The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

J J,
THE STORY OF JOIIXSTOWX.
stickin- out of the uoze and -rune and polluted soil 1 Still more lay stark and
stiff and cold, in cverv conceivable position— straight as a phnuh-line, crooked
ashunch-l,ack> an:.'. -.-:;:' :*^~j^^^-_,^.
gan was hokling her bab\ ^— '- l_^:L^jg-^%C;r^ a.--,j^~~^^^ '-7 =^ =^
with a grasp not even the
'
-^^--- _^^^= ^;_-""^-^YrfZrI!r~
death struggle could relax. ~- ~-:=_:l;'
4~ "
"
Another mother and her
...
,^,,, .> k,b>, KMR.rtbaby,
the latter pressed to
the bosom that had been supplying nourishment, were dug from the wreckage
in KernviUe. Flood and ikime could not subdue the maternal instinct, the
redeeming virtue which Adam's fall did not inip.iir. Locked in each other's
arms so firmly they could not be forced apart, two L;irls found in a mass of
wreckage, near Bolivar, were placed in one coffin of rough board:= and buried
together. Amid scenes like these
' Everv ftcc
Was pallid—sciaom luuh th.it e^ e been mmt
'
With te.irs that wci.t not then !
In the midst of it all children came into the stricken world. One case attracted
special notice. A very small baby, who had a very large experience
crowded into his brief career, sailed for England with his parents in June.
He was the youngest child of Griffith William... who, with his wife and four
little ones, returned to their former home in Wale-, after having lost everxthmg
but their lives. The baby— he was appropriatel\- named Mos'es—was born
surrounded by the horrors of that awtul lu-ht in the Conemauuh \ alley.
Hours before the parents had lied their own house. dri\en by the rising water
to seek another place of safety. Thev went to the liouse of a relative on Lincoln
street. The tiood overtook them. They were driven to the attic. The