Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-21
Further Details Concerning T. Terrible
Disaster Thursday.

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QUEBEC, September 20th-It is known
that at least 200 dead bodies still remain
under the pile of debris. Rescuing parties
are hard at work but meeting with acci-
dents, as huge masses of rock still continue
to fall from the cliffs
THE MISSING.
Among those still supposed to be be-
meath the ruins are: Charles Allan and
wife, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Henry, Richard
Mayburry and wife, Mrs. r. Lawson, R.
Kemp and family, Michael B. Leahy and a
number of children.
The loss is very great. Some of the
workingmen who are deprived of homes
lost all their furniture and other effects,
even their summer earnings. Many are
left virtually penniless at the commence
ment of a Canadian winter.
The injured have been nearly all re-
moved to the Hotel Dieu. Men of the bat
terry, aided by detachment of the cavalry
school, effected quite a number of rescues.
The list of killed and wounded, so far as
known, is as follows:
Killed-Thomas Farrell and three Far
rell children, two children named Burke,
one child named Bradley a child of 7.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Bracken. Mrs. Stephen
Burke, Henry Black, William Black, Mrs
Yolan, Mrs. Ready, Richard Leahy, Miss
Lane, Charles Poist Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Allen, James Edwards, l.. Edwards, Al
phonse Tredeau, H. Wright, Napoleon
Truteau, o. S. Neville.
Wounded-Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. l.
Kerwin and child, J. 0'Neill, Thos. Berri-
gan, Dennis Berrigan, James Hayden, VIM.
Stevens and son, Nelly Dehry, Patrick Fitz.
gerald, Martin Ready, three children named
Maybury, Stephen Burke and his mother,
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Powers, wife and child, and Mrs. Thomas
Farrell.
The work of rescuing victims is going on
vigorously. The members of the Black
family were buried alive twelve feet below
the surface of the debris. On being asked
if they were safe, Mrs. Black answered
My husband is killed at the door. The
rest are safe, but suffering from wounds
and bruises On our limbs"
Shortly after Miss May Cauldwell, neice
of Black was extricated from Blacks
house. Her limbs were so stiff from in
action that the least touch caused excruciat-
ing pains. The next person taken out was
Thomas Berrigan, whose wife was taken
out of the ruins dead. He is so dishgured
that his friends could hardly recognize
him. He was removed to the Hotel Dieu
Hospital
The next to follow was an s. year old boy,
also named Berrigan. His left leg was
crushed to a jelly. Then came Mrs. Black.
Her bosom, neck and face were dreadfully
swollen.
The scene of the terrible disaster is Wis
tied by thousands, who block up the mar
row street and make it difficult for any one
to move, there being but one narrow street.
Between the rock and the river there is
complete stoppage of traffic, except by
al, ~ Ill A g :.
engaged in searching the ruins.
The shipping Office in the Dominion
Government building has been turned into
a temporary morgue. Over twenty bodies
are lying in it. 1t is difficult to identify
some, so much have they been disfgured
and crushed. Several persons reported
missing have turned up, but it is thought
there will be ten or more victims to be
added to the list.
The City Council is holding special
meeting TO consider what the best course
of action will be to complete the work of
recovering the remaining bodies.
1t is feared large part of the rock ad-
joining the site of the slide will come
down, as large crevices appeared and rain
is still falling, and may repeat the opera
tions which caused last nights disaster.
People are moving out of the threatened
houses.
Citizens are sending in money to relieve
the immediate distress among the home
less women and children.
The site of the landslide of last night is
almost identical with that of one which
| occurred in 1S41, when eight buildings
were crushed and thirty-three persons
killed.
The mass of earth and rocks moved
! roughly speaking about 600 feet frontage
L., foot Iea. 1C :.
fallen rock weigh nearly twenty tons.
HORRIBLE SIGHTS.
While workers were busy clearing away
| the debris of the crumbled buildings fain
groans were heard at intervals from unde
| the piles of rock. Efforts of volunteer
were concentrated to that point, aud afte
three hours hard work the bleeding bod,
of Joe Kemp was extracted from a mass o
rock. The poor man is in most pitiabl
condition. Both legs are broken at tn
knees. His left arm is fractured above tn
elbow and several ribs are fractured. II
cannot live many hours.
Two hours later his wife's body wa
taken out Of the wreck. Her head wa
almost severed from her body.
Farther away another hideous spectacl
cctfiiers to the sight a corpse of a youp
woman (Mrs. Lawson), who had been ad
mired in life for her beauty. Her bod
had been crushed almost flat, her abdome,
had been ripped open and her entrail
scattered about.
Shortly after viewing her rem aims be
husband became raving maniac, and it
doubtful if he will recover his reason.
man named Michael Bradley, who ha
gone almost crazy when told that all hi
family had perished in the landslide, dis
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his house, his 5.year-old daughter sti
alive. His joy was indescribable, and it
thought the child will live. Up to thi
time the number of corpses foundis twenty
five and the number wounded eighteen.
PREPARING FOR THE FUNERALS.
Preparations are being made FOR th
funerals of the killed, who will be burr e
at the joint expense of the citizens and th
Government.
. Among those buried by the rocks are
, young couple named Nolan, who wei
, married few weeks ago. Nolan coul
have escaped. but he lost his life in tryin
TO get his wife out of the house.
Ii is thought that Kings Bastion, on ii
citadel, will have to be removed, as it
now near the edge of the rock, with unsa
l creyices in front of it. As precautionar
! measure, all communication with the Ba
! ton has been cut off, and morning an
| evening guns will no longer be fred from
About 10000 persons have visited Il
5 scene of the disaster during the da
: Thousands crowded into the morgue ar
seized every point inside and outside Il
building where glimpse could be had
the bodies of the victims.
Many women who obtained entrance hs
to be removed in fainting condition, Il
: | manpled bodies being q sight to try III
: nerves of the strongest men.
< 1t has been decided TO use small chsrg
t OF powder to break up the huge bowlde
: covering the roadway, as it is certain the
+ can be nothing living beneath them.
g Smokeless Powder.
BERLIN, September 2Oth.-A sham fig