Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-10

high tower when the accident occurred He
said 70 a reporter:
81 had gone up for puIleys and was looking
out Of the window, when all of q sudden heard
loud noise, and was almost paralyzed 70 see
the building fall in. / don't know how gos
down from the tower"
TEE RAILROAD SHOP DISASTER
Following is a correct list of the killed and
injured at the Philadelphia and Reading paint
shop, which was struck by the cyclone and the
men enveloped in flames by the explosion of
the gas chambers in nine passengers cars:
kiiled-Allen Landenberger, head, legs and
arms missing; John Foreman. crushed 10 death,
sheridan Jones, burned 10 death; George A.
Schaefer, legs burned of.
Injured Geo. knabb, seriously; Aaron De-
wald, arm broken. The remains of sheridan
Jones, crushed and terribly burned. almost be-
yond recognition. were recovered from the
ruins OF the paInt-shop at midnight. Earlier
the bodies OF Foreman and kahler were taken
out kahler had his head crushed Foreman
was caught by the sill of the psint-shop door.
Neither body was much burned.
The loss TO the PHILADELPHIA and Reading
railroad company by the burning OF its paint
shop and passenger cars Is probably s65.0O0.
and TO the silk mill and its machinery about
sllo.000. The Associated Press reporter was
at the silk mill ruins all night. and witnessed
some of the most heartrending scenes il prob
ably ever befell human being to witness. Rel
atives and friends were running about in their
frenzy and grief, seeking for lost ones, and
almost deranged.
CROWDS POURING INTO THE CITY.
The incoming trains this morning continue
pouring into the city their crowds Of strangers,
and at noon il was estimated that 200 people
surrounded the scene Of the silk-mill disaster.
These greatly interfered with the work OF re-
moving the debris and taking out the dead,
and finally the Reading Artillerists. the city's
only military organization. were called out and
ordered TO the ruins to keep back the crowds.
This morning eight more bodies were taken
from the ruins. The confusion is great, and .
full list of the dead and injured is not vet in
the hands otanyone. Exactly how many more
bodies are IN the ruins is a matter of conjec-
ture. Considerable money has been con-
tributed for the relief of the sufferers Bene-
fits are also being arranged The latest esti-
mate of the killed has been reduced 30 fifty,
but this Is uncertain, as no one knows how
many human beings lie buried beneath the
mountain Of bricks, mortar, and timber.
IN GREAT DANGER on BRIDGE.
EAsToN, Pa, Jan. 10.-Twenty five men were
ON the suspension bridge here last night dur
ing the storm when a heavy wire guy rope was
broken. causing the bridge to sway and shake
heavily. One of the men. Oscar Walfram. was
blown from the bridge TO the canal below. a
distance of about so feet. He swan TO the
shoic anu IL uOW COuuHtu W Dtu- lNo
other men caught the railing while going down
and held on until the storm had passed. The
others lay down on the bridge and had their
hands and knees badly bruised and blistered in
holding on TO the railing. None Of them. how
ever, were seriously injured and left the bridge
| in safety after the storm had passed.
MUCH DAMAGE NEAR LANCASTER
LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. l0.-Last evenings
storm very violent in Earl and Mannheim
townships, in this county. Ranck's United
Brethren church, near New Holland, was al
most completely wrecked. Many houses and
bridges were unroofed, fences and outbuild-
ings were blown away, and. in some cases,
whole orchards were uprooted No persons
are reported injured.
CHURCH sPIRE TWISTED OFF.
LIMA, ONO, Jan. l0.-Great damage was done
here yesterday by heavy wind storm which
blew hundreds of derricks and pumping houses
down in the oil fields, and twisted Of the spire
Of the Reformed German church and other
wise damaged the building. The courthouse
was damaged, and also many private resi-
dences