Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-21
TWENTY-EIGHT CRUSHED
Later Particulars of the Quebec
Catastrophe.
THOUSANDS OF TONS FELL DOWN.

AhVt'ANbo VT tVNo LAt UO W ~.
Different Sections Of the city Cut on-Res.
cue Of brave Little Heroine--Between
Eighty and ono Hundred People We're
Injured.
QuEBEc, Sept 2l.-A sad and drcary day
70 the watchers and workers at the scene OF
the landslide was this, and little. indeed, OF
comfort did the result Of tho search among
the debris bring 10 the surviving victims Of
the catastrophe
The Death Roll.
The death roll now numbers twenty-aight
persons, and il is thought that it viii reach
forty The dead are: Thomas Allen, Mrs
Thomas Allen, Charles Allan, Mna Charles
Allan Miss Esther Allan, Henry Black, viii
lam Black, Mrs Bruoken, Mrs. stephen
Burke and two children, Michael Duly,
James Edwards, l. Edwards, Tbomas Par
reil and three children, Norah Kennedy,
Mrs r. II. Leahy, Miss Lane, Mn. Mccain,
O. S. Neville, Thomas Nolan, Charles Pois
Mrs. Ready, Alphonse rredoau, Napoleon
Treteau and H. Wright
Clearing Away the Debris.
With the break Of day was started afresh
the work Of removing the debris OF tho de-
molished houses, and willing hands dexter
ously welded picks, axes and shovek oh
tained for them by the city engineer
The work Of removing the broken timher-
bricks, mortar and metal OF the demolished
houses was difficult and dangerous task, 10
hemmed in are the ruins and rocks, with
which they are mingled, between the cliff on
tho one side and immense piles Of coal on the
other, stored up on the wharves which Inns
the rear front There Is no communication
whatever between those portions Of the city
| lying east and west Of the ruins, for Cham
plain street, which winds along the base of
Cape Diamond, beneath the citadel, and il
the only thoroughfare for which thers is
space between tho river and the cliff, Is
much more formidably barrfcaded to-day
against commerce and traffic than II was
against the brave Montgomery on the fatal
December night in i775 when ile led his dAr-
ing assault upon a British battery in this
same little street.
Thousands Of Tons Of Rock Fell
Il Is estimated that not less than 10000, 600
/ cubic feet Of rock lie over the roadway Of
Champlain street in immense blocks, some Of
them as large as a two story house and
weighing hundreds il not thousands Of tons
The hollow space upon the side Of the cape
from which the avalanche fell Is left as
smooth and straight as the side of house.
indicating the existence for long time pre-
viously Of dsep and gradually increasing
fissure
More Avaianches Feared.
The space that was occupied by the fatal
rock was some 500 feet ia length, 200 feet Ia
breadth and 100 feet in depth. There are
now very dangerous looking fissures ia the
rock adjacent 70 the space whence the ava
lanche fell while those at the back OF the
citadel and Of Dunerin terrace have visibly
enlarged, and the slide has carried away
with it portion ST the rock upon which the
foundation wall OF one corner OF the far
famed terrace is built.
The removal OF the rock from the street
viii be a gigantic work, and il Is expected
10 occupy from one 20 two months Most
of the blocks viii require blasting, and that
10 a very considerable extent
A Little Hersine RescHed.
Those who aided in the rescue q Mrs
Blacks niece tell how heroically this Young
and slender girl Of some II years struggled
for life and liberty Though, it rs said she
suffers from a broken leg and wrist and if
otherwise bruised, she told those who were
endeavoring 10 extricate her that she was
working hard with both hands, notwith
standing her terribly mangled condition.
A Child Rescued Unhurt
Ada Black, the s-year-old daughter a
Henry Black, was rescued, only slightly in
jured, about 7oclock. At O'Clock the child
Of Mrs Ready was recovered alive, appar-
emily without a scratch, lying in close prox-
unity % her dead mother The child is butts
months old Her parents were married less
than two years ago. A man named Kemp
was taken from the ruins alive but badly in
jured
Fifteen In the Hospital
There are now fifteen sufferers fnom the
castrophe in the Hotel Dieu hospital and y
number have been taken TO private residences
How the Victims Met Death.
Mrs McCann, one OF the victims, was ray
ing a visit TO some friends When found her
position was as if she was about tying the
strings of her bonnet
Mrs Burke, one Of the victims, met a most
cruel death. When found she wis lying
under crossbeam, terribly strained. At 4
o'clock the crushed bodies Of Mrs james
Bradley and one of her children wero taken
from the ruins Of their home The body Of
Mrs Martin Ready was also taken from the
debris Still another sad incident came 10
notice in tho rescuing OF Mr.. Farrell at the
time Of the calamity He had his babe in
his arms. The two were foundtOgether.
The dead were all laid out tn the Water
police station, whence about ten have been
removed by friends. The coroner reports dc
composition as already setting in, and says
that the rats are swarming in immense mum
bers from the wharves, SO that he has had 10
have collins constructed as rapidly as possible.
One Hundred Were Injured.
The inquest will be held on Monday. Tn,
Roman Catholic dead will BE- buried Sunday
morning at TO- Altogether between eighty
and one hundred people are injured in one
way or another
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