Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-28
Mn1ERsBuRe HOLMES COUNTY, O., THURSDAY 1874

meadow lands. This afternoon he was
seen on Miller's Flats, paving in the
sand. His actions finally excited suf-
fieient attention to attract visitors, who
found that he had dug quite trench.
In this excavation the cause of the
creatures vigorous efforts and his bark
ing was disclosed the lower portions Of
a mans limbs, the toes of his shoes be-
ing upturned. They could have hardly
been more than half exposed to view
when the dog discovered them. The
next. half hour revealed the form of
Mr.. Bryant. As the workmen prose-
cuted their digging around the body the
dog laid down at the feet. Finally,
when the face was exposed to view, the
poor creature seemed overjoyed, but
when cloth was wrapped around the
rigid form, and the removal was begun,
the noble animal seemed bowed with
grief, and sullenly and sadly he follow
ed the party home. Diligent search
had been made for these remains in this
exact locality, and it is barely possible
that any human being could have ever
found the imbedded cropse.
HOW THE NEWS OF PERSONAL BEREAyE-
MENTS WAS RECEIVED.
From Northampton Correspondence NY.
Herald
Among the arrivals of the bereayed
and lonely mourners to-day was one
young man named Fitzgerald, Of New
Haven, who started as soon as he heard
of the disaster, to ascertain the fate Of
an aged father and mother and seven
brothers and sisters. He found the
homestead swept away and was told by
a surviving neighbor that all his kin
were drowned. Their bodies were
amsng the first discovered, and all had
been buried twenty-four hours before
his arrival. The remains of his moth
er were found with lower limbs separ-
ated from the body, and one of the
limbs was buried by itself before it was
known to whom it belonged.
On the first train from Springfield,
this morning, came young widow to
look for the remains of two darling
children and younger sister, whom
she had left in charge of them during a
temporary visit to her late husbands
relations in New York. In looking ev-
er the Herald of Sunday morning she
learned fer the first time of her sad be-
reavement. Upon arriving in town
she was informed that the bodies had
been removed, shsckingly mutilated,
and buried without ceremony in the
village cemetery the day before.
On the same Springfield train came
a lady who was anxious to see a list of
the lost, and borrowed a paper from a
gentleman near whom she was STAND
ing. She Sobbed at the perusal but
merely said:
81 think know some of them. One
Andrew Gennessey's little boy, is re-
covered I am so thankful for his par
ent's sake"
"What, is Andrew, my brother,
drowned?" and there was a hollow,
gasping-like sound in her voice as she
said this and tainted. This illustrates
the suddenness of the news to many
who could not communicate with friends
on the river.
One young fellow was OH the train
going to see if his folks were all right,
and was told that his mother, grand
mother, and several brothers and sis
ters were among the missing or lost.
The whole train of seventeen passen-
ger cars bore the aspect of an i'm
mense funeral cortege, while the bag
gage and express cars contained cas-
kets which could not be provided in
Northampton.
Another young man, rough in his
exterisr, but greatly affected by less of
his sister, was going to the scene with
shroud and handsome casket. She was
his only relative in this country. He
works in suburb of Springfield, and
she had been an operative in the silk
mills at Leeds, and was swept away
with the bridge in crossing from the
mill to the corporation boarding
house.
Of all tender and touching obsequies
which have been performed over the
victims of this lamentable catastrophe
none have been more affecting than
those over the Birmingham family in
the Northampton Congregational
Church this afternoon. Mr.. Birming-
ham was formerly manufacturer in
Hinsdale, but of late years has been
superintendent of the Woolen Mills,
in Williamsburg. He was swept down
the stream Of death, together with his
whole family, consisting of his wife
and. three daughters. The Oldest daught-
er was teacher in one of the North
amptom schools, and was greatly be-
loved by all her pupils. At the servic-
es to-day nearly all the school ch ildren
of the town were present, and the scene
and exerrises were painfully solemn
and interesting.
THE TORRENT DESCRIBED By AN EYE
WITNESS.
From Chance Correspondent of the y. Y.
Graphic.
NoRTHAMPToN, MASS, SUNDAY EVEN
ING.
Early on Saturday morning / had
set out from the house of friend had
been staying with to meet another near
the dam. About half way up to it
met man running rapidly toward the
village, and shouting and waving his
hand like lunatic. L thought he was
one and ran toward him, when he call
ed to me to keep to the hills as the dam
was giving way. | asked which way
to go, and he replied there might be
time to alarm the people down at SPELL
mans so that they could get away be-
fore the flood should come. Then l
started in that direction, but keeping
out of the track Of the river. l knew
what an enormous body of water there
was in the reservoir, and that If really
the walls were giving way, and should
presently burst, nothing could save the
people below, but l still half doubted
the mans sanity. Still, lives might be