Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
DEATH IN A TORNADO.
FRIGHTFUL LOSS or LIFE
IN READING AND
PITTSBURG.
THE STORM IN THE WESTERN
STATES.

dead, eight fatally lDjnred, twenty
five seriously injured, fifteen slight
ly injured and eight missing. 1t is
known positively that there arr
other bodies under the ruins. and
all possible effort is being made Tor
their rescue, bat scarcely hope IL
entertained that any more will be
removed alive. Two bodies wers
removed from the rear Of the Vel
din building since 4 o'clock this
morning. They hadn't been fully
identified at the last report at
police headquarters. Chief Brown,
together with his assistants, re-
NAMED at the scene of the accident
throughout the night, directing the
firemen, police officers and Others
in their seach for the missing.
A long line OF wagons and carts
carried the debris away as rapidly
as they could be loaded. Early
this morning the number of search.
ers was increased and the work OF
excayating the debris is progress
ing Systematically. Throngs Of
people line the streets eager for the
latest information. At the hospit-
ais last night, particularly the ho'
mepathy, where twenty-nlne of
the unfortunates were provided ac'
commodatIOns, it was found neces-
saIy to station police officers at the
doors to hold the throngs of anx-
ious inquirers for missing friends
in check. Joseph Gehring, resi-
dence 167 Gallagher street, ALE
ghany, died rom the effects of in
iurles at the Mercy hospital early
this morning.
READING, PA, Jan. 10.-A Sc
we're storm, which proved to be a
cyclone, struck this place yester'
day demolishing many buildings.
The silk mill, in which over two
hundred people were employed,
when struck by the storm cloud
crumbled as though built of a
child's toy building blocks. The
work of rescue was at once instl'
tuted, but up to the present writ
ing the extent of human injury IS
not known, but it is appalling to
contemplate. An explosion occur
red in the car shops of the Read
irg railroad company. In the
paint shop were nine passenger
cars ready to 90 out, their gas
tanks being all charged. The cars
overturned and some of the gas
chambers exploded, and the gas
took:fire. Other gas chambers also
exploded as the cars burned. Thir-
ty men we're caught in the ruins,
and four of them burned to death.
The remainder crawled out. Some
of them were badly hurt. Other
casualties are reported to human
life, but the disaster at the silk
mill surpasses everything else.
READING, PA, Jan. 1.-THE bod
les of the victims OF the silk mill
disaster have now, it is believed,
all been recovered, and the search
was consequently abandoned this
morning. Several of those reported
yesterday missing have been found
to be safe. The list of the killed is,
therefore, reduced in number to-
day.
Some of the injured will die. Ar
rangements are now being made
for the burial of the dead, and a
few days will witness the interment
of all the victims.
The correct list of those killed at
the silk mill or who have since died
of their injuries foots up to IS.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. lO.-Last
nights storm IN this city has had
no parallel since 1871. The veloc-
ity of the wind reached sixty miles
per hour and worked sad havoc
with trees, chlmneys and window
glass. Telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires in the city and
for miles in all directions are pros
trated. No trains have left here
since midnight, and wrecking
trains sent out to clear tracks
poles, trees, etc, are blocked
Such was the force Of the wind
that the water Of the lake rose
higher than since 1874. The whole
of the Thirteenth ward is three fee
under water. The strip OF land
known as "Island" is flooded, and
six houses belonging to fishermen
have been swept away. 1t is re
ported that several lives have been
lost. The suspension foot bridg'
crossing the Nlagra river Just be
low the falls has gone into tht
river but no particulars have been
received.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-Dispatche'
received from many points III Mich
igau. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa anC
Wisconsin, Indicate that yester
days storm was general through
o,t tha Northwpat. although
most severe in Northern Wiscon
sin and Michigan. In Upper Mich
igan the fall of snow ranges frou
eight inches to foot.
In Wisconsin the snowfall wal
from four inches to thrSe feet. The
snow belt started In the sOthwes
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