Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-17

faced the west. It fell to pieces a. !,
composed of so many building blocka
The walls gave Wy, the floors fen 1ov,
one on TOP of the other, and carried e.
great mass of human beings to the hot
tom. The bricks we're pied up in ~.
greatest confusion, while amid the hnr,;
cane and whistliDg, rushing. roaring wilma
terrible cries for succor we're sent nm =
heaven. 1t was moment th.t trisS
mems souls, md almost simnltancousIr
with the fall of the buildin!,
came the awful cries for relioS
Girls with blacksned faces, brnisad
and broken limbs, their elotbir1
tattered and torn, dragged themselves
from the ruins. So probably rs to 1O0
escaped or Were dragged ont by tbej,
friends. These, of oouls e, worked on tn
upper floors and were thrown near the
top of the debris. A some places the
bricks were piled twenty feet deep and IN
derneath are lying tonight hnman bodies
by the score. Aboat $50 eirls
and young women are usually employed
in the mill, bat at 4 O'CLOCK about so
were relieved from duty for today. Tley
returned to their homes before the storm
came. The mos reliable estimate to-
night places the number in the buildiny
when it went down in the nelghb6rhoo6
of l75, aud as before stated, 100 Of
these we're rescued by friends or
dragged themselves out immediately az
ter the accident. An alarm for relief was
Immediately sent and in short tina
thousands of citizens arrived to help ont
the dead and dying. The scene vas
narrowing one and beggars description.
The mill is near the foot of Mount Pam
2 high mountain overlooking the eih.
When the people arrived everything was
developed in darkness Then huge boz fires
we're built, which cast dismal glare on
the surrounding scene. The fire com
panies left the burning paint shop and
assisted in TescuinR the dead and dying
The entire police was called out the am
bulance and relief corps and Thousands of
people were IN among the debris, carry
ont bricks and doing whatever they could
all at the same time, but their work was
slow compared with the demand
for the rescue of the victims
of the disaster. Here young woman
was taken out ali bruised, suffering with
cuts and bruises. One body it was no
ticed es il was dragged oUt, had its head
Ont off Others were in various postures.
living, all suffering from the most
terrible wounds and some almost
scared to death. An Associated
Press representative entered what
was once the basement of the building.
ana cropping his way through tue debris
noticed five bodies of young girls lying
close together He tried TO pull them
out, but they were pinned down, and it
was impossible to get them
out. They were dead and be-
yond al human aid Up to
h2lf past 10 O'Clock tonight, probably the
bodies Of a dozen Of the dead have been
taken out, while the greater portion Of
the remainder we're still under the ruins
The york of rescaing will be pushed
all night, but if may be- tomorrow before
all bodies are taken out. The rtscuers
sill have the greatest hopes that some
OF those inside are alive. All Is chaos
and confusion &C the mill. The
managers are missing and the cor
rect number ia merely guess work
1t may not be over 40, and then again at
this hour it may reach 60 or so. The silk
mill was built shout four years ago.
The builders we're Reading capitalists
and the cost of putting it up was
$4,000. The mill was leased to
Grimshaw Brothers, q; Paterson,
N. j., where they also operate similar
mills, and they have been running it ever
since. The machinery they put in the
mill cost $4,000. This is a
total loss. When the Assoc
ciated Press representative visited
the scene of the wreck at IL O'Clock to-
night, he found everything in the great
est confusion. At that time about a
dozen dead bodies bad been taken out.
Clerk Autenbach stated at midnight
he believed that fully eighty bodies we're
in the ruins under the three floors. His
list of employees is lost, and owing to the
confusion in taking out the injured, he
was unable to furnish list of the killed,
but eighty is a conservative estimate of
those who lost their lives.