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

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pressmen went with their wagons and
their aid In helping to rescue the victims.
Up To 10 O'clock p. m. forty mangied and
bruised bodies had been taken fr ON the
ruins. Some were dead, others were dy-
ing, and many were fatally injured. One
or two died on the way TO the hospital
From the best information obtainable sew
en- were killed outright or died in short
time and thirty-six others were injured.
It Is believed that the list OF dead will be
greatly increased.
Inspector Of Police McAleese said at a
late hour that ne was OF the opinion that
from fifteen to twenty-five persons were
vet in the ruins, and he would not be sur
prised II the death-list would be increased
TO fifteen or twenty. DR.. ]. L. Reed,
prominent physician Of Allegheny, was In
Weldin's at the time, and he Is stili miss
ing. It is feared that he is dead.
Early in the evening the voice Of a boy
named Gottman was heard issuing from
the debris, but the rescuers could not To-
cate him. He said he was all right II they
could get at him. At ~ o'clock, however,
he had not been reached and no sound
could be heard 1t is feared that he
died Of exhaustion. Young Goehring
was taken out about o'clock. His po-
sition was such that he could not be res
cued sooner, and he was kept alive by
feeding beef tea and whisky to him
through rubber tube. A number Of
narrow escapes were reported. Seven
men were thrown from the seventh
story TO the ground and escaped with
slight injuries. Adolph Herman caught
on the telegraph wires and was rescued
uniniured.
AT wILLIAMsPoRT, PA.
WnLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. l0-The storm
was very violent here. A large number
of buildings we're damaged and q portion
of the new Demorest sewing-machice
factory was blown down and the re-
mainder partially unroofed. Several
building were blown down and others
were damaged The loss at the Demorest
works is over $4,000.
All kinds Of theories have been ad-
vanced for the collapse Of the building In
| some instances the responsibility Is placed
ON the contractors, while In others the
building inspectors are blamed Nothing
definite can be known, however, until an
| investigation is made.
! A nut factory owned by Bontreger & Co..
| in the Seventeenth ward was blown down
| during the storm and a man named Hines
killed. The loss was $4,000
The cyclone wrought terrible destruc-
ton In other parts Of the city and out along
1 the railroads centering here. A portion OF
the foundry of Mcintosh, Hemphill Il Co.
on Thirteenth street was wrecked, as was
also house in Allegheny. At Wallis
station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, q large brick building, owned
by the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany was partially demolished. and at
Wilmerding, Pa, coal tipple was
wrecked. At McKeesport houses were
unroofed, trees blown down and windows
smashed. Three houses in course Of erec-
tion were blown to pieces. On the rivers
number Of boat, were torn from their
mornings and cast about like corks, but
they were secured before much damage
was done.
DISASTER AT sUNBuRY, PA.
SusBuRY, Pa, Jan. 10-A rain and
wind-storm came up suddenly "Wednesday
evening and blew over two Of the stacks
Of the Sunbury nail mill The mill Is stu
ated between the Reading and Pennsyi-
yania railroads on the outskirts OF the
city. The first is the pudding mill with
six furnaces. Stack No. Q was thrown
over on the roof. carrying with.it stack No.
8. They crashed through the roof and
demolished the pudding department Of
the mill Thirty-five men were employed
, in this department, and half Of them wers
bruised in the debris. The hre alarm was
J sounded and soon hundreds surrounded
the mill. Men were carried out hal
naked, aud men are at work yet. as 1t II
, supposed several others are In the ruins
l G. q. Showers, of Milton, and an unknown
r tramp were killed The wounded number
! nine There are four persons missing.
! IN OHIO
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 10.-A wind-storr
ragged here all day Wednesday with terrifl
! violence, blowing down trees and signs
partially unroofing some dwellings AM
breaking good deal of glass. About liza
: a. m. a tremendous gust Of wind, approx
mating the violence of cyclone, swep
|, from the lake to the city, passing in
southeasterly direction. The violence o
the gale was such that buildings ROCKIES
and great alarm was felt for their safety
; At Columbus the wind blew for coupl
of hours, and at one time reached vt
locity Of forty-eight miles an hour.
huge chimney at the penitentiary wa
, blown down and, crashing through th
, roof of the secretary's office, demolishe
: the desk which Z. I. Harper but a momen
a before left to look at the havoc bsIng don
: by the storm in the penitentiary yard
I IN ILLINOIS.
= CHICAGO. Jan l0-Chicago experience
= queer weather yesterday. Starting in wit
!, a steady rain ali OF Tuesday night, it bega
Z showing early in the morning and COT
!, tinued through the day. A veritable bli
], card prevailed, the wind increasing
: velocity during the day from eight
: forty miles an hour. The thermomets
4 fell from So to % degrees. and the baron
i eter reached 1896, the lowest point eve
: known here From all points in the Sta
y come reports Of heavy snowfall, In son
|, localities traffic being almost entirely su
,, pended Trains on all roads are delaye
= Dispatches from the Signal Service o
"a servatories in Montana and Dakota ind
!, cate that q bowling blizzard Is tearln
= things up there and sweeping across u
4 country toward Iowa. At many Of the st
:. tions the thermometer registers fro
n 12 To IS degrees below zero, it being
- the former figure at Fort Bufoi
. and at IS below at points not far distar
81 IN INDIANA
r. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 10-Yesterd'
as proved to be the stormiest coldest day
ly the winter Snow began falling at da
break and heavy wind prevailed. ~
Of snowfall amounts TO abe tut three incht
IN but is drifted. The cold weather IS y
ct first severe test OF the natural-gas pian'
IN but thus far the new fuel proves mo
Of than equal to the emergency.
n. VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. l0-A seve
ad blizzard set in here Tuesday night a
q. ragged with violence A mail train on y
40 Fort Wayne road was thrown from I
%. track at Wheeling owing to the presence
" snow in tho switch. and the engine a
M mail car were badly damaged. The p'
lie sengers escaped injury but were W
en- shaken up. The wreck delayed all trai
ne for several hours.
We 1T BLEW SOMEBODY coon.
ng MARQUETTE, Mich. Jan. l0.-Snow b
,er been falling since sunset Tuesday night
is this peninsula, and II II turns cold enoul
ed to freeze the swamps the great lumberi
Id industries OF the State, which have be
II, paralyzed by the open weather, Will
III saved