Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-30
DISASTERS OF A DAY.
AFRAID TO TELL HIS MOTHER OF HIS
LITTLE BRoTHER's DEATH.

Two Boys Drowned While Swimming In the
Rivera southside Woman Breaks Her
Neck Failing Down staIrs-sad Plight oi
An Old Man With n Broken Leg.
The body of Charles Robinger, years old,
was found in the Monongahela river yester-
day. The day before the boy, with his IL
year-old brother and another companion,
went down to the wharf at the foot of Smith
| field street to take bath IN shallow water.
Charles climbed over wharf log lying in
the river and fell into deep water. His
brother caught him by the hand, but could
not hold him, and the boy was drowned.
The brother took the dead boys clothing,
hid them, and then went to his home, No. 80
Ferry street. His mother, who Is widow,
asked the boy where his brother was. He
was afraid to tell, and said he did not know,
and although the mother spent the night in
searching for Charlie, the brother professed
ignorance until the body was found, when
he told how the accident occurred.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon George
Grant, Is years old, was drowned in the
Allegheny river at Herr's Island. Grant,
with some companions. went to the island to
take a bath. While in the water he was
seized with cramps, and disappeared before
his comrades could offer any assistance. The
body was recovered a short time after by
ferryman named Christian, and there was
vet some signs of life, but instead OF at
tempting instant resuscitation the crowd
started to take the body to an uudertaker's,
and on the way the little spark Of lite left In
the body fed. The boys parents reside at
2739 Penn avenue.
Mrs. Catherine Diehl, 43 years old, was
s4l l. H.
home on McCord street, Southside, yester-
day morning. Her husband says that he
and his wife had had few glasses of beer
during Saturday night, and had retired
about o'clock. He was awakened by
noise, and discovered that his vile was not
in bed. He took a lamp and went down
stairs, where he discovered the dead body
of his wife. 1t was then between 2 and 8
o'clock, and he supposed that his wife had
got up in the dark and started down stairs.
She probably made q misstep and fell to the
bottom.
John Stewart, 60 years old, was discovered
by Officer Frank Chase lying in pile of
boxes at the rear of Jackman's livery stable.
One of his legs was broken, and the officer
had him removed to the Homeopathic
Hospital. Stewart said that he had tried
to crawl over the boxes at 8 o'clock in the
morning, but fell down between two of
them. and had been lying there ever since
with the broken leg.
Nicholas Becaro, a 17-year-old italian,
had his foot crushed by Lake Erie train at
New Brighton yesterday. He was brought
to the West Penn Hospital and the foot
amputated.
Richard Frazier, 3-year-old boy whose
home is at No. II Ninth street, was struck
by Pleasant Valley car on Ninth street
yesterday morning near his home. He had
an arm broken and his head was severely
cut. He was taken to his home.
George Pierre, a colored boy years old, |
was seriously injured on Hemlock street,
Allegheny. yesterday. He was riding
bicycle, which broke under him, and an
iron screw caught him in the calf of the
leg, tearing fearful hole and penetrating
an artery DR.. Golden had some difficulty
in stopping the flow of blood, and pro-
nounces the wound dangerous one, as lock
jaw may set in.