The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-10
PITTSBuRa,s PERL.
Buildings Demolished in the Busy Part
of the City.

of the City.
PITTsBURG, Jan. "a terrific storm of
wind and hail, the worst known for years,
swept over this city shortly after noon to-
day, carrying with it death and destruc-
non. The storm was formed with sud
denness that was overwhelming, and as the
wind, accompanied by hail and torrents of
rain, swept along the reefs.
pedestrians we're hu led before it and
barely escaped from being crushed under
the vehicles passing along the thorough
fares. Suddenly in the center of the city
there was terrible crash, and a few min-
u es later the central fire alarm bell sounded
a call from box IA, on the corner of DIa-
mond and Wood streets. Hundreds of
people, with blanched faces, hurried to the
scene, when it was found that a cyclone
uad caught a new building on Diamond
street, owned by c. L. Wiley, and hurled
it to the earth, covering up two scores of
mangled human bodies.
ONLY SHELL.
The building was in course OF erection.
Il was 30xS0 feet in dimension and seven
stories high. The front of the building
had not yet been put up, and the wind
seemed to enter the huge shell from the
open end. The high walls of bricks and
undried mortar were parted, one
nearly a dozen surrounding buildings
The main force OF the crashing building
was thrown against Weldin & Co.'s book
store, on Wood treet, and the barber shop
of Fred Scnenaker, No. Al Diamond street
The rear end of Weldin's store was crushed
and the front Of the building was forced
out into Wood street. The barber shop was
,,r,1a oil 4 aA
next to the Wiley building, occupied by
w. II. Thoma, was also totally wrecked.
OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
The rear end of II. Wait & Co.'S book
store was crushed in, while some OF the
falling structure struck Joseph Eichbaum's
building fronting on Fifth avenue, break
ing windows nd injuring a number OF en-
pl0yes. A portion OF the wall of a millinery
store next to Thomas was cave1 in, and
windows and doors in a npmber Of surround
ing buildings were broken. The building of
Rea Bros. 81 Co., stock brokers, on the cor
ner of Diamond aad Wood streets, was
partly "recked and the occupants barely
escaped.
Within five minutes after the collapse Of
the building the of treets were filled with an
excited crowd, notwithstanding the fact
that rain and hail were pouring down in a
perfect deluge. With the arrival OF the
III IStIS4i OAS WOih Vi ItsCdG Wd5 DeSuu
THE FIRST RESCUE.
Ladders were run uD to the second and
third stories of the Weldin building, and
the first one taken out was you lg woman
employed az a typewriter, who fortunately
had escaped serious injury. Crowds Of
willing hands eagerly took up the work of
rescue, and every little while fresh
locality where man had been caught was
found. AT the time of the disa ter about
twenty-five men were at work on the build
ing and not one escaped uninjured.
SEVEN CAUGHT IN THE BARBER SHOP.
In the barber shop next door seven men
were imprisoned, while half a doze more
were buried beneath the debris Of the We'll
din buildings. Ample help was quickly at
hand, and the work of rescue and relief
was begun. When poor unfortunate was
found, he was given temporary relief
by physicians and then carefully re-
moved TO one Of the hospitals In
tie meantime tine crowd continued to
increase until finally it was found necessary
to call out an additional forcs of police ami
have the streets cleared for square each
way. The streets were roped in, and no
one was allowed about the ruins but those
assisting In the rescue. The work was con-
tinued all the afternoon, and at 10 o'clock a
number of persons were known to be still
underneath the debris
FORTY MANGLED BODIES
Up TO that hour forty mangled and
bruised bodss had been taken from the