The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-17

tins section Tor years. The wind blew
q hurricane, while the rain and hail
fell in torrents. A number OF other
buildings were damaged by the high
wind. A portion of the foundry of
Mcintosh, HeIphill s. Co, was blown
down but as Tar as known no one was
killed or injured.
SEARCHING FOR VICTIMS.
PTTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 1O.-Search
for victims in the ruins wrought by
yesterdays awful storm was prosecuted
ali night and will be continued until
the debris is all cleared away. This
will probably take several days and the
exact number Of victims will not be
known until the work is completed.
No bodies were discovered from mid
night to six o'clock this morning when
the mangled remains of two men were
found close together under a portion of
one of the walls Of the Weldon build
ing. They were so horribly mutilaLed
as to be unrecogniSable but were final
" identified as the bodies of John l..
Rogerson and Thomas Jones. They
were employed as brick layers on the
i'll fated Wiley building, and lived at
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Roger
son leaves a wife and three children
Joseph Goehring, the brave sixteen
year-old lad who was rescued last night
after being kept alive for several hours
by means of gum hose, through which
whisky and beef tea were fed to him,
died at Mercy hospital this morning.
The death list now fOots up eleven, the
wounded thirty-fve and the missing
eight. A number of the wounded are
in a critical condition and their deaths
are momentarily expected. There are
all kinds of rumors in regard to the
number still in the ruins.
Ono IF tho mon xrnrIrina IN the hIIiIn-
ing yesterday said he was certain they
would find at least twelve more, but
this is believed to be too high an esti-
mate. None of the men reported miss
ing have been heard from, and it is
believed that at least eight persons are
still buried in the debris. There is no
hope of any now in the RUNS being
alive, so that it is safe to say that the
list of the dead will exceed a score.
NIAGARA BRIDGE DOWN.
NEW YORK, 1890 a. m, Jan. 10.-It
is reported here that the new suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls was blown
down yesterday, but at this hour it is
impossible to verify the rumor on ac-
count of the general prostration of the
telegraph wires.
LOCKPoRT, N. Y, Jan. 10.-The sus-
pension bridge situated nearest the
falls was carried away by the gale
posted in the river, but the towers
and cable remain intact. The bridge
was completely rebuilt last season and
enlarged for double track material, it
was entirely of iron and steel and
owned by the Niagara Falls & Clifton
Suspension Bridge company. The
stock held in Oswego andCanada always
paid large dividends. Loss about $75,-
600. The bridge will probably be re-
built as soon as possible.
All points of interest along the river
at the waters edge suffered more or
less and the water was never known
to be so high.
The International hotel was unroof-
ed and several buildings were blown
down in the vicinity. The gale was
the severest known here and lasted
from 4 D. m. yesterday until daylight
this morning.
DERRICKS BLOWN DOWN.
LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 10.-Nuch damage
was done here yesterday by the great
wind storm. Hundreds of derrieks and
pumping houses were blown down in
the oil fields the top7of the Reformed
German church spire was twisted OF
and the building otherwise damaged.
The court house was damaged and
many private residences.