Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-08-13
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man m Attempting 70 procure Aolpe OF th,
large quantity OF drifl-w0od h0ating undel
the Lombard street bridge, was swept over
board and drowned, He had been previously
warned Of the danger By thfpbllse bus per.
sisted in his attempted Hie Boy saa ndefe-
some eolored men engaged b llenfins
hogshsada coating in the l0ek Al li1 loot ol
Marsh Market space, rescued 4 hoy 11n % was
discovered clinglng 10 apiece 81 tiin1eI He
was found TO be uninjured, Hi nanlo could
not be ascertained - s. -.
The body OF an unlmoW1g man vas found
last evening in Harrison street, AFTER the food
had subsided, and was taken to the watch
house to await Identification.
The body ora man, name unknown, was re-
covered from Jones' Falls and taken to the
Eastern station, yhereit aYsits identifc stiopl
While the Aodd was ut itsliig Yesterday
Col. Edward II. Webster, Collector of the
Fort, was leaning from one Of the windows Of
tho public store, corner Of Lombard, and
Cav streets, he observeda q man named o.
noies. who had lost his ioothold and wAs To-
ing rapidly carried, without any control over
himself, down the stream Of Water that Wae
rushing down Gay street, He would In all
probability have lost his life II Colonel Web
ster had not plunged into theFater, then 1--WE
feet deep, ana rescued him. % l'l No,.oo'5
During the afternoon and evening there
were several eaaea ofpersons whon werbDteai
cued from drowning, A Aeradler containing
child u or IS mQnts old, was observed about
three O'clock, carried BY the water to, the
intersection Of high ana French ,streota
Policeman Albert Gault jumped into The cur
reut which was swiftly bearing The infant
along, and seiSing il sately lyeonvsyed ittoCdFy
land, where i vas given in charge Of asladS
~ lh y9ht Nlclullll1y ]. "a III lpl ~ =, lasag
gel, while passing ON Hattison street, n6ar
Gay, was about being earried BY the rushing
water, into the sewer at that point, when on
Ger GRult jumped in and with strong gtRsp
stopped sI,, P,9,s @s progress and placed SAas0 on
Z About three O'Clock a youth named John
CaEiIt an apprenticeyOf Mr.. Joshua Register,
brass and bell founder on Holiday street. near
Saratoga, undertook 10 swim mp towards
Fayette street, and was shortly afterward
found IN an exhausted condition near the
Public School Commissioners office He was
taken into the office, whereiAlf. Boston, the
janitor, ami his family labored for several
hours and succeeded in restoring animation
DR.. Doyle rendered his services and lyeung
GerF was enabled IN sh9 sVSnlng s0EstpAto
A small bow who was endeavoring to naYi-
water and was iwhirlod down as far .as tho
barricade at McEldeTy's wharf where be was
picked up, somewhat bruised and badly
scared, 'o h2uF"L ~"
Z A young man who was standing in two feet
of water on apavement near Baltimore street
bridge, suddenly dropped mtoaN deep hole,
caused by the caving in Of the pavement and
after SOME trouble was rescued by the by
ISLANDERS.
7sA horse and wagon, the latter containing
fifteon persons, wasiooning up the west side
Of Market space, and when nearly at the
liead Of the Institute the pavement caved in
and tile whole party were spilled into a hole
eight teot deep. They all managed to atrhg-
gle to shore and the horse was cut loose in
time to save bimself The wagon catnetora
sudden end by being badly smashed up.
One Of the numberless reports, that
were being circulated had 1t that Police Com
missioner Carr was drowned He was upset
in boat in Saratoga street, butsuhered no
worse than athorodgh. ducl;ing. He was en1
gagged in tosc,ting some parties who were in
a perilous condition in flooded houses 50.