The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-26
oUEeEc.s AVALANCHE.

The Doath.List from Thursaay Nights
landslide May Reach 1orty-Twensy.
Eight Bodies srsl-lAny Undoube.
eddy Yet buried Benesth the Tons 90
Rock and Dirt - Some Aeart-RsallInr
Scenes. 49, So
QUEBEC. Can, Sept 2l.-A sad and dreary
day to the watchers and workers 1t tho
scene of tho landslide was Friday, and lit
tie indeed of comfort did the result Of tho
search among the debris bring to the sur
viving victims of the catastrophe The
death-roll now numbers twenty eight per-
sons, and 1t Ia thought that IT viii reach
forty. The names are as follows:
Thomas Allen, Mrs. Thomas Allen, Charles
Allan, Mrs Charles Allan; Miss Esther Allan.
Henry Black, William Black, Mrs. Bracken.
Mrs Stephen Burke and two children, Michael
Duly, James Edwards, L. Edwards, Thomass
Farrell and three children, Norah Kennedy.
Mrs. r. H. Leahy, Miss Lane, Mrs. McCann,
o. s. Neville Thomas Nolan, Charles Pois,
MIRA Ready, Alphonse Trodesu. Napoleon
Treteouw. II. Wright
The consensus Of medical opinion, as well
~ the cool and unprejudiced Judgment OF
disiptcrested lay minds. pointed to the Inn
probability of more than few, il any, Of
those imprisoned beneath tho rocks and
debris being extricated alive after living
entombment Of over twelve hours with its
continuous strain upon tho nervous system.
partial suffocation, in some cases intense
bodily suffering, and In others exposure to
fire smoke and water.
The members of the Black family were
buried alive twelve feet below the surface
of the debris. On being asked II they were
safe Mrs. Black answered: my husband
was killed ut the door right be-
safe, but we are suffering from
wounds and bruises on our limbs" Shortly
after Miss May Cauldwell neice of Mr..
Black, was exuicated from Mr. Blacks
house Her limbs were SO stiff from inac-
ton that the least touch on them caused
excruciating pain. The next person taken
out was Thomas Berrigan, whose wife
was taken out of the ruins dead.
He was so disfgured his friends could
hardly recognized him. He was removed
to the hospital, muttering prayer of
thanks for his miraculous t-cape. The
next to follow was an 8-year-oh boy, also
named Berrigan. His left leg was crushed
to Jelly. Then came Mrs. Black. Her
bosom, neck and face were dreadfully
swollen
The dead body of the second child of Mr..
P. Fitzgerald was recovered from the ruins,
as we'll as that of Willie Black, whose ia
ther was also killed Death had probably in
his case been instantaneous, az he was
crushed by heavy beam, which pinned
him across the chest to the floor The res
cue of Mrs Blacks niece isreported. Those
who aided in her rescue tell how
hero1cally this young and slender
girl of some II years struggled for life and
liberty. Though it is said she suffers from
hr~l lao %r4
bruised, she told those who were endeav-
oring to extricate her that she was helping
them, and 80 she was, working hard with
mangled condition.
Ada Black. the S-year-old daughter Of
Henry Black, was rescued, only slightly in
jured, about o'clock. At 5 o'clock in the
morning the child of Mrs. Ready was re-
covered alive, apparently without a
scratch, lying in close proximity to her
dead mother The child is but months
old
There are now fifteen sufferers from tho
catastrophe In the Hotel Dieu hospital and
a number have been taken to private resi-
dencea
Mrs Mccain, one Of the victims, was pay
ing visit to some friends When found
her position was as If she was about tying
the strings of her bonnet Mrs. Burke, one
OF the victims, met a most cruel death.
When found she was lying under cross
beam. terribly strained At 4 O'Clock the
crushed bodies of Mrs. James Bradley and
one of her children were taken from the
ruins OF their home The body OF Mrs
Martin Ready was also taken from the
debris.
Late Friday night while workers were
busy clearing away the debris of crumbled
buildings faint groans were heard at inter-
walls from under huge piles of rocks The
efforts of the volunteers were concentrated
to that point, and, after three hours hard
work, the b eeding body of Joe Kemp
was extricated from the mass of rock.
The poor man is in most pitiable condi.
tion. Both legs are broken at the knees.
the left arm is fractured above the elbow
and several ribs are fractured He can
not live many hours Two hours later hi:
wife's body was taken out of the wre ok.
Farther away another hideous spectacle
was offered to sight-the corpse of young
woman Mrs. Lauson), who had been ad-
mired in her lifetime for her beauty. Her
body had been crushed almost flat Her
abdomen had been ripped open and he1
entratls were scattered about Shortly
after viewing her remains her husband be-
came raving maniac. 1t is doubtful If he
will recover his reason.