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XIX. ORDER OUT OF CHAOS 261
The Lawless F.lemeiit Ivampant— Repressing Robbery and Riot— A Gant:
of Thieves— Organi.diii; lorthe Protection of Lifeand Propcrtv— .V Dictator
Appointed— Loafers and rruwltrs Shut i )ut —Workmen Enga^'ed to
Clear Off the Wreckage— Pittshuruli ("nntractors al the Helm—.\ Horde..
"Tin-Tas Olticers— "
.Xniateur Photographers Shoveling Dirt—The Initial
Steps Towards Kepairit.y the Rava>;es ol the Deluge.
XX. rXDKR MILITARY AUTHORITY 273
The Adjutant-General .-f Pennsyhania on the Ground— His Humble Meal
and Tramp Proteire— (.'onsultin,' with the Sheriff and the l)Urt;ess—Troops
Called Out—The Fourti-enth Re.^iment Dues Eftecti\e Service—^isit of
Governor Beaver— Interesting Letters and Dispatches—The Stable .\ssunies
Entire Charge—The Board of Health .Actively ICngaged— \'ii,'orous
Work in Clearing the Wreckage and Restoring the Ruined District.
XXI. MAGXIFICEXT BEXE\'OLEXCli; 299
The World's Response to the .\ppeal for .\id Civilized Nations Hasten to
Succor the Distressed — Cities, Towns and Individuals Pour in Contributions—
Many Notable Ofiermgs— Associations. Societies and Churches
Splendidly Represented— Generous Erin's Greeting— p'ood, Clothing and
Abundance— Noble Women A\'ho Were Ministering .Vn^els—.\
Shelter in
Stream of Charity Grand and Resistless as Niagara Itself.
XXII. FLOOD RELIEF ("OMMISSIOX 317
Prominent Gentlemen Selected to Distribute Millions of Dollars—Their
High Character and Ability— How the Funds Were Handled for the Benefit
of the Sufferers— .\ Board of Inquiry Established— Methods of Procedure—
Death rjf Judge Cummin — Five Thousand Claimants Assisted
DftHculties to be Surmriunted— Ktiicient Service of the Secretary— Closing
the .-\ccounts— Record I'f an Enterprise Unrivalled in the .\nnalsof Time.
XXIII. EXPERIEXCES AXD 0IJS1-:RVATI0XS 331
Recitals of E)ifferent Survivors. Who Tell of What They Underwent and
Witnessed— Trying Situation of a p'amily on Market Street. C'f Whose
Home Not a Vestige Remained— In Water Up to the Neck— Homes Car-
« ried Away and Neighbors Borne Down the Current— Ladies Whose Courage
Did Not Falter in Time of Trial—What Two Citi^'ens Saw in Their
Travels Over the District— Statements of What Many 7'eople F^ndured.
XXIV. PATHETIC SCEXES AXD IXCIDEXTS 341
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Heart-Breaking Separations From Loved Ones— .\ Brother's .-^gony— How
a Wife and Daughter Were Lust — .V Drtnvning Wife's LastJKiss — .V Faithful
Lover's Vigil —.\tfection that Death Could not Su'odue— Relics of the
Missing at .Alma Hall—\\'eird Collection of Souvenirs of the Disaster
Terrible Grief of a Si:rrov. ing Maiden— Fate of a Young Bride— .An .Aued
Citizen's Sore Misiortim'-s—r>i-,tressing Occurrences of .Manv Kinds.
SEEKIXG FOR LONED OXES
An.Kious Friends in l,U:v = t of .N'r.ir and Dear Relati\'es Whom Death Had
Claimed—Weeks and Month'; of Patient Search for Bodies — Haunting the
Heaps of Debris and the Morgues— .V Devoted Si.ster and a P'aithful
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