The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-31
.ouse, which was soon after wrecked, and

| house, which yTss soon after wrecked, ana
| they persisted with ia
! Mrs. yoqcl. who lives on Sawmil
run, when she saw the extent Of the storm,
succeeded Ia Swing her pigs, of which she
| possessed number, by bringing them into
her kitchen. Her house remained intact.
| and she saved herself and live stock. In an.
other section house was foated away, and
the geese that had been on the place were
found next morning swimming around in
pond that was made where the house had
stood.
"MY HEART IS BROKEN
Along Bailey's run resided poor widow
with an only son, her only support. The
house that they lived in was carried away
by the food, her son being drowned. The
mother managed to save herself, but onrepair.
ing back to the. scene Of her former home,
on Monday morning. and not finding her
aon, she exclaimed, "My heart Is broken
see my child in the .cloudsw After she:
uttered the sentence she dropped dead on
the spot.
The large brewery in Union township,
owned by Mr.. Bulphin, and his three houses
were all swept away. The brewery cave
contained very large stock Of ale and beer,
which was carried with the flood. a man
named Miller, while trying to rescue some
live stock, was nearly drowned, but was
saved by some person who noticed bis peril
GUS position.
IN ALLEGHENY CITY.
Tuesday Mayor Fleming had ordered, by
proclamation, that business be suspended do
ring the time that the funerals were to take
place. The document was almost an unne-
cessary one. for the general tone of sor-
row that prevailed prevented any being
done, and nearly all business, during most
OF the day, was entirely suspended, and
cs pecialIy was this notable between and
cello; when the funerals Of large proper.
ton OF the drowned victims took place. All
was quiet save the tolling Of the bells, which
I'D their own story Of misery, death, and BE-
reavement, and the sureing, plying crowd
that passed to and fro on the streets.
AROUND THs UNDERTAKINGS ROOMS.
The undertaking establishments were be.
Seged all day by vast crowds, who seemed
interested in everything that was going on
within, and the preparations that were
making to get the victims ready to deposit
them in their last restirg-places.
Many of the dead constituted whole faml-
lies, and the bodies had been left at different
places to be prepared for burial, but the
hoN~
church, and all deposited near each other.
All of the victims had friends, but in some
instances they were too poor to defray the
expenses of the funeral, but kindly hands
aud charitable hearts did all their purses
would allow to perform the last sad rites fit
tingly TO the dead. This was especially no.
ticeable in st. Mary's (Catholic) parish, on
Liberty street. The church had opened its
doors and cemetery, and the sacred rites
were accorded them, and the bodies Inferred
free of cost to their relations, if they were
unable to bear the burden. Many OF these
friends, in addition to being bereaved by
the loss of near and dear ones, lost their all
in the deluge Of Sunday night, and bad
naught or little left to survive on themselves,
and they had a double loss 10 mourn, that
Of relations dead and the loss of their prop
erty which was swept away.