New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-11
IN THE RUINS AT READING.
THE DEAD BODIES RECOVERED NUMBEB
THIRTY.THREE.
THE TASK OF SEA lcHING FOR VICTIMS OF TEE
STORM ENDED--ALL THE WORKERS In
THE SILK MILL ACCOUNTED FOR
LIST OF THE KILLED AND In
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lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE 1IBUEEJ
RNding PENN Jan. 1o.-Fully 10000 people
visited the ruin wrought by last nights storm.
The crowd was SO great that Company e Of the
4th Regiment National Guard was detailed to
protect the workers. At O'Clock this evening
much Of the wreck had been cleared away and
passaec-wsy made the entire length Of the
mill, but no more bodies were found, and 1t is
now believed that all are accounted for.
Some Of the young women who escaped
say that the wind was so strong that they were
lifted from their feet and blown through the
windows. The story is coroborated by many Of
the girls, and the fact that the structure was
wrecked In less tDan ten seconds is regarded as
Observation-Disclosures that they could not have
jumped out. Careful inquiry places the num-
Der actually killed at the mill at thirty-three
The tornado left the entire city last night In
darkness which was only relieved by the electric
lights and huge bonfres. All night long brave and
Wiling hands assisted in the work Of the rescue OF
the dead The list Of fatal cases will fully reach
100 and may be more. The hospitals and under
takers establishments are filed with the victims.
The physicians are all busy and many
private houses have been opened for
the accommodation Of the injured. The
work of rescue was greatly retarded from the
singular manner in which the silk mill collapsed
1t did not blow over a. might have been ex-
pected, from the force of the wind. bat fell In
one mass, little of the walls remaining above
the stone foundation. The rafters and timbers
Of the flooring projected in all directions. Az
tho building was heated By steam. the ruins did
not take FIRE; otherwise. not one Of the unfortu-
mates could possibly have escaped death in It's
most appalling form. The only eyewitness 70
the disaster. so far as is known. was Mrs. Gem
MILL who lives at No. 1.150 Mulberry-st She
said:
/ heard an awful crash, and, thinking It was
new house which is being put up alongside Of
US, ran TO the front door. A great cloud Of dust
hung over the silk mill. and I could hear the
crashing Of " bees and the roar Of the falling
walls 1he next ~ ment / saw the mill great
heap OF runs. from the midst of which came such
awful .oamns ana groaning and terrible cries
as -, or want 70 hear again. Not q soul did
see ue out II inc mill. and it seemed many
min rs u ms before anybody came to the SPOT.
s, % Shete In the door like one struck dumb
until my husband came running from his work.
Teams OF every description. omnibuses. funeral
coaches. fire wagons, hospital vans and private
vehicles were pressed into service. and running
rapidly TO and fro from the scene Of the disaster
ell night long. bearing the bodies Of the wounded,
diving and dead To their homes or to the different
hospitals
The big tower and the smoke stack st the stlk
mill and ten feet OF the western wall remain
standing. all that is left of the huge structure.
Charks Schwank, age eighteen was in the high
tower when the accident occurred He said 20
| reporter: - sItssf
~I had gone UP for pulIeys and was looking
out Of the window. when all Of Q sudden heard
| loud noise and was almost paralyzed to see the
building fall in. don't know how got down
from the towers
The work Of removing the wrechage was dis
continued this afternoon. as all the employees have
been accounted for The following is the cor
rected list Of the dead and wounded in the Reading
paint shop: n
Alien Landenberger John II. Kaer, George A. schaner
John Foreman. Sheridan Jones
INJURED.
George Knabb. Arthur Dewald. samuel Ne~nix.