Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
A TERRIFIC TORNADO.
One Person Killed; Several Seriously
Wounded.
CHEMICALLY WORKS DESTROYED.
4 Local Storm Snaps Them Up In the
Twinkllng Of an Eye

Thagresier portion OF the building which
was in course OF erection just bevond Ful-
ton for The Richmond Chemical Works was
blown down In the storm yesterday alter
noon and a boy was killed and FIVE other
persons wounded.
Following are the names Of the killed aud
wounded:
James Quisley, thirteen years OF age, in-
SANITY killed. Lived at 622 Louisiana
street.
Prank Quigley, eleven years OF age, bro
ther OF James. badly wounded on head and
and body. VIII probably die.
Lorenzo Curry, colored laoorer, ieft arm
George Smith, about twelve years Of age,
left thigh broken. Not dangerously hurt
Lives on Graham street, Fulton.
Albert Walton (white), carpenter. several
wounds on the head aud face. Lives at the
corner OF Tweu;y-drst and Grace streets.
John Lewis. colored lsborer, received a
blow from a piece OF timber on the right
thigh aud a wound on the head also. Lives
at I1I2 north First street
Willie Clark, wounded on the leg from
piece OF plank.
THE BUILDING.
The building is, or rather was, located in
The eastern cod OF Fulton on an elevated spot
near the river and between the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad wbsrves and the old
brerery. II was $50 feet long, 60 feet wide,
and about 40 feet high, and was wholly OF
wood. IL was not completed and carpen-
ters were ut work on It at the time the aeei-
dent happened.
AN BYE WITNESS ACCOUNT.
Mr.. Maurice Fcrriter. oueoi the coutrac-
tors for the brick work on the fertilizer build
ing which Is beng erected a short distance
from the Chemical Works, gives the follows
Ing account OF the accident:
About O'Clock / called TO my men TO
come up 70 the chemical building and
would pay them Of. Heavy clouds were
coming up ut the time, and wanted to get
under shelter. We all came into the east
end Of the building, and sat down 10 count
ont the money. A small cloud soon passed
over with light rain. A few minutes later
very black cloud could be seen approach
ing from the northeast. / heard MIR. Newell,
the contractor for the building, call TO his
men IN come down. and almost at the same
time saw several boys come up the bank
from the river, where they had been fishing
all the evening, and seek refuge under the
shelter.
A TORNADO.
The cloud approached very rapidly, and
when / noticed thst u was fuDnei-shaped /
Immediately thought OF the. western torns-
does. Nv men and / ran out Immediately
aud In the excitement my box OF change was
knocked over and the contents scattered
in the gsass ana several pieces lost. We had
hardly gotten out when ell the house except
the end where we had been standing came
down with a crash. IL was all over in less
time ihan il takes TO tell about il. The west
end Of the structure was struck first and the
wind seemed 10 get right under the roof and
It was lifted up and rolled over toward the
river.
RAN THE WRONG WAY.
When the storm approached l noticed
that the boys who had sought refuge ran ont
and down towards the river, and three OF
them were struck by flying timbers. One
was killed and two were badly wounded.
Had they gone out towards the Chesapeake
and Ohio road in all probability they would
not have been hurt.
II was the worst storm ever saw, and
mas JUST COtupitbtig ubnti fcu NC AotVC
great building fall IN an instant Is not often
witnessed IN this part OF the world.
CARPENTERS VIEW.
Mr.. A. Mandy. one OF the carpenters at
work on the building at the time, said Of the
storm
There were two very distinct clouds, and
beth came from the northeast and ap-
proscbed US from that little valley over the
corner OF Fulton. The first cloud passed
over with a very light wind and shower OF
ram. We were ut work upon the roof 1.-THE
tine, aud / think we had TWENTY-FIVE msu
employed. Mr.. Newell called TO us to come
down ~ soon ga the second cloud was seen
approaching. 1t came up very rapidly and
the Thoughts OF n cyclone must have entered
the minds Of most Of the men, as all but six
rot out OF the building. on those that
remained there were wounded: Albert
Walton (whItel aud John Lewis and Lo-
renzo Curry (cototedl The wind struck the
house and il fell IN q second, 1t seems to me.
Some Of the men were caught between the
timhers. and we had to work to get them
out. The building was very substantially
built OF heavy timbess, aud therefore we
were all the more surprised to see the whole
structure come down in such short time.
THE DOCTORS Busy.
Dispatch reporter reached the scene a
short time after the accident. The city ans
bulance had arrived, and Doctors Davis,
Oppenhimer, sndIrying. who came with 1t,
were busy attending TO the wounded. James
Quigiey's liieless body had been laid out on
a stretcher, while near him lay the insensible
form OF his little brother Frank. Both bodies
were soon taken home in the ambulance,
hDd Frank had not recovered consciousness
when the reporter called at the house later
IN the evening, and his case was q very hope
less one.
The two Quigley boys were near together
when Knocked down, and their bodies were
found on the slope Of the hill towards the
river.
George Smith. the other boy who was
wounded. was also knocked down near 10
the Quigley boys. He is not thought 70 be
dangerously wounded, broken thigh being
the extent Of his injuries as far as discerni.
Bile. He was taken home In the ambulance.
Albert Walton, John Lewis, and Lorenzo
Curry, the three men who were employed on
the work. were in the building at the time IL
fell, and nslther one II seriously hurt. Zach
one was taken TO his home Ia the ambu-
lance.
While Clark was hurt noon one leg, but
walked home. No one AZ the wreck seemed
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