The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

tire city In darkness. which was My rsiisves
by the electric lights and hence bonnrsl
which shed their lurid glare on the scene q
death. All night long brave and Willine
bands assisted in tho work of rescue Of thi
dead. The disaster is fully as bad - 10
ported in these dispatches last night. The
list of fatalca will fully reach one hundred,
and may be more. The hospitals and un.
dertakers' establishments are Hlled with vic.
Tins. The physicians ore oil busy, and many
private houses have been opened for the &C
commodation Of the injured. When the frst
grey streeks OF early morning. appeared It
everything was directly in contrast with ths
fury Of last night. To-day all is again bright
ana glorious in tho heavens, as though
mocking the work OF lost night. Ths
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
was greatly retarded from the singular man.
not blow over, but was badly crushed down.
Falling in upon itself, In one mass, not
Sestige Of the wallis are remaining standing
above the stonc foundation. Tho raftert
and timbers Of the flooring projected in all
directions. As the building was Steamboat.
ed. the ruins did not take fire. Otherwise
not one of the other unfortunates could
possibly have escaped death in the most ap.
paiiing FORM Teams of every description,
omnibuses, funeral coaches, FRO wagons, hos.
pital vans and private vehicles, were pressed
into service and were running rapidly to and
from the scene of the disaster all night long,
bearing bodies OF the wounded, d lying and dead
to T. their II, homes or to the different hospitals
From the statement of some ofthose who es.
capped from the building it appears to have
gone down In an instant. There was 3 loud
crash Of breaking timber, and persons n the
mill all rushed toward the main doors. A
good many succeeded in getting out, while
four girls saved themselves by jumping from
the secontl.story windows. The first rumblins
noise was followed by the falling of the build.
ing, the upper stories going first with their
human load. Hnd it not been for the fact
TINT but few of the hands we're on the thiri
and fourth floors ut the time scurcely n life
would have been saved. Mr.. George Grin.
shaw, one of the proprictors of the mill,
who was in Tho Office ut tho time, md
BARELY EscArEp wITn ms LIFE,
having received several severe wounds OIL the
head, stated that there wcre to the best OF
his knowledge, about two hundred and sew
el'ty-tive persons, principally girls and boys
e'irrencc, A reporter was at the silk mill
ruins all night and witnessed some OF the
most leart-rcnding scenes ii probably ever
heiell u human being to witness. Relatives
ana friends were running about in their
frenzy and grief, seeking for lost ones, and
almost derangcd This morning eight more
bodies were taken from the ruins The con.
fusion is great and n full list of the dead and
injured is not yet in the hnnde Of any one.
Exactly how many. more hodies nrc in the
ruins il n matter of conjecture Considerable
money has heen contributed for tho relief Of
the sufferers. Benefits nre nlao being ar.
rnngcJ. The latest list of the killed has been
reduced to fifty, but this is uncertain. as no
one knows how many human beings lie bur
led beneath tho mountain of brick, mortar
aud timber.