Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-10
THE WINDS WRATH
Deals Death and Destruction in
Many Places.
HOUSES WRECKED.
Hundreds Buried Amid the
Fearful Debris.
TIE FIRE FIEND
: Set 10 Work by the Terrible Cy-
clone.
PENNSYLVANIA TIE SHOCKING scene.
Relief and Resouing P~artiss-Dstails Of
the Appalling Calamity.
THE FIRE FIEND
PENNSYLVANIA THE SHOCKING scene
Relief and Resouing Partiss-Dstaiis Of
the Appalling Calamity.
n, tnlegranh U The pIspatchl

PIrrsBCFGH. Pa, January "a terrific
storm OF WIND and haIi, the worst known
for years. swept over the city shortly after
noon to-day. earring with 10 death and de.
ftruciion. The storm vas formed with a
euddenne.s That vas overwhelming, and as
the wind, accompanied by bail and tor
rent, ~ rain, swept along The streets, pedes-
trims were hurled before II and barely
escaped being crushed under vehicles pass
iug along the thosoughisres.
~uid-nly tn the centre OF the city there
wss q terrible crash. and q few minutes later
the central frc.alsrm bell sounded a call
from Box u. on the coruer o. Diamond and
wood streets. Hundreds Of people, with
blauchod faces, hurried tOthe scene, when it
was f1uu1 that q cyclone had caught TIE new
building on Diamond street owned by e..
t.. Wiley and hurried u 90 the earth, cover
ing up two scores % mingled human bodies.
The building was in the course Of erection.
10 was 30ys0 feet Iu dimension and seven
stories high. The front Of The build
ing had not vet been put up, End
thP wind seemed % enter the huge
she'll from the open end. The hish walls Of
bricks and undrlcd mortar were parted, one
falling each way, partly wTecklng nearly a
dozen surrounding buildings. The main
force ~ me crushing binding was thrown
nra,u.t WGdiu&to'S book store, on wood
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schcmHker, 81 Wood street. The rear end
o. Woldin's store was crushed aud the front
81 the building was forced ont into Wood
street. Toe h1rbcr-shop was completely de-
n1oiisbcd. The leather store next 70 the
Wiley bWidine, occupied by W. ~. Thomas,
was also totally wrecked. The building Of
Rea Brother. g Co.. stock brokers. on the
corner OF Diamond and wood streets, Wns
partly wrecked and the occupants barely os-
capped.
within I've minutes after the collapse o.
tbc building the streets were filed with an
excited crowd. Notwithstanding the fact that
the rain and hail Wn- pouring dow in n per-
feol dDiugo. With TIE ARRIVAL % the trencn
the work Of rescue WIS begun. Ladders
were run up 10 the second and third stories
Of tho Wc.diu building, and The h.St Que
taken ont wac o young lady employed NJ a
typtwutcr. who fortunately had escaped Sc
ri0us injury. Crowds Of willing hands
eagerly took up the WORK % rescue, and
every little vs. bile fresh localities where men
bad been caught were found. Al The time
Of the disaster about twenty-five men were
ut work un the building, ana not one es-
capped uniniurcd.
In The tnrber.shop next door seven men
were Imprisoned. while BAN = dozen more
were buried beneath the d(jris OF the We'll
din buildings. Amplc help was quickly Al
hand and ihr WORK ~ rescue aud rolcf was
begun. When % poor unfortunate was
found he was given temporary relief by the
ph, ,icians aud then carefully removed 10
one of the hospitals. Meantime the crowd
continued 70 increase, until finally II was
found necessary 10 cali ont Am additional
force ci police and have the streets cleared
for q square clo1 WAY. The streets were
ropCd iu and mo- one was allowed about the
mini. IAH tI.-.. p..H.ffrE la fine TNAffq The
work wa. continued al the afternoon.
and of 40 O'Clock tonight q number
Of persons were known 90 DE stlll
underneath the dt,rIS. Up 60 that hour
forty mlur'cl and bruised bodies had been
taken from the ruins. Sopc were dead,
0tuers were dying. and many we're fatally
injured One or tw0 died on the way 10 the
hospitals. From ~lnt0rmetiOn obtainable
cight were kiilcd outright or died In a short
time. aud lhiriy-u,c Others were injured, 1t
ish,itcI thti the ll,t Of dead will he greatly
increased before morning. OF the eight
Killed ouly W have been Identified 80 far.
One Va. lutc gin named McGlOne, who
WIS walalue along thc street with her brother
Wl.u thr building fri. and The Two were
found buried loo abe wreck. Thelittle girl was
killed instantly, aud her brother. u is thought,
fatally injured. The body OF George kirsb,
"a BARRIER. eighteen years Old, was found in
che cellar o; the barbershOp. FIVE NM
known men and one bov are now at the
iuoTguc awaiting Identification. DIR. i. l..
Reed. "a prominent physician OF Allegheny,
was in Weldin's at ne time. aud he is still
mi,sin.. b is feared thst he is dead.
Up 60 30 o'ciock tonight forty-three per-
son. hpd hccu taken from The runs, aud
there is 30 doubt that others are stan hu-
ned. An were promptly carried home OF TO
Doc. pit. ls, so an exact statement cannot now
Dr. inside. iut the facts seem To te that eight
were Is llrl outright or died shortly after re-
mc,al. AND ttiity.nte others injured, a NUM-
beg Of them fatally without doubt.
THF LATEST.
About 4 O'Clock Joseph GoehrinV, an er-
rand boy employed 10y Ncldm a Co., was
Oiscnyc. td among the d1riS. lie was so
Wcdccl ln tlat he could not be cXtricatcd
uutI % o'clock, hot was kept alive by means
OF rubber tube through when beef tea and
Whi,k,y were given nim. lie was dreadful
Is crushed aud viii probably d'c. Another
hoy was heard iu the ruins, hat his voice
soon became sttlcd and his body has not
yct been found.
Up 90 midnight no more bodies had been
taken oul of Toe ruins. The damage 20
property va Ptt,bulgh Is considerable, but
j. little thought Of tu The presence Of the eX-
ktng di'astcr 10 hie. ON the river a nuns
Der of boats we're torn from their moonugs
and ca.t about like cork., but they were
secured before much damage was done.
The velocity u the wind was lity miles an
hour the highc,t recorded Tor years. Il is
SIN blowing hard tonight, but Is growing
colder and thu weather IS clearing. In.
spcctor-ot-police NcAieese stated az a late
bOur Tonight tnai he Was Of the opinion
that from fifteen TO TWENTY-FIVE persons were
vet in the ruins, snd be would not be sur
pri.ed lf The desth-l.st would be increased TO
hitcen Cr twenty.
Sixty KuLkp AND ONE HUNDRED WOUNDED,
READING. PA. JanuAiy 0.-This was the
saddt.t night IN me history Of Reading.
4 dcslh.ike pail bangs upon the city, /
The result OF the most horrible disaster
IN Us history. a cyclone swept over the
northern section OF tho city aud laid waste
everything within is reach and with
q terrible loss OF life. The lives that have
been sacrificed and the number that have bcen
Injured can only be estimated. The most
reliable computation at 10 O'Clock tonight
Is That not less ihsn sixty persons have
been Killed outright and one hundred in>
iured. How this terrible calamity occurred
N about as follows: l. was raining very hard
all the morning, Towards noon Il ceased
almost entirely. and by 4 o'clocg there was
every indication that there wouldbe an en-.
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hour afterwards the bright sun made every
effort to penetrate the clouds. Reiulgent
tints 81 a rainbow were seen in the eastern
sky. Il portended a beautiful evening sum
set. There was q clear sky overhead. This
continued for bali an hour longer. Then
the scene changed with a suddenness that
was appalling. The leecy clouds gaye way
20 The Omin0us signs Of coming storm. Dark
heavy banks OF clouds maIShSlled themselves
towards toe trout and gloom seemed 10
have settled over the city. There was a
stiffness Of coming danger. The wind
wAisiied aud Toared aud tore In mad con-
fusion. The stotm.elouds grew heavier
stu aud louder roared the Wind. Ia the
western sky TIE storm was seen approaching
with thuuderlug noise. The swaih II cut
was narrow. but It's effect was terrible.
Persons residing along The track OF
Zoe storm say they saw the nrst signs
81 danger 10 tue funGel-shsped cloud.
Nh'c9 seemed 10 gather up everything in is
reach and east Il right and left Out In the
eonatfy houses aod barns were ua-