The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-09-26
OUEBEC'S HORROR.
EFFECTS OF THE GREAT CAPE
DIAMOND LAND SLIDE,
The Dead Number Twenty-Five and
the Injured EiShteen-MOre to be
Taken Out-0ther CgsualltieS-A
Cox xNnees Railway UD Pixies Peak.


landslide at Cape Diamond are still sue
ceeding each other. The work of dig
ging out the victims of the landslide con-
tinues, although it rains necessarily.
The efforts of the workers were con-
centrated on spot where a man named
Kemp was supposed to be. At a. IN.
the work was far enough advanced to
allow him to be seen. At intervals
Kemp would sing popular songs, and
then would shout: ''Police, police"
The poor man is either insane or in a de-
lirium. Two hours later his wife's body
was taken out. Her head was
Almost Severed from the Body,
and indications point to a most revolving
and violent death.
A man named Buchamp. who with his
two brothers, has worked at the wreck
without sleep ever since the downfall of
the slide. crawled into small opening to
get at Kemp, who was lying some fifteen
feet under an immense pile Of earth and
stones, but the brave man had not gone
six feet when the whole mass fell in upon
him. He, however, managed to crawl
back couple of feet but was
Fastened There by the Corpse
of a woman which blocked the exit. A
redemptorist father who passed the night
at the scene encouraging the woiknen,
knelt down and recited the prayer for the
dying The workers. although almost
exhausted, redoubled their efforts and i'll
few minutes Buchamp was pulled out
alive, but badly stunned and bruised.
John Nolan, who, it was thought had
been killed. was found still alive, though
he had been buried under twenty-five
feet of ruins for over thirty-six hours.
Men of the battery and royal school of
cavalry are still aiding in the work Of
rescue.
In another spot near where Kemp was
lying the voices Of two children We're dis
tinctly heard. but they grew silent: and
nothing has been heard from them, and
they are, it is feared, dead.
Timothy Berrigan, one of the injured:
has died at the Hotel Dieu.
The Bravery OF the Poor Mothers
in their time Of trouble is wonderful. At
1880 o'clock a. M, an unknown woman
was heard pacifyins her children be-
meath the ruins The latter were crying
piteously for help, but ere that arrived
the cries were silenced by death, as the
mother and her children passed into
eternity. Their bodies have not yet been
reached.
The corpse Of Mrs Lawson, who was
greatly admired for her beauty and amia-
bility was extricated from under rafter
on which about ten tons of stone and dirt
were lying. She was smashed almost
fiat Her husband became violently in
sane after viewing the remains. A man
named Michael Bradley, who had gone
almost crazy when told that all his fam
ilv had perished in the landslide, discov-
cred, while working over the wreck Of
his house, his 5-year-old daughter still
alive. His joy was indescIibable. He
kissed and fondled her as mother would
her babe. It is thought the child Will
live. Up to this time
Twenty-Five Corpses
have been taken out and the wounded
number eighteen. Preparations are be-
ING made for the funerals of the killed.
They will be buried at the joint expense
of the city and provincial governments.
Among those under the rocks are
young couple named Nolan, who had
been but Il few weeks married. Nolan
could have escaped but lost his life trying
to get his wife out Of the house. 1t Is
thought that the Kings bastian Of the
citadel will have to be removed. a. it is
now too near the edge Of the rock, with
unsafe crevices in front OF it. AS a pre-
caut;onarv measure all communication
with the bastian has been cut off. Some
10000 persons visited the scene Of the
disaster during the day. It has been de-
cided to use small charges of powder to
bread up the huge boulders covering the
roadway as it is certain that there can be
no one alive beneath them.
The II Told .uu Sc'' at Quebec.
QUEBEC, Sept. 2222.-At g meeting Of the
city council a resolution was adopted
voting the sum Of $1,000 towards the re-
lief of the sufferers by Thursday nights
disaster A report was read from En-
gineer Baillarge showing that he had
warned the federal government years
ago Of danger of the condition Of rock at
the place where the accident occurred.
Two More Bodies Found.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 21.-In addi-
ton to the body of I. D. Lawter, those of
Capt. Sam Root and the engineer of the
the suuken yacht Leo have been found.
They were horribly burned and multi