The daily gazette., 1883-11-10
FATAL DISASTERS.
Fearful Storm at Buffalo A Terrible
Boiler Explosion.

BUFFALO, Nov. Q "A severe wind storu
| struck this city at 3 O'Clock this afternoon
1t came without moments warning, anC
though ol short duration caused cat havoc
On William street, near Townsend, Jacol
Dold the pork packer, was erecting large,
| four-story wooden building to be used as 8
cooper shop.
Twelve men were employed on the struc
| ture when the cyclone swept down ut on 1t.
In an instant the building was whlrIed frorl
its foundation. Its timbers snapped like
| pipe-stems, aud before the workmen could
realize what had happened the immense
structure collapsed Nearly all of the men
were buried beneath the timpers, and their
| cries could he Leard above the noise of the
rushing wind.
sEARcuING FOR THE BURIED MEN.
The hurricane lasted only 10 minutes. AS
soon o. It's fury abated messages were tele-
phoned to Station No for officers ana sur
geons, and at the same time orders were
turned In at Station No. 8 to send out the
entire force or police, and impress the doc
tors in the vicinity. 1t was some time be-
fore an adequate force arrived to begin
clearing away the tImbers and search for the
buried men.
About o'clock the body Of William
Rehner was unearthed. He lay on his face,
which was terribly crushed. A heavy tim
ber lay across his back and another forced
his head into the ground. Jacob Schendahl,
the foreman, was also found horribly
crushed He lived about an hour. John
Otto ani James Greedell, labor ers, were
dead when discovered. They were lying
beneath dozens of heavy timbers. Charles
Fitner, carpenter, ha1 his jaw broken and
was otherwise badly injured. A Polander
had leg broken, and Andrew Hess was
a.,
other workmen, whose names could not be
learned, were seriously hurt.
A CHEAP STRUCTURE.
1t was O'Clock before the last injured
man was tax, n from the ruins. Great ex-
citemen prevailed, and the police were kept
busy in holding the crowd back. The build
ing was of the cheapest description and oc-
cupied very exposed place In an open lot.
1t is thought that several more OF the men
will die.
THE MADISON DISASTER.
MADISON, WIS, Nov. 9.-The causes
which led to the accident at the capitol
building yesterday afternoon are variously
stated. Some ascribe it to defective iron
pillars, and others to poor masonry. 1t is
the opinion of Contractor Bentley that the
loss will fall on the commonwealth, as the
plans were approved by the State architect,
and the blame cannot be laid on the
shoulders of the builders.
The loss cannot be estimated at present.
The work was to be completed March 1,
1884, and 5000, 200 were appropriated by the
Legislature to meet the necessary expense.
The wing was designed for the use of the
Historical Society.
Five men had left the basement, and were
about returning when the crash came.
HUpdreds of people were at once upon the
scene, and, with the aid of hook and lad
der company, every sufferer was extricated.
Medical assistance was summoned and the
wounded were removed to places OF safety.
James Kelly. one of the injured, died aet
night, making five deaths In all. James
Dowell is dying.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The boiler of the
tugboat james N. Thompson exploded this
morning, blowing the craft to atoms, the |
hull sinking almost instantly. The tug was
coming in He'll Gate, East river, at the time,
with three sehooners in tow. The tide being |
against her, too much steam was put on and |
the explosion followed.
The flying timbers killed the helmsman on /
one of the schooners. Seven persons were /
On the tug. of whom four were killed, as
follows: Captain Eafdis and his wife, the |
cook, John Kelly, and Charles Connors, q |
deck hand. Charles Kelly, the engineer, |
was picked up and taken to Wards Island /
alive, but with broken limbs. Two other
men were blown into the river and were