The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-06

M, however, tne IOeS " OosAsesA 49,
he imminent dsrger Of hundreds of people
q awful to contemplate. On the peaceiui
sabbath, when families were gatheied To-
ze,her, feeling secure end happy, notwnh'
landing the storm without, never dreaming,
of danger, in moment were taken
all the household effects and worldly goods
Of many, and the lives of not lev Ihe
Try of distress, all 1t at opce. aroe from
every quarter, bat there vas nothing but IN
dividuai exertion and trust in God to cave.
IN THE NINTH WARD,
Woods Ron was swollen unusually large.
The water rushed down the hills in . tor
rent, and from the elevations frsme houees
we're ocsened from THEIR foundations, and ID
some instances ov. rtur,e'. At the foot o.
the Lillp, the creates. dss ruciiOn occirf'"
The accunula i'm If immense bodies Il
wster moved houses from tier fOCntailo1s.
and, in aome insian e.. overturned them
and smashed them 10 Oms.
AT SAW MILL RUN
there wa, also grea, destruction Of LIE and
properly. Az we write rumor Gays that Ut
least thirty PERSONS were drowned, ten bod
les having been already discovered.
Every place visited BY the food has been
marked by The hand of deith and tc-iry
will be buoy one for the Coroner.
on CENTRE STREET
we are informed that the water first bfgan
to rise about hslf-pa,t eight O'Clock and sht
il conioued to decrease in volume until IL
r. N, when it was at its heighth. In this
vicinity it reached to the sec .story win
do~s Of the dwellings. o. course, many
hous g we're lifted from their foundations
and now lie q mass Of ruins With all their
content. an almoet total less.
OaU'Hsra street, still nearer Madison
sv.nue, We came across a body of men dig
,ging IN the ruins of house on the upper
rice # the street and in part of . cooper
shop Caief Of Police Clarke vas engaged
in IN rowing . rope about the place where
the men were at work. Through the cour-
tery If an officer VIC were admitted within
the ercl,sTr'.
"What are yo1 digging fer here ," We
asked.
We'll, we are trying t, &c: out tn. res. Of
the bodies" said the man.
"Who lived here"
"a family named Meusler. JACOB M.us-
Ter. ,hidk, and another family named
Fox"
"W.r. all drowred?"
"That il the suppoeit on We have al
ready gotten out Fox and wife, but We have
Go; YET found Fox's brother or his child,
but they are in here certain"
And the men left us to continue his work.
The place was sunounde1 by underta-
keis' wagons, and fer the fraternity We ray
that, no far as We have been able 10 notice,
they are rendering
THEIR MELANCHOLY SERVICES
with all heartiness and good will
Leaving this pit of death We turned from
O'HAra street into Madison avenue at the
mouth of Virts street. Here the month Of
the big sewer wss located. The waters OF
Butchers Run were still pouring into it
With roar. A portion of the structure had
csved in or been washed away, and the
mouth of the eewer was filled vi Iogs,
: lanks, barrels, tubs, backefr. &c. Two
men were
HUNTING FOE THE DEAD,
when we were there, and during OIL. stay
The body of a little kirl, perfectly naked,
was recovered. A rack was placed over il
and the rem AIMS were taken 10 some of the
rooms. Away out the run, We
are told. for over a mile the scene beggars
,esci ip ior. Death ard desolaiion are ap-
paren, on all slider.
We take last and hurried view of the
'csns as we wend our way to the undertsk-
ng tstat lishmeni; We encounter weeping
women and desoIate looking men-piciures,
ndsei, OF wretchednt So. Their little homes
heir property, the hard fought for gain Of
7ea,s, swept away in a night. Perhaps
for dead child or a misery
wife, father, brother or sister, The |
,eoI lie locke sad indeed.
We stopped st the undertakers on Ohio |
trees, Mr.. Henry Herman's, and gained ed |
mission, which Is eagerly sought BY the
rOwd al the door, but necessarily refused. |
We passed through the store and
'sck ia the stable in The rear. What
! sonc! He,e are niEe bodies in
THE CID EMBRACE CT DEATH.
We approach one, and turn down the lev |
10th that CIV re- the face. The eve, are |
vide open, All The lips are closely sealed. |
rh.n,
wRArrED IN A WINDING SHEET,
ia Yen lg woman of It m re than twenty
We yea of age, on hsr breast the RENAME
Of darling iit'e baby.
That i, mota,r AMI child" remnked
Mr.. Herman.
The name" We ssked.
"Mrs. Wrinkle. She vas found in Butch.
rs run, with her baby clasped in her arms.
hey must have been drowned together"
did the rest OF the family eec,pe?"
Nc, think they are ali here but one"
A C 9th was hf.d up from another face
h., lat |
i.nry, and this" As the + ures of young
irl were uncovered. "'his is another child"
Father, mo her, ard t~o chiIdr.n n, thst
esterday were in The enjoyment of beslth
nd happiness, ros e cold in death in the
hop Of the und.r;ak.r.
ANOTHER DEAD HOUSE,
Leaving Mr.. Herman's IS ablishme n, the
sP"r,er rel aired to the undertaking house
4 Fairman Il Nog', on Ssndusky street,
ear Ohio. A crowd of men, women and
hildren lSksd Up the pavement in front of
he building ana also the street. D.ttcives
So~den and S~ayne guarded the doors and
Il .wsd none 10 enter from idle curiosity.
Eat ring the lower f,or We found laid out
n row. n'n- bode'. There we're four 70
nan and FIVE men. They Nv ii l. nv aide.
orered with white she T., Will. T. II appii-
Al ons wee being mad
ON THE SECOND sr,..I IS
ound the remairs of a y, uns man named
Archie Arnold. He lived with his wid.
wed mother, where he nanaled q soap
usnufa :tory On Butchers Eur. The re-
n Ina were IN an ice casket We we're told
IA when the 4, oi came he at emp,ed to