Fifteen bodies were received at the Fourth ward morgue, of which seven
were unidentified, as follows: James Murray, of Philadelphia; William
Marshall, Johnstown; Mrs. J. J. Llewellyn, Johnstown; Jas. Dillon,
Somerset; Marion Root, Johnstown; Miss Annie McKinstry, Mrs. McKinstry
and Jessie Hipp, Johnstown. At the Pennsylvania Railroad morgue six
bodies were received, and two identified as E. M. Thomas and Howard J.
Roberts, cashier First National Bank, Johnstown. At the Presbyterian
Church morgue ten bodies were received, and one identified as Sheriff
John Ryan, of Johnstown.
At 10.30 p. m. forty-seven bodies were discovered in a hole on the site
of the Hurlbut House. They are supposed to be the bodies of guests.
The number of persons who have so far registered is 20,110.
The population of Johnstown and the neighborhood effected by the flood
is about 35,000. The registration of 20,110 leaves almost 15,000 to be
accounted for. It is not claimed that those who have not registered
are dead, for many had left the town before the system of registration
began, and it is safe to say that 8,000 people have left.
Among the most interesting relics of the flood is a small gold locket
found in the ruins of the Hurlbut House yesterday. The locket contains
a small curl of dark brown hair and has engraved on the inside the
following remarkable lines; “Lock of George Washington’s hair, cut in
Philadelphia, while on his way to Yorktown--1781.” Mr. Benford, one of
the proprietors of the house, says that the locket was the property of
his sister, who was lost in the flood, and was presented to her by an
old lady in Philadelphia, whose mother had herself cut the hair from
the “Father of his Country,” and there is no doubt that the statement
is reliable.
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