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

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ing luT . Jennie Wells, teacher in the Juhnstown High School, and lier
frientl. Miss Carrie Diehl. ot Shippensbur^. I'a.; Miss Laura Hamilton, who
entered the hallway a moment before the building wi-nt to pieces ; W.
Weakland. ot the Marshall-W'eakland Conip hiding it out of sight for two weeks. The
remains were in a better state of preservation than manv unearthed earlier.
There was a holt; in the forehead at the bridge of the nose, possibly caused
by a nail striking him as he went under. Papers and letters in his clothing
rendered identification easy. Charley was to have been married in a fewweeks
to a lady in Philadelphia, where his father lives and whither his remains
were forwarded for burial.
In the hotel of Robert Butler, oil Cinder street, about thirt\-fi\e persons
were lost. Xot a single one of the bodies was identihed. James O'Callaghan.
his wife Eiridget and daui^hter Ella. Mrs. Owens and son. Mr. Putler and
family were among those who went with the htel.
Christ. Fitzharris. landlord of the St. Charles Hotel, his wife, father and
eight children were drowned. Ella. a,^'e