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Lii'-;;!;.;!",^ manners, wlm took solo parts in tlu' Welsh choirs. Tlie great niaj(^rit\
of the Welsh owned their own lionies and Were jMinlent and prosperous
eitiz«'ns. Dr. Walters, whose othce on \"ine street was hustled to the railroad
bridge, prepared a partial list of the loss of lite among this naticmalitN'. He
enioUed 140 \-ictinis. whicli nia\ be regartled as approximately correct, and
estimated the Welsh Inss of property at upwards of a million dollars. The
n.imes lui the Doctor's paper were:
\'iNt Street. — .Mr«. Josi.ah T. Evans .ind four children, Mrs Noah LlL-wellyn, and three
children. Mrs John Llewellyn. Rev. E \V. Jones and wife, boy of David J, Jenkins. Mrs.
John K Jones two children of Robert L Rees
M\KKKT Street — H I'ritchard. vife and thrte chiKiren . S I>a\ is. wife and tue
children Owen wife and two grandchildren ;
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J
T Harris and fi\e children
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Mrs D. I) Rees ;
children of Evan .V- James: child of R. R, Thomas : of Lewis John
Harris Richards, on a visit from Rome, X. V.. and William L Davis
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Main Street. — Mrs. John W James and son : Hiii;hes and daughter , of Rev
Mr Evans
Loi iisr Street—-Mr^ .\ubre\ I'arsons. .Mrs Jenkin Thomas and three children Mrs
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f'hil Davis and daughter
Walnct Street. — fob Morgan, Mrs William T. Harris
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Potts Street.—Emma Hughes
Chestnut Street. — .\lben Wherry
Union Street — John Hmvells. wife and child : Mrs
William Howells, wife and daughter :
and six children .
of Thomas Llewell\n
Davis E\ans, Mrs R R Edwards :
.\ndrews. William ] Williams. Mrs J
D Jones
D Richards. Mrs John Rees Powell.
Lincoln Street. — Mrs Ben. lames
River Sireet — James Jones and tvvo children ,
.\ubrev. Mrs Ex an Morgan. William
McMeans. Mrs Moses Uwen and live children : Mrs. Worthingtoii and three children ,
Mrs. Williams, Joseph Williams. Minerva Harris. Geor'.:e Heisel
Iron Street, Mh.lvii.le — Roger Edwards. Mrs Lewis R Jones, Mrs William Cadogan
and daughter : Edward Evans and hve children , .\nnaniah Lewis. Mrs T I' Wil-
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liams and child: Lizzie Lewis. Oril Lewis, Mrs .\bram Price and child. Miss Tydvil
Thomas. Mrs Wm. T. Morgan and two children children of Mrs Thomas Clwen. J.imes
Lewis
WooDV.\LE.- Evan -B. Evans, wife and child D.a\ is and five children . Jones
and family: Richard Jones and five children
CoNEMAUuH BoR'ji'GH — Mrs Wm W Jones and three children
Her children were leading Mrs. McConaui;h\- up-stairs. hoping it would be
a safe place for their mother. Tlie excitement o\ercame her and she died in
the hallwaw The building tumbled and the bod\' was carried off.
Misses Jennie and Mary White, daughters of the head of the niiUiriery department
of the Cambria Iron Ci:mipan\''s store, noted for tiieir personal
i.harms and animation, were lu.it divided in death. 'Sijuire Stra\er's amiable
f.imily ami scores more might lie mentioned. \\'oodvale and tlu; Second and
1 hird wards of Johnstown liad not a resident voter ijn fime 1st. Onh three
houses remained on the east -.itie of Hedfcird street, lietween Main and the
railroad. Could anything make clearer the appalling destruction ol life which
this inulIie.^