Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12

Iiniuring three printers. A part OF -th'
foundry Of Mcintosh, Hemphill q 70.
lon Thirteenth street, was also plowI
tdown.
DURATION OF THE STORM.
Thestorm lasted 80 minutes, and was th'
heaviest ever known at this season Of tht
year. The wind blew hurricane, and thu
Irain fell in torrents. Many buildings wert
damaged by the winds.
PrFsBURa, Pa, January 9.-Up to Up
m. 28 persons were taken from the ruins
OF these four were dead, and several sc
badly injured that recovery is almost i'm
possible. A large number is still buried
under the debris.
Martin Hitler has just been taken out oi
the barber shop, andit is said there are
four more in there who then became uncon-
scious.
PARTIAL list OF CASUALTIES.
The number killed and injured cannot be
definitely stated now as many are supposed
to be still in the ruins. 1t is believed, how
ever, that II have been killed and SO in
jured, six fatally. Among the injured are:
John H. Gearing, fatally; Miss White,
school teacher, fatally; Jerry Hookenstine,
very seriously; VIM. Sandon, leg and thigh
fractured; Samuel Brown, very serious; Rose
Mccartney, little girl, badly bruised;
Richard r. Dabney, cut about the head
and body, serious: Thomas Mckee, brick
layer, crushed to death; Weldon Mason,
very serious; Charles Petticord, badly
bruised; Dennis Mccartney, probably fatal
ly; Owen Donnelly, seriously; Elmer Nc
Keown, probably fatally.
lcI Arw> hon vuh 0aar uFraoc
are not learned, were badly injured by the
falling walls of the crushed buildings on
Diamond street. occupied by George Trexe-
ler, barber, w. Thomas, shoe findings, bad.
ly damaged; also portions OF buildings oc-
cupied by Joseph Eichbaum, printer, on
Fifth avenue, and J. r. Weldon Co.,
booksellers, and Rea Bros, stock-brokers,
on Wood street.
The catastrophe created intense excite |
ment and in few minutes the streets sur
rounding the fallen buildings were black
with people. Hundreds OF willing hands, |
needless OF danger themselves, went to |
work to extricate the victims OF the terri. |
BILE accident.
FORTY MANGLED HUMAN BEINGS.
PIrrsBURa. January 9.-The work of re-
moving the dead and injured was continued |
all the afternoon, and at 10 o'clock
tonight, a number of persons are known |
to be still underneath the debris. Up to |
that hour forty mangled and bruised bodies |
had been taken from the ruins. Some were |
dead, Others were dying, and many were |
fatally injured. From the best informa.
tion obtainable, eight were killed outright,
or died in q short time, and twenty five
others were injured. The length OF the list
of dead will be greatly increased before
OF the eight killed, only two have been
identified so far. One was q little girl
named McGlone, who was walking along
the street with her brother when the build
ing fell, and the two were buried in the
wreck. The little girl was killed instantly
and the brother fatally wounded.
The body Of George Kirsch, barber was
Iound in the cellar Of his barber shop. Five
unknown men and one boy are now at the
morgue awaiting Identification. DR.. j. L.
Riem, a prominent physician OF Allegheny,
was in Weldin's at the time and is still
missing 1t is feared he is dead.
THE SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT.
rIrTsBURG, January 10, q. m.-The
seriously injured are: Daniel Courtney,
Eugene e. Davies, Charles q. Petticord,
Weldon 8. Mason, Elex Carter, John
1'Dour, Bernard O'Connor, Frank d. !
Assett, Thomas Lemon, Alfred Lambert,
Vamsie Ardie, James Watt, Michael Ryan,
[ohn Donnelly, Henry Faulkner, Thomas
Mckee, Oscar 4. Smith, Elmer McGowan,
Martin Halloran, George Mason, William
Springer, Vim. Barker. John Gordon. Nor
is Vain, Owen Donnelly, George Thrushler,
". w. Mcdowell, Samuel Brown, George
scott, Geo. Long, J. e. Melvin, Gus Mess
ner. Bartley Cooley, Samuel Stinger, WD-
dcGlorip.
1t is impossible to say yet how many OF
hese will die, but it is feared that the
most If them will be unable to survive
heir wounds.
The Rev. Father Conevine, who was help
ng to rescue the victims, narrowly escaped
'eing killed by a falling wall.
1t is almost impo> sible tonight to give q
eliabe estimate of the damage, but it will
robably be SIS, 900 or $1OO, 600. L.
TIE DAMAGE IN OTHER PLACES.
In this Immediate vicinity the cyclone
'rougbt terrible damage. and also in other
arts OF the city and out along the rail.
Dads ceutering here.
A portion Of the foundry OF Mcintosh, {
Temphill & Co., on 18th, street, was
'recked, as were also houses in Allegheny. +
At Wallis station, on the Pennsylvania !.
a large brick building, owned by
he Westinghouse Air Brake Company, h
las partially demolished, and at Wilmerd- g
lg, Pennsylvania, the coal typple was q
'recked. IL
At Mckeesport houses were unrooied, Z
rees blown down, and windows smashed.
,hree houses in the course OF erection were
lown to pieces.
On the river q number OF boats were
orn from their moorings and cast about
ke corks, but they were secured before q
luch damage was done.
The velocity OF the wind was so miles an b
our, the highest record for years here. 1t
still blowing hard tonight; it is growing h
ooler and the weather is clearing.
THE LIST OF THE DEAD
lentifed up to IL o'clock was as follows:
Samuel Stringer, aged 16 years, painter.
TIL omas Jones, bricklayer.
Chas. Fritcb, aged 16 years. 1t
George Mason, carpenter. Ii
Colored boy named Tasggie, booth lack. q
The little girl named McGlone is not dead,
8 previously stated, but is in a serious
1nditlon.
The remains oto man have not yet been
lentified. o
The inspector of police stated, at a late q
our tonight, that he was of the opinion
nat from fifteen to twenty per sons are
ct in the ruins, aud would not tbesurprised |
the death list would be increased fifteen !
r twenty.
A DISASTER At SUNBURY.
moke Stacks Blown Over, Crushing the
Life Out of Workmen. III