The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-10
A Cyclone
CAUSES DEATH And DAMAGE
A Building Blown Down in Pitts,
burgh, Burying Fifty People.
1t is Thought That the Death
List WIN Reach Fully
Two Score.
THIRTY,RIVE ARE INJURED,
Terrible Loss of Life and De,
structiOn Of Property
ut Reading.
More Than Eighty Girls Killed.
Factory Demolished
Containing
Two HUNDRED And FIFTY

Working Girls, Simultaneously
With u Frighttul Explosion,
And -Four Men arc Burned to Death
Tho Damage by the Cyclone Else.
where Cannot be Estimated.
PIrTsHURou, PA, jan. 0.-The most
trightiul catastrophe that Pittsburgh
has witnessed for many years, oc.
cured at 1880, noon to-day. At the
hour mentioned new four story build.
ing on Diamond street, near Wood, and
in the rear Of Rea Bros & Company, and
j. Il. Welden & Co.'S Stores, on Wood
street, fell with an awful crash, and was
heard for many squares, and although
people ata distance could not under.
stand what was wrong, tho ominous
sound sent u thrill OF terror through
their hearts. The force OF tho falling
building was so great that the rear walls
OF the two other buildings mentioned
were crushed us II they had been made
OF paper and their front walls fell upon
tbs pavement ON Wood street, burying
several people In the debris, and mang-
ling some horribly. 0ithese, two were
Il girl and a boy aud one man, unknown,
oil OF whom were taken In tho Patrol
wagon to the Homeopathic Hospital.
TUE PIllsr ACCOUNT.
A barbar shop in the rear was also de.
moIishel, and its six occupants buried
in the ruins. The top story in the rear
of Eichbaum's building on Fifth avenue
was also knocked in, and three printers,
who were working there, were injured,
but how seriously could not be learned
at present.
The number Of killed and injured
cannot be definitely stated at this
time, as many are supposed TO be
still in the ruins. 1t is believed, how
ever, that twelve have been killed and
thitty.Cight injured, six OF them fatally.
Among the injured were: John II.
Gearing, fatally hurt; Miss White, a
school teacher, fatally hurt; Jerry
Hookenstein, very serious; Wm. Sandon,
leg aud thigh fractured; Samuel Brown,
very serious; Rose Mccartney, little
girl, badly cut and bruised; Richard r.
Dadney, cut about the head and body,
serious; Thomas Mckee, briCklayer;
crushed to death; Weldon Mason, very
seriously hurt; Charles PettiCord, badly
burned; Dennis Mccartney, probably
fatally hurt; Owen Donnelly, serious
Elmer McKeown, probably fatal; two
laborers aud boy, whose names have
not been learned.
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
The falling walls crashed in the build
ings on Diamond street occupied by
George Trexler, barber; w. O. Thoma,
dealerin shoe findings, and badly dam.
aged portions Of the buildings occupied
by Joseph Eichbaum, printer, on Fifth
Avenue, and ]. r. Weldon & Co., book
sellers, and Rea Bros, stock brokers on
Wood street. ~
The catastrophe created intense excite
ment, and in a few minutes the streets
surrounding the fallen building were
black with people. Hundreds OF Willing
hands, needless OF danger to themselves
went to work to extricate the victims O
the terrible accident. Up 10 200 O'Clock
twenty persons had been taken from thu
ruins.
Up TO 4 o'clock D. IN. twenty.cight
persons had been taken from the ruins
Of these four were dead, and several &c
badly injured that recovery is almost
impossible. A large number are still
buried under the debris. The building
was owned by Wiley Bros. and Is a com
plele wreck. Martin Hitler, Just taken
out Of the barber shop, said, "There art
four more in there" and then became
unconscious.
ANOTHER REPORT.
Another account says; A terrific
storm Of wind and hail, the worst knowr
for years, swept over the, city shortl,
after noon to-day, carrying with II destl
and destruction. The storm formed will
a suddcnneSs that was overwhelming
and as the wind, accompanied by hal
and torrents Of rain swept along th,
streets, pedestrians were hurled beior,
II and barely escaped from being crush
cd under vehicles passing along th
thoroughfares. Suddenly In The centr
Of tho city there was n terrible crash ant
a few minutes later the central FIRE alarm
bell sounded q call from box IA, on th
corner Of Diamond and Wood streets
Hundreds OF people, with blanclied face
hurried 10 tho scene, when II was iount
TINT the cyclone 'had caught tho tieV
building on Diamond street, owned b.
| o. L. Wiley, aud hurled II to the eartli
covering up two scores Of iu6nRlad hu
man hOdigs,
The building was In course Of erection
II was 30 by 10 feet IN dimensions, an
was seven stories high. The front {
tliO building had not yet been put Ii
and tho wind seemed 10 enter tile hug
shell from the open end. Tho hl9
walls OF brick and nndried mortar wef
parted, one falling each way, partl
wfoCking nearly q dozen Buffouhdin
buildings, The main force Of the crust
Ing building was thrown against WOldo
| 4 Co.'s book store, on Wood street, an
tho barber shop Of Fred Schumacher,
No, II Diamond street, The rear end /
WeldOh's store was crushed In, and Oh
front Of the building was forced out inl
Wood street. The barber shop was
CoMPLErEtY DEMOLISHED.
Tho leather store, next 10 the Willie
building, occupied by W. II. Thoma
was also totally wrecked, The rear on
Of II. Watt 4 Co.'s book store Nj
crushed In, while some Of the ialilf
structure struck Joseph Il. Vehbaum
building, breaking the windows and 1
turing q number oi employees. A no
ton Oi the wall ol q millinery Blor
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