Daily Republican., 1889-01-11
READINGS CALAMITY.
PITT sBuRo AND READING IN
MOURNING.
rhe Resuls OF the Tornado sss ser.
ribie than At First suppossd--
Twsnsy-four Persons
In All Kiiisd.

uhNC bOt pTONCu hh ulna5trOub
as was at fiat anticipated. Less than
twenty-five deaths have thus Tar occurred
and perhaps not mors than q dozen
more win die, while the number of in
jured will reach about 100, very few of
whom are believed to be fatally hurt.
The financial loss will reach altogether
nearly tl75, 200, the loss on the silk mill
property being estimated at $l00, 900,
that on the paint shop and contents at
about $50, 900, aBd those on the smaller
properties aggregated at about $4,000.
The principal point Of damage was on
the eilk manufactory Of Grimshaw
Brothers.
The cyclone struck Just as darkness
came on, and little could be seen In the
blscknees OF the night, except shadowy
figures moving about hurriedly as grosDs
aud cries for help directed, some with
lsnterns, Others stumbling over projecting
beA ms or into crevlces OF the ruins The
light OF returning day disclosed jagged
mass OF brick and spllntered wood.
BY 2 O'Clock clearfbgs were made to
allow of thorough search about the first
| floor, aud before dark IL was believed
that the last corpse had been removed,
| ur less visitors had been in the fact ry at
the time of the disaster. Every name had
been accounted Tor. Six bodies were
taken out during the day.
The site Of the paint shop OF the Read
ing Railroad Company vas n smoking
pile of black by daylight. Charred tim
Der and twisted iron were thrown about
In confusion. The building was one stcry
In height and about co by $50 feet in area.
The work OF removing the dead was,
therefore, easy as compared to that at the
silk mill, and was accomplished at an
early hour.
The roofs of about q dozen houses
were more or less damaged aud many
windows were broken.
| Business was almost suspended during
the day, the residents giving themselves
| up to the excitement of the moment. As
each ambulance passed along the streets
storekeepers aud residents lint d the side
wa'ks, while crowds Of boys ran after the
vehicle.
The positions OF some OF the bodies
when found showed the work that was
being done when death overlook the vic
tim. A pair OF scissors was held In tn
right hand OF Lille SchAeiTer, aud the
arm outstr. tched, as II che was about to
cut a thread at the moment of being
struck The head was badly crus' ed,
and mortar aud pieces OF brick W, re
matted IN the dark hair with clots of
blopd.
Emma Neester wss still alive when
found about noon. Kind hands lifted
her into an ambulance, which hurried to
her home A coctor was at once sent for,
but before he arrived she died.
| William Snyder, besmnr, wae with
difficulty recuKuiEed by his iather-ln-law, ,
John A, Staab.
All the undertaking establishing n ts
were besieged during the day 10y anxious
relatives and friends, and as each body
WAS recognized II was conveyed to The
home OF relatives of the deceased.
AT PITTsBURG.
PIITsBTRo, Jan. 10.-The search for
victims In the ruins wrought by yester-
days awful storm was prosecuted all
night, and will be vigorously continued
until the debris 10 all cleared away.
No bodies were discovered from mid
night until o'clock this morning, when
the mangled remains Of two men were
found close together under a p riion oil
one the walls of the Weldin building.
They were 80 horribly mutilated as 10 be
unrecoRnizable, but were finally identi-
ied as the bodies ol John l.. Roger on
and Thomas Jones.
Joseph Goehring, the brave 16-year-old
lad who was rescued last night, after be-
ing kept alive for several hours by IN ans
of q gum hose, through which whisk y
and beef tea were fed to him, died at
Mercy Ho 'pital this morning. Thedeath
: ist now foots up II, the wounded sd, and
the missing &. A number Of the wound
ed are in u critical condition, and the I
deaths 6rS momentatily expected.
The rescuing party numbers fully 100
men, but they are not making much head.
way. The police and county officials are
I IaatfEAad that at lEaaE lWantu a
still 10 tie wreck,
Many eye-witnesses have come to ths
front who state that they are positive
when the tirst shock occurred that mum
Der of pereons were In the alley back o
the Weldin and adjacent stores. i have
u, doubt" +" said Coroner Mcdowell, aflel
/, a consultation with DIR. Sutton, that *
or 30 pers ops lie buried in the ruins.
, No person kaows who were 10 The roat
OF danger and who were not. Severa
persons have Informed me they saw 1
large crowd Of men run into the ALLEY
which was The next moment oiled with {
heap of debris 25 feet deep. beliey,
such was the case, for It was exemplifiet
when these pt ople rushed into the barbe
shop to get out OF danger. In their en-
s deavJIs to escape they rushed right int
the Jaws OF deaih But another evidenc,
and more significant than they say is tn,
= fact of the hun ireds of inquiries beinl
made at the morgue, Re atives, friend
and parsons IN every walk In lie called
Y at the morgue and inquired for father
2 brother and cousin"
Rev. DR.. j. l., Reed is buried In tt,
ruins of the Weld n Building, which wa
: wrecked by vest rday's storm. He was
prominent Methodist 81 years OF age
He was born and reared iu Philadelphia
where he leaves relatives.
, The body OF Willie Goettman, aged II
}, years, was recover at 10 O'Clock to
night. Young Goettman was alive Sc ,
eral hours after the accident, and talket
to the rescuers as ate u, o O'Clock last
night, but they were unable to locate him
and II ia probable that he died OF exhaus
ton. Four bodies we're taken from tn,
ruins to day, making 10 Sd far recovered
The rescuers are still at work and expec
! to reach DR.. Reads body before moraing
Eight persons are still missing d be
lieved 10 be In the wreck.
Rancks's United Brethren church, nea
New Holland, Lancaster eCulty, Penn.
was almost completely wrecked by tn
wind on Wednesday night. Many house
and bridges were unro fed and fence
blown away In Earl and Maj helm town
ships.
Reports from may towns in Northeri
Ohio say that the wind storm OF Wei
nesday did considerable damage to prop
/, erty. At Ravena brick foundry wa
wrecked; at Akron chimneys and tree
were blown down and many window
phone wires were blown down and wa
I al nd on