The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-04

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possible to get the articles, being compelled
to hastily vacate the apartment. The Even
ing Chronicle has the following from
Ben LangOld, German living n short dis
lance from The. Schanappert's, whose house
proved the tomb of family of six: The.
Schanappert's house stood Immediately
below the oil refinery of Holdship
81 Co., and was struck by the
flood with force enough to carry IL complete
ly from its foundations on Madison avenue
and hurl il down the torrent. LangOld hear
ing shrek upon shrek rend the air, looked
out from an upper window. The doomed
horse was carried along within a stones
brow. At the upper window stood poor
Shanappert and his wife, each holding alOfl a
child over the raging water and shrielking,
"GOd Almighty, help us; God save uS"
I'm few seconds the building reached
south at the foot of Buena Vista street.
Here il struck against slaughter
house and dissolved like a pile of snow in the
boiling waters. The shrieks were silenced,
and only the crash and grinding of timbers
was heard. The Branigan family live ON
O'IIara street, and occupy the last house
saved on the left going down the street. The
family consists of Mr.. and Mrs. b. and four
children. y neighbor. Patrick McCsanus,
was alone i'm the house when the water tore
over the hack wall on the ground floor,
and dashed towards the front of the
couple not speedily opened this
dooor and broken out the the glass, the
whole family would have drowned like so
many rats. Across one window was the
iron bar used tor securing the shutters.
Swiftly the water rose until it stood five feet
in the room with cnrrent like mill race
setting through the apartment. Mr.. aud
Mrs. b. instiDctively seized each child and
chung to this bar with the grip of despair,
while the cold. muddy torrent swept over
them. For few hours these two hung TO
THAT PRovIDENTIALLY PLACED BAR,
and were all rescued. McAIanns, whowith the
remaining child rushed to the street, by
some miracle was swept into an alley and
onto the roof of a shed, where they were also
saved. One singular feature of the food has
not been alluded 10, so far as we are able to
ascertain. Only one person who escaped
from the flood was injured. The dead all
bore marks of bruises and mangling,
bat, notwithstanding the top
ping OF houses and avalanches
of timber and debris, those who escaped
from the wreck came out unhurt. \ baby
was found in a crib floating in the Ohio
river at the head of Monterey Island, 81
miles below the city, yesterday afternoon,
and was recovered by Mr. Allen, who lives
near the island. The child was living, but
has net been identified. In Saw Mill
additional bodies being found. lt is prob
able that the remaining missing ones we're
carried into the Ohio river. Some of the
bodies viii doubtless never be
recovered. and others that are found far
below the mill will be buried without identi-
fication. Workmen are still employed in
clearing the streets of the accumulated
rubbish, and restoring them to passable
condition. The body Of the child thai was
found in the Ohio river yesterday, proved
to he one OF the missing Hunter children,
instead of a daughter of Mr.. McVay, as at
first reported. The body was
IDENTIFIED BY A RING
Oh the little finger. The remains were sent
to Temperanceville this morning and will
be buried to-day with those of her father,
which was found yesterday. Last evening
two bodies were picked up on the Allegheny
side of the Ohio river. One of them was
identified as the body of William Hosley,
from the Saw NJ ill run district The other
is that of woman and is probably
the body of Mrs. Hunter from the
same section. The name given by the
burial committee is that of Mrs. Griffith,
but no person of that name is known to be
| missing from that district. The damage
done to the Pittsburg IL Castle Shannon X.
| X. along Saw Mill, run was comparatively
| light Two bridges were somewhat dam
| aged, but have already been repaired and
passenger and coal trains are now making
| their regular trips. The first bridge was
damaged by having the Rev. Isaac Banks
church washed down against it with such
force as to knock out one OF the trestles
Nothing but pile of boards and timber re-
mains Of the church, and the place where ii
stood is marked by a long hole. The upper
trestle would have escaped entirely but for
a fence against which several stacks of wheat
lodged and stopped the water, until the
pressure became 50 great that the fence gave
way, and lodged against the bridge, bending
it so that it stopped the trains from going
any further up the roads until this morning
| at O'Clock.