New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-28

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Emma kikoff, sged five;' son Of John
sShearing, aged four: . little girl appareatly
five years, not identified; Mr.. and Mn.
Hufnagle, and the body of boy named
Huber. $50 es-a GTo ''
Spring Garden avenue lies to the south
of Butchers run, and is separated by . high
hill. In this valley the came scenes weIo
enacted on . amaller scale - regards the
It would be impossible to give anything
like detailed account Of the damage doae
to the dwelLngs in tho vicinity. Those not
totally destroyed were greatly damaged.
Beyond Cedar avenue, fortunately, there
were but few lives lost-at least - fA4 -
could be ascertained. Still some two o.
three are reported. Michael Slaughter W.
in tavern about nine o'clock. When tho
danger became apparent he seized . child
in MS arms and rushed through the door
into the street. Both are supposed 70 hsve
been drowned. ..a.9 -, <esg y-B
At the foot of Spring Garden run the loss
Of life was fearful. Here on Centre street
parties who appeared with askiff discovered
Q man hanging on the roof of house, the
water at that time some fifteen feet high;
they took the skif under the place where
the man Was hanging and told him to drop:
the distance being sGght - the skin wao
nearly on level with the second seof1
windows. The man jumped and was saved.
He then informed the men in tho skiR that
his family, consisting Of his wife and three
or four children, were back in the house.
he got on the root, jumped from that TO an,
other roof. When he reached Centre street
the house was swept away and the family
perished, together with the children Of IN.
other family, making in all ten souls.
On Chestnut street, in Casper Raner's
saloon, among others, were Philip Hess, .
constable, and Henry Schaffer. They
crushed out of the saloon into tho street;
that was the last seen of them alive. Hess
body was found this morning, elinging TO- .
fire plug with one hand; Schafers body
has not yet been found. Another man also,
rushed from the Paris Saloon with Hess and
Schaffer, his body was recovered in yaed
between Chestnut and Centre streets.
about a mile distant. William Poets tied
his wife and several children with clothes
line in his house. fearing some Of them
would rush away in their alarm and be lost.
The house and the entire family were
saved. Three-quartsrs Of . mile up she run
section four feet in height and $50 feet
in width. BY the time it had reached the
city limits it had assumed the proportions
Of the Mill river food. The number of per.
sons lost is undoubtedly considerably more
than already recovered. At Woods run on
the same side of the river "a Butchers
and Spring Garden, and four miles west
Of them, at the head, two houses,
occupied by Patrick Farley and Fris-
bee Denning, were swept away. Farley
saved the families by means of rope tied
to the hillside John German and three
children were lost in the next house. Mrs.
German, guided by . fash of lightning,
seized gas pipe and escaped. A number
of other buildings were washed away, and
the flood eubsided. One Of the German
children was found south of the railroad
track, and two of Farden's little ones were
discovered, the baby aged about ten
months, and little boy aged about ten
years, far out wilkins avenue. These five
bodies lie, . terrible sight, at McCloskeys
& McChesney's livery stable, near the
scene.
On the south side Of the Ohio river,
Temperanceville was the heaviest sufferer
Here narrow stream known as Sawmill
run empties into the Ohio. Up this stream,
hardly q vestige remains Of two iron
bridges. Stones two feet in thickness by
i've feet in length were torn from the
abutments and swept down the stream like
pieces of cork. Five wooden bridges, and
three trestles over the same stream were
also swept away. The gas holders of the
gasworks were also badly injured. g. g..
and j. C. Taylor's salt works are also COM
plete wreck; loss $25, 900. At Brooks, Bal
lantine e. Co.'S. refinery three tanks, two
stills, two worms and $50 feet of pipe were
swept away. A brick store near WASH
ington turnpike owned by George X.
Gumbel and occupied by Mr.. Siegler, was
struck by the flood and melted away to
nothing. Nothing can now be seen where
mates the loss of stock at about $4,000,
building worth about $4,000. A builing
worth about $4,000, and the lot on which
the building stood, has also disappeared,
the course of the run being here changed so
that its bed is now where the building was
formerly located.
Above the works of the run the following
buildings we're destroyed: Mr.. Vannieker's
house, Joseph B. OConnor's house, William
Miners Hal, George Alsop's two slaughter
tive log houses, belonging to George Gray;
Patten's block, consisting of four houses,
and Gray e. Bells carpenter shop, black
smith shop and fifty coal cars. Gray L.
Bell estimated their loss at $50, 900, mostly
in rolling stock and mining implements.
The list of the dead thus far taken out is
as follows: The child Ida Hunter, Thomas
Britton and son, Mrs. Shropp, wife of Isaiah
Shropp, John SO'Connor and Betsey Lee,,
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The following persons are missing, sup
posed to be drowned
William Honsley, wife and two children;
Thomas Hunter, wife and three children;
Frederick Mcvey, wife and three children;
the wife of Thomas Britton, Isaiah Thropp
and five children; Frank O'Neil and
daughter; George Jones, son and daughter.
In Charters valley, stream which runs
parallel with the saw mill run, and empties
into the Ohio, three miles below, the loss of
life is reported to be great. All the little
runs emptying into Chartier's Creek be-
came rushing rivers. On Brush run the fences
and bridges are all gone, and q great deal
of valuable property destroyed. Loss of
human life has been frightful. At Nc
Laughlin's run eleven persons were
drowned, among them a whole family
named Mclean being swept away. The
house owned by Mr.. Stratton, which bad
been standing 100 years, was torn away,
and after being taken down the stream q
mile and half in the rushing waters, Mr..
Stratton succeeded in making his escape.
Vast quantities of property were destroyed.
During the flashes of lightning horses, cot
tie and animals Of all kinds could be seen
floating in the torrent, and their bellowings
of horror could be heard above the roar Of