The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-01-17


about eighty were relieved from duty TO
the day. They returned to their home
| before the storm came. The most reliabl
estimate of to night places the number il
the building when it went down at l75, ar,
az before stated, 100 of these were rescue,
by friends or dragged themselves out i'm
mediately after the accident The alarm
for relief was Immediately sent out, and il
a short time thousands Of citizens arrived
to help get out the dead and dying.
The scene was narrowing one, and beg
gars description. The mill is situated
near the foo! Of the Penn, high noun
tain overlooking the city. When the PEG
pie arrived the city was enveloped in dark
ness. Then huge honlires were built
which cast a dismal glare on the surround
| ing scene. The fire companies left The
burning paint shop and assisted in tile res
cue OF the dead and dying. The entire pc
| lice force was called out. The ambulance
and relief coTpsand athousand people were
among the debris carrying out bricks, and
pulling ON d3 lluiDclo dlju uoSiSttUS HuSISN
er they could. all at the same time; but
| their work was Slow compared to the de-
mand for the rescue Of the victims of the
disaster. Here q young woman was taken
out. all bruised ard suffering with cuts
and bruises.
One body noticed as it was dragged out
had its head cut off Others were in va,
rious postures, the living all suffering
from the most terrible wounds, and some
almost scared to death. The Associated
Press representative entered what was
called the basement Of IL Q building, and
cropping his way through the debris, nc
ticed five bodies of young girls lying close
together. He tried to pull them out but
they were pinned down, and it was impos
sibe to get them out. They were dead
AID beyond all human aid Up to half
past ten O'Clock to night probably the
bodies of a dozendead have been taken out,
while the remainder were still under the
ruins.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED.
Charles II. Petticord, Weldon S. Mason
Alice Carter. J ohm Ridout. Bernard OCon.
nor. Frank Barrett, Thomas Lemon. Al.
fred Lambert, w. a. McCurdy, James
Wait, Michael Rayn, John DonnelIy, Hen
ry Faulkner. Thomas Mckee, Oscar e.
Smith, Elmer McKeown, Martin Halo
rain, George Mason, William Springer,
William Barker. John Geohring, Morris
Viye, Owen Donnelly. Geo. Thrishler,
! VIM. McKnown. Samuel Brown. George
Scott, George Lang, j. E. Melvin, Gus
| Meesmer, Rev. Father Canevin. BARLEY
| Cooley. Samuel Springer, VIM. McGlone
THE FINANCIAL LOSS.
The silk mill was built about four years
years ago. The builders were Reading
capitalists, and the cost Of putting it up wa
| S 900. The mill was then leased tc
Grimshaw Brothers, of Patterson, New
Jersey, where they also operate similar
mills, and they have been running it ever
since. The machinery they put up in the
mill cost $43, 900. This is total loss.
IT is difficult to estimate the damage al
| this time. One OF the buildings occupied
by Weldin & Co., belongs to David Gregg
the other is owned by Mrs. d. r. Morrison
They were probably worth 5000 each
and are total wrecks. The loss to Weldon
Sc Co. S stock is propably $25 600. 1t viii
double that if It should rain to night. The
corner building owned. by GREGG, is dam
aged to the extent of $1,000. The build
ing occupied by H. Watt & Co., is also
owned by Gregg. The damage to it is
IS 900. Watts stock is slightly damaged
LIST OF THE KILLED
The killed are Henry Croker, Laura
Kershner, Eva Leeds. Lille Grow, Katie
Bowman, KATE Leas, Amelie Christ
man, Sophie Winkleman, Ella Long, Emf
lie Snyder, William Robson, Rebecc;
Pouse. Kate Raidenauer, Rose Clemmer
These are all the dead who have been tax
en- out. Clerk Aulenbach stated at mid
night that he believed that fully eighty
bodies we're in the ruins under the three
floors His list of employees is lost, an(
owing to the confusion in taking out thu
injured he was unable to furnish list o
the killed. But eighty is q conservati W
estimate Of those who lost their lives
THE STORM AT PITTsBURG.
At PIttsburg the storm took shape Will
suddenness that was overwhelming ; al
as the wind accompanied by hail and tor
rents of rain, swept along the streets, pc
destrans were buried before it and barrel
escaped from being crushed under vehicle
passing along the thoroughfare. Sudden
ly in the center of the city there was
terrible crash, and u few minutes later tn
Central fire alarm bell sounded call from
ION the corner of Diamond and Woo
streets. Hundreds of people with blanche
faces hurried to the scene when it wa
found that the cylone had caught the ne,
building on Diamond street, owned by {
L, Wiley, and hurled it to the earth. COY
ering up two score Of mangled human
bodies. The building was inJ course u
erection. 1t was thirty by eighty feet i
dimensions, and was seven feet high. Th
front of the building had not been put in
and the wind seemed to enter the hug
she'll Tom the open end. The high wall
of bricks and undried mortar parted, on
falling each way, partly wrecking nearly
dozen surrounding buildings The mai
force Of thu crushing building was throw
on Weldin & Co. S book store. on Woo
street and the barber shop of Fred Sche
maker. at No. p Diamond street. TIL
rear end of WeidiD's store was crushe
in, and the front Of the building was force
out into Wood street. The barber sho
was completely demolished. The leatht
, store. next to the Wiley building, occl
pitd by W. II. Thomas, was also total
wrecked. The rear end Of II. Walt & Co.
bouk store WIS crushed in while some
the falling structure struck Joseph Eicl
baun's building, fronting on Fifth avt
n e. breaking the windows and injuring
number of the employees. A portion OF tt
wall Of a millinery store next to Thoma
!. was caved in. and the windows and doo
IN a number of surrounding buildings wei
: b oxen. The building of Rea TBS. & CO
, stock brokers', on the corner of Diainol
: and Wood streets, WAS partly wrecked. al
the occupants barely escaped.