The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-04


Little Sawmill Run Rsilroad................ e0GOe
Salt Works property - ooO
IRON bridge ..... .. E9ffsi
Ieiglers store and dwelling 1000
TotaI............-... 80 900
When the losses all along the line % the
run are added tn the above figures, the total
loss will not fl below S40O.0U0.
Our reporter again visited Butchers run
this morning aud found things in much
better Snaps than yesterday. The SQUADS
are thorOOg ly organized and the WORK OF
clearing away The debris is being success
fully prOsecu. ed. Fast street has been cleared
ana the principal pom now being work Il
upon are O'Hsrd ara Center stTe-Is To i
the intention tlis afternoon to begin the
draining of Beckiy's meadow, and &c =
thought alarge number OF the missing VIII
be found I'm that locality. fhs work OF
REMOVING DEAD ANIMALS
is bling pushed forward as rapidly as pcs
sibe; up TO y O'Clock to-day eleven cattle.
nine horses, Iour mules and three or tour
wagon loads ofcslves and sheep were turned
over 10 the fallmsster, who conveyed them
Co the '.shinderey." The military are very
strict and viii not permit persons to DssS
within the lines without permit from head
quarters. Maj. Gen. Pearson has rs
where all orders are issu d, and all fe-
ports made. The greatest anxiety seems 20
be 10 recover the lost, and To this end about
one hundred men are kept constantly al
work. The whole neighbOrhOOd is becOn-
ing very repuisive on account OF the d.
composition Of dead animals, hence t r
found absolutely necessary TO remove their
carcasses in order that the men may DE able
TO work. About O'Clock this morn
ing the body of Mary COnlen, a Ii
tie girl seven years of age, whose mother
was buried yesterday found on
Concord street, and taken Immediately t.
the undertaker's. The rOdy is 10 sad COZ
dition- as might be expected, being badly
swollen, having lain so long under a large.
mass If rubbish. The BODY Of a man, whose
nlme could not be learned, was taken fiona
the ruins on O'Hara street about 10 o'clocs,
and ne workmen were searching diligently
In the same place a. it was thought Others
were under the rubbish 4 touching scene
occurred at this point. \ little boy about
fourteen years OF age. sat on broken tim
Der nearly all forenoon watching the pro
eresS OF the search, weeping ard with g.
heart almost broken. On being interrogs-
ted it was found that he wasJ he only orr
| left of a family consisting of Il father. motheE
and three children. The parents and one
child had been found bu' his little sister lies
| hid, he did not know where. He remained
anxiously awaiting her exhuma'iOn unta
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the aid of a practical engineer, WHOM
we met on the grounds, we inquired into
the causes of such flood coming down as t
were in a perfect avalanch. In going up q
] tie corner of Madison avenue and East
street il was found that large collection q
I'll obish had gathered nj this point Just b.
\ low where the glue factory stood. To tina
t'greaL weight WAS added the crumbliug
/ buildings. and down they went, almost u1-
Distracted. In viewing the lOca ion of the
run AZ this point, we found that il was
partly filed with rubbish from above. TIE
WORST FEATURE OF THIS WHOLE STREAM
was this: In passing under the streets arG
through some lots it had an arch built over
/ it. giving it a capacity of eight and one-bsI
feet IN width by about five feet in height
| Just a. the run passed under O'Iara street
q brick house was built where the arcL
shOU ld have been, but The owner had bull
) the foundation down at its entrance. leaT-
ing 2 passage way of only about
eighteen inches in height. No wondeI
the run damned up 80 quickly, wheu
there was such small place through which
the water could pass. Another sad feature
was that the houses were nearly all balloon
frames, and instead of being built on fiun-
dalton, were set on 'stilts" This gave the
food an opportunity to sweep them away
without any effort. 1t has been stated that
number of persons have been taken out
alive al BuIclerS' run Slice Yesterday lnOTfl-
ing. but upon special inquiry IL was found
TO be a mistake. as no such occur
rences have taken place. This
is an impossibility, and il the
public would reflect moment they would
\ easily see that such could not be the case,
for the mass of ruins was covered with wa
ter, and persons under the wreck could not
possibly escape death by drowning. Insur-
ance agents are on the grounds loo king W
their losses; but nothing could be gainto
from them, a they could not even find the
location OF the property which they Tad in
sured. ] he work will be continues day af-
ter day until all the unfortunate district If
cleared out.