Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-14
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CoEumsus. Ohio. Mey 13-Fhs Sal.
Jeurn9fs Aenin e9auiaA alyss A1pH&
oseEock hast sstnfns lesEfhis cls11z wefG
seen eafharfnR and teFKiEo ilz1t1tn1
was foiiowed ~ peais e thundeE. 1hi1
Iasee1 unfi1 oicloek. waen N extza-
ordinafy niap seem - open the gates
and rs rain fali IN toFremls. ftople
/ fgiuR IL fke hoa1sl On Water streee -
cnne1 ~ every way uossihla. 1he spout
sssmod % Eeat i1s fury On that pors1on
81 fha esty. For . sIreleh Of 10 Sarcs
/ fha Kdt&la MiMmi Railw1y b sweeps
aWay. The spou4 stFaek houses On
Water strset and tars them away e. 4
shay were ekaliH. A reafdeut Of khe
street slates thai within fgo minutes
after the clap Of thnnder be szond in
/ tbs wnfar 30 hfa waist, he being about
= yards fr8m ths eFeek. When the
waler neaahed the roaiesnoe Of Aafnn
Ferguson. IL was sWept away With nine
inmates and lodged aRainsl q bridge.
whers they we're afterwards rescued.
Ths nexk DAMAGE was Is the co2lyard
of Samasl Claxk, 10 which swas looated
tanemaut h0nse eaeupiea by family
named Powell nine IN number. % %
,. q. nsuo oz them had been heard
from. The next pa&nt Of destruction
vas ID what i knozn Is the bottoms.
A dozsn houses. oocnpssd mostly bY eol-
oEed peopls. we're here sWept away.
Dozans Of horsas nars lnsf. and the
railroads leading out Of the city wero
swsps away, se thaf Il is impossible 90
hear from outside pointss AZ least 6
dozsn trains are here, and within q few
miles of the eify the telegraph wires are
down and business has been suspend
ed. Ona family, By sue name 0s Nor
riz, vas swept away. The last seen of
theD wAs Is the Miami a1rost bridge,
when man Wae seen at window by
the terror stricken crowd, waving 8
lighted lamp. Ihe next instant tie
bouse collapsed and they were gore.
ORiy one boy. thirtssn years Of eRss has
been found.
The WORK Of ending tie bodies stin
continues tonieht. The MAYORS ofice
has been tnFnad into q m0rRue. and
there are nov twenty-five bodies there
Tbs scenes are heaFtrandfnR. Whole
families lie disdzured.
The loas q property Il great. Whole
lumber yaEds and fhair contents are
gone eompleiely. The scenes IN the
devastated district are fndiseribabse.
Forces Of men are buaily engaged IN
clearing away he debris, and hundreds
OF people esFround the place. Stranz-
ere have begun to pour into the city
fFom every direction. The City Council
has appropriated 5000 for immediate
use for the burial Of victims, and pri-
vate subscriptions have already reached
into the thousands. A committee IL
doing the city for elgthine and bed
ding. The rink has boen taFned into 3
refuge for the homeless, who are many.
an the aid possible is needed from every
source.
The Little Miami Railway has abeut
sixteen miles swept away.
In addition 20 the above two mere
bodies were found this evening, being
children. and they are not identified.
TIE oomplete numbeE OF bodies which
have been found 10 twenty-five, vita
eleven stin missing.
The aggregate losa will be ia the
neiRhboFho0d Of $4,000. Seventy
buildings were wrecked, ranging from
beinR half demolished 20 beinq entirely
annihilated, and as many more we're IN
tuFed In various degrees. sustaining
damages OF few 20 several hundred
dollars. Every carpenter, in the CITY
vas set 70 work at ouoe, and many OF
the unroofed houses are being repaired.
while hundred Of citizens are busy
clearing away the rabbish Of their
ruined homes.