Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-19

tho sec,nd story 10 turn on the electric lights,
+. After had done this ! stood looking about the
room for about ten minutes suddenly / heard
n rushing noise, which theIght was cyclone
The building then shook. l was standing IN
the southern end Of the room, ana before
l could look out Of the WINDOW l
felt the building sink quick IA
lightning the portion Of the room mat l was
in went down. The girls rushed about me
crying and screaming and calling Tor help.
They didn't realize what was taking place 1t
seemed to me as II the center Of the building
was struck first lean not describe the scene,
II was awful. / could not do any thing
and could not think OF what ! should do. Our
end OF the builting went down first and
while the floor was sinking II seemed 10 me as
If the girls in the other part Of the room were
on top OF a hill. That was the way II impressed
me. While we were going down l saw the other
portions Of the floor fall. In a minute all was
over. The screaming Of the girls was heart
reuding, | was knocked down under heavy
timbers and held fast by my foot. | could
move every other part Of my body excepting
my legs. l reached down with my kniie
and cut the shoe OF my foot, In this way
l became looseued and managed 10 arise.
Amid the screams of the girls and falling
beams and bricks / succeeded in escaping. l
got out Of the ruins on the eastern side of
the building, but how | do not know. | called
10 the girls as loudly as l could, They were
all terri bly, excited and | never witnessed any
thing so awful in all my life. Many OF them
heard me and worked themselves toward me.
AT some places 1t seemed as il the floor was
closed as q solid mass, and the girls
would creep around this, crawl over the ma.
chimes and creep on their hands and knees UNI
til they got TO the opening where / was. The
machines saved many from being crushed TO
death, by leaving n space between the floor
and debris through which to crawl out. l be-
lieve that fully 100 people escaped with me. l
remember seeing them run across the com
mons In different directions to their homes,
terrified naturally.
"Some ran a short distance and then re-
turned to the ruins. The entire building was
down. The girls came back TO look for their
brothers and sisters or friends. We could
hear the means and shrieks Of those impris-
oned in the runs. The rain was pouring down,
and all around was dark, | was badly bruised
and hurt about the body, head and limbs, and
went home after l saw | could do nothing. Be-
tween $50 and 900 operatives were in the build
ing. About 4 o'clock / allowed sixteen girls to
go home. All the floors were in operation.
The report that 100 went home at 4 o'clock is
not true
LIVES Los AT PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 10.-A terrible
storm of wind and hail, the worst known
for years, swept over the city shortly after
noon Wednesday, carrying with it death
and destruction. The storm was formed
with a suddenness that was overwhelming,
and as the wind, accompanied by hail and
Vorrehts OIL ram swept aiVng 'nc
sVreeVs' peuesVralns we're Huf4eu oeioro IL
wv oaieIS est"peu oeins cIuSnou u"oer
ren4eleS Pa'stIS "Ious 'no tn~o'ou5uI"ioS
ouuuohlS, III '"o cou'cr ol inc Guy, mere
was " te'Ito'e '.Nu' anu " ~" minutes
laVer .no CcHtt"l ulo alarm so"nueu d eau
run ooA Luul NGeu' 9n Vno ooihei u DA"-
mJtu anu W ooH ''le9'9' ,
- po0pAo "t'u o'""'HO" i"O'9
- w vIo S'0no' "Hon ~ "Ho 4ounu
,nos too o5I1oHo h"N O"u6"' 'He new
put1uiis oh DI"rlouu S'rco. oWne" ny -
.. "nIo5, anu nultou ~ " 'yne e"IU"'
GOVERNS uptWo stores u n"ausIou human
oooies' me ou'lulng was IN course OF cree
non ~ was lorty ny elSnty leet IN
uilAehS'onS anu was seven stories hlgh-
ihc iiohO " tno ou'4ulas h"u hoV SeI oeeh
puU H. anu 'Ho VIM onvereu Tue hlgh
snelt iioIa I'Ie oPel emu Vlo ''lBh walls ol
ottuho anu unu'lou nAolV"I ParUeo' one
iaiAInH e"cn way partly "lech'ng uear4y
d uo1on cummings i"e Al"'h force
VI .No vdusuin5 pullolAS was ''roWh
@WE7"". 49, 't'Uln " 80 oooA SVolo on
"oou sV,VVV an" ."G o"ioc sup ol rreo
oonultnhe[ az Al Dlallonu street Tue
20 VI nes.ih > otUiu was crushed III ana
~ - " - O0TUi"5 ""' 4oi0ou ouV
NV 90 'Nio0U - '"l sup was
oo"npN0'0S uoNIott7n0u, Ah' Audtucr
ooo n'AV W ~ "lhoS oulluiig'
ooouplou ny W. IL lnoIlaS, was also
mieoAeu, lne rear emu Oh H. "att CO.'S
oooh-elore was crusnou M Whiie some
Vi 'hc lalilnE uoorls struck Joseph Rich
oaunlS ouilolng' fronting on Fifth
avenue preahlhs ene WINDOWS ana
.nJurlnS d nuinper Vi employees "A por-
.lom VI Iue ""il oi d millinery STORE next
W noLhas was oroho III ana the windows
anu uoors III d NUMBER OIL surrounding
n"llutnBS were oroAen, Inc oulldlhS OF
w ptoS, " ", SVooA proherS' On tte cor
Hel "a pIaiioho anu "ooa streets, was
p"t"S "lecheu anu Tue occupants barely
o'u1peu'
"lVnih 1--WE minutes alter lne collapse OF
VIC ouilulhg 'ae street, were hlled with an
eNo.ou crown Notwithstanding Tue lact
.""o '"o ia'h nv NAH was pouring uoWh
u " perfect ueluge, WIN the arrival OF
tuo niehch Vhe WORK VI rescue was begun.
hauuot9 "cro run up 10 tne second anu
mlo storles Vi 1ue "elu'h building.
ino nrsV person taken outwas a young
Woman HpIoEe as Il typewriter VINO,
fortunately, Hhu escaped serious injury,
oro"us Oh men were eager to lake up
che WORK OF rescue. Every little while
4resn iocall1les where men had been
oaushV were found AT the time
Vi Vhe = disaster ABOUT twenty-fiv
men were at work on the building
anu NOT one escaped injury. In the barber
shop next uoor seven men were impris-
onou' WINE a hali-dozen more were buried
oone"uu lhe uepfls OF the Weldin build
ius' ohlel Brown, Coroner Mcdowell,
nu'luihg inspectors FRANK and Eich-
ICY ana a score oil physicians were
early al the scene. The hospitals were
no'ineu anu d snort Time later the clang
W ambulance oeiis and patrol wagons
wore heafu' contractors Both and Finn
hau twenty-five wagons and carts on the
scene inside OF an hour, and private ex-
pressmen went with their wagons and
Vuelr ald IN helping to rescue the victims.
Up 10 III O'CLOCK p. m. forty mangled and
bruised bodies had been taken Fl ON the
runs. Some were dead, others were dy.
ing, ana many were fatally injured. One
or died on the way to the hospital.
FROM the best information ohtainable sew
en- were killed outright or died in a short