The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-17

we're in various postureA Ino uVlnR |
we're all suffering from the most ter |
rible wounds, and some we're almost |
scared to death. In the basement OF the
building were found five bodies Of young |
girls lying together. The finder tried TO |
pull them out, but they were pinned down |
and 1t was impossible TO get them out.
They were beyond all human aid. Up TO
10 80 o. 'clock p. m. twenty-one dead bodies
had been taken out
1t Is impossible TO tell how many may be
under the ruiuJ, as the managers are miss
ing The number may not be over forty
and may reach eighty. Among those
known TO be dead are:
Henry Crocker, foreman OF the silk mill;
Laura Kershner, Eva Leeds, Lille Grow,
Katio Bowman, Kate Leas. Amelia Christ
man, Sophie Winkleman, Ella Long, While
Snyder, William Reteson, Rebecca Pouse,
Kate ReidCnauer, Rose Clemmer, John Heher,
engineer head cut on as with Q sword; Charles
Reitbxier, Harry Crothers, Harry Jones, Sally
Hickel, John Foreman. Jane Seitheiner.
These are all the dead who have been
taken out Clork Autenback said at mid
night that he believed that fully eighty
bodies were in the ruins. His list Of en-
ployes is lost Eighty is the conservative
estimate OF those who lost their lives.
Tha s,ik mill waa huiIt about four wears
T.e s,,,iao.s ,'ara p.ad;ro canItaI.
aso' 80 .,.,,.a. 4, =, ,,.s sga
ls.s nst anu ~, .uo 49, '. rH.,msha,y
wv Inc MIL was ieaSeu W
Brotners, OF fateIson, ~. .. ne
chinery cost S45,OOV Tnis ls totai ioso.
Augustus Z. Roscup was the foreman OF
the first aud second floors Of the silk mill.
He tells the following story:
at was about $50 O'Clock when went to
the second story 10 turn on the electric lights.
Aftor had dome this stood looking about the
room for about ten minutes. Suddenly heard
a rushing noise which thought was q cyclone.
The buiidinp then shook. / was standing in
the southern end OF the room, and before
I eould look out OF the window
yeit the building sink. Quick as
pohtning the portion of the room that was
m went down. The girls rushed about me
crying and screamine and calling for help.
Tbev didn't realize what was taking place. It
seemed 10 me as IL the center Of the building
was strucl, first. lean not describe the scene
N was awfni could not do any thing
and could not think OF what should do. Our
and ~ the building went down first, and
svb,,s the f,oor was sinking IL seemed TO me as
n the girls in the other part OF the room we're
on TON ~ 1 huI. Tbat was the way Il impressed
me While wa were going down 1 saw the other
nortions ~ the f,oor fall In n minute all was
over the screamiue OF the girIs was heart
rend,ng was knocked dbwn under heavy
timbers and held fast by my foot could
move every other part of my body excepting
NV lees. reached down with my knife
and cnt the shoe OF INV foot In this way
hacame iooaened and managed 10 arise.
Amid the screams of the girls and falling
beams and bricks succeeded in escaping. ]
got out of the ruins on the eastern side OF
the building, but how do NOT know. Icalied
to the girls as loudly as could. Tney ~ere gre
all terribly excited ana | never wi.nessea ANY any
thing 50 awiai IN M ny .,..ae i.o ,s,'a.a ~.
nearu Inc ,a nnu =. saer,sd as n The fioor was
c,osed ed as a solid mass and the girls
would Green around this. crawl over the ma
chimes and creep on their hands and knees un-
I'll they got to the opening where was. The
machines saved many from being crushed TO
death, by leaving space between the moor
and debris through which TO crawl out l DC,
lieye tnat iuiiy loo peopio escapeu WIN w. no -
remember seeing ,,n snem rua so ~ ,hsr ruS homes
.aor,saa noIs "a ra,,,ra,in
Some ran a short distance and then re
turned 10 the ruins. The entire building was
down. The girls came back to look for thell
brothers and sisters or friends. We could
hear the moans and shrieks OF those impris
oned In the ruins. The rain was pouring Gown
and all around was aark. was os1iy pruise,
anu hurs apou. .n9 ooy' .am,a nv AZ % ro,h,rg Ps
M wen. go 80 ooa o,,sra,,ves we're IN the build
~ Aho,s, 4 =, clocix allowed sixteen girls /,
90 home, Ali the floors were in operation
| The report that 100 went home at o'clock 1
not true"
LIVES LOST AT PITTSBURGH.
PITrsBuReH. Pa, Jan. 10.--A terribl
storm Of wind and hail, the worst know
for wears. swept over the city shortly afte
noon Wednesday. carrying with 1t deaf
! and destruction. The storm was forme
with suddenness that was overwhelming
and as the wind, accompanied by hail an
torrents of rain, swept along tn
streets. pedestrians we're hurled before /
and barely ESCAPED being crushed unde
vehicles passing along the thoroughfares
Suddenly. In the center OF the city ther
was terrible crash, and few minute
later the Central fire alarm sounded cal
from box fourteen, on the corner of Dia
mond and w ood streets.
Hundreds of people with blanched face
hurried TO the scene. when 1t was foun,
that the cvclone had caught the ney
| building ON Diamond street owned by c
I WILEY. and hurled IL, to the earth
covering up two scores Of mangled huma
bodies, The building was in course of eree
tiop. It was forty by eighty feet 1
i dimensions and was seven stories high
The front OF the building had not yet bee
put in, and the wind entered the.hig
shell from the open end the high walls @
bricks and undried mortar parted, on
! falling each way, partly wrecking nearl
dozen buildings The main fore
Of the crushing building was throw
against Weldin & Co.'S book store o
Wood street and the barber shop Of Ere
Schumacher at Al Diamond street Tn
rear of Weldin's store was crushed in an
the front Of the building was forced OF
into Wood street. The barber-shop wa
completely demolished. The leatht
store next to the Wiley building
occupied by w. H Thomas. was ais
wrecked. The rear end Of II. Watt & Co.
bookstore was crushed in, while SON
OF the falling debris struck Joseph Ric
baum's building, fronting on FIT
avenue, breaking the windows M
injuring a number of employees. A po
tion of the wall Of millinery store ne:
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