St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-31

and in less than five minutes all the
| lover rooms were filled with water.
Mrs. w. called for assistance, but before
If could reach her the building gave
WAY and she was engulfed. Further
south was the dwelling of John Sheal
inc. AS soon as the water commenced
rising, Shearing moved his family, con
sisting of his wife and twin boys, aged
four wears, to the hillside, i'll what he
supposed a place of safety. The chill
dren were sleeping sOundly, but one OF
the little fellows was aroused by the
storm and rolled over an embankment
into the angry flood below. His body
WAS recovered. The extensive glue
works were the next to succumb to the
action of the water, and were totally
destroyed. A short distance below these
works was small dwelling occupied
by August RykOff and family. embrac-
inc wife and two children. They were
unaware of the destruction sweeping
down upon them, and with the building,
were carried down the stream. Mrs.
Rykotf. bruised and bleeding, was res
crcd from the torrent several squares
distant. but the remainder of the family
were drowned. On the corner of East
street and Madison avenue the water
seemed to dcviatc. In Il triangular
house mt the intersection of these streets
resided Mrs. Conlon with four children
a Young man named Arnold and il Grip
ple named Rogers, were also III the
house All were lost except Mel Con
Ion.
II is estimated that in this district 20
dwellings were destroyed, but no cSti-
mate has been made of their value. n
large number of people are missing, and
| it is thought many bodies are still i'll
the debris.
. On Centre street parties who ap-
preached with il skiff discovered u man
hanging on the roof of IL house. The
water in the street at that time was
some fifteen feet high. They took the
skin' under the place where the man
WAS hanging and told him to drop, the
distance being slight. As the sl>il was
nearly on Il level with the second story
windows. the man jumped and was
saved. He then informed the men That
his family. consisting of his wife and
| three on four children. were back in the
house. He got on the roof, Jumped
from that to another roof. When he
reached Centre street the house was
swept away and his family prIi>hcd.
together with the children of another
family. making III all ten souls.
ON Chestnut street. in CaSpIr Ranc'S
saloon. among others were Philip Hess.
Il constable and Henry Schaifrr. They
rushed out of the saloon into the street 3.
and that was the last seen of them alive.
llcSS'S body WAS found. Yesterday morn
ln". clin"im| IL Il tirr-pluG with one
hand. Schall,r'S body WAS not inuid.
Another man also rrlShc, from the sd
loon with Hess and Schailor his body
VAS recovered in Il Yard between Chest -
nat and Centre streets. about Il mile
distant. William Poets tied his wife
and several children with Il clothes line
in his house. fearing some of them would
rush away III THEN alarm and he lost .
The house and entire, family were ~lN-
ed.
At Woods run on the same side. of
the river as butchers run and Spliu"
Garden avenue, and tnur miles west of
them. tw" houses. occupied 10y Pat Far
ley and Fri~hcr pcnming. were swept
away. Farley saved the families 10y
means of Il rope tied t" Il tree on the
hill side. John German and three chill
drrn We're lost in the NEXT house. Mrs.
Gornan. guided 10y Il flash of li"lItniu"
seized Ia" gas pip" and escaped. When
the Hood ~uh~idrd one OF Mrs GornIaI' :
children wa~ found south of the railroad
TRACK and two at FarlcN'$ little ones
the baby. aged about 10 months. and Il
boy. aged about 10 Years. were diScnN -
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