Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-10
DEATH BY WIND AND FIRE.
Immense Buildings Fall Upon
 Their Occupants.
OYER 100 VICTIMS AT READING.
Double Catastrophe at Pittsburg.
 Rescuers Crushed.
DISASTERS ALL OVER THE STATE.

Grimshaw X Bros. Silk Mill, at Reading, Collapses Upon Several Hundred Opera
 hves-Explosions Follow the Wreck of .he Railroad shops. and Wor<men Are Crushed and Roasted-Williamspor and Carlisle Also Badly Dama:ed-Great Destruction Has Been Wrought In the Rural Districts. but Wires Are Down and News Is MeaGer-The Cyclone Reaches Brooklyn in the Evenin.-An Explosion Which Shook the City.
 READING, Pa, Jan. 10-A cyclone struck this city shortly after o'clock in the after loon demolishing a number of buildings in cluding GrimShaw x Bros. large silk mill. In the latter were upwards of POO operatives, who were buried in the ruins, and many were killed. At 930 p. III. about 100 persons had been taken out many of whom are dead. It was impossible, owing to the confusion, to obtain list of the injured and killed, but it is known that the killed and injured will ex- ceed 150
 The storm swept down the Lebanon Valley railroad and many barns and other properties are reported wrecked.
 II storm were badly mixed up, and it is inpos- sible to get details, but it is known that great damage has been done. When the cy- clone first struck Reading the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company's paint shop was unroofed and in less than ten minutes the entire structure was enveloped in flames. Several gas chambers underneath the pas senger cars exploded and four persons were killed and several others badly hurt. The killed are: George Schaefer, Sheridan Jones, Albert Loudenberger and John Kopler
 The storm then continued eastward, deal- ing out destruction in It's path. Nine dwell ings North Eighth and Marion streets were unroofed and otherwise badly damaged. The cyclone cut syath of about 250 feet, and everything in its way was either leveled to the ground or very badly wrecked. The next building in its track was the immense silk mill of Grimshaw & Bros, located at Twelfth and Marion streets. This building was filled with several hundred operatives and not single soul escaped uninjured The structure, which was four stories high and POO by 70 feet, is one mass of ruins. Not a single brick remains of the beautiful build. ing except the stock and engine room.
 The fire department was called out and 10000 men, women and children quickly as sembled about the wrecked mill The cries of the wounded and dying and their friends were heartrending. Willing hands, how ever, quickly set to work and in sh ort time some seventy persons had been taken out Twelve of these were dead, and many fatally injured. Those who were less seriously hur were taken to their homes, while those wht received more serious injuries were taken t< the hospitals.
 The killed so far recovered are: Anni Reidnour, Ella Long, Amelia Christman Henry Crocker, foreman; Mary Reidnour Kate Leas, John Rober, Sophia Winkleman William Robinson, Rose Klemmer, Katie Bowman, Tillie Groh and Eva Leeds.
 The injured are: George Newman, Johl Autenbach, Sadie Rhodes, Mary Reeser George Nieman, Sallie Young, Sallie Has son, George Grimshaw. Jr., one of the own srs; Augustus F. Roscup, Kate Alspach Kate Hartman, Salie E. Bright, Joann Frankenfeld, Kate Fitzpatrick Minnie Mel kel, Annie and Howard Bricker, Sallie Say age, Lizzie Ahrens, Buhla Herman, Eli Salem, Ellie Pfuem. These have been take out. It will take until o'clock in the morn ing, probably late in the day, before tn debris can be cleared away and the kille and injured are recovered.