The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-10

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THE SHOPS OF THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR
BRAKE COMPANY,
a large brick structure al Wilimeite
fourteen miles from the city. on the lin'
OF the Pennsylvania railroad. One sid,
OF the foundation was damaged, placinl
the building in a dangerous condition
The damage will be very heavy.
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS.
Train-men report more or less damag,
10 property on nearly all the railroads
centering in the city. At Appollo. on
the West Pennsylvania railroad. consid
cradle damage was done. One man wa.
killed and a number of buildings werc
destroyed at Steubenyille, O. Seyera
buildings were blown down at Jeanette
on the Pennsylvania railroad A tele
gram TO the Times from Altoona state.
that wires are down throughout the cen.
trail portion Of the State, but that train.
men coming into Altoona report damage
i'm all the interior towns that is expected
TO reach several hundred thousand dol
lars Several bridges were also blown
down. Reports Of a similar nature are
coming in from all parts in the Western
portion OF the State
AT CABIIsLE, rENN
CARLISLE, PA, January "a half-past
. o'clock this afternoon terrible
cyclone struck this city, and destroyed
| thousands of dollars worth 81 property,
and the probable fatal injury to several
persons
AT wILLIAMsPORT
WHIAMsPoRT, PA. January 9-A
terrible storm of wind, accompanied by
torrents of rain, swept down the West
Branch valley this afternoon, Con
siderable damage was done in all di-
rections, the particulars of which are
meagre al this hour by reason of tcle-
graph and telephone communication
being interrupted. In this city the dam
age was very heavy A dozen houses
were demolished and unroOfed. and the
buildings of the Demerest Sewing Ma
chine Company are demolished
The damage sustained by the Nankey
Decorative Co. will amount to $4,000,
and that of the Demorest Works $100,-
600 The brick walls of the foundry de-
partment. in course of construction.
story in height, 200 feet long and fifty
wide, were razed to the foundation.
Several persons are reported a. having
been injured or killed but this is not
confirmed.
Much damage has been done 10 other
property in surrounding towns From
Sunbury word comes that the stack of the
nail mill was blown down, and ten men
buried in the ruins, and one OF TWO
killed
FURTHER FROM READING.
READING, Pa, January "a cyclone
struck this city shortly after o'clock
this afternoon demolishing a number of
buildings, including Grimshaw &I
Brothers large silk mill. In the latter
were upward of 200 operatives, who were
buried in the ruins, and many have been
killed. At $3.50 o'clock tonight about
100 persons had been taken out, many of
whom were dead It's impossible 10 OBJ
tain a list of the injured and killed at
this hour but il is known that they eX
coed 100
The storm swept down the Lebanon
amy AAlAAWNNls anu many ga ~ NAA
other property are reported wrecked.
The telegrah wires in the track Of the
storm were badly mixed up, and il is inn
possible TO get details, but it is known
that great damage has been done.
When the cyclone first struck Reading
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
COmpany's paint-shop was unrOofed, and !
in less than ten minutes the entire struc- |
ture was enveloped in flames Several |
chambers underneath the passenger cars |
exploded and four persons were killed !
and several others badly injured
THE KILLED
are George SchafTer, Sheridan Jones. Al |
bert LQudenberger, and John Kohler |
The storm then continued eastward. deal |
ing out destruction i'm It's path Nine |
dwellings, on north Eighth and Marion !
streets were unroofed and otherwise bad /
y damaged. The cyclone cut
A swArH OF ABOUT $50 FEET,
everything in its way was either leveled
10 the ground or very badly wrecked
The next building i'm its track was the
immense silk mill of Grimshaw Bros
This building was filled with several hun
ired operators, and not soul escaped
The structure, which was
our stories high and two hundred by
.eyenty feet, is a mass Of ruins. The fire
department was called out, and 1000
men, women, and children quickly as
embled about the wrecked mill
rHE CRIES OF THE WOUNDED AND DYING
md their friends were heartrending
Willing hands however, quickly set to
work. and at 9.4j O'Clock some seventy
PERSONS had been taken out. Twelve of
hese were dead and many fatally in
ured Those who were less seriously
Iurt were taken 90 their homes, while
hose who received more serious injuries
we're taken TO the hospitals il will take
III morning before all the killed and
yOuIded can be gotten out
WORK OF BEsCCING THE WOUNDED.
At this hour midnighU the officials
nd citizens are still hard at work as il is
nOWn positively that there are other
ersons under the deJris The voices |
card early in the evening have not been !
card for over an hour All possible eff
ort is being made to reach the spot from G
-hich the appeals for aid were last !
card The dangerous condition of the
offering walls compels the greatest care :
n the part of the rescuers. Work will a
e continued throughout the night by
he aid OF electric lights that have been
royided The wind is again increasing q
D strength, and the temperature is fall
lg rapidly
CHINESE MIGRATION TO BRITISH
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