The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-01-29

eight persons were buried in the
ruins, Workmen ut once went il
to dig them out and of the number
il was found that twenty were killed
six fatally injured and thirty
wounded. All Of the victims were
workingmen and the scenes about
! the wreck were awful
! The same cyclone struck Reading,
/ Pa. later in the afternoon. 1t was
only 200 feet wide but it spread
awful desolaion. The first building
Z it struck was the paint house of the
| Reading Railroad. 60Sl50 feet in
| size, built Of brick. This was scat
tered like paper. Thirty men were
at work, and nine cars had Just been
I finished. When the building fell
the gas chambers in these cars ex-
/ ploded. setting fire to the debris All
but Albert Laudeusberger, John
/ Foreman, John L. hahler, Sheridan
/ Z. Jones and George \. Schaeffer
managed to escape, but these five
were roasted 10 death
After unroofing and knocking
down many residences, the cyclone
struck the Reading Silk MIL, where
about LIS girls were working. The
building was . huge structure, most
substantially built, four stories in
height, with basement, 1t occu-
/ pied block of ground. The size of
I the building itself was nearly 500
feet in length and about $50 feet
wide. 1t was smmounted by mas
sive tower, built 100 feet from the
/ ground.
The funnel-shaped storm cloud
I struck the building directly in the
! center on its broadest side. which
faced west. 1t fell 70 pieces as if
/ composed of 50 many building blocks.
I The walls gave way, the floors fell
down one on top Of the other and
I carried their great mass OF human
beings to the bottom. The bricks
were piled UP in the greatest confu-
sion. while amid the hurricane terri
bic cries for succor were sent up.
At some places the bricks were
piled twenty feet deep, and under
meath are lying tonight many human
bodies. About 80 girls and young
women are usually employed in the
mill. but at I o'clock about eighty
were relieved from duty for the day.
They returned to their homes before
the storm came.
An alarm for relief was immedi-
ately sent out, and in a short time
thousands Of citizens arrived 10 help
ges out the dead and dying. The
cyclone left the entire city in dark
ness. relieved subsequently By elecs
tric lights and huge b0nfres. which
shed lurid glare or the scene of
death. All night long brave and
willing hands assisted in the work of
rescue. The city soon became one
vast hospital. for over 100 persons
were seriously injured. and hardly
one who was u the building escaped
without injury Of some sort. The
list OF the dead Is Is follows: Emma
Nest0r. John Reber. Eva Leeds.
Laura hershner. SaIlie Harner. Tile
Grow. Mary Fitzpatrick. Sallie Faust,
Henry S. Croker. Amelia Christ
man, Sallie c. Beckel, Ella Reid
nsuer. Title E Schaeffer. SaIlie
Schaeffer. Barbara i. Seilliemer.
Sarah Shade. William Snyder and
Sophia F. Winkelman.
In railroad collision on the \. Y.
P Il o. railroad at Akron. Ohio. on
the 14th inst, eight people lost their
lives.
Foreign Affairs.
A meeting Of the Panama Canal
shareholders viii be held IN Paris on
the 31st inst. The American Senate
having passed resolutions which de-
clare that the United States would |
regard with concern any proposed |
infringement OF the Monroe doctrine.
the shareholders have given up any
ideas OF having the French Govern I
ment complete the canal and take 4
possession OF it. The action Of the /
American Government has created /
much III viii in Paris The Petit I
Journal states that the Panama /
Canal b0ndhOlders have addressed q .
letter 10 u. De Lesseps offering him [
the Craftsmanship Of the new Canal |
Company TO be formed by the share I
holders Of tho present company. I
The Journal says the new company I
viii have & capital Of several million +
francs. and VIII take over the con T
csyn from the old Panama Company.
At Panama and Colon much IN
essiness prevails over the situation.
Work OF the Canal IS being lessened /
daily and total suspension Is feared.
This would throw thousands OF men I
out q work, and the Colombian gov
eminent has, IN anticipation Of
addressed & circular 70
C01suls from foreign countries Re
9uestiug them 70 obtain instructions
fCy the transportation OF citizens OF (
their several countries from the 18th
mus. n case Of the total collapse Of F
the work
The King Of Uganda has been de
posed and fighting continues in Ian /
zibar The Germans are gong 10 I
send more troops there.
The King Of the Netherlands has
relapse, and : nov con
sidered in z dangerous condition.
L : reported that Gorilla left