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

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SLAUGHTER OF THE IXXOCl-NTS.
u GiKi-s OF Tender
— J'l;\TTLERS \VIU'--t;
IKNTABLE S-ARriTV OFCuiLnKKX AFTER THE FLOOU— Hn\>
Years Drowned by HlndkcDs — Doom of the Fenn F\
-Tin. Light and Jov of Maw Hovseholds F.xtin-
Voices are Hushed Forever-
Bi-KiED wriH Hek Poll — Little
GUISHED EV THE CrUEL WaTEKs — TiNV CoFFlN
Folks who were Un.vers.l f.vok.tes - The Saddest Feature of the Overwhelming
Calamity — Why Loving Hl\rt- Ache.
•Gem of our hearth, our household prule.
Eartli's un.lefile.l.
Cuuld love have saved ll'.ou luvht not died.
Our dear, sweet t.h:l'.'.
Humblv we how to Fates decree;
Yet had we hoped that Tiuie should see
Thee mourn for u-^, not us for thee."— D. NL Moir
ERHAPS the sadtlfst feature t.f the disaster was tlie dreadful
slaucliter of the cliildren. Shut in tlie houses hy high water in
the forenoon, hundreds feU an easy prtry to llie cruel delu-e.
^, The flood outdid Herod in its effort to extirpate juvenile
{fKiJ life. After its dreadfid work was done the lanientablc
-i:Li:i"./j'-->/'L scaveitv of children impressed itself painfully upon every
-^.4i:~l---t~:^s^''^ mind. " The cries of babies, the prattle of infants, the
;X.-:L^^ merrv lau-hter of bo\ s and skirls were sel-
:k of animation in the
_^ doni heard. Th
^i "y^"^ -V^^^^^^;' ^^ boys, previously bubblin.L,' o\er with fun and
'Isf^-v --^^^:^'-^;^--s(i:£:^;,^*'-^ rollicking humor, was", too apparent to pass
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unheeded. They took no interest m tlie ar-
.,.__^ rival of the trains, the unkxidiiiL,' of pro-
f'') visions, or any of the excitim; scenes which
5i^>v the calamity occasioned. The little ;4i'l*
s.FTiN.; to DFiTH. — thcrc wcro not enough of them to In- m
A LITTLE
anybody's wav or to attract the slightest bit of attention. "God help us."
said a minister as he move-d among the people, -where are the duldren "