Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-17
TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
Pittsburg and Reading, Pa, SUI.
fer a Great Calamity.
Many People Killed and Many
buildings Destroyed in Both
Cities.

There was an awful catastrophe at
Pittsburg, Pa, at 1890 Jan. 0. The
high wind that struck the city at that
hour completely demolished the large
brick building in process OF construc-
ton in Diamond alloy, near the corner
OF Wood street, and immediately in the
rear of Weldon Il Co.'S store. The
building was rs far up as the seventh
floor and is complete wreck, and as
1t went down 1t crushed In its fall tho
barber shop next door. The force OF
the crashing building was thrown
against Weldon & Co.'S store which
was pushed into Wood street. The
whole street in front of Welden's Is
full OF debris. At least five men are
killed and fifteen injured. The rear of
all the stores on Wood street for near-
ly block were wrecked. Six men
were in the barber shop. Two were
removed alive and two dead and
two are still under the debris. There
were large force of printers In the
rear of Welden's on tho second floor,
and many of them are badly injured
AS fast as the injured could be dug
out, they were removed to hospitals.
At $3.50 the dead body Of colored
boy, name unknown, was taken out
and removed to the morgue. A few
moments later the elevator boy, James
Caring, employed in Welden's store,
was removed. He was unconscious
and is probably fatally injured. A
rescuing party engaged in tearing
away the foundation wall from under
another part of Welden's building.
A Cyclone struck Reading shortly
after 5 o'clock demolishing number
of buildings including Grimshaw Bros,
large silk mill. In the latter were up
wards of 200 operators buried in tho
ruins. Many have been killed. At
$50 o'clock about 100 persons had
been taken out, many of whom arc
dead.
1t is impossible to obtain list OF
the injured and killed but it is known
the killed and injured will exceed $50.
The storm swept down the Lebanon
Valley railroad and many barns and
other property are reported wrecked
The telegraph wires in the track OF
the storm were badly mixed, and IL Is
impossible to get details, but It is
known that great damage has been
done.
When the cyclone first struck Read
ing the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road company's paint shop was unroof-
ed and in less than ten minutes the en-
tire structure was developed in flames.
Several gas chambers underneath the
passenger cars exploded and four per-
sons were killed and several badly in
iured. The killed are: George Schafrer,
S. Jones A. Laydonberger, j. Kohler.
The storm then continued eastward,
dealing out destruction in its path.
Nine dwellings on North Eighth and
Marion streets were unroofed and
otherwise badly damaged, the cyclone
cutting swath of about $50 feet, and
everything in its way was either level
ed to the ground or very badly wreck
ed. The next building in its track was
the immense silk mill of Grimshaw
Bros, at Twelfth and Marion streets.
This building was filed with several
hundred operatives and not single |
soul escaped uninjured The structure |
which was four stories high and 200x |
70 feet, Is a mass OF ruins. Not a
single brick remains OF the beautiful |
htsir hn ptn
engine room. The fire department
was called out and 10000 men, women
and children quickly assembled about
the wrecked mill, the cries of the
and dying and their friends
was heart rending. Willing hands,
however, quickly set to work, and at
9:45 o'clock some seventy persons had
been taken out. Twelve OF these were
dead and many fatally injured. Those
who were less seriously hurt were
taken to their homes, while those who
more serious injuries were
taken to the hospitals.
The killed recovered up to 1 o'clock
we're: Annie Reidnour, Ella Long,
Amelia Christman, Harry Crocker,
foreman, Mary Reidnour, Kate Lens,
John Rober, Sophia Winkleman, VIM.
Rose Klemmer, Kate Bow
man, Tillie Groh, Eva Leeds. The in
ured are George Newman, John Auten-
bach, Sadie Rhodes, Mary Reese, Geo
Nieman, Sallie Young, Sallie Hasson,
Geo. Grimshaw jr., one OF the owners,
Augustus Frosseys, Kate Aulbach,
Kate Hartman, Sallie +. Bright, joan
Ia Frakentield, Kate Fitzpatrick, Min
lie Meskel, Annie and Howard Buck
Ter, Sallie Savage, Lizzie Ahrens,
Buhla Hesman, Ella Salem, Ella Stu
,rn. These have been taken out.
At Apollo, on the Western Pennsyl-
,ania railway, considerable damage
vas done and one man killed. A
lumber of buildings were destroyed at
Ohio. Several buildings
we're blown down at Jeanette on the
road. kilograms from
Altoona state that wires are down
the central part of the
State and that trainmen coming into
Altoona report damages in all the In
erior towns that Is expected to reach
several hundred thousand dollars.
several bridges were also blown down.
Reports OF similar nature are coming
n from all points in the western part
If the State. A telegram from Will
Transport, Penn, says acyclono struck
he city at 4 o'clock in the morning.
Z wrecked the foundry department Of
he Demorest Sewing Machine com
,any. Loss $4,000. A portion OF
he Mankey Decoration Works was un-
oofed; loss $4,000. Two new build
ngs, dwelling houses, were wrecked.
70 lives were lost. Many chimneys
md mill stacks are down. There was
nut little damage to property in Ale
,heny City.
About $3.50 in the afternoon terrible
cyclone struck Carlisle and destroyed
thousands OF dollars worth OF property
md probably fatally injured several
persons. The roof of the Industrial
school was blown of, windows
mashed and broken. Tho damage to
he school will roach S5 600 The CITY |