The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-16

discovered among the debris. He was heard
to call for drink of water, and Father Can
evin and B. Devling got tin OF water. They
were about to let il down TO young Goehring
through a small gum hose when partition
wall in the rear of Weldon & Co.'S store fell,
covering up Father Canevin and three others
When Father Canevin heard the wall cracking
he supposed he would be killed, and, pushing
Devling aside, he threw his arms around a pill
lar so as to prevent the air from being cut OF
from young Goehring. Fortunately he was
not much hurt, and when rescued was able TO
go home unassisted.
All kinds of theories have been advanced for
the collapse of the building In some in
stances the responsibility is placed on the con-
tractors, while in others the building inspec-
tors are blamed Nothing definite can be
known, however, until an investigation is
made and in the meantime it would only be
just 10 suspend judgment.
nc Is bard TO estimate the damage done at
this time. One of the buildings oc
cupied by Weldon & Co. belongs TO
David Gregg, the other Is owned by
Mrs. r.. Reed Morrison. They were probably
worth 5000 each and are total wrecks. The
loss to Weldon Il Co.'S stock is probably
twenty-five thousand dollars II will be double
thai II it should rain tonight. The corner
building owned by David Gregg, is damaged
to the extent OF $1,000. The building occupied
by ID. Hart & Co. is also owned by Gregg. The
damage to it is $1,000. Watts stock is slightly
damaged. The next building, occupied by the
A. j. Gallinger glass and china company, is
owned by Joseph Herdman. IL is damaged to
the extent of 8, 600, and Mr.. Gallinger's stock
is damaged $1,000 The building in
which, which Hendricks Hendricks; music store is
was slightly damaged in the rear, probably
$500. Mr. Hendricks desk, at which he was
sitting only few minutes before. was totally
demolished. The roof OF the rear portion of
the Eiehbaum building was crushed in by fall
ing bricks. The damage to the building and
the printing material in il will not exceed 800.
The building occupied by Mrs. Thomas Me-
Grone as millinery store, on DiamOnd-st., was
considerably damaged by the falling wall. The
loss to Mr.. Wiley by the total destruction of
his building will be at least 5000.
The cyclone wrought terrible destruction in
other parts of the city and out along the rail-
roads centering here. portion of the foun-
dry OF Mcintosh Hemphill & Co., on Thir-
teenth-st., was wrecked, as was also house in
Allegheny.
At Wallis Station. on the Pennsylvania road,
large brick building owned by the Westng-
house airbrake company, was partially de-
molished. and at Nilmerding, Pa, coal tipple
was wrecked
At Mckeesport houses were unroofed, trees
blown down and windows smashed. Three
houses In course OF erection were blown to
pieces. On the rivers a number of boats were
torn from their mOoring and cast about like
cOrks but they were secured before much
damage was done. The velocity of the wind
fifty miles an hour, the highest recorded
for years. 1t is still blowing hard tonight, but
it is growing colder and the weather is clear
ing
The list of dead identified up to IL O'Clock
was as follows:
SAMUEL STRINGER, aged sixteen, printer
THOMAS JONES, bricklayer.
CHARLES FRITCII, aged sixteen.
GORGE MASON, carpenter.
JOHN TREGGE, cOlored boOtblack in bar
Der shop.
GEORGE KIRSH, barber, eighteen years
The little girl McGone is not dead, as pre-
viously stated, but is in a serious condition.
The remains of one man have not yet been
identified.
Inspector of Police McAleese stated at late
hour tonight that he was of the opinion that
from fifteen To twenty-five persons were yet in
the ruins and he would not be surprised if the
death list would be increased TO fifteen or
twenty.
Up to midnight no more victims had been
rescued. 1t has just been learned that a nut
factory owned by BOnt Roger & Co, in the
Seventeenth ward, was blown down during the
storm and man named Hines killed. The
loss was $4,000.
OF the thirty-fve injured. six are in dan
gerous condition and will probably die.