Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-29

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low these works was a small dwelling
occupied by Mr.. august Rykof an,
| family, embracing his wife and twt
children. rbe family wete unaware .
the destruction which was sweepinl
down upon Them The building wa
carried from its foundations, and the oc
cupants with it. Mrs Rykof, bruiset
and bleeding, was rescued from the tor
rent several squares distant, but boti
children were drowned. AT the cornei
Of East street and Madison avenue tht
waters seemed to divide into 8 trian-
gular-shape. 1t the intersection q
the ptTaet, resided 11rs. COnlan, a widow
who had four children, one boy and three
girls. A youncmaC named Arnold and
another, cripple, named Rogers
were in the house st the time. The en-
tire number, with the exception Of Neal
and Canton were lest. Young Arnold
had gone into the house to rescue some
of Its inmates, but fell a victim to the
destroying element. About a block be-
low the intersection CT Madison aveaue
AMI East street the torrent again united
and swept down with redoublsd fury TO
the lowlands, emb -acing O'Hara, Con-
cord and portion of Chestnut street.
The course of the flood was probably two
hundred feet wide, and buildings, frame
and brick, fell before the devastating
element as though they had been sand.
Dwellings, stables, workshops, and de-
bris of AL kinds mingled together in one
confus ed mass, making it hsoutely i'm
possible for the spectator to discover
even the street lines. In some Instances
houses We're literally turned upside
down. On O'Hsra street the dwelling Of
Alderman Bolster was reduced TO its
original elements, and one OF his chill
dreu was drowned; the rest of his family
escaped. On the same street a family by
the name of Fuchs, consisting of Jacob
Fuchs, wife and one child, and Joseph,
a brother of Mrs. Fuchs; in another
house almost adjoining, resided Jacob
Metzer, wife anu two children, ali the
family except one child were lost. The
bodies OF three persons were found this
morning. On Chestnut street, at the in
of Spring Garden avenue,
the water attained a depth OF fully
twenty feet, but the building withstOod
the force, and in only one instance was
any serious damage done. A large
frame building, occupied as a beer hall,
was moved from its foundation and
fiOateG directly across the street, COM
pletely ObstTucting the way. l. is esti-
mated that in this district about seventy
dWelIing-houses were destroyed, but
no estimate has been made Of their
value. A large number OF people are
missed. Many bodies are still in the
debris. As fast as recovered they are
taken to the vari0Cs undertakes in this
city, and thirty-eight are now known to
have come from this district. The fol-
lowing is the list: Mr.. and Mrs. Meter,
Con. Center and wife, Mrs. Mary Con-
Ion, John WinEleT, Jacob SchnappeT,
Mrs Henry Leopold and four children,
Archibald Arnold, a female, several
children, three boys and four girls, not
vet identified; Mrs. John Schaffer and
three daughters, Henry Nattern, wife
and two children; August Bolster, son
of Alderman Bolster; young man
named HumbBzd, drowned while at
tempting 20 rescue family from
Ohio; Miss Emily Kickoff;
son of John 5heaniga, four years old;
little girl apparently about five years
old, not identified; Mr.. ana Mrs. Huff
man, and the body Of a boy named Ha-
Der. Spring Garden avenue lies % the
south of Butchers river, aud is sepaTat-
ed by a high hill. IN this valley the
same scenes were enacted, on a smaller
scale as regards the loss of lie. It
would be impCs sibie TO give anything
ike a detailed account OF the damage
done TO dwelling-houses. They that
we're not totally destroyed We're greatly
laruaged. Beyond Cedar avenue, for
unately, there were but few lives lost
at least as far as could be ascertained;
some two or three are reported. A man
named Michael Slaughter was in tav-
arm about nine O'Clock; when the dau-
ger became apparent ne seized q child
IN his arms, anu rushed through the
lOOr into the street. be and the
child are supposed to have been
irowned ut the foot of Spring Garden
run, The lOss of life was fearful
nere. On Center street parties who ap-
Deared with a skif discovered a man
hanging on to the roof Of a house. AT
hat time the water was about fifteen
-eet high. They took the skiR under
.he place where the man was hanging
and told him to drop, the hight being
,mall. as the skiff was nearly on a Level
with the secOnd-stOry window. Inc
nan dropped and was saved. be then
old the men in the skiff that his family
was back in the house, consisting Of
mis- wife and their three or four chill
iren. He had got on the roOt and
umped from that to another roof, when
ne reached Center street. The house was
destroyed, and with il were lost a mother
md three or four children; the children
lf another family also, making in all
en- souls. On Chesnut street, in Casper
Paris's saloon, among others We're Philip
Hess, constable, and Henry
They rushed out of the sa-
Don into the street, and that was the
asst seen of them alive. Hess's body
Has discovered this morning ciinging to
4 fre.plug with one hand. Schaffar's
body has not been recovered. Another
man also rushed from the Paris saloon
with Hess and SchaffeF, aud his body
was recovered in a yard between Chest
nut and Center streets about a mile out.
a man named Wm. PeOi tied his wife
and several children with clOthes-line
n a room, fearing some Of them would
-ush away in their alarm and be lost
The hoSse and entire family weressved.
of a mile up the run the
,reast OF the food would give a cross
IectiOn Of four feet in highth and
wO hundred ard fifty feet in width.
n Charters valley, stream which runs
parallel with the Sawmill run and emp
les into the Ohio river three miles be-
or, the loss Of life is reporttd d very
,reat. All the little runs emptying into
CHARTERS creek bee me rushing rivers.
)n Brush run the fences and bridges are
u gone, and great deal OF valuable
property destroyed. The loss of human
ife has been frighJful. At MeLaugh-
in's run eleven persons were drowned,
mong them a whole family named Nc
Jean wss swept away. A house owned
" Mr.. Stratton, which had been stand
ng one hundred years, was torn away,
md after being taken down the stream
i've miles and a half in the rushing wa
eFs, Mr.. Stratton succeeded in making
lis escape. Vast quantities of property
we're destroyed. During the flashes OF
lightning, horses and cattle, and ami
nals of all kinds, could be seen floating
IA the torrent, and their bellOwings
.ould be heard above the roar Of the
lood.
Up to midnight very few particulars,
n addition to those sent previously,
anne IN. Nearly all the papers OF the
atty have tried strenuously to arrive at
M accurate list of all the Killed, ana an
.stimate of the loss Of property, but
,ave been unsuccessful. The scat
cred position of the districts de-
,astated by the flood, and the
,ewildered condition of the people in
he places inundated renders 1t impos-
iible to give anything like accurate
statements as to facts and figures. All
-eports as to losses are therefore, TO a
,reat extent, simply estimates. The
places the loss of life IN the