, 1876-05-07

Tho railroad company in this way paid IN
great part for their fooIishnese IN the con-
structiou OF the building, and it Is some"nne 11a
ead commentary that tho largest depot IN sao
world should be the frailest. The structure Is
but three bricks in thickness, aud even these
are placed all one way With bue te" Or no eluu-
ers in either wall. These were bound toRetue1
with 1ox12 beams having no snppuae en.eys '',eas
beams were placed the 6x6 beams snppoltns
the roof. together with 2x6 rsftefs covered y
h-inch plank. Upon this vas placed mass ~, u.
Slate, and here and there in the centre OF Ine
5eos oso,S s'rf b. passa p4ssaoas ss -hsh sts
ali lines doing their bost to catch
the wind. This was altogether 100
heavy = mas for, tho meag1e "a1is, an1 my ~
it proved in the storm Of last evening. ino
total dsnnge a9 to to me oqfon 10 the a stock vii
amount to about one-haf as mEeh. This totai
ig still further increased By the domontlon OF
four 11eight-cars standing inside the depoI,oi,,
tectly under the west wall. These uofe hnockeu
With the same gust OF wind piece Of the gal
vanized iron roofing, about 60140 feet square;
was lifted of the main pasaenge9 oepoE anu
dashed against the buildings on the Opposite
side Of the street. Delaney's livery stable ana
few rookerics In the vicinity were almost
chewed up By the ragged aud cutting edges OF
the roofing hurled against them.
Ar PAGES PLACE..
Shortly after o'clock, when the Bsorm WAS
at it, height, the candy manufacturing estab-
lishmenr Of H. E. Page l. Co., Nos, I'll and III
Lake street, Was the scene OF bad accident
A Jared chimney On the rear Of the building fell
With crash, breaking through the root, and.
striking four girls employed IN the sorting de-
pa1tment, buried them in the pile OF bricks ana
mortar. Tho chimney was Il feet nigh ana
eolidlv built. It appears that tho girls had
rone to that part Of the top story to wash
Then the accident occurred. Katie Wood
vas the worst injured, and sho was
considered beyond recovery. Her log Was
hroken. and her left arm was crushed in two
places. angelina Prader received severe cuts in
the head and her body Was terribly bruised
h1appia TERRELL WAS also seynre}v hurt. Mary
Cnrran escaped with the lishtest injuries. The
girls vera quickly removed from the pile OF de-
Rris. EVERYTHING poseible WAS done for their
confort com and thew we're conveyed to their homes.
: :. WRECKED TBAMg. n:-%
The force Of the storm expended itself on
everything Of : light and fragile nature, partic-
ula1ly that came within its way. BugGles and
hsean On many naner narcela. and on State street
md Wahash Avenue this peculiarity OF the
sto-no w.a narticn}arly observed In one INSTANCE
h,,ogv Was blown across the street~car track
;,a+ 9n tirne n receiYe a broaaside from pass-
no ~ which nf conrse frightened tho horse at
tsehed to the BUGGY. and one OF the occupants,
1n5r w.a ttrnWn In the ground and severely
;n;nrrd. Tie other occupant escaped without
| rnI,ch harm. Int the vehicle Was
af4srrnrds fonnd A total wreck. BueCy-tops
11ara h1oxn inward dashboards smashed, and
"sne,.1 dn.tTuction uroyailed during tho brief
f2,na II, xshich. the tornado hald SWAY, Every
There it wns scene Of confusion, and after the
hnrricana had passed it WAS = melancholy
| s;aht r. w.tch MISUNDERSTANDING countenances
c9ntamnl,tinr the dlaastcrs and figuring up tha
| coet Of nuttinc their vehicles ia shape once
Us. enra ~ Traea ira -boYea md lamp-posts were
tumbled over without any SPECIAL order being
obsorved as to the wsy they folL It was all the
work ut q yery few moments and what WAS done
| hed r. 6o dnna in a hurrv and with little regard
tn ho tha Tesults aould look in the eyes Of order
| ior;n1 naonIa.
TELEGRAPH WIRES.
INC a esu19 80 a4aH i..r "fat.o-anh wiras INT H.
pOen so+tn.aat nu mr. - fae c,tv the te1ecrapt
| .~ss no.nnIatalr nr,strated The only conuec-
Maa ~ tne+ ays,,;nc Tss with the North Side
station the lines to HhicI, were working toler
co,,th - T.ran.vseacor,d street the wires were
os nos Workine at all. Iii communication between
~. a+s-;ar1 1hc,..s ~. thn, mt ofT IN the Eoutt
ga ga 1I,a 1,ras H;1i la 7ena;red TODAY.
.4.,. n,~dn ~ Hanse nut1. Considerable. damage
20 ~ A.; dons F;va -chimneya. were destroyed
nas 9on" 9m -, +ha s.o1'a .;dew,lk on sfichirau
foai ae1 aa,, on tno e - 10 savera, n1scea and de-
@ssnaes oae1a ~ sr+;c1as sto1ad underneath
tea ah1,rav ~ hroIa ~ the roof nna Of tht
1ne oshet . su. .,5sraa 1sa1ass tharahv for tht
rooms peng rents 9aet ue af tha oo1r;ca On ths
! tff;a,,;a,, svanua front was taken syn7 by th,
aa1a and the 1sdders which aro kent on tht
eeoof ware Ianded on the ayenue and smashed Il
| n;eces. The damage is estimated at 81 600.
f The Matteson House VAS = sufferer to the OK,
ta1t NJ s15o. Three chimneys were destroyed
two or three lights smashed, and ANAL hole
msde @ al in the 1oof.
Tbe Palmer aouse also suffered from tht
dorm. portion Of the roof Was displaced and
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