The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-08-04

into the street. He and the child are sup
posed to have been drowned. At the foot
of Spring Garden Run the loss of life
was fearful. On Center street some par
ties who appeared with a skif discovered
q man hanging on the roof of house
at that time the water on the street was
some | 5 feet high. They took the skiff
under the place where the man was hang
ing and told him to drop, the height being
small, as the skiff was nearly on a level
with the second story window. The man
jumped and was saved. He then told the
men in the skiff that his family were back
in the house, consisting of his wife and
three or four children. He had got on
the roof, jumped from that to another
roof, when he reached Center street. The
house was destroyed, ,and with it were lost
another with three or four children
The children Of another family also were
lost here, making in all ten souls. On
Chestnut street, in Casper Raue's saloon.
among others were Philip Hess, consta-
bic, and Henry Schafer. Thev rushed
out Of the saloon into the street, and that
was the last seen Of them alive. Hess
body was discovered this morning cling
ing to fire plug with one hand. Schaf-
fers body has not been recovered. An.
other man also rushed from the Paris sa-
loon with Hess and Schafer, and his body
was recovered in a yard between Chest
nut and Center streets About a mile
out The run a man named VIM. Peats tied
his family-wife and several children
with a clothes line in a room, fesrino
some of them would rush away in their
alarm and be lost. The house and entire
family were saved.
HOW THE FLOOD INCREASED.
Three-quarters of mile up the river
the breast of the food would give 0
cross section Of four feet in height and
two hundred and fifty feet in width, and
by the time it had reached the CITY
limits it had assumed the proportions
of the Mill River food. The number
of persons lost is undoubtedly consid
erably more than already recovered
At Woods Run, on the same side o.
the river as Butcher and Spring Gar
den, and four miles west of them at Tho
head, two houses, occupied by Pat Far
ley Frisbee and Denning, were SWEEP
away. Farley saved the families by
means of rope tied to tree on the
hillside. John German and three chill
dren were lost in the next house. Mrs
German, guided by flash of lightning
seized a gas pipe and escaped. A mum
Der of other buildings were washed
away, and as the flood subsidized one o
Gorman's children was found south O.
the railroad track, and the bodies O.
two of Farley's little ones were discov
cred. The body of child about ter
months of age at the bridge and of {
little boy aged abou ten years wers
found far out Wilkins avenue. These
five bodies, terrible sight, lie at Nc
Caske.y d McChesney's livery-stable
near the scene.
THE FLOOD VISITS sTEMPERANCEvILLE
On the south side of the Ohio River
Temperanceville was the heaviest suffer
.er. Here q narrow stream, known a.
Saw-mill Run, empties into the Ohio
and up this stream hardly vestige o
two iron bridges remains Stones two
and three feet in thickness by five fee
in length were torn from the abutment
and carried down stream like pieces o
cork. Five wooden bridges and thre,
trestle works over the same strean
were also swept away. Gas meters q
the gasworks were also badly injured
G. S. Il j. c. Taylor's salt works also
complete wreck, loss $25,000.
At Brooks, ,Balautne q Co.'s refinery
three tanks, two stills, aud two worm:
of $50 feet Of pipe were swept away
A brick store near the Washington
turnpike, owned by George K. Gamble
and occupied by Mr.. Siegler, was strucl
;. by the food and melted away. Moth
ing can now be seen where it stood ,sav,
pool of water Mr.. Siegler estimates
his loss of stock at about $4,000, whil
the building was worth about $4,000
The lot on which the store building
stood has also disappeared, the cours
Of the run being here changed, so tha
It's bed is now where the building wa
formerly located.
IN CHARTERS VALLEY,
A stream which runs parallel with Saw
mill run, and emptes into the Obi,
River three miles below, the los
of life is said to be very great. All tn
little runs emptying into Charter
Creek became rushing rivers. On Brusl
run the fences and bridges are all gone
and great deal of valuable propert,
damaged while the loss of human lif
has been frightful. At Mclaughlin
Run IL persons were drowned, among
them whole family by name of Nc
Lean. by being swept away. A hous
owned by Mr.. Stratton, which had bee
standing hundred years, was tori
away, and. after being taken dow
stream mile and half in the rushin!
waters, Mr.. Stratton succeeded in ma
king his escape Vast quantities Q
property are destroyed. During th
flashes Of lightning. horses and cattl
and animals of all kinds could be see
floating on the torrent, and their be-
lowings of terror could be heard abov
the roar of the food
PrrTsBuRG, July 2S up to midnigh
very few particulars in addition to thos
sent previously have come in. Nearl
all the papers of the city have trie
strenuously to arrive at an accurate lis
of all the killed and estimate of loss c
property, but have thus far been unsuC
cessful The scattered position Of tn
districts devastated by the food an
the bewildered condition of the peopl
in the places inundated render it impos
sible to give anything like accurat
: statements as to facts and figures. A
reports as to losses are, therefore, t
great extent, simply estimates. Th
Commercial places the loss of life i
the Butchers Run and Allegheny Cit
Districts at 147, while the Dispatch onl
makes it 125. The most carefully pre-
pared figures, however, give the tot;
loss of life at 219 With regard t
! property, it is simply impossible to Civ
an idea that can be considered reliable