The Indiana State sentinel., 1889-01-16

fall OF the building came the awful cries for re-
lief. Girls with biackened faces bruised and
broken limbs, their clothing tatiered and torn,
dragged themselves from the ruins. SO prob
ably seventy-hve 10 one hundred escaped OF
were dragged out by their friends These, Of
course, worked on the upper floors and were
thrown near the top OF the debris. AT some
places the bricks were piled I'D twenty feet
deep and underneath are lying tonight humsn
bodies by the score.
About two hundred and fifty girls and young
women are usually employed in the mill but az
O'Clock about eighty were relieved from duty
tor the day. They returned TO their homes be-
fore the storm came. The most reliable esti-
mate OF tonight places the number in the
building when il went down in the neghboF-
mood OF one hundred and seVenty-tVe, and as
before stated 100 hundred of these we're rescued
by friends or dragged themselves out imme-
diately after the accident. The alarm for ~
lief was sent out and in a short time thousands
OF citizens arrived 10 help out the dead and
dying. The scene was a horrible one and
beggars description.
The mill is situated at the foot Of Mount
Penn, a high mountain overlooking the CITY.
Huge bon-fres were built, as the city was in
total darkness which lent dismal appearance
TO the scene. The fremen left the burning
paint shop aud assisted in the rescuing OF the
dead ana dying. The police force was called
out, the ambulance and relief corps and
thousand people were at the debris carrying
out bricks pulling away timbers and assisting
wherever they could-all at the same time.
But their work was slow compared with ths
demand for the rescue of the victims. Here
young woman was taken out all bruised up,
suffering with cuts and bruises. One body,
noticed as il was dragged out, had its head cus
of. Others were IN various postUres the liv-
ing ali suffering from the most terrible wounds
and some almost scared 20 death. The Asse-
ciated Press representative entered what was
once the basement OF the building, aud cropping
his way through the debris. noticed five bodies
OF young girls lying close together. he uned
to pull them ont. but they were pinned down
and il was impossible 10 extricate them. They
were dead and beyond all human aid.
Up to 1890 o'clock tonight probably ths
bodies OF a dozen dead have been taken out
while the greater portion Of the remainder
were still under the ruins. The work Of rescue
Will be pushed all night but IL may be far into
tomorrow before ali the bodies are taken out.
The rescuers. still have hopes that some Of
those inside are still alive, aud there Is every
reason Tor saying that in this the persons who
believe that way, are right. All is chaos and
confusion around the mill. The managers are
missing, and the correct number OF dead and
missing is entirely guess work. II may not he
over forty, but at this hour it looks as If it
would reach sixty or eighty.
The silk mill was built about four years ago.
The builders were Reading capitalists, and the
cost of putting it up was S63 900. The mill was
leased 10 Grimshaw Bros. OF Paterson, y. j.,
where they also operate similar mills, and hey
have been running IL ever since. The machin-
cry they put in the mill cost $4,000 This is
total loss.
When the Associated Press reporter visited
the scene of the wreck at IL o'clock last night
he found everything in the greatest confusion.
At that time about a dozen dead bodies had
been taken out Among those who are dead
are the following:
HENRY CROCKER, foreman of the silk
mill and married, twenty-three years old, head
crushed in, neck and arm broken, from New
London, Conn.
LAURA KEARSHNER
EVA LEEDS.
LILLE GROW.
KATIE BOWMAN.
KATIE LEAS.
AMELIA CHRISTIAN.
SOPHIE NINKLEMAN.
ELLA LONG.
WILLIE SNYDER.
WILLIAM robson.
REBECCA ROUSE.
KATE RIEDEANUER
ROSE CLEMMER.
JOHN REEBER, engineer Of the silk mill
His head WAS cut Oft clean as If with a sword.
These are all the dead who have been taken
out. Clerk Aulenhack stated at midnight that
be believed fully eighty bodies we're in the
ruins under the three floors. His list Of em-
ployes Is lost and owing TO the confusion in
taking out the injured he was unable 70 fur
nlSn liSL OF guc kAltu. DuA tlgulg Is q con-
seryative estimate Of those who lost their
lives. Among the wounded are:
GERALDINE GLAZIER.
4 ME LEADS.
BERTHA kUSER.
ELLA LANM,
EMMA RAUENsAHN,
GEOGE NEINAN,
ELLA Karl,
MINNIE MERKEL,
SALIIE HASSOE,
LIZZIE OWEN,
BERTHA HERMAN,
MARY MELON,
ELLIE SALMON,
ELLIE PFLUM,
KATE HEPLER,
MARY CUNNIUs,
MARY EVANS,
EFFIE EBRIGHT,
HOWARD BRICKER,
ANNIE BRICKER,
ANNIE Fry.
There are many others whose names cannot
be ascPrtained in the confusion tonight
Among the killed taken out Of the ruins lste
last night are:
CHARLES REITBAUER
HAIRY CROTHERS.
SALLIE HICKEL
HARRY JONES.
JOHN FOREMAN.
JANE SEILHEINER
Among the injured are;
KATE kEPPLER.
MARY EVANS.
MARY HARTMAN.
KATE ALSPACH.
MATILDA TAYLOE-
SARAH SHADE.
KATE SULLIVAN.
ANNIE kRICK.
FRANK SCHAEFFER.
LIZZIE BERREIN.
n. DEPLEG.
Miss LIZZIE TAYLoR.
CHARLES LUDWIG.
CECILIA GLETCHER.
WILLIAM SNYDER.
ALBERT BURKHART.
JANE THOMSON.
MARY ROTTAM.
Many of these are seriously hurt aud have
broken limbs and several internal injuries
Augustus L. RoScup residing al 6SS y.
Tenth-st., was the foreman Of the first and sec
ond floors OF the silk-mill. A reporter inter-
viewed him. and his statement is as follows: "It
was about twenty minutes past o'clock when
l went to the second story 10 turn on the elec-
trio lights. After had done this stood look
ing about the room forGbOut ten minutes. Sud-
denly heard a loud. rushing noise which I
thought was the cyclone. The building then
shook was standing in the southern end Of
the room, and, before ] could look out Of
Quick as lightning the portion of the room that
] was in went down. The girls rushed about
me CRYING and screaming and calling for help.
They did not realize what was taking place It
seemed to me as If the center of the building
was struck first can not describe the scene.
Ii wasawful. could not do anything, and could
rot think of what | should do Our end Of the