Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-27
Up to Midnight Six Dead and
Twenty-Five Wounded Were
Recovered.
The Particulars.

moved from the ruins were conveyed to
the marine and fisheries department, where
medical men and clergymen looked after
them. The debris covers the road in a
solid mass, some 800 feet in length and
from fifteen to twenty-five feet high.
1t is impossible to say at present how
many are dead and wounded. Everyone is
working herolcally and under difficulties,
as the night is intensely dark and the
electric light wires have been prOstrated.
CRIES OF SHELF! HELPw
are heard from beneath the debris. but no
help can be given. Very little progress is
made in removing bodies owing to stupend-
GUS mass of rock covering the ruins. The
body Of woman named Berrigan has
Just been pulled out of the debris. More
rocks are falling and it is feared the whole
boulder forming the highest point of Que
bee will give way.
WORSE AND WORSE.
QUEBEC, Sept. 20-1:SO a. m.-The mass
of rock detached from the cliffs side left a
vacant space of extraordinary dimensions
under Dufferin Terrace, and that great
promenade is now unsafe. Ten dead and
will take several days to recover all the
bodies. The damage will exceed 100000.
The houses i'll that locality were built of
stone and brick and were inhabited by
ship labOrers, etc. Officers and men of
royal school of cavalry are coming to the
rescue with ropes, picks and sh0vels.
About 900 men are now at work. Three
more bodies have just been taken from the
ruins. The bodies are covered with c0agu-
lated blood and dust and are Sickening
sight.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERALS.
QUEBEC, Sept. 2O.-Preparations are be-
ing made for the funerals of the killed,
who will be buried at the joint expense of
the citizens and the local government.
Among those buried by rocks are young
couple named Nolan who were married
q few weeks ago. Nolan could have
escaped, but he lost his life in trying to get
his wife out of the house. 1t is thought
the Kings bastiOn on the citadel will have
to:be removed, las it is now near the edge of
the rock with unsafe crevices in front
of it. Morning and evening guns
will no longer be fired from it. About
10000 persons have visited the scene of the
disaster during the day. Thousands
crowded into the mOrgue and seized every
point, inside and outside the building,
where glimpse could be had of the bodies
of the victims. Many women who. OBJ
fainting condition. 1t has been decided
to use small charges of powder to break
up the huge boulders covering the road
way, as it is certain there can be nothing
living beneath them. -1
The horrors of this dreadful day are still
succeeding each other. While workers
were busy clearing away the debris Of the
n r,ohl mi
heard at intervals from under the huge
piles of rocks. The effolts of the volun-
teers were concentrated to that point and
after three hours of hard work the bleeding
body of Joe Kessip was extricated from the
mass Of rock. The poor man is in most
pitiable condition. Both legs are
ar% fractured ne abe7e e%ss the ne elbow eTs
and several ribs are fractured. He
cannot live many hours. Two hours later
his wife's body was taken out of the
wreck. Her head was almost severed
from her body. Further away another
hideous spectacle was offered to sight, the
corpse g Of y young woman, "a T., Mrs 1's..l houson,
her beauty. Her body had been crushed
almost fat Her abdomen had
been ripped opened and her en-
trails scattered about. Shortly af-
ter recovering her remains her hus-
band became q raving manaiac. A man
most crazy when told that all his family
had perished in the land slide, discovered
while working over the wreck Of his house
his 5 year old daughter, still
alive. His joy was indescribable. 1t is
thought the child will live. Up to this time
the number of corpses found are twenty
five and the numberfof wounded eighteen.
The city is thronged with strangers coming
from all parts of the Quebec district to
witness the effects of the terrible
avalanche.