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four in all Heavy charges of dynamite have been used, with good effect, showing that the failure of previous discharges was because they were too small. Thirty-five bodies were removed-eleven of them at the stone bridge. Those taken out of the water were in a much better condition than those found among the debris. The latter were not only horribly bloated and distorted in feature, but decomposition had set in, and the stench arising therefrom was so unbearable that the men at the various morgues found it a disagreeable duty to wash them. The bodies are now almost beyond recognition. Many are as black as negroes, and where they were bruised the faces are sunken into a jelled mass Five bodies were found in one single heap of the wreckage in the town Monday. On of them was Kate Neary, the milliner and modiste. One of the saddest identifications was that of Miss Blanche Harnish, of Dayton, O. She was 9 passenger on the day express and her father had searched for the past three days. Some workmen found her body lying under the trestle near the Pennsylvania railroad station. Others, unknown, were taken from the raft at all hours of the day. Among them an old man with his little boy clasped in his arms. The day is past when the discovered dead can be kept any time for identification. Frightful scenes at the morgue bear quick testimony of this. The keepers say that DR soon as the air strikes the corpses now it becomes almost impossible to handle them. and the sooner they are buried the better. The hurried burial of the dead in the Prospect Hill Cemetery is causing the residents of that beautiful suburb much annoyance and may cause & great deal of sickness. The bodies were placed in cheap coffins and buried only three feet under ground. The odor from the decomposing bodies has begun to escape at the surface, creating a terrible stench and attracting many dogs, who howl and paw over the graves all night long. It has been found necessary to place guards at the cemetery to drive the dogs away. Instructions have also been given to scatter disinfectants over the graves Dr. Sibbel's official report shows that up to June 8, 1,811 bodies had been received at the various morgues as follows: Fourth ward school-house, 219; Pennsylvania railroad station. 182; Mooreville morgue, 128; St. Columbia Church in Cambria City, 835; Hawes morgue, 13; Millville, 57: Grand View chapel, 118; Old Nineveh, 55; Nineveh proper, 233. Mr. J. N. Munden, who is in charge of the removal of bodies from the ruins, says that up to date over $6,000 in money lins been found in the pockets of victims The largest sum was $3,114.23 says that the robbing of stores and dead bodies still continues, notwithstanding the guard which has been placed over the ruins by the civil authorities BOARD OF HEALTH BULLETIN. The State Board of Health issued its second bulletin Monday, as follows: "Reports received from the inspectors of this board show that the favorable condition stated in the first report continues. No contagious disease of any kind prevails. There are a few cases of a mile type of measles. No sign of any epidemic are manifest. The State Board of Health is fully prepared to meet all emergencies as they arise. 'As a precautionary measure a hospital for contagious diseases has been established. and If any cases arise they will be properly met. The bedies still in the wreck are 60 covered with earth as not to be dangerous to health. Every precaution is being taken to prevent contamination of the water supply for the towns below Johnstown. There is no ground whatever for alarm in this matter at present The bodies in the river are covered with mud and earth. "The weather is cool and favorable. Though the destruction of life has been appalling there 18 DO present occasion to be discouraged. "GRORGE C. GROFF. M. D., Member in Charge." BUSINESS RESUMED. JOHNSTOWN, Pa, June 11. The First National Bank has opened up for bust. ness, and the fact is appreciated by all here. Much trouble has been occasioned by the inability to get money here, all having to bring it here in packages The Johnson Switch Company, whose works were entirely swept away from Woodville, are making preparations to re build on an extended scale at Moxham three miles up the stream and entirely out of the reach of any future flood They em. play from 1,000 to 1,900 men. A vast amount of work bas been done by the Pennsylvania Rafiroad Company and it is new able to reach Mineral Point with its construction train The washout between the stone bridge and the Pennsylvania railroad station has been almost filled and trains are running over both tracks A proclamation signed by the burgess and town council of Cambria City has been is sued calling on the citizens not to leave their homes but to start rebuilding at once as sid might be expected from the general relief fund: also calling on the merchante to open their stores The people are edvised not to sell their real estate at 8 saerifice. THE CAMERIA WORKS START Great credit is due the Cambria Iron Company for promptly setting the stricken people of tipis city to work. thereby diverte
