Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-11
READING IN MouRNrNe.
The Most Terrible Accident Which Ever
Occurred in That City.

storm struck this city, completely wreckinc
the Reading silk mill and the Reading rail.
roads paint shop.
The only eye witness TO the silk mill disaster,
so far as is known, was a Mrs. Gemmill, re-
siding at 1l50 Mulberry street AT about
twenty minutes to 6 O'clock" said she, II
heard an awful crash. and, thinking il was a
new house which is being put up alongside Of
us, ran TO the front door A great cloud of
dust hung over the silk mill, and / could
hear the crashing of timbers and the roar
of falling walls. The next moment /
saw the mill n great heap Of ruins from
the midst of which came such awful moan
ing and grooming and terrible cries as / never
want TO hear again. Not a soul did / see
come out of the mill, and it seemed many
minutes 10 me before anybody came % the
spot / stood there in the door Ike one
struck dumb, until my husband came run
ming from his work
The list of the dead viii fully reach 100.
and maybe more. The hospitals and under.
takers establishments are filed with the vie
Tins The physicians are all busy, and many
private houses have been opened for the ao-
commodation Of the injured
The work Of rescue was greatly retarled
from the singular manner IN which the six
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might have been expected from the terrible
force OF the wind, but was bodily crushed
down, falling in upon itself IN one mas. not
svestige II the walls remaining standing
above the stone foundation. The rafters and
timbers Of the flooring projected in all direc-
tions. As the building was steam heated, the
ruins did not take fire. otherwise not one of
the unfortunatcs could possibly have escaped
death in its most appalling form
The Reading artillerists went on duty i'm
the morning at the scene of the wreck 10
keep back at least 6,00O people who crowded
into the vicinity. Ii was necessary to sum-
mon the military 10 keep back the multitude.
The crowd greatly interfered with the
work of taking out the dead from
the debris, which is fifteen to twenty
feet high. From midnight to morning
eight dead bodies were taken out, making
twenty-one in all thus far recovered. No one
can tell how many are under the ruins, and
1t may require several days TO remove the
debris to learn the details of the awful mys-
terry they contain. The same heartrending
scenes are witnessed at the ruins as are seen
at the mouth of coal mine after some
terrible disaster below. Weeping wo-
men and children are wringing their
hands and eagerly looking for the missing
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fingers stil tightly clutching her scissors
with which she was working when the mill
collapsed. Dead bodies of other girls were
taken out with their faces crushed Many
had to be taken to the morgue to await iden-
tification. Several unknown dead were also
carried out at noon
Mr.. George Grimshaw, one of the proprie-
tors of the MILL who was in the office at the
time, and barely escaped with his life, hav-
ing received several severe wounds on the
head, stated that there were to the best of
his knowledge about 275 persons, principally
girls and boys, in the establishment at the
time of the occurrence George Grimshaw,
just before daylight gave out the following
list of killed, injured and missing, reported
to him up to few hours before The list
accounts for about 200 of the employees:
Killed-Eva Leeds, Harry Krocker, Will
liam Snyder, Sophia Winklemann, Carrie
Kerschner
Injured-Annie Leeds, Annie Frey, Angus
tus Roscup, John Reber, Annie Loveland,
Sadie Shade, Florence Rhoades. Lizzie Haws,
Becky Hoyer, Harry Bricker, Osman Staab,
Becky Pounds, Mary Evans, Sallie Savage,
Sarah Evans, Ella Kress, Ella Plum, Agnes
Savage, Nora Saylor, Annie Bricker, Ella
Reitnour, Mary Fitzpatrick, Lettie Saylor,
Katie Fitzpatrick, Katie Bowman, Sallie E.
Bright, Laura Wright Ida SchaefTer,
Amanda Schaeffer, Ella Krick, Ella Carl,
Bertha Taylor Clara Nol, Katie Hartman.
Missing. g.-Katie Alspach, Celia Ritner
Clara Alspach, Mildred LANCER, Lizzie Row
land, Katie Yaeger, Lizzie Owen, Sallie
Baum, Sallie O'Neill, Ella Bucher, Laura
Gehrit, Carrie Hartman, Barbara Sell
heimer, Emma Deemer, Sallie Bic1le, Lizzie
Martin, Mary Wootten, Irene Dickinson,
Emma Presser, Dolly Haines, Laura Hoff-
man, Mary Hartman, Salie Hasson,
Amelia Christman, Ida Miller, Annie Say
lor, Harry Hoffmaster, Charles Hover,
Hester Snyder, Wellington Lengle, James
Sammon, James Tim. Charles Dapler, Fred
erick Reiff, Edward Brockway, James
Nevin, Charles Finn, Harry Fisher, Howard
Shader, Harry Templin, Amelia Bossler,
Lena Synder, Maggie Rowe, Gerty Shick,
Emma Plum, Sophia Freese, John Nevin,
Philip Sidel, Clayton Ludwig, Frank
Mohn, George Herman, William Crow,
Harry Fiddler, Jacob Seidel, Benton
Fiddler, Carrie Meyer, Annie Rowe,
Mary Fay, Charles Reider, Howard
Lee, Samuel Flick, Emma Eichner, Katie
Coxen, Annie Shade, Gerty Bickel, Marie
Alt, Alice Long. Clara Fox, Katie Link,
Laura Kircher, Mary Scheihe, Mamie He'd
ley, Katie Guinther, Celia Hecker, Annie
Dreibelbiss, Mary Reiser, Daisy Hecker, Sal
lie Young. Pauline Alt, Ida HOLMAN, Ella
Lamb, Minnie Merkle, Annie Kline, Clara
Etoudt, Maggie Nangle, Lydia Presser,
Minnie Deturk, Emma Coxen. Abbie Riss-
miller, Harry Lesher. Minerva Gift, Jen-
ME Hartman, Nellie Sammon, Tillie Grow.
Mary Melon, Mile Schaeffer, Bertha Ham
mon, Katie Suender, Celia Erlacher, Lizzie
Barrett, Alice Eisenhower, Cliff Firestein,
Dora Detch, Sallie Faust, Katie Hipler,
Aggie Hoverter, Annie Emes, Mary BerstIer,
Bertha Kuser, Hannah Cleaven, Sallie Berst-
Ter, Emma Nestor, Mamie Kinsey, Kate
Leba
Some of those marked missing may be
safely at home, but it has not yet been as
certained that they are safe.
Teams Of every description, omnibuses,
funeral coaches, fire wagons, hospital vans
and private vehicles were pressed into SER
vice and were running rapidly to and from