Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-21
The Number of Killed Estimated
at Thirty-NOt All Unearthed.
Business at q Stand Still-ThOusaRd of
Willing Hands Searching the
Debris for Victims.
Danger of Another Slide-PeOple Moving Out
of Houses m the NeighbOrhOOd-The
- Homeless Cared For.
wORsE THAN FIEgr REPoRrED.


ais QueBec special, timed midnight,
says: It is knownithafat least two dead
bodies still remais hinder the pile of de-
bris. Reseuing parties are hard at work,
but are meeting with accidents .gsas huge
masses of rock still oontipSe, to faH'from
the cliffs. Among the latest persons res
| eued is Mrs. Black, who states that her
husband was killed at the door of their
| house and that his body is still in the de-
| bris.
| MANY wORKNIEN HOMELESS.
| QUEBEC, P. O., Sept. 20.-This
morning the work of excavating still
| goes on at the terrible land slide Many
are still alleged to be missing beneath
the ruins, including number OF
| children. The loss sustained. by the sur
| viving victims is great. Some of the
| wOrkingmen who are deprived of their
| homes, lose all their furniture and other
| effects and their summer earnings Many
| are left virtually penniIess at the COM
mencement of the Canadian winter. The
| injured were nearly all removed to the
| hotel Dieu where they Will receive atten-
| ton.
RESCUING THE VICTIMS.
l. The work of resouing victims is going
| on vigorously Members of the Black
| family were buried alive twelve feet be-
| low the surface of debris. On being
! asked if they were safe Mrs. Black an
swered:
''My husband is killed at the door.
The rest are safe.
Shortly after Miss May Caldwell,
| niece of Mr.. Black, was extricated from
Mr.. Blacks house. The next person
taken out was Thomas Herrigan whose
| wife was taken out of the ruins dead.
He was so disfgured his friends could
hardly recognize him. He was removed
to the hospital muttering a prayer of
thanks for his miraculous escape. The
next to follow was an eight-year odd
boy, also named Herrigan. His left leg
was crushed to jelly. Then came Mrs.
Black. Her bosom, neck and face were
dreadfully swollen.
OVER TWENTY BODIES IN THE MORGUE.
The scene of the terrible disaster is be-
ing visited by thousands, who block up
the narrow street and make if a difficult
| task for any one to move in any direction.
There being but one narrow street be-
tween the rock and river, there Is a COM
plete stOppage of traffic except by climb
ing over the debris.
A large force of men are engaged in the
work of searching the ruins.
The shipping office in the Dominion
government building has been turned
into temporary morgue and over twenty
bodies are lying in it. 1t is difficult to
identify some of the bodies, so much have
they been disfigured and crushed.
Several of the persons reported missing
have turned up, but it is thought that
there will be ten or more victims to be
added to the list. A complete list OF in
ifIra aan no aHn
were removed to different hospitals and
friends houses as soon as they were
taken from the ruins. The city council
are now holding a special meeting to con-
sldeT what the best course of action will
be to complete the work of recovering the
remaining bodies.
THE DANGER NOT OVER.
It is feared a large part of the rock
adjoining the site of the slide will come
down, as large creyices have appeared,
and rain is still falling and may repeat the
operations which caused last nights His
aster. People are moving out Of the
threatened houses. There has been no
lack of volunteers for work at the ruins,
but there is a lack of intelligent direc-
ton, as there is no person in authority.
Citizens are sending in money to relieve
any immediate distress among the home
less women and children
FORMER LAND SLIDE.
The site of the land slide of last night
is almost identical with that of one which
occurred in 1871, when eight buildings
were crushed and thirty-two persons were
killed. The houses destroyed last night
all stood on the other side of the road
way, and were not thought to be in dan
ger, but the immense mass of rock swept
clear across the roadway and over 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 feet
depth. some of the masses of fallen rock
must weigh nearly twenty tons, and
there are so many huge blocks that it
makes the work of clearance. very diff
cult Working parties this afternoon are
better organized and equipped, and are
making more Roadway Ia addition TO
the list of killed the bodies OF. Richard
Leahy, Mrs Ready and Miss Lane have
been recovered from the ruins.
PREPARING FOR THE FUNERALS.
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 0dheu- NOldu WHO were
married few weeks ago. Nolan could
have escaped, but he lost his life in try
ing to get his wife out of the house.
1t is Thought that the king 5 bastiOn Of
the citadel will have TO be removed, as it
is now near the edge of the rock, with
unsafe ereVices in front of it. As pre-
cautionary measure all communication
with the bastion has been SIT of, and
morning and evening gu1skaill no longer
be fired in it.
About twenty thousand persons have
visited the scene of the disaster during
the day Thousands crowded into the
morgue and seized every point inside and
| outside of the building where a glimpse
could be had of the bodies Of victims.
Many women, who claimed an
| entrance, had to be removed in
fainting condition. the mangled bodies
being shock TO the nerves of the strong
| est man. 1t has been decided 70 use