The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-28
200 PERSONS BEAD.
Quebecs CaIamity Worse Than FRS. Re-
ported-Many Bodies Are Taken From
the Ruins shookingly Mangled-3sarch
for the Missing Continued With Large
ly Increased Relief Corps. :

QUEBEC, Sept. Cot is believed that
| fully 200 persons perisbed in the land
slide which occurred here last night.
Hundreds of tons Of earth and rock fell
! into the streets and on dwellings lan6
stores. Buildings were reduced to
| splinters and the occupants crushed 10
death or smothered es they stood. The
debrIs covers the road in solid mass
for over 600 feet ih length and from Is
| to % feet in height.
| About o'clock last evening people
living In the neighborhoed of the cita-
del were startled on hearing low,
rumbllng sound, accompanied by per-
ceptible culver of the earth. Houses
were shaken, dishes RATED and even
| IN some cases people had difficulty in
maintaining their footing. Everyone
rushed into the street, and it was
learned that a large portion of Cape
| Diamond, Just below the citadel. had
become detached, and, sliding down
the decliyity, had buried several resi-
dences and their inmates under from
| fifteen to twenty-five feet of rock, dirt
and other wreckage. At the foot of the
cliff is narrow street, which occupies
| all the space between the cape and the
| river, and this was filed with the de-
| bris which had crushed out the lves Of
| people IN It's path. The exact number
| Is not yet known, as the enormous mass
| OF earth and stone had up to midnight
| shown but little aiminution, notwith-
| standing that large force of men WAS
| at work clearing it away in less than
| half an hour after the horrible disaster
| took place.
The streets in the neighborhood Of
| the spot are alive with people, and the
IN TNr II II f.r.Ia . h.
counter is that of holding back the vast
crowds, hundreds of whom have rela-
tives among the dead or dying. Some
| of the bodies taken out show no evl-
dence of being crushed, and the
| belief is that IN these cases the
| unfortunate victims of the terrible
| catastrophe were simply smothered to
death. One little girl, the daughter of
| fisherman named Nignaux, was found
pinned down under beam unable to
| move, but absolutely unhurt. She WAS
| the sole surviving member of family
| of seven, the bodies of all the others
having been recovered. In the same
| building with the Eignaux were three
| other families aud it is doubtful if any
member of either has escaped.
Efforts to recover the dead and res
| cue the injured living began last night,
and this morning the work of excavat-
| ing still goes on at the terrible land
slide. Among the persons rescued are
| Mrs. Mary Caldwell, Thomas Berrigau,
| boy named Berrigan and Mrs. Black.
All are badly bruised. Mrs. Black
states that her husband was killed st
| the door of their house, and that his
| body ig still in the debris
The loss sustained by the surviving
| victims of the disaster is very great
Some OF the workingmen who are de-
prlyed of homes lose all their furniture
| and other effects, even their summer
earnings. Many are left virtually PEN
| niless al the commencement of q ca
| madam 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 detachment of
the Cavalry school, effected quite
number of rescues.
Some dead and wounded are still be-
! Ing taken out of the ruins, but their
names have not yet been ascertained.
The work of rescuing the victims is 60
ing on vigorously. 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 hus-
| balld 10 hiIItu aI tu6 uUoEs
The rest are safe, but we are
| suffering from wounds and bruises on
our limbs" Shortly after Miss May
| caldwell, a niece of Mr.. Black, WAS
| extricated from Mr.. Black s house. Her
limbs were so stiff from inaction that
| the-least touch on them caused excruci-
| ating pains. The next person taken out
was Thomas Berrigan, whose wife was
| taken out of the ruins dead. He was so
I Il fStf. 10 fr3a nd 1ar,
| oguiZe him. He was removed to the
| Dieu Hospital, muttering prayer OF
| thanks for his miraculous escape. The
| next to follow was an S-year-old boy
also named Berrigan. His left leg wac
crushed 10 jelly. Then came Mrs.
| Black. Her bosom, neck and face were
| dreadfully swollen.
The scene of the terrible disaster is
being visited by thousands who block
difficult task for anyone to move IN
any direction. There being bat one
narrow street between the rock and
| the river there is complete stOppags
of traffic, except by climbing over
| the debris. A large force of men are
engaged in searching the ruins. The
| shipping Office in the Dominion govern
ment building has been turned into
| temporary mOrgue, and over twenty
| bodies are lying IN 1t. 1t is diff
cult to identity some of the bodies,
SO much have they been disfg-
| ured and crushed. Several of the
persons reported missing have turned
| up. A complete list of the injured can
not be made up as yet, as they were re-
moved to different hospitals and to
| friends houses as soon as they were
| taken from the ruins.
| The mass of earth and rock moved Is,
| roughly speaking, about 900 feet 'front.'
age by so feet in depth. Some of the
masses of fallen rock must weigh nearly
| twenty tons, and there are 30 many
| huge blocks that it makes the work OF
| clearance very difficult. The working
parties this afternoon are better organ
| lied and equipped and are making
more headway.
| It is feared that large part Of the
rock adjoining the site of the slides will
come down, as large creyices have ap-
| pesred and the rain is still falling and
| may 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 the ruins, but there is lack
| of intelligent direction as there is no
person in authority. Citizens are send
| ing in money to relieve any Immediate
| distress among the homeless women and
| children.
| The site of the landslide OF last night
| is almost identical with that Of the one
which occurred in 184l, when eight
| buildings were crushed and thirty-two
| persons were killed. The houses de-
| stroyed last night all stood on the other
| side of the roadway and were not
thought to be in danger, but The i'm
mense mass Of rock swept clear across
the roadway ard over the brick build
| ings, demolishing them IS II they were
| made Of cardboard.