The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-17


demolishing the pudding d partmenb of the
mill. Thirty five men we 9 employed in this
department., and half of them were buried in
the debris. The fire alarm was sounded and
handreds surrounded the mill. Men were
carried out halfnaked and men are at work
yet and it is supposed several Others are in
the ruins. -.
THE READING HORROR.
READING, PA, Jan. 1O.-Thereis is mourning
and sorrow in many households in Reading
to-day. A pail OF death hangs over the city.
Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters,
relatives and friends are grief-stricken over
the wreck OF last night. Over one hundred
spirits are hushed forever in death, as O re-
suit o. the wreck and ruin wrought in this
city by the storm. The cyclone left the en-
tire city in darkness, which was only relieved
by the electric lights and hence bonfres
which shed their laird glare on the scene of
death All night long brave and willing
hands assisted in the work Of rescue of the
dead. The disaster is fully az bad as re-
ported in these dispatches last night. The
list Of fatal cases will fully reach one hundred,
and may be more. The hospitals. and un-
dertakers' establishments are filed with vic
Tins. The physicians are all busy, and many
private houses haye been opened for the ac-
commodation Of The Injured. When the first
grey streaks of early morning appeared it
portrayed beautifully smiling sun, and
everything was directly in contrast with the
fury OF last night To-day all is again bright
and glorious i'll the heavens, as though
mocking the work oil last night. The
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
was greatly retarded from the singular man
ner in which the Filk mill collapsed. 1t did
not blow over, but was badly crushed down.
Falling in upon itself, in ono mass, not a
Vestige of the walls are remaining standing
above the Ef0nn fnnn1n tinn Tho
and timbers of the flooring projected in all
directions. AS the building was stea m heal t.
ed. the ruins did not take fire. Otherwise
not one of the other unfortunates could
possibly have escaped deuth in the most ap-
palhng form. Teams OF every description,
Omnibuses, funeral coaches, fire wagons, hos
pital vans and private vehicles, were pressed
into service and We're running rapidly to and
from the scene of the disaster all night long.
bearing bodies OF the wounded d lying and dead
to their homes or to the different hospitals.
From the statement OF some ofthose who es-
capped from the building it appears to have
gone down in an Instant. There was q loud
crash of breaking timber, and persons in the
mill all rushed toward the main doors. A
good many succeeded in getting ont, while
four girls saved themselves by jumping from
the Second-stOry windows. The first rumbling
noise was followed BY thc falling of the build
ing, the upper stories going first with their
that but few of file hands were on the third
and fourth floors al the time scarcely Il life
would have been saved. Mr. George Grin
shaw, one of the proprietors of the mill,
who was in the Office at the time, and
BARELY ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE,
having received several severe wounds on the
head, stated that there were, to the best OF
his knowledge, about two hundred and sew
enty-tye persons, principally girls and boys,
in the establishment at the time of the oe-
currenee, A reporter was at the silk mill
ruins all night and witnessed some OF the
most heart-rending scenes it probably ever
befell a human being to witness. Relatives
and friends were running about i'll their
frenzy and grief, seeking for lost ones and
almost deranged. This morning eight more
bodies were taken from the ruins. The con-
fusion is great and full list of the dead and
injured is not yet in the hands of any one.
Exactly how many more bodies are in the
ruins is matter of conjecture. Considerable
money has been contributed for the relief OF
the sufferers. Benefits are also being ar
ranged. The latest list of the killed has been
reduced to fifty, but this is uncertain, as no
one knows how many human beings lie bur-
led beneath the mountain of brick, mortar
and timber.