Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-17
were buried in the ruins. Many have

were buried in the ruins. Many have
been killed.
At half past nine O'Clock tonight about
one hundred persons had been taken out,
| many of whom were dead. It is impossi-
BILE to obtain list of the injured and
killed at this hour, but it is known that the
killed and injured will exceed one hun
dred and fifty. The storm swept down the
Lebanon Valley railroad, and many barns
| and other property are reported wrecked.
The telegraph wires in the track of the
storLl were badly mixed up and it is i'm
possible to get details, but it is known
| that great damage has been done.
When the cyclone first struck Reading
the Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad
Company's paint-shop was unroofed, and
in less than ten minutes the entire struc-
| ture was enveloped in flames.
Several gas chambers underneath pas
senger cars exploded and four persons
were killed and several others badly in
injured. The killed are:
George Schaffer.
Sheridan Jones.
Albert Laydonberger.
John Scholler.
The storm then continued eastward,
dealing out destruction in its path. Nine
dwellings on North Eighth and Marion
streets were unroofed and otherwise
badly damaged.
The cyclone cut a swath of about two
hundred and fifty feet, and every thing in
its way was either leveled to the ground
or very badly wrecked.
The next building in its track was the
immense silk-mill of Grimshaw Broth
ers, located at Twelfth and Marion
streets. This building was filed With
several hundred operatives, and not sim
gle soul escaped uninjured. The structure,
which was four stories high and 2O)x70
feet, is a mass of ruins. Not a single
brick remains of the beautiful building,
except the stack and engine-room. The
fire department was called out, and ten
| thousand men, women and children quick
| ly assembled about the wrecked mill.
The cries of the wounded and dying and
their friends were heart-rending. Willing
hands. however, quickly set to work, and
at 9:45 pm. some seventy persons had been
| taken out. Most Of these were dead, and
many others were fatally injured. Those
| who were less seriously hurt were taken
| to their homes, while those who had re-
| ceived more serious injuries were taken
to the hospitals. 1t will take till morning
befors all the killed and wounded can be
gotten out.
At Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. "a wind storm
has ragged here all day with terrific sio-
lence, blowing dawn trees and signs, Par
TALLY unroofing some dwellings and
breaking deal of glass. The barometer
| was lower at an early hour this morning
| than at any time within thirty years.
About half-past eleven O'Clock a ire
mendous gust of wind, approximating the
violence of cyclone, swept from the lake
| to the city, passing in a southeasterly
| direction. The violence of the gale was
such that buildings rocked, and great
alarm was felt for their safety.
From all over Northern Ohio come re-
ports of great damage wrought by the
wind.
kiln was completely wrecked, with valua-
BILE molds.
At Akron, trees were Frustrated, bulle-
tin boards demolished and dozens of win
dows smashed.
In Carroll County number of houses
were unroofed, and very dark storm
cloud swept to the southeast about noon.
The telephone and telegraph service is
badly crippled in this section of Ohio.
At Carlisle.
CARLISLE, Pa, Jan. 10.-About half
past three O'Clock yesterday afternoon a
terrible cyclone struck this city and de-
strOyed thousands of dollars worth of
property and probably fatally injured
several persons. The roof of the Indus
trial Training school was blown Off and
windows smashed and broken. The dam
age to the school will reach 5000. The
City Armory was blown down: also Pretz's
stables. Telephone and electric light
wires were broken, and the town was in
total darkness last night. A lady named
Mrs. Slower and several others, whose
names can not yet be learned, were Sc
verely, if not fatally, injured. The re-
ports from the surrounding country indi-
cate a severe loss to farmers, barns,
stables, houses and fences having blown
down. The loss as far as heard from will
reach $50, 900,