Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-21
CURIOUS THOUSANDS

View tbo scene OF the Awful Land
81 de.
QrEBEc. September 2O-The scene Of
the terrible disaster is being visited by
thousands. who b,rck mp the narrow
streets snd make /. q difficult task for any
one to move TO any direction. There being
b1t one narrow street between the rock and
The river there is a complete stOppsgo Of
traffic. except by climbing over the debris.
A large force Of men are engaged in the
work searching the ruins. The shipping
.nse ia the Dominion Government build
mi, has been tuiued INTO q temporary
,o-eas and over twenty bodies are lying
i,it III sdhcult 20 IDENTIFY some Of the
b,5i- $50 much have hey been disfgursd
s,4 Crushed Several Of the persons re-
ported rr.iog have turned up, bu6 it is
thon.h- .tst thsre win be ten OF more vic
aims to te a5s,3 90 the let. A complete
r. rhs Injured cilaot Re made up as
,etssttsy vs-, -msvei to different hos
pas end 20 re-i, houses as soon as
t1.-vsrs aksc from the ruins.
rGr WORK OF REsCUING
ttsytars is coirg On vigorously. The
mtu-e-s o. the Black family were buried
alive twelve -set below the surface Of the
f.I-is Ol being asked If they were safe,
M-- Black answered. MY husband IS
5l BE- Poe icoT. The sest are safe, but
ve sre .1fe-ing from wounds and bruises
o1 our imts Shortly after Miss May
Caldwell. q niece Of Mr.. Black, was extri-
Gated from Mt Blacks house. Her limbs
were 50 suf from inaction that the least
touch on them caused eIcruciatiDg pains.
The next person taken cut wss Thomas
IS rriean, whose wife was tsken ont Of the
ruins dead. He was so dishgufed bis
friends could hardly recognize him. He
was removed TO the Hotel D.eu Hospital,
muticrng prayer Of thanks fer his MI
-sculoas esospe. Tbs mex. t. follow visa
an s.yesr-old boy, also named Beuigan.
His lsf- LEG vas crushed % Jelly. Then
came Nrs. Black. Her bosom, fsce and
neck were dreadfully swollen.
BURYING THE DEAD.
Preparations are being made for the
funerals Of ihe killed, Who will be buried
40 The Joint expense Of citizens and the
local government AmOrg those buried
by the rocks are ycuug couple named
Nolap. who were married q few weeks
ago. Nolan could havs es-
cared. but he lost his life in
irving 20 yet his wife out OF the house
10 IS thought that the Kings Bssii0n on
ths citadel viii have TO be removed, as IL
IS now uesr the edge Of the rocks, with
uua'e crtvicss in front Of it. "A PIE
clu,iorary measure slt communication
With he Bas,i1n has been Gu. on
uIsREGARDEp THE WARNINGS.
A SIMILAR disaster occurred on nearly
the same spot on May II, 1S4l, when
eight buildings were destroyed and 81 pei
sous killed In 1852 several others were
killed halfa mile further up the street hy
a similar avalanche Of rock Still the
warnings we've disregarded ard people con-
tinued 10 build and TO take up their habi-
tati0as Immediately below the overhaug-
ing ma7sts Of rock that juts out from the
iron Of Cape Diamond, and 10 The narrow
street that heaTs the name OF Qusbsc's
founder and that Ccca ies all the space
that remains between TIE cliff and river,
save The wharves which gerve also as the
back wards Of the houses where last nights
disaster occurred.
The Government, warned By the repre-
sentstions Of the Hon. Thomas McGreevY,
member cf Parliament for the division Of
Quebec West, expended a large sum Of
money about the year 1881 N purchasing
aud removing several houses on the clia
side OF the street, and N building a huge
retaining wall several feet thick to pre-
vent disaster from falling rocks to the
dwellers across the street. Those portions
of rcck which protruded in the most dan
gero1s nsnner were also removed.
WELDED TO THE RAIN.
Two days of rain and flood. succeeding
a month OF dry weather, filed the crew
lee. of the s1il Immediately below and be-
vo1d the southern extremity OF D1fferin
Terrace. and last uight an enormous mass
was detached from the chd and hurled
over the retaining wall. pushing the houses
ont of i.s way aud crushing most Of them
hsnsa,h i.s weight. The debris Of rock
il'ed up ihe narrow street to the depth CT
some Sd feet snd cut Of all communication
between the portions of the city north
and south oi 10. As soon az an idea was
o5ained of the extent OF the disaster tue
whole force OF municipal police turned
ont % render assistance, aud a strong force
&C the military assembled TO aid in the re-
moval of he debris. Fire broke out al
most Immediately in some Of the ruins,
0ut the brigade, when summoned, soon
sx.iugu.sh,d the flames and set to work
90 as-is.i1 the search fir the dead and
dying