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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
1
Amid Johnstown pennsylvania, relief depots feed up to 15,000 and clothe 600 families as 12,000 survivors register in a city under martial law. 10,000 workers expected to clear streets in 30 days, with 5,000 laborers in Johnstown and 1,500 contractors.
Surprising questions at a June meeting in Curcaco reveal discontent with Chief Arthur as he faces re election. A grievance committee member pressed him on wage cuts and strikes across Western roads, and Arthur refused to sanction any future strike, warning of unemployment and supply demand rules. Discontent grows after his guarded stance.
STORED STEAM vs. ELECTRICITY A new system for developing and utilizing Steam for power claims no smoke cinders or noise and asserts absolute safety for street-car service and portable power. The cost is said to be much less than other methods. Secured by U. S. Letters Patent. Full information at 34 Broad street Boston Mass. Edwin S Thayer, Treasurer.
Count de Lesseps chaired the Suez Canal Company annual meeting in Paris. Two shareholders protested the London programme and urged excluding English directors. He defended the agreement as saving the company from ruin and read a supportive letter from the French ambassador.
A string of fires reports detail losses in Briext Mississippi Jacksonville Florida and San Francisco plus East Boston where structures including 26 business houses and dwellings suffered about 100 000 in loss in Briext and 65 structures burned in Jacksonville with roughly 168 000 in losses subdivided across blocks The Oakland area Michigan Furniture Company building fire caused about 90 in loss An alarm for a kerosene lamp explosion at 645 Albany street East Boston caused no damage Overall the incidents reflect widespread fire damage across several cities with ongoing rebuilding plans.
Fair weather with cooler feel dominates. Civic items include Harvard overseers meeting and genealogical society session. Local notes cover weddings, clergy ordinations, labor meetings, and university commencements alongside highway robbery arrests and a political protest in the House.
New York June 6 announced that the governors of the New York Stock Exchange have completed arrangements to resume ticker service. They contracted with the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company to use its indicators and will pay a royalty.
Governor Hill names an extraordinary Court of Oyer and Terminer in Saratoga New York to begin July 5 with Judge Charles Daniel presiding for the boodle aldermen trial.
Shipping news lists arrivals at Boston New York and Liverpool including Palestine Veconic Marmion Christian Johnson City of Paris State of Nebraska America and more with arrivals at Queenstown and at sea. Off Prawle Point and the Lizard vessels report routes from Bremen Hull New Orleans Hamburg Grimsby and Baltimore to Europe and the Americas.
A Johnstown report describes mass burials after the disaster with rough pine coffins and ox-drawn pallbearers. Many bodies are unidentifiable, piled on a hill west of the city, and the death toll rises as days pass without formal ceremonies.
Report from Johnstown on June 5 describes massive flood devastation with laborers clearing debris by dynamite and derricks to reopen the Conemaugh. Officials warn deaths may exceed 8000 with 5000 already counted and 200 bodies recovered that day.
Dr. Benjamin Lee of the Pennsylvania State board of health warned that the epidemic prospects in the Conemaugh Valley depend on the debris situation. He noted fifty dead animals removed for burial and ordered Washington to send unlimited disinfectants to Johnstown. He aims to reinforce the city within days.
A surge of relief trains from all regions arrives in Johnstown. Clothing, funds, and volunteers pour in to aid survivors. A Philadelphia relief car carries surgeons, but few patients exist. Prospect Hospital has no inpatients, using doctors as laborers instead.
Johnstown Penn June 5 The flood losses are not yet precise but are expected to be no less than $30,000,000. The valley housed valuable machines and factories including the Cambria Iron Works which suffered substantial damage.
Johnstown Pennsylvania June 5. Relief stations report continuous crowds of applicants with hours long waits. Cities nationwide raise funds but thousands remain homeless and hungry as Cambria Iron Works and other industries halt, delaying recovery for weeks or months.
Johnstown Pennsylvania June 5 rebuilding work on the Pennsylvania road proceeds with trains reaching the passenger station and construction trains extending farther. The river bend embankment washed away earlier has been rebuilt. Pittsburgh June 5 belated Pennsylvania railroad passengers reach the city after a hardship filled journey from Altoona via Ebensburg involving wagon transport from Ebensburg to Johnstown.
Jonxstown Pennsylvania June 5 The resident portion of Woodvaleboro is wiped out with estimated $3 500 000 in property loss. Thousands of inhabitants are stranded on hills above the wrecked village facing starvation as relief is slow. A survivor Abraham Gilmore recalls the wall of water from Conemaugh Lake engulfing the town and destroying homes in an instant.
Johnstown Pennsylvania officials vow an enormous rebuilding effort after the June catastrophe. Superintendent Duncan predicts a new city will spring from the ruins though the plan will be costly. Local soldiers clashed with workers near Morrell Institute, prompting court martial threats. The First National Bank of Johnstown is flooded but funds are believed safe. its cashier is dead and the president missing.
June 5 reports from Hunvinapon and surrounding suburbs reveal greater flood damage than first thought. The Juniata River's receding flow allows some crossings while extensive property losses loom, with Mapleton tannery and Powell furnace at Saxton sustaining major blows and railroad bridges washed away.
A Baltimore relief effort reports extensive destruction from Potomac floods. Dozens of families in Williamsport Point of Rocks Sandy Hook and nearby villages are homeless or destitute as workers on the canal lose homes and possessions. Navigation in Chesapeake Bay is hindered by drift material delaying river steamers.
Taunton observed its 250th anniversary with a four mile procession led by Company F and the High School Cadets. About 10 000 visitors attended as trades exhibits, banners, and historic landmarks lined the route ending at City Hall. Fireworks capped the celebration at the Agricultural Fair Grounds.
Pay Director Charles H. Eldredge to Norfolk Navy Yard as general storekeeper starting July 1. Assistant Surgeon G. H. Baker to the receiving ship Vermont. Pay Director W. W. Williams moved from Mare Island paymaster to general storekeeper there. Paymaster H. G. Colby to Mare Island as general storekeeper. Paymaster Jose Foster to Norfolk Navy Yard as general storekeeper July 1, to settle accounts and wait orders. Ensign Gilbert Wilkes detached from Johns Hopkins University to duty in the bureau of navigation.
A slight but perceptible earthquake was felt in southern and eastern Nashville at about 9 30 PM. No damage occurred but residents were startled and alarmed by the tremor.
Washington dispatch reports completion of the postoffice clerk classifications and possible July 1 implementation. A commission may reexamine the plan. a New York post office needs report before final action. General Cogswell discusses fisheries treaty aims. Blaine to meet the President. Pension Board in Lynn named. new postmasters appointed in Westfield Massachusetts Milford Massachusetts and Portsmouth New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire biennial Legislature convened with most members present. Governor Sawyer administered oaths. Hiram D. Upton was elected Speaker. Officers named include Clerk George A. Dickey and assistant clerk Stephen S. Jewell. In joint session, David Goodell was declared Governor elect, with councillor vacancies to be filled tomorrow. inauguration set for tomorrow forenoon.
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