conemaugh was less than reported, not more than twenty-five having perished. Tbe property, bow- ever, for three squares up from tbe river, was totally destroyed. About clock on Friday afternoon word was telegraphed from South Fork tbat the dam was breaking. Al most immediately tbe whistles of several locomotives were blown long and loudly.

The people, realizing tbat something was wrong, rushed from their homes, and, seeing the water coming, fled to the mountains. Telegraphers All Perished. Johnstown, June 8. It has transpired that the whole corps of Western Union telegraph operators was lost Friday evening. Among them were Mrs.

Ogle, manager, who, for twenty-flve years, has acted as receiver of Associated Press reports at this place, and her daughter Minnie, also well known; also Misses Gorman and Wat- kins and three messenger boys, who were un able to escape from the building. Six Thousand Men Made Idle. Mount Cahmil, June 8. Ten mines, employing 6,000 men, will be indefinitely shut down on account of the floods in this valley, the pumps being under water and the pits mostly flooded AN APPEAL FROM GOV. BEAVER.

Shoes and Clothing and Money to Bury the Dead Greatly Needed. Harrihburo, June .4. Governor Beaver has issued an appeal to the people of tbe United tttates In wnicn, after reciting the appalling facte in regard to tbe flood in the Conemaugh valley, he says that while the most pressing need for food has been supplied, shoes and clothing are greatly needed. and money is urgently required for burying the dead, clearing away dangerous debris and caring for the homeless and suffering. AT RENOVO.

A Hundred Families Homeless The Whole Place Flooded. Renovo, June 4. The town by Friday night's flood suffered a loss estimated at $250,000, and the whole country round was flooded completely. 4Early Friday jiight all of the telegraph lines were down and communication has been completely cut off until now. The water reached thirty feet above low water mark and three-quarters of tbe town was submerged.

Thousands were driven from home and many buildings, bridges, were swept away. Tbe place now looks like a total wreck. Over 100 families are homeless While others have but shattered houses. The1 bridges and a good deal of the track of the Philadelphia and Krie road In tuis was carried away. destructive to buikdlngs.

The place was twelve feet under water. The lumber in dustries suffered greatly at Emporium and other points. There is great need of assistance. One life was lost at Lock Haven, but none here. RELIEF FROM PITTSBURG.

Twenty Cooks and a Thousand Workmen Sent to Johnstown. Pittsburg, June 5. The relief committee has received the following telegram from Capt. W. Jones, manager of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works: "Send by special tram without delay a good steward and twenty cooks, with cooking utensils.

My principal difficulty is to feed our men. We are making things hum. Support me promptly and fill my Ibis curt, but expressive intimation was answered by an immediate raid on the hotels and rata rants and in half an honr the eul inary chefs were captured and shipped on a special train. There were 1,000 workmen sent out on a special train last evening armed with picks, shovels, and they created a decided sensation as they marched down Fifth avenue. The tools and equipments on the train were valued at 50,000.

Tbe Pittsburg ladies have taken the work of relief in hand and it is certain to be done both efficiently and tenderly. An organiza tion has been effected and preparations made on a scale commensurate with the occasion. A force of men have been mustered in to meet every incoming train from the east with carriages and take sufferers at onoe to the Second Presbyterian church, where they are fed and those who need it, clothed Their bodily wants relieved, they are taken from the church and placed in the various homes. Charleston's Contribution. Charleston, 8.

June 5. The city council yesterday voted 1,000 for Johnstown. The Chamber of Commerce raised $3,800 in a few moments, and a number of subscription funds are being circulated. A Meeting In Brooklyn. Brooklyn, June 5.

Over (12,000 was sub scribed for Johnstown at a citizens' meeting in the Park theatre last night Dr. Talmadge was one of the speakers The two racing as sociations will each give one day's receipts to the fund. Scran ton's Ust. -Scbantor, Pa, June 5. About $13,000 has been subscribed in for the Johnstown sufferers.

RUIN IN WILLIAMSPORT. Five Million Dollars Loss on Lumber Alone Aa Epldemle Feared. Harrisburq. June 5. The following telegraph correspondence passed yesterday between Governor Beaver, and Mayor Foreman of WilliamspoTt: iLLLUf sport, Fa, June 5.

To Governor Beaver The situation is this: The boom has been cleaned of logs from the principal yards along tbe water front and the manufactured lumber has been swept away. The bouses of the poor people nearest tbe river front have been carried away with all they possessed Thousands of people are homeless and without anything but the clothing on their backs. Provisions are scarce and are needed quickly. Many of our people are in absolute want for tbe necessities of life. We badly needed disinfectants.

Dead animals and all kinds of filth are strewn npon tbe streets and grave fears of an epidemic are entertained Stocks of goods in stores aretruined. It is impossi ble to estimate the low and damage to property. Five million dollars is a low estimate on lumber alone. Other losses larger. In the Adjoining Country.

"The surrounding country has suffered just ss badly. Booms, bridges and villages have been swept away and the loss of life has been considerable. Judge Cummins is treasurer of the rebef fund snd will see personally to tbe faithful distribution of all contributions. Responsible relief committees are now organ teed in each ward of the city and aid is administered as fast as wo get it Please God we are not dismayed ani rely in his guid- Knlsonualehurou: Mrs. Walter Weaver an ton and three children; Mrs.

Freneuelser and two children: Blanche Dlebert, aged years; A leu ndria Hamilton and tbme children. Tbe fainllv of bunermtendeiit Fren- enelnerof the Cambria Iron works; Mis. Carl Wener and family; Mr. Charles F. Butler, assistant treasurer of the Cambria Iron works; Mrs.

Ueorge Hayes snd two children: Walter Hoom aim ranuiy Mi Kebcnatoin, Mrs. George Htralter, May Ntinlter. Frank Btralter. Zimmerman, dis trict Mrs Zimmerman, Jacob Dwanka. wife and child: Dr.

Blair, Jr. Squire Klxlior, wife and child; Rutledge and family: Mr. Kress and family; Mrs. Mury K. Hi'int.

Emily Herst, JNathauiel Herat, ItleU'ird Jones. E. Burgess of ConemaugU Mi. John Brooks, Mrs. lleury B.

Aarous and child of Bedford; Mrs. Nixou, Mrs. Cyrus Elder and daughter; Dr. Lee, Mrs. Fenn lost her and seven children Grace Uarinau, operator at Berlin, Mrs.

A. Reeke, Cambria Citv Daisy Hunch, Washington D. Bclinell, Louisa War ner, Miss Mary Frank, Miss Lizzie Howe, Mm Thomas Cash, Jnnies Lightnerand wife, a boy named Bridged, aged 5, Howard Q. Roberts, cashier First National bank; H. Rose, district attorney; U.

8. Merchant, ex Sheriff Ryan and wife and four children. David C. Reed, wife and three children, W. D.

Kidby, wife and sister-in-law, James H. Howard. Cant Patrick J. Connell and sister, Jobu Kinney, John Schiifauer, Charles F. Krea and wife, John Brady, Mrs.

Cyrus Elder, daughter and son, Thomas More ana wife, Abram Eldndge, August Young, Harry B. Eashoff, Cyrus P. Little and sister, James Hooper. Conemaugh August Mickey. Cambria George Bowser, Roger Mountain, Emri Tindara.

A committee of three from Cambria City was sent down the river to examine the bodies found. At Ninevah they identified the following: Mary Lutx, Mrs. Skeelnn, Mrs. Dan Busker, Mrs. Stanley and baby, Mrs.

-Luther, Mrs. Thomas, Oi le ia Nitb, Mrs William Gaft- ener, Mrs. Gailer, Mrs. F. Thickenstein, Mrs.

Andy Alberter, Mrs. Bratz, Mrs. Kaebler, Tom Clark, Miss Sar- lous, John Atkinson, Annie MoArmy, Emma Poist, Mrs. Katzler, Gerty Sarlous, Neal McAnney, Mrs. William Gafney, Mrs.

Sarah McClny, Abrie Seeler, Katie Stinley, Mrs. Cogwall McClaren, Mrs. John Sfogaife Mrs. Joseph Miller, William Karley, Mrs. Henry Baylor, H.

S. Brien, Frank Welford, Charles Boyle, Mrs. Maggie Nitch, Nan nie Lonch, Mrs. Keokau, Mr. Sambutzki, Mrs, J.

S. King, Mrs. Joseph Martzeig, Mrs. Elms, Mrs. uonxtable.

East Conemaugh is almost depopulated, and among its dead are: John Atkinson, Mrs. Robert McKinna, Miss Sample, Mrs. John Burt, Mrs. Gust. McHugh, sons Solomon, Loman and daugh ter Gertie, Alex.

Car. Some of tbe Woodville dead are Mrs. Ed. Burket and three children, Jessie Harvard, Richard Jones and wife, Mrs. J.

C. Duncan, W. H. Rosenstein and wife, Mrs. Burke, Joseph Grumbling and seven children, James Wilson.

Franklin Borough, which adjoins Johns town on the north, is almost entirely swept away. I he dead who have been found are: Dr. Wilson, wife and two children; Carrie Devan, Essie Kepper, Peter Rubert, wife and two children Mrs. Lerch and two children. Two unknown persons were drowned at South Fork City.

Mineral City, six miles above Johnstown, is entirely wiped out. It had about 200 inhabitants. Among those whose bodies were found are Samuel Page, wife and five child ren, Mrs. James Finley, Mrs. Abe Beyers and two children.

Johnstown, June 5. Tbe following addi tional identifications have been made: John Riddle, Mrs. James Fronbaiser, Daisv Owings, Frank W. Wheat, George Unver-sight and sons, Jonathan McCaslin, C. P.

St John. John Wheatland, John B. Clark. A very y-- pounds, supposed to be Mrs. C.

B. Schiller; Mrs. Mary Hoffman, Fulda Hoffman. Joseph Hoffman, Marion Hoffman, Bertha Hoffman. Mrs.

J. B. Hornuck, Dr. W. C.

Beam, Mrs. W. C. Beam, Conrad Neese, August Gerris, Christ Doress of Cone maugh, Cornell Dick of Johnstown, Chris. (Jraig, wife and daughter of Cambria City; Dr.

Wagoner and family, Mrs. Edwards, the LMimore family, all but Mrs. Gilmore; the Kirtin family, all but Mrs. Kirtin; Mrs. Delaney and one son; Craft family, all but Mrs, Craft; Richard Worthing's family, all but himself; Mrs.

Judge Roberts, Mrs. Charlotte Moore. At the headquarters, South and Napoleon streets, were two unknown babes and three unknown women; also Ellen Quinn, 13 years old, Annie Reese, Windsor Reese, Otto Cooper, Ella White, Maggie White, Charles Musser, Mrs. Ed. re man, Miss Cunz, Jesse Hamilton.

At the Fourth Ward morgue were: Un known woman, with letter addressed to W. H. Wiilett; another supposed to be Mrs. Howe; man about 57 years old, looks like a clergyman; unknown woman, George R. -nuiee, Dr.

Mar our, Jesse and Elizabeth Bending, Annie Fleegle, John P. Schoenck. 8-year-old girl, David Lawton, John Corcoran. At other places Mrs. H.

R. Smith and in fant, Adolph Nathan, Oliver Ackers, H. P. Oaither, John S. Bucahan, L.

Smith, Mrs. Thomas Williams, W. E. Hoops, secretary of the Johnstown company; Charles Marshal, Squire Fisher and family. Thomas Williams, who lost his wife and family, recovered his wife's remains and took them up the mountain where he dug a grave ani buried them himself.

He said: "This is the most terrible thing I have ever done, but when I buried them I know where they lie." At Conemaugh Mr. Thomas Davis and family, all bnt one son; Dr. Lee, Mr. Martin and family, all but two sons; Mike Murphy; Browley family, all but on aon; Joseph Ross, Mr. Fink and family, all bnt om son.

Cambria Clty-rMr. Boyle. Kernsville Laura Yust, Mr. Williams. AN IMMENSE FUNERAL PYRE.

The Bodies of the Victims Cremated by Thousands at Johnstown. Johkstowh, June a The magnitude of the horror increases with the hours. It is believed that no less than 2.000 of the drowned found lodgement beneath the mass of debris in the triangle of ground tbat the Conemaugh cut out of the bank between the river proper and the Pennsylvania railroad bridge. There was the greatest funeral pyre In history. The victims were not npon it, but were parts of its horrible' constitution.

Whole houses were washed into the apex of the triangle. Hencoops, pigstys, stables, the refuse of the gutter, the contents of sewers, whole lumber yards, boom upon boom of logs composed the mass. When tbe upset ting of eookstove ignited the mass snd the work of cremation began, it was a costly sacrifice to the demon of the flood, being a literal breast of fire. The smoke arose in a huge funnel-ahaped cloud, and at tunes it changed to the form of an hour glass. At night tbe flames would light np this misty remnant of mortality.

Tbe effect npon the living, ignorant and Intelligent, was the Tbat volume of smoke, with its dual form, produced a feeling of aw In many that was superior in most oases to that in the awful moment of the storm's wrath on Friday afternoon. Hundreds stood for hours regarding the smoke and wondering if it orbode another visitation drier than its pracessor. It was with feeling of absolute loathing that all people bareaboiitsawoka next morning to And that nothing bate mass of ashes, calcined human bones, stoves, old iron and other approximately mdestructable matter remained, from which only a light blue vapor was strtsing. Geo. Hastings took precautions to prevent the extension of the fire to another huge pile, short distance away, and this' will be aarehed for bodies of flood victims.

The rains poured all the waters of the region into it; they broke the dam and rushed down the narrow south fork valley in an appalling "tidal wave" without warning. Few could escape and nothing could withstand the torrent. It swept westward along the valley, wiping out town after town, doing untold damage throughout tbe whole length of the Conemaugh. and Kiskiminitas, and finally carrying the tide of disastereven to Pittsburg itself. A Graphlo Story.

Mr. S. J. Herron, solicitor for The Times tells a graphic story of the disaster that fell on tbe mountain city. "All of Thursday afternoon and night," he said, "rain poured down in a deluge.

Tbe little mountain streams swelled into torrents, pouring their waters into the Conemaugh river that passes directly through the centre of the "Soon the banks of the river overflowed, and the streets through the city began to disappear beneath the rapidly increasing current. Bouses and bridges from above tbe city were swept away by the flood and added largely to the damage further down. The water rose so rapidly that many people could not escape from their homes and ran to the upper stories, from which they were rescued by men riding horses and mules. The scenes of rescue were most thrilling. Man and Mule Drowned.

of tbe river. They brought a number of ropes, and these were thrown in the boiling waters ss persons drifted by in efforts to save some poor beings. SUBSCRIPTIONS RAISED. Over 100,000 Quickly Subscribed Relief Trains Dispatched, Pittsburg, June 2. A citizens' mass meet ing was held in the city ball in tbe interest of the flood sufferers.

In less than one hour subscriptions had reached 55,000, and on Saturday night over 100,000 was in hand. The American Republican club met and a committed to take charge of aid for the suf ferers was elected, ltd sura of $1,800 was subscribed by the club. Tbe Exposition ciety offered its large building to relief committees for bousing' tbe sufferers, A special train was chartered by tbe newspapers to carry provisions, medicine and clothing to the nearest possible point to Johnstown. Tbe damage along the Clarion river is in' stimable. At Leechburg six dead bodies were taken from the river.

The lumber losses along the Clarion will reach end on tbe Kiskiminilas will exceed 000. At Shamokln. Hhamokin, June 3. The heavy rain has caused great damage to property in this vicinity. Seven bridges and twenty bouses have been swept away.

The damage to mining property cannot be estimated. A number of collieries are flooded, and many are completely wrecked It will be two weeks before the mines can resume. The Reading Coal and Iron company will be the greatest sufferer. Tbe losses are esti mated at $250,000. There were no fatalities.

A Charnel House at Ninevah. Ninevah, June 3 This place will be known hereafter as the city of the dead, for Conemaugh has given up a larger portion of dead here. When the waters receded from the fields and bottom lands over wbicb it had flowed, stiff, staring and naked, bruised and mangled bodies of men, women and children, from the aged to the infant, lying in the soft mud was a horrible scene, making heart sick those who witnessed it Nune- macher's planing mill was used as a tem porary morgue, and it was there that the blood-stained, swollen and disfigured remains of whites and negroes were first placed for protection nnrl identification, if such thing were possible. THE FLOOD AT WASHINGTON. A Branch of the Potomac Formed In the Middle of the City.

tVASHiNQTON, June 8. The rise of the Potomac river and the flooding of the city distracted attention locally from the Johnstown horror. When Sunday morning broke the water bad formed a big branch of the river running through the city between Pennsylvania avenue and the bigh ground which the (Smithsonian Institute, the agricultural department building and tbe bureau of engraving and printing are situated. Through the dark hours of early morning men in small boats and on hastily-constructed rafts floated backward and for ward through the flooded district It was reported that a colored man had been drowned In the dfie. wawx uxtim Baltimore Potomac station on Sixth street He was heard calling for assistance at 3 o'clock, and those who set out to rescue him could not find him.

It is believed he was intoxi cated and that he had fallen into the deep water and drowned High water mark was reached about noon. From that time the water receded gradually. The point reached by the flood was three feet six inches higher than the nignest recorded, flood mark. NAMES OF THE DEAD. Hundreds of the Bodies Identified In the Flooded District.

Johnstoww, Pa, June S. Among the identified dead are: James McMillan, superintendent of Cam bria iron Company's store, wife, four children and daughter-in-law; John P. Linton, leading lawyer, wife and five Mrs. Thomas KJrlen and two children; Nolan and seven of family; Mrs. Wissinger, Mrs.

Sarah Palmer, Dr. George Wagner, wife and three children; Frank P. Bowman, wife and two children; Mrs. Richard WoTthington and seven children; William Howells, Mrs. Ann Howells, Mrs.

John Reese and daughters, Cora, Lizzie and Alva Reese; Rachel Reese, mother of Johu Reese; Pearson Fisher, wife and six children; Mrs. Eckstein; Charles F. Butler, assistant treasurer of the Cambria Iron Works; Erail Young and George Randolf, Beaver Falls, Pa. Harvey Barber; Jonas Murtba, Conemaugh; J. G.

Cox, Philadelphia; Mrs. A. W. Jones, Porter Miller, Elmer Bineley, 8. D.

Elbridge, Mrs. Mary Barbour, Mrs. Gecrge Woodward, Jacob Wild, wife and child, Kate Linhart, Robert Baldwin, P. McNally, Frank Dimond, W. Fentroid, W.

McAubrey, John Steiner, W. L. Davis, Mrs. Defraunce, the two Misses Defraunce, Ellen Harrington, Charles A. Marshall, John Burns, John Andrews, C.

H. Wilson, Mrs. C. M. Jones, T.

M. Little of Sewickly, the three Misses Ham-ton, Charles Wilson, John Andrews, Mrs. O'ConneU. It it astonishing to find how small a number of injured are in the city. Few survived.

It was death or nothing with the demon of the flood. It is true. that not a few escaped, but they got off almost unhurt. Johnstown, June 4. The following are additional names of bodies identified: Johnstown John Dibert, Lewis Weaver, hit daughter and child; the wife of Walters.

Weaver, John Dibert's daughter, Miss Blanche; Mrs. Jane Bridges, her daughter; Mrs. Kate Young and her grandson; John Farreu, druggist; Louis Stehr, Nicholas Sims, Secretary Johnston, James Q. Murphy and wife, John Fenn, Christ Kempt and wife, Alva A. Ear, Mrs.

H. M. Ogle and daughter Minnie, the children of Robert Sagerson, Mrs. J. H.

Smith and three children, Mrs. Morris Wolf, Mrs. Katzensteln and son, F. Huffman, a son of James Gardner, the children of Dr. Poland, Locomotive Engineer Finder, John McCammonand wife; Mr.

Harris and five children; Tom Davis, his father, mother and four children; Mrs. Mary Brindle; James Martha lost his wife, three children and sister-in-law; Mamie Greenwood, 19 years, lost father, mother and two listen; John Friend and six children. The following are the names of identified remains lying in tbe Pennsylvania railroad depot. There are in all forty-two bodies in this building: Miss Mollie Burbbart, two daughters of Charles P. Rosser of Cresaon, Miss May Downey, Ross Conroy, James Jones and daughter Annie, Frank Davis, Steubenville, Richard Jones, ex-burgess of Cone ma gh; Mrs.

D. J. Williams, John Myers, 1 years old; Thomas J. Noburn, Mrs. Eva May Parsons, Mrs.

Larch, mother of the oounty superintendent of public schools, who loses wis mother, two sisters, brother-in-law and uncle; Mar Sharkey, years old; two ladies supposed to have been passengers on the eastboand passenger train; Annie Christy. The following are some of the prominent people who were found in the debris on the street near the dub bouse. Tbe bodies are lying among the man of wrecked buildings at thick as flies. Howard Roberts, nwdner First Ketkmal bank: John "Joseph Ross, a teamster, had in charge av pair of mules. He mounted one of them to aid some people.

The mule fell into an exca vation carrying Boss with it and he was drowned When i left It looked as If l.OOO people were'bomeleas. They were gathered on tbe mountain sides looking sadly at their homes buried in the water. Swept "The' Cambria iron works were flooded, throwing 2,000 men out of employment, be sides entailing a vast amount of damage to the mill. The sweeping away of four or five large bridges added greatly to the horror of the scene; Twelve carloads of iron were run out on the Cambria bridge in an attempt to save that structure. Tbe waters gathered strength and swept bridge, cars and iron away as if they were straws, Butone bridge remains ana a is osaiy damaged: "Lumber was swept down with the flood in vast It is estimated that 1,000,000 or more feet passed through the city Friday.

The railroad depots were thronged with victims or the flood, but they were cued in skiffs. Piano boxes and rafts were) used for this purpose. All trains on tbe Pennsylvania railroad and Baltimore and Ohio 'railroad are discontinued, the tracks being uDmergea lor t'l Terrible Scenes. -Sahq Hollow, June H. Thompson.

trainmaster, said that dead bodies are lying all along tbe banks of the river between Bang Hollow and Johnstown It is the most terrible sight ever witnessed. The natives forgot their breakfast in tbe excitement, and men could be seen running in every direction sating as they went. Engineer De Lorier said he helped out four i women and pne man near Bang Hollow. One was a woman who looked to be upwards of 80 years old. He helped rescue twelve persons off floating drift He said bs got into Johnstown about 4 o'clock In the afternoon and all that could be seen was the tops of the nouses, tie Jen Bang Hollow in tbe morning about 9 o'clock.

He counted eighty-five peo ple going aown on arm, Th Whole Family Prawned, One of is most touching incidents, as saia, was toe drowning of a father, mother. and three children. They came down on roof, and just opposite she town the raft struck a pile of drift aad went to niece. All five went dowa ia the snad current A mo ment later two heads were seen above the) water and two bands clutching at the roof. inat was the last seen of that family.

This is but one incident of a hundred such that are related by people living along the rivi Mr. JJ Lacier said the scenes cannot be overdrawn. He saw one woman go down on a raft with both eves lvlnir ontnn hr Bhe was dead, having been crushed among the timbers. Mm and women with arms broken, blood mnmxnn v.i- faoes, and their bodies cat. braised sndbieed- were a frequent Heels te Their Fete.

Letter saw two little children about fl va Uttto baadscleaped to.