Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-01-17


buried In the Debris-The Number Of
Dead and Wounded Reaches Awful
Number--Many Houses In Mourning as
the Result of One of the Greatest Of
Caiamities. n
[Reading special, 81
This was the saddest night In the history Of
Reading. A hundred households are In mourn
ing as the result of one Of the greatest calaIni-
ties in the history of Pennsylvania. A cyclone
| swept over the northern section Of the city this
reach The number Of lives that have been
sacrificed and the number Of persons injured
can at this writing only be estimated. The
| most reliable computation tonight is that not
less than sixty persons have been killed and
over 100 injured. The track Of the storm was
not more than 200 feet wide. The first place 1t
touched was at Mount Penn stove works, where
building was struck an portion OF the roof
cut off. Directly beyond was situated the paint
shop OF the Reading railway company, in which
about thirty men were employed in painting
cars. This structure was completely demoI
ished. Some twenty OF the men had a chance
to crawl out of the debris, but their four COM
panions were enveloped in the embrace of the
flames. Their cries were heard for moment
by the terrified workmen and then their voices
were hushede forever They were quickly
In the meantime the fire department was
called out, but their services WEI unayailing.
The building and cars were consumed in fifteen
smoking ruins, under which lay four humans
burned to crisp. Their names are:
JOHN KALLER.
ALBERT LANDBERGER.
SHERIDAN JONES'
GEORGE SCHAFFER.
Directly in the path of the Storm at the cor
ner OF Twelfth and Marion sJreets, stood the
Reading silk MILL Here about IT'S girls were
working. The building was huge structure,
most substantially built, four stories high md
basement besides. It occupied an entire block
Of ground
The funnel shaped storm cloud struck the
building directly in the center on it's broadcast
side which faced the west. 1t fell to pieces as
If composed of so many building blocks. Near
ly 200 human beings went down In the awful
wreck. The walls gave way, floors fell down,
one on top of the other and carried their great
mass Of humans to the bottom The bricks
were piled in the greatest confusion, while amid
the rushing roaring wind the terrible cries for
succor were heard.
An alarm for relief WAS immediately sent out
and in short time thousands of citizens ar
rived to help out the dead and dying. The
| scene was narrowing one and beggars de:
with cuts and bruises. One body WAS noticed
which, when dragged out. had its head cut Off
Others We're in various positions bleeding suf-
fering from terrible wounds and some almost
SCARED to death.
When an Associated Press representative WIS.,
tied the scene of the wreck at IL o'clock tonight
he found everything in the greatest confusion
cued.
Among those who are dead the fOlI0W1Hg
HENRY CROKER, foreman of the silk mill
married, % years old head crushed in, neck
| and arm broken from New London, Conn.
LAURA KERCHNER.
EVA LEEDS.
LILLE GROW.
KATIE BOWMAN.
KATE LEAS.
AMELIA CHRISTIAN.
SOPHIE WINKLEMAN.
ELLA LONG.
| WILLIE SNYDER.
WILLIAM robson.
REBECGA PAUSE
| KATE REIDENAUER.
| ROSE CLEMMER.
[Pittsburg special, 81
terrific storm of wind and hail, the worst
known for years, swept over this city shortly
after noon to-day, carrying with it death and
destruction. The storm was formed with
| suddenness that wns overwhelming and as the
wind, accompanied by hail and torrents of rain,
| swept along the streets, pedes rians were
hurled before it and barely escaped being
crushed under vehicles passing along the thor
oughfares. Suddenly. in the center Of the city,
there Was terrible era h, and it Was found that
| the cyclone had caught new building on Dia
mond street, near Wood owned by G. L. Wiley
| and hurled it to the earth, covering up two
scores of mangled human bodies. The building
was in course of erection. 1t was 40 by so feet
in Dimensions and was seven stories high. The
| front of the building had not yet been put In
| and the wind seemed to enter the high shell
| front opeu end. The high walls of brick and
undried mortar were parted. one falling each
way, partly wrecking nearly dozen surround.
| ing buildings,
| Within Ave minutes after the collapse of the
buildings the streets were filled with an ex-
| cited crowd, Notwithstanding the fact that rain
| and hail was pouring down in perfect deluge
| With the arrival of the fremen the work OF
rescue was begun, which was contjnu d all af-
ternoen and up to 10 o'clock at night at which
| time quite number were known to still be
under the debris.
The following is list OF the wounded received
up to 10 o'clock tonight
DANIEL COURTNEY.
EUGENE n. DAVIS.
CHARLES II: PEITICORD.
IoHN RInsnIIT
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MIN q I.EMGN
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| W. A. MCCURDY.
S M1HEsE Wv RYAN
JOHN DONNELLY.
H MENhf q F ,aII1iI
0sGARH SMITH,
ELMER MCGOWAN.
1ARTIN HhLLARAN.
W WEDhIE M sppyNanp
WILLIAM BAKER
JOHN GoEHRIN !
NORRIS VINE.
GMIT TH HEsHEhi4i'
W. W. McKoWN.
DANIEL BROWN.
GEO SCOTT
9f0: MEIW,N
GUS MEssNER.
BARTLEY COOLEY.
| DANIEL STRINGER.