The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-13
A HORROR.
A SUDD Fin STORM CAUSES A
TERRIBLEA AND APPALL-
ING CALAMITY.
BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED AND A
LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS
KILLED AND WOUNDED,

ing over the city they first appeared in the north
east aud sdrgln9 Westwardly across the city turned
suddenly In thelr course, anG, desc hulS rapidly
broke lpOn the city in terrific bursts OF wind aud
rain that SWEPT all Hshter objects NetOre them:
The darkness was almost live, and the people fled
TO the nearest shelter and awaited, with blanched
faces. the fury of the tempest. The clouds seemed
TO Craze the roofs of the highest buildings, and
poured on their torrents IN apparently solid masses
Tor the time. The storm struck the city IN tull
force about twenty minutes past eleven, and ragged
for half an hour The streets were running rivers,
carrying boxes and signs and other similar freight
blown from buildings or swept up ny the nood "A
number of vehicles were overturned, ana IN
numerous instances drivers abandoned thelr
horses 70 their fate ana sought refuge IN
stores and house ) me hail a Accompanied the
storm The fall was not great otherwise the loss
to properly wonld be enormous from water
streaming IN At 5roSen window. As II was tne
windows IN qh'e q iarSe NUMBER Oh Dullalhgs were
blown IN and goo IS and furniture ana water soaked
All this however proved entirely lnslgnlncaht
when the extent ol the disaster wronght ny the
storm became known. The Lathrat school Oulld,
Ing occupies procurement site at the corner or
eighth and May streets
lt consists OF lne man Dulluing 10 Wnlch an
east wing mas Deen added Inc DulidlhS Is
suimounted hp town which for SOME time has
been considered unsafe 1t has been twlse con
demned. Once within a few weeks but no action
has been taken IN the matter me building was
GroNded WIN chlluren. many OF Wnom were nearly
tEanuc MISn rear uttr Tue appahs ha "iu
The wind swept madly across broadway from
the west and seemed to concentrate its force in
descent upon the tower, which yielded with
crash and carving down a heavy bell, which
plunged through the intervening floors to the
hasenlent The main building is mass of ruins,
within shattered walls which still stand. The
wing was compare lively uninjured and the scholars
were unhurt In the main building, however, the
effect Mas awful the falling floors precipitating
the children 20 the basement, where masses of
tricks and beams crushed them to the ground
and buried them from view Persons hearing the
crash made way az soon as they could AGAINST the
storm 10 the scene Tle storm quickly subsided,
q nd the work Of 4.up was undertaken by willing
hands owing to pressing excitement the first
work was not very effective, but the fire department
and police soon arrived and organized. search
Vgas commenced and the dead and wounded we're
taken out as Quick as possible and carried to the
natatolium adjoining, which was made hospital
Here parents and friends of the little ones soon
gathered each searching for his own and uttering
heart rending cries as they recognized in the maim
ed and bleeding forms of those whom they loved.
Among the first aiken out several were dead and
others were mangled beyond recognition; their
clothing torn and bodies covered with dust and
mortar, the deathly palor of skin showing in paiA
full contrast against the CRIME and bloodstains
Many heroic scenes enacted during the rescue,
and She wounded children, or some of them, seem
81 70 have greater control than their elders one
little glrl' hall DAiled IN GeOrls, over whom Ine
reseders were busy, begged them to leave her ana
heip the hoy VINO was Deslue her because, she sau'
ne was only hVe years old
DREADFUL SCENES
T,ns sconas i, tho n.tatorium "a the little ones
,yer, bron ht In md laid nnon tie improyised cots
az nj
ssi 1l, Jao'd 'vara tptan ont Gnring tha
ds anI NO ho,Iias ,ent to the homes of sorrowinG
fsSSidies ps Sayersi cbidren belono to promnent
fs,9iiiss In s,s ,.,t,, A. IN W est 1bird street
sto,t t,rAe storT ,ric, bnilding in the middle of
Tbe sioct the Third Goor of which WAS over a fac
tory conducted by Uoar Bros, The first and sec
cnd sonrs ,sfra Syccnniad hv tha Graham naner
eompany In the factory were about twenty-five
annioyS, rnoatlv ,,irls When the storm broke
tbey stafed for fhG cellar when the build no fell
Viii crash heino razed entirely TO the earth and
= r.. H..
rTins Four have baen taken ont dead num-
her Of others were wounded. and some are still
missing
4 force of laborer4 Ia busy to-night by fickeriup
lantern jiabt unturning A confused mass of bricks
and tin,bsrs
The cnuntv courrllouse stands at the corner of
Secand and N in s,reets on a hill eXposed TO the
winds from Uhe north and west. The building was
erected nearly twenty years ago for hotel pur-
poses, but, when completed, was purchased by the
county for two hundred thousand dollars, and
converted into courthouse building. 1t has al
ways been considered rather unsatisfactory, and
the roof has frequently suffered injury from high
winds
THE STORM STRUCK
tba northwest corner to-day blowing in the roof
and norton of the walls Of the third and fourth
stories. The south wall at the east end was blown
into the street and Deputy Sheriff Dauphertv was
aMobt and lSiIleG All others succeeded in getting
ont of the building alive The iai is located in
the basement of Tie building, and that portion es-
caned ininry Tle prisoners were intensely
III.
passed and they found themselves uninjured.
Judge Slader had been holding court on the third
floor, and had ahJourned Just before the storm
VsscGnueu - n, iIn Ind " it v.tV acotad i"'
''i @ oras tL o t n tbS mortLeast cornar of Sac
I ia NJ tc,stS stood a t,yo-etorv hricly buiId
49, @ apectaS l., ,,n nv, tbe santa Ea stage comnanv
2 t ~ ~ ii' W. h,yyiIdiGs & in tho citv from ,ybcb
scr,nari,, yera startad across tbe nIains in
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IN ~ H,o,uu ne tI Nv st Ivos tbraa atorv
w. 'a an IN nca .1n mil, oneJ hv smith g. Mof
eatt rbis bniijpnS mas iemniished faiiin1 over
las o mSH and bot vera cnmSleev
upo pJ "a EJ Sth a; artar of tha Arm
as toiaan iisaGi ,g from tho rr;ns and dad in a
as tSnTn ,f'n NJ Mafott vas hav bnrt and thrae
,riotas suu,L ,i,'.S s,srn was anu
TAKEN orT DEAD.
The debris Is being removed Tonight IN the
seaIch lor any 40 may pe 9ulleu ne secVnu span
OF The north ena OF the Drldge across ie MISSOURI
opposite thS CITY was 9ioWn lnto the river, the
piers being lelt Alparehltly uhinJireu, in u,o,
A great number or telegraph MI wires we're carried
down WIN tne NIoNeh span. Wolhmen I , are ousy
to-nght raising ne wires rom ON t1e wI;eck' dnu IL
Is nope1 co'nhu III .iaS uile0'io WIZ "e
restored py o-u''llon ny VI Nm III II;hI o. S+
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osep compaGy anu Sssu Iy enas T;t, I Sn tbo "a
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