Evening journal., 1889-01-11
AFTER THE STORM
Digging Bodies from the Wreck
of the Silk Will.
SAD SCENES AT READING.
Miraculous Escapes of Some of
the Operatives.
THE DEATH ROLL AT PlTTSBURG.

Away and Safely Set Down by the wind.
Terrible Deaths Of Some OF the Victims,
and Awful Anguish Of Their Searching
Relatives ~ Great Crowds About the
Ruins-Many Remarkable circumstances
in both Cases-Lists Of Dead, wounded
and Missing.
READING, Pa, Jan. 11-These are the sad
aest days that Reading hns ever experienced.
Everywhere there is desolation and mourn
ng
The black Grape, denoting death, Is sus-
pended from the doors OF nearly two score of
aouses The ruins of the Reading silk min
disaster, by which over 175 young lady em-
ployes were buried under an avalanche OF
brick, mortar, timber and heavy machinery,
were surrounded by fully 10000 people all
lay long.
The Reading artillerists were finally called
out to keep the crowd back. The total death
loss Is not so large as at first reported, but II
Is bad enough
Some thirty bodies have been taken out.
and u Is believed that more are in the wreck.
as not all the young women have been ac-
counted for
Some Of the saddest incidents that ever
Tell 10 human lot TO witness were observed at
the scene OF the wreck. Fathers aud mothers
were bewailing the loss Of son or daugh-
Ter. Large gangs OF men continue digging
Tor bodies and removing the piles Of brick
and dirt.
Every now and then body was reached
and pulled out. Several girls we're almost
nnclothed, their attire having been torn off
their backs by the machinery striking them
/ In It's descent
The business men OF Reading subscribed
1900 for the sufferers, and a great deal
more Is promised.
The storm cloud tore all through the Leba-
non valley before reaching Reading. II laid
everything low in its path Houses and
barns were unroofed, and when il struck
heading It was at It's greatest fury.
The complete list Of the killed is: ID. X.
Becker, Sallie Harrison. Annie Fisher, Daisy
hrecker, George Nieman, Millie Christman.
Ella hidnauer, Henry Krocker, Eva Leeds.
Annie hldnauer, Lottie Sayler, Mary Evans,
May Fitzpatrick, Ella Long, William Robe.
son. John Reber, Sophia Winkleman Sallie
Dlckel, barbara Sielheimer, Sallie Biolxel
Sadie Shade, William Snyder, Lille Schaef.
Ter, Sallie Faust, Sallie Harmer. Annie
kershner, Matilda Grow and Emma Nestor.
The seriously injured are: Laura Wright.
Rose Clemmer, Rebecca Pouse, Salini Tav.
ler Emma Blumin, Mamie Kinsev. Katie
Hepler, Howard Bricker, Annie Brielter
5allie Young, Mary Reese, Kate Hartman
Sallie Hasson, Ella and Jennie Salome. Kate
Cacen, Bertha Kuser, Annie Leeds. Annie
Fry and Emma Ranenzahn.
About ninety Others were slightly hurt.
principally bruised by being thrown from
the building by the wind.
These who escaped early In the evening
hurried to their homes, and as nothing u ae
heard from them il was thought they had
been buried In the ruins. All OF them re-
ported to the superintendent yesterday.
When the crash occurred Foreman Raskop
was on the second floor. He told a reporter
that he heard the cracking Of timber over
head, and then lot Of brick and mortar fen
on him. The next instant the floor beneath
him sank. His first impression was that an
earthquake had occurred, and he did not
realize what had happened until he found
nimsef IN the rain and unable to move.
When the cyclone struck the building some
Of the girls were lifted up and carried bodily
Through the air by the violence OF the wind
Among these were Annie Carl and Abbie
bissmilier. The latter was blown through
The window and carried fifty feet into the AL
joining field, but was not injured.
Three Of the girls jumped from the second
story window and escaped without injury.
Ahey could not tell how they got out. An
other operative on the third floor fell out
with the east wall, and landed on the oppo-
site side OF the street Beyond few bruises
she escaped injury.
Some horrible scenes were witnessed dur-
ing the search for the bodies one vouno
woman was wedged in between two upright
timbers, her clothes having been ali torn
from her body. Another when dragged out.
clutched pair Of shears in her hand. II 4
supposed that when she was stricken she was
In the act Of cutting something. The shears
were wrenched from her hand with difficulty.
Another Of the bodies was that OF a GIRL
not more than 13, in whose right hand was
also clasped a small pair OF scissors she had
been using when death overlook her. Her
breast was crushed in by a heavy beam.
and her face was bloody and discolored bv
bruises The body was afterward identified
az that OF Lille Schaeffer. The body Of
another young Lady, Miss Sallie Faust was
identified by ring worn on the third finger
OF the LETT hand. When the crash came
Maggie Rowe, aged is, had the presence OF
mind to get under a machine and in this
way saved her life.
The rescuers were disturbed in their work
ny cries coming up from the depths: .,rm
fast, Tn fast; hurry up, for Gods sake. -
They searched two hours before they found
the man, and when they reached him he was
dead
Following Is a correct list of the killed and
injured at the Philadelphia and Reading paint
shop, which was struck by a cyclone. and ths
men enveloped in flames by the explosion Of
the gas chambers in nine passenger cars:
Killed-Allen Landenbarger, head, legs
and arms missing; John Foreman, crushed
to death; John U. Kahler, carpenter, head
crushed Sheridan Jones, burned to death;
George A. Schaeffer, legs burned of.
lnjured-George Knabb, seriously; Aaron
Dewald, arm broken
The loss to the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad company by the burning OF its paint
shop and passenger cars is probably S65, 900,
and to the silk mill and machinery about
$4,000.
THE PiTTSBURG CATASTROPHE.
1t Is Much Worse Than at First Supposed.
Eighty-seven Victims
PITTsBuRG, Jan. l0-This is the re-
cord Of the disastrous collapse Of J. G.
Niley's seven story business hpnsa in the