The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-26
THE QUEBEC H
Twenty-Five Corpses I:
the Terrible Landsl
Quebec.
Willing Hands Still ut WO
Treating the Victims FIR
the Debris.
QUEBEC, Special The loss sustained

surviving v = ...LSiOI the al sao,~l - <
OF, the workingmeuw no are d eprIyed OF homes
lose all their furniture and other effects,
even their scanty earnings Many are
lett virtually penuicsB at the commence
ment OF Canadian winter. The injured
have been nearly all removed to the Hotel
DIeu, where they will receive all possible
care and attention. William Powers, wife
and child, were saved by men OF the battery,
who, aided by q detachment OF the cavalry
school, effected quite number OF
rescues The members of the
Black family were buried alive
twelve feet below the surface Of the debris
On being asked if they were safe, Mrs Black
answered: My husband is killed at the
door The rest are safe, but we arc suffer
ing from wounds and bruises on our limbs"
Shortly after Miss May Cuuldweli, a niece Of
Mr. Back, was eXtriCated from Mr. Blacks
house Her limbs were so stiff t,Om lnaCtion
that the least touch on them caused
eXcruclatlng pains. The next per
son taken out was Thomas BeIrl-
gan. whose wife was taken ont OF the ruins
dead. lie was so d.sngurcd his friends could
hardly recognize him He was removed to
the hospital mutterlng prayer OF thanks for
his miraculous escape. The next to follow
was an elghu-year- old boy, also named Der
rtgan. His left leg was crushed TO Jelly
Then came Mrs. Black, Her bosom, neck and
face we're dreaItuIly swollen.
THE SITE OF THE LAND SLIDE
is almost identical with that of the one
which occurred in 1871, when eight build
ings were crushed and thirty-two persons
were killed The houses DESTROYED
ali stood on the other side Of the road
way and were not thought to be in danger,
but the immense mass OF rocks swept clear
across the roadway and over the brick
buildings, demolishing them as if they were
made OF cardboard. The mass of earth and
rock moved is, roughly speaking, about six
hundred feet frontage by eighty in dep:h.
Some of the masses OF fallen rock must
weigh nearly twenty tons, and there are so
many huge blocks that it makes the work Of
clearance very difficult Itis feared that large
part of the rock adjoining the site OF the
slide will come down. rs large CreYiCes have
appeared and the rain Is still falling and
NAV repeat the operations which caused last
nights disaster The people are moving out
OF the threatened houses There has been
no lack of volunteers for work at TIE
ruins but there is lack OF
intelligent direction, as there is no person in
authority. Citizens are sending in money TO
relieve any immediate distress among the
homeless women and childen. The shipping
office in the dominion government building
has been turned into 4 temporary mOrgue,
and over twenty bodies are lying in it. 1t is
DIFFICULT to identify some of the bodies,
so much have they been disigured
and crushed. Several of the persons
reported missing have turned up, but 1t is
thought that there will be ten or more
victims to be added to the list complete
list of The injured cannot be made up yet, as
they were removed to different hospitals and
to friends houses as soon as they were taken
from the ruins Preparations are being made
for
THE FUNERALS OF THE KILLED,
who will be buried at the joint expense of
citizens and the local government Among
those buried by the rocks are young couple
named Nolan, who were married a few
weeks ago. Nolan could have escaped, but
be lost his life in trying to get his wife out OF
the house. 1t is thought that the kings bas-
ton on the citadel Will have to be removed
as it is now near the edge of the rock, with
unslfe creyices in front of it. AS a precau-
tionary measure all communication with the
bastion has been cut off, and The morning and
evening guns will no longer be fired from it.
About twenty thousand persons have visited
the scene of the disaster during the day
Thousands crowded into the lnorgue and
seized every point inside and outside the
building where glimpse could be had OF
the bodies of the victims Many WOme1
wno obtained an entrance had tC
be removed in a faintlng condition, the
InangIed bodies being a sight to try the
nerves of the strongest men, 1t has beer
decided to use small charges of powder tc
break up the hugh boulders covering the
roadway, as it is certain that there
can be nothing living beneath them
The horrors of this dreadful day are still
succeeding each other. While the workers
were busy clearing away the debris of Crum
bled buildings faint grOanS were heard at In
tervals from under huge pile OF rocks. The
| efforts of the volunteers were concentrated t.
that point and after three hours hard worl
THE BLEEDING BODY
of Joe Kemp was exricated from the mas
of rock The poor man Is in a most pitiabl'
condition. Both legs are broken at the
knees, the left arm is fractured above the
i elbow and several ribs are fractured
He cannot live many hours Two hour
later his wite's BODY was taker
out of the wreck. Her head was almos
severed from her body. Farther away an
the corpse of young woman (Mrs. Lau
SOM who had been admired in her lifetime
for her beauty. Her body had beer
crushed almost fat Shortly after viewing
her remains her husband became a ravins
maniac. 1t is doubtful if he will recover hi
reason. A man named Michael Bradley, wht
hes gone almost crazy when told that all hi
family had persisted in the land slide, dis
covered, while working over the wreck o
his house, lis five-year-O daughter, still
awe. His joy was indesCribaDle
IL is thought the child will live
Up to this time the number of corpses fount
is twenty five and the number of wounded
eighteen. The city is thronged with strang
ers coming from all parts of Quebec distriC
to witness the effects of the terrible ava
lanche. The following is q list of the killeG
and wounded so far as is known:
Killed-Thomas Farrell and three Farrell chill
dren. two children named Burke, one chile
named Bradley child of P Fitzgerald. Mrs
Bracken. Mrs Stephen Burke, Henry Black
William Black. Thomas Nolan, Mrs. Ready. Mrs
Thomas BerriRan, Mrs. Lauson, Mrs. Kemp
Injured-Mr and Mrs. Calson, Mr.. J. O'Neil
Mrs. Luke Kerwin and child, Thomas Berrigar
Denis Berrigan, James Hayden, William Steven
and son, Nelly Deehey, Patrick Fitzgerald, Mar
tin Ready, three Mayhury children, Stephe
Burke and his mother Mrs Fitzgerald, Thoma
Graham, William Power, wife and child. Mrs
Thomas Farrell, Miss May caldwell.