Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Recke, Alexander; Daily, Annie; Slick, George, Jun 1889

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from The Pittsburgh Press dated Saturday, June 8 1889  (page 7):

A Johnstown patient named Alexander RECKE, aged 35 who has been in
critical condition since he was brought to the city on a stretcher,
died at the Mercy hospital this morning.  Mrs L DALY also a Johnstown
sufferer, aged about 48, afflicted with pneumonia, died at the Mercy
to-day.

from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Saturday, June 8 1889  (page 2):

The Relief Committee furnished transportation for Mrs George R SLICK,
whose husband died in Mercy Hospital yesterday.  She will take his
remains to Johnstown for burial.  Mr SLICK was the father-in-law of
District Attorney ROSE of Cambria county, who was drowned in the
flood.

(. . . )
Mrs Annie DAILY, one of the Johnstown refugees brought to Mercy
Hospital early yesterday morning, has become demented from the loss of
her only son, making four now in the hospital in the same condition.

from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Sunday, June 9 1889  (page 2):

Alexander RECKE died of blood poisoning at Homeopathic Hospital
yesterday.  This is the man who stood up in the debris for two days
with a spike driven into his leg and entirely without sustenance.  His
leg was amputated, but it was too late to save his life.


from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records:

Alexander RECKE, aged 35 years, married, storekeeper, died June 7 1889
at Mercy Hospital, exhaustion due to exposure at Johnstown &
amputation of thigh; born in Johnstown PA; burial in Johnstown PA
cemetery on June 10 1889.

Anna DALY, aged 35 years, widow, died June 7 1889 at Mercy Hospital,
hemiplegia & exhaustion at Johnstown; born in Scotland; burial in St
Mary's Cemetery on June 9 1889.

George R SLICK, aged 60 years, married, laborer, died June 7 1889 at
Mercy Hospital, pneumonia and exposure at Johnstown; born in
Pennsylvania; interment at a Johnstown PA cemetery on June 8 1889.

NOTES:
Census records suggest that Anna was the wife of Hugh DALY and had two
children, Francis/Frank and Mary Ann; census age places her close to
50 years at time of death.    Johnstown Flood Museum sources note that
Frank also perished in the flood, and their surname is recorded as
DAILY.  Same sources also suggest that Frank and Ann were buried in
Lower Yoder Catholic Cemetery in Cambria County PA.

Johnstown Flood Museum sources note that Alexander's wife was among
the missing/never found and that he is buried in Sandyvale Cemetery in
Cambria County PA.

Census records show George's wife as Mary with children Wellington,
Harry, Fanny, and George Jr.  Johnstown Flood Museum sources note
burial in Grandview Cemetery at Cambria County, PA.