Daily Republican., 1889-01-10
TN .Ll..nuLE L..lao CYCLONE.
AN AWFUL VISITATION IN
READING.
Neariy 100 Lives Lost-0ar shop
blown 20 PIsoss-Peopis Crushed
ana Burned 20 Death--Pitts-
burg CA'amities.

lamity occurred here shortly before 0
O'Clock this evening, resulting In great
| loss OF life. cyclone struck The north
eIn part OF the town, and the wind blew
gallo for few minutes, when 1t In
creased to hurricane. The paint shop
of the Reading Railroad Company was
| the first building struck, and was un-
rooted aud destroyed by FIRE, many of
the workmen being shockingly burned by
an explosion Of gasoline. Eleven dwell
lngs on North Eighth and Marion streets
were all more or less damaged, and some
| OF them completely wrecked.
Grimshaw 4 Brothers silk mill, u large
four-story brick building at the corner oi
Twelfth and Marion streets, was the next
building to succumb, and In few sec
onds the whole structure was one mass
of ruins, the walls having collapsed.
About 200 persons, mostly young women,
were employed In the mill, and out OF
this number 60 wounded and four dead
were gotten out up to z O'Clock.
BY 7.35 about 90 persons had been re-
moved, many OF whom were dead and
others fatally injured.
At $50 o'clock rs persons had been
taken out, 10 Of whom were dead. Many
OF the wounded cannot recover. II Ia i'm
possible to obtain the names OF the killed
hHu lNJuTtu ~ thib bb'NO
people have congregated about the
wrecked building. and the work OF clear
Ing away the debris is progressing as rap
idly as possible.
When the cyclone struck the mill the
structure trembied for second and then
J collapsed like an egg, and the operatives
were hurled to death In second.
On the frat and second floors, where
most of the girls were employed, it Is
feared very few escaped death. Many of
the killed and injured are partly visible
hut the hundreds OF tons of brick, tim
bers and machinery will have to be re-
moved before they can be reached.
When tine cyclone struck the Philadel-
phia h Reading Company's paint chop 10
this city the building, which is 60 by 20C
feet, was levelled TO the ground, and the
nine passenger cars were turned com
pletely over, and took fire from the up
turned stoves
The building contained q quantity OF
oil, etc, which added fuel to the flames
aud several gas chambers which were
fastened under the cars exploded will
terrific force Four OF the employees wer,
killed and several others ipjured
Many II the wires OF the Reading &
Western Union Telegraph In the track o
the cyclone were twisted and broken
: The Reading Company's loss Is placed a
about sos, coo and may reach $4,000.
Reports from the country district
show that houses were unrooied an'
barns strewn In every direction.
The latest estimate of the killed is be
tween o. and 100. Names are not all oh
tainable, because II is not known who
buried in the ruins.
\ suNBuRr, Pa, jan. "a terrible ac
j cidcnt occurred IN this city at $50 thi
n eYeA.ng. A rain and wind storm cam
u up suddenly and blew over two OF th
stAoits of the sunbufy Nail Mil. The
crashed through the slate roof, complete
ly dcmol'shing the pudding departmen
q OF the mill. Thirty-aye men wera em
v ployed In this department, and half c
them were buried In the debris. The flr
alarm WAS sounded and soon hundred
surrounded the mill. Men W re carrie
out half naked, and men are at work ye
as 1t Is suppoeed several others are in tt
ruins.
HARRISBURG, Pa Jan. GA rushing
mighty wind, with death and destruetio
in Its wake, swept across the State TIL
n afternoon, and touched this city In 1
D furious flight
A large school building In East Harri
. burg was unro1fed, and the 800 or Al
n children in the building were thrown I'M
q wild panic. They rushed into the ma
4 corridor leading TO the street, and Il
" smaller ones were trampled by u
aflrighted pupils from the second floor
they dashed down the wide stairway.
Three new houses were blown dow
and Others almost completed were mu
damaged In the same locality.
Scafiolding about many unhnish
buildings was blown down and trees we
broken off at the roots, while boxes al
barrels were scattered along the streets.
CARLISLE, Pa, Jan. 9.-The wind an
rain storm that swept over the enti
Cumberland Valley this evening h
done fully 500 o damage.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan, 9.-To-daJ
storm was very violent here, vast VI
ume of water fell and furious VII
ID prevailed for SOME time. A large nuI
ber of buildings we're damaged, and
portion of the new Domorost sewi
- machine factory was blown down and I
y remainder partially unroofed. Sever
I new buildings were blown down a
i, others were damaged.
AT PITTsBURa.
PITTsBuRo, Pa, Jan. Ga terri
- storm of wind aud hail. the wo
known for years, swept over the C.
after noon to-day, carrying with 1t dea
and destruction.
Suddenly, In the centre OF the cit
there was terrible crash, and q few mi
utes later the central fire alarm b.
y sounded call from box IA. on the CO
ner OF Diamond and Wood streets Hu
dreds OF people, with blanched faces, h,
ried to the scene, when II was found tf
the cyclone had caught the new buildi
on Diamond street, owned by q. L. w
ley, and hurled 1t TO the earth, covert
up two scores of mangled human bodi
The main force of the crushing bui
Ing was thrown against Weldin Il Co
=. book store, on Wood street and the b.
III ber shop of Fred Shoemaker, at No.
Hi Diamond street. The rear end of w
III din's store was crushed in and the frC
OF the building was forced out into Wo
| street The barber shOp WAS comDiett