The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-26
THE QUEBEC H
Twenty-Five COrpses II;
the Terrible Landsll
Quebec. l
Willing Hands Still at WO
Treating the Victims FIR
the Debris.
QUEpEo, special-Ihe loss sustained

QUEBEC, Speclal-Ihe loss sustaIheu
surviving VI icct..s. cta.1 sof the disaster great
OF, the eworkingmenwhO are d epriVed OF homes
lose all their furniture and other effects,
even their scanty earnings Many are
LETT virtually penniless at the commence
ment of q Canadian 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 a number OF
rescues. 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.; shy husband is killed at the
door. The rest are safe, but we are suffer
ing from wounds and bruises on our limbs"
Shortly after Miss May OauIdwell, niece OF
Mr. Black, was extricated from Mr.. Blacks
house Her limbs were so stiff from inaction
that the least touch on them caused
excruciating pains. The next per
son taken out was Thomas Berri-
gan, whose wife was taken out of the ruins
dead. He was so dishgured his friends could
hardly recognize him. He was removed to
the hospital muttering prayer of thanks for
his miraculous escape. The next TO follow
was an eight-year- ar-old boy, also named Ber-
rigan. His left leg was crushed to jelly.
Then came Mrs. Black Her bosom, neck and
face were dreaIfuIly swollen.
THE SITE OF THE LAND SLIDE
Is almost identical with that of the one
which occurred in 1S41, when eight build
ings were crushed and thirty-two persons
were killed The houses destroyed
all stood on the other side of the road
way and were not thought to be in danger,
but the immense mass of rocks swept clear
across the roadway and over the brick
buildings, demolishing them as if they were
made of cardboard. The mass of earth and
rock moved is, roughly speaking, about six
hundred feet frontage by eighty in depth
Some of the masses of fallen rock must
weigh nearly twenty TONS and there are so
many huge blocks that 1t makes the work of
clearance very difficult 1t is feared that large
part of the rock adjoining the site of the
slide will come down, as large crevices have
appeared 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, bnt there is lack of
intelligent direction, as there is no person in
authority. Citizens are sending in money to
relieve any immediate distress among the
homeless women and childen. The shipping
Office in the dominion government building
has been turned into a temporary morgue,
and over twenty bodies are lying in it. 1t is
difficult to identify some of the bodies,
so much have they been disfgured
and crushed. Several of the persons
reported missing have turned up, but 1t is
thought that there will be ten or more
victims to be added to the list A complete
list of The injured cannot be made up yet, as
they were removed to different hospitals and
to friends houses as soon as they were taken
from the ruins Preparations are being made
for
THE FUNERALS OF THE KILLED,
who will be buried at the joint expense OF
citizens and the local government Among
those buried by the rocks are young couple
named Nolan, who were married a few
weeks ago. Nolan could have escaped, bu
he lost his life in trying to get his wife out oi
the house. 1t is thought that the kings bas-
tion on the citadel will have to be removed
as it is now near the edge of the rock, with
uns1fe crevices in front of it. AS precau,
tionary measure all communication with the
bastion has been cut of, and The morning ant
evening guns will no longer be fired from it
About twenty thousand persons have visited
the scene of the disaster during the day
Thousands crowded into the morgue anC
seized every point inside and outside the
building where glimpse could be had ot
the bodies of the victims. Many womer
wno obtained an entrance had tt
be removed In fainting condition, the
mangled bodies being q sight to try the
| nerves of the strongest men. 1t has beer
| decided to use small charges of powder tt
break up the hugh boulders covering The
roadway, as 1t is certain that there
can be nothing living beneath them
The horrors of this dreadful day are still
succeeding each other. While the worker
were busy clearing away the debris of crum
bled buildings faint groans were heard at in
tervals from under huge pile OF rocks. Tit
efforts of the volunteers were concentrated tt
that point, and after three hours hurd worl
THE BLEEDING BODY
of Joe Kemp was extricated from the mas
of rock The poor man is in most pitiabl'
condition Both legs are broken at th'
knees, the left arm is fractured above tn!
elbow and several ribs are fractured
He cannot live many hours Two hour
later his wife's body was taker
out of the wreck. Her head was almos
severed from her body Farther away an
other hideous spectacle was offered to sigh
the corpse OF a young woman (Mrs. Lau
sony who had been admired in her lifetime
for her beauty. Her body had beel
crushed almost fat Shortly after viewing
her remains her husband became a ravinl
maniac. 1t is doubtful il he will recover hi
| reason. man named Michael Bradley VIII,
hes gone almost crazy when told that all hi
family had perished in the land slide, dis
covered, while working over the wreck o
his house, his fve-year-Old daughter, still
alive: His Joy was indescribable
Ir is thought the child will live
| Up to this time the number OF corpses foun(
is twenty five and the number of woundet
eighteen. The city IS thronged with strang
ers coming from all parts of Quebec distric
/ to witness the effects of the terrible ava
lanche. The following Is q list Of the killeI
| and wounded so far as Ia known:
| Killed-Thomas Farrell and three Farrell chill
| dren. two children named Burke, one chill
named Bradley, child of p. Fitzgerald. Mrs
| Bracken, Mrs. Stephen Burke, Henry Black
| William Black, Thomas Nolan, Mrs. Ready Mrs
| Thomas Berrigan, Mrs. Lauson, Mrs. Kemp.
l. Injured-Mr and Mrs. Calson. Mr.. ]. O'Neil
| Mrs. Luke Kerwin and child, Thomas Berrigar
| Denis Berrigan, James Hayden, William Steven
and son, Nelly Deehey, Patrick Fitzgerald, Mar
tin Ready, three May hurry children, Stephe
Burke and his mother Mrs. Fitzgerald, Thoma
Graham, William Power, wife and child, Mrl
Thomas Farrell, Miss May Cauldwell.
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