Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-30
The PITTSBURG CLoup BURST.
Sad scenes and Incfdents.

II
NKS.
A telegram 20 the y. Y. Tribune. from Pitss-
burg, July IS, says: "Incidents without namser
continue 10 Icur N mon the reporters, bat there
Is a nOuInful mObOtony about them. Nearly
al tell the story Of whole families ~ ept swav;
too tew OF escapes attcr the food came. The
bodies OF the Fuchs family have been found bu-
red Unc,r the mass Of rubbish which was for
meIly their hOuse. The family consisted OF
DIT. John Fuchs, his wite and chiid, and Joseph
Fuchs, brother OF John. They seem % have
been killed by the falling of timberf, their house
berg crushed BY the onslaught OF the water.
hr. Leopold, with his wife and four children,
lived In n frame house With stone foundations,
On ChuIch alley. When struck 10 vas upset.
ard Leopold alone escaped. Besides Mrs. Leo
Told snd her little ones, four other chiliren
were IN this hOuse At the time, 80 that nlne
persons found in ~ their FONTS.
RESCUED.
Mrs. Zsmen and het daughter, Mrs. John
Hoerr. With her twin children, only lew DAYS
ED, and q nuree, were IN . house which vas
thrown ever against another banding. The
SICK room wss bali filed With water and its Oc-
cupants were almost submerged IN the lower
corner; but they remained IN the room tour
hours, when they we're rescued hy some gallant
members " the Duquesne Boat Ciua. one Of
the twins has since died and the other Is Sc
riously IN. Another family climbed 20 the roof
OF their house, hut hRd hardly uoue 50 when ne
house toTpled over ard they were only saved
by falling on the side OF n dOrmer WiudON and
clinging there tor dear life.
Mr.. BeI jamin Frew resides on Butchers
Run, Just beyond the toll gate. He aud his
wife and family were In the sitting-rpOm when
the storm began. The rain bCgsn to fall IA
torrents, or, ~ Mr.. Frew saws, TO ''pOur down"
Mrs. frew said 20 her husband: See, TIE
water is corcing IN under the door" Tnen
Mir. Frew went 90 the door and opened a. and
In moment the room in which they were cit
ting was flooded 10 q depth of tour feet. Wife,
there is tT9seie said Mr. Frew, get the chil-
Immediately got their children together, wrap
ping the baby In a bed guilt, and began 20
toward the house OF q MIR. Young, VINO lived
opposite on the hillside. Mrs. Ffew, who had
the baby i'm her arms, was almost exhausted
when she caught hold OF the rain barrel be-
meath the porch Of loung's house. The Young
family heard her scream, however, ami saved
her just in time, while ut the same moment the
father, with the other children, clambered up
the steps leading 20 the porch.
SAVED THIRTEEN LIVES.
Mr.. Chas. Reade's house IL situated on a cor
ner OF Madison avenue, Just removed from the
scene Of devastation. On Sunday night he was
sitting with his wife and family, when he heard
the sudden roaring Of the waters. He left his
home and summoned his neighbors, Ed. REDEEM
bach and Nick Pyle. They walked down the
avenue but a short distance, and speedily the
water rose around them until they found them
selves walking waist deep In the food. Then
think NOT only OF saving themselves bat their
neighbOrs. They secured ropes aud hnes aud
by almost tuperhuman efforts the gentlemen
named saved no less than thirteen lives.
At an uDdertaker's in Allegheny City there
were
SOME STRANGE SIGHTS.
Fourteen dead bodies were here laid out await
ing recognition. The door wa. surrounded by
curious spectators, but none except those who
claimed TO have relatives missing were ad-
mitted into the presence Of the dead. A young
girl wac standing by tiny coffin weeping Bit
terly. Hers WAS indeed q hard csse. The child
in the coffin was one OF a happy family, OF
Representative. Had she been At home on Suu-
day evening she, too, in all probability, would
have been among the dead. The family consisted
Of jos schnepPer, the father, age about 80
years; his wife Louisa, age a.; Mary, age l3;
Lizzie 10; Joe c; John 4; Louisa years Nina,
who tod us the sad tale, IL a bright Girl, l6
years of age, and fully appreciates her sad lot.
The funeral took place At noon under the aus
pices OF the Allegheny committee.
The following incidents Of the flood are related
by the Pittsburg Evening Telegraph:
RESCUE.
Mrs-George Fisher,s young man, repaired 20
the scene OF disaster Immediate after the
water receded, and worked sll night among the
ruins. shortly after arriving AZ the place
where Mr.. Hooyer's house stoOd, he heard bitter
walls from the water underneath the building
adjoining, which had been damned from the
pork house almose on TO the street. He At once
repaired there, and STOPPING down, when the
lightning came, saw little boy lOundering in
the water Ii was but the work OF a moment 20
descend 10 the water, and every effort was bent
toward saying the little one, which endeayOr
was rewarded with success and the child res
cued. Naturally, the unfortunate child asked
-
20 comfort Tim. Their whereabouts were not
known. A few moments later Dir. Fisher came
upon the bodies OF the mother and little daugh-
ter clasped in each others arms in tue embrace
OF death. The latter and daughter are stll
missing.
PAINFUL SCENES.
Nr. Fisher next referred 10 the finding OF the
body OF a gIrl II a slaughter house near the foot
OF O'Hara street. Her head was hanging out OF
he window and her body was faster ed inside,
ut alter considerable difficulty II was released
N VI hOf Nv
Mr.. Fisher also recovered two men aud a woman
during Monday night and one man Yesterday.
Another man, who left his home a short q me
before the storm 10 summon physician 20 at
tend his wife, was unable 20 had his house on
his return, and some tine subsequently, the wife
ana mother was found dead, with her newborn
babe by her sise.
THE SOLE SURVIVORS oP his FAMILY.
Tuesday evening. shortly before dark, a little
boy was observed wandering about the scene OF
the disaster, crying IN the most pitiful manner.
In response 20 inquiries as TO the cause Of his
tesrs, said he hsd lost his father aud mother,
little brother and sister-in fact the whole
The unfortunate lad apparently could not
realize that they were dead.
THR DEAD MOTHER AED HER BABES.
Peter Sh6fer relates one OF the most heart
rensing incidents which can be conceived. A
woman, whose name he could not give, was
found in the second story OF her dwelling, fas-
tened in the debris with which she was surrOdn-
ded, with her babe in her arms. Both she and
her babe were in the arms Of death, bat Just
above her, and resting on her body, was ADOth-
er little child, which was also fastened, but
which had managed 70 keep Its head above the
water, and il was taken out alive. This GER
t2inly was one OF the most remarkable occur
rences Of the whole disaster. In this "a me house
the husband Of the unfortunate wife was
drowned also.
ANOTHER OF THE SAD EVENTS
which occurred was that OF q lady who, with
nine children, was taken from q building lodged
on Church alley. IL seems that In this case tne
entire family were forced to succumb TO the
sweeping current. On O'Hara street a brick
house owned by Mr.. Fox was occupied by Am
self and family and an unmarried brother. IL
so happened that this BUILDING was in the direct
course q the moving mass, and IL was oapszed
emptying the bodies into the food, each to meet
an unexpected death. There are various re-
ports in regard TO the number of lives lost here,
but II is believed that the two Foxes. with the
wife and children OF the married brother, which
constituted the whole family, persisted. At
least none OF them have been seen since the dis
aster. Next door 20 this house Jacob Metzer
and family resided, ana they, too, were carried
away. In this row OF buildings Alderman Bols-
ter lost a little boy I've years of age.
THE SUDDEN RISE OF TIE WATER
In Butchers Run in well illustrated BY some in
cidents related by German family who reside
in stone dwelling opposite Haveler's glue