Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-11
THE rITTsBuRG DISASTER.
Awful Work of the Tornado In the
smoky City.

Awful Work of the Tornado In the
smoky city.
PITTsBURG, Jan 1.-THE building which
was blown down by the storm here Wednes-
day was located on Diamond alley, and was
owned by G. L. Wiley.
The building was in course of erection. It
was 30 by so feet in dimensions and seven
stories high The front of the building had
not yet been put in, and the wind seemed to
enter the huge shell from the open end. The
high walls of bricks and undried mortar were
parted, one falling each way, partly wrecking
nearly dozen surrounding buildings Wei
din q Co.'S bookstore ON Wood street was
crushed in, and the front of the building
forced out into the street, and the barber
shop of Fred Schemaker, at Al Diamond
street, was completely demolished. The
leather store next to the Wiley building, oc-
cupied by w. Ii. Thoma, was also totally
wrecked. The rear end of II. Walt COM
panys book store was crushed in, and part
OF the falling structure struck Joseph Rich
baums building fronting on Fifth avenue,
breaking the windows and injuring number
of employees. A portion Of the wall Of milli-
merry store next to Thomas was caved in, and
tho windows and doors in number of sur
rounding buildings were broken. The build
ing Of Rea Brothers & Co, stock brokers, on
the corner of Diamond and Wood streets,
was partly wrecked, and the occupants barely
escaped.
OF the forty-iye or more persons in the
Wiley building at the time, only five or six
escaped uninjured. The wreck is one Of the
most horrifying that Pittsburg has been
called upon TO witness for many years The
scenes on the street were awful. Dozens OF
policemen and firemen kept the mob back
from the vicinity of the disaster, while
others, covered with SCOT and dust, ran in
and out of the wrecked building, carrying in
tools and bringing out the mangled forms Of
the victims as fast as they were recovered.
The following is list of the killed as far
as can be obtained
DR.. G. r. Read, a prominent physician
and former Methodist clergyman, aged IS
years
George Mason, carpenter employed on
the wrecked building.
Charles Fritch, of SeerbysviIle an employe
of the barber shop.
Samuel Stringer, aged about - years.
Willie Goettman, of Allegheny, 16 years
of age.
The injured are, as far as known:
Weldin Mason, Martin Heller, Elmer Nc
Kowen, Michael Ryan, Tim Watt, Alfred
Lambert, - McCurdy, o. T. Smith, John
Donneliy, Thomas Lemon, John Redut. Ber-
nard O'Connor, Frank Barrett, William
Springer, Morris Ryan, J. H. Herring,
Ernest Rinehart, Owen Donnelly, o. r.
Smith, Charles Petticord, j. b. Goehrine,
William Wilson, Charles CoIly, Evan Pew,
Thomas Barker, Gus Mesner, George Scott.
7. Z. Melvin, George Long, Harry Faulkner,
Jerry Huckenstein. William Landau, John
McGlone, Samuel Brown, ST., Jere Hucken-
stein.
1t is said that many Of the above are
fatally hurt.
Street Commissioner Flynn and Chief
Steel, of the fire department, think there are
at least twenty men yet buried under the
Wiley building There are at least that
many yet missing.
OF the thirty to thirty five men employed
on the building a majority of them ran to the
cellar for protection when the storm came
on. So far only seven men have been taken
out This leaves at least twenty yet to ac-
count fof.
Tne strike at Higgins Factory.
NEW York, Jan. ia number Of other
hands in Higgins carpet factory have quit
work, and the strikers are confident that
they yin be Idle BY Tuesday.