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

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u lien tile- \\at;ons— with the hist lo.-ni uf Juhiistnw ii's dead— crept shiwh up
the mad. A ctirrespondent' s iiniddy hiiiii;\' fdHriwed. A \onnL,' man and a '-;irl,
climbinLT Iruni tiTrari.- to terrace to \isit tlieir dead on tlie hiU-top. lonked keenh'
on tile straiiLicr dead and the stran;^'er H\'ing whn inwadcd their sanctit\. The
trustees tif the ceineter\' jonated a beautitnl lot for the burial of these unknown
ones, anil it is desii;ned to erect a htting" inouuuient next \ ear. The removal
of the bodies to this spcjt was the happ\- idea of Secretar\- Krenier. of
the Relief Commission, wlio labored indefati^abh' to carr\ the plan into effect.
There sleeji the nameless \ ictims of the tlood, but their graves will be visited
Vn generations \et unb«)rn.who will stand with imco\-ered heads, and in reverent
awe look upon the inound-^ in the plot of Ciran