Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-17
CATASTROPHE AT pIrrsBURG.
Buildings Wrecked-Seven Killed Out
righ', and Nearly Forty Wounded.
IPittsburg Pa.) telegram

Buildings Wrecked-Seven Killed Out
right, and Nearly Forty Wounded.
lPittsburg Pa.) telegram
A terrible wind and rain storm passed
over this city about 1890 o'clock
on the 9th inst, during which q
large building in course of erection
on Diamond street collapsed, carrying
twenty workmen to the ground and bury,
ing at least twenty more in the ruins.
Twelve are known to have been killed out
right. Six others are fatally injured and
about thirty others seriously hurt.
The force of the falling building was so
great that the rear walls of two other
adjoining buildings were crushed as IL they
had been made of paper and their front
walls fell upon the pavement ON Wood
street, burying several people in the debris
anu mangling some others horribly. OF
these, two were girl and boy and one
man, who is unknown, all of whom were
taken in the patrol wagon to the II omeo-
pathic hospital. A larber shop in the
rear was also demolished, and its
six occupants luried in the ruins.
The top story in the rear OF Eichbaum's
building on Fifth avenue, was also knocked
in, and three printers who were working
there were injured, but how severely can
not be learned at present. The number OF
killed and injured can not be definitely
stated at this time, as many are supposed
to be still in the ruins. It is believed, how
ever, that twelve have been killed and
thirty eight injured, six of them fatally.
Already forty mangled and bruised
bodies have been taken from the ruins.
Some were dead, others were dying, and
many were fatally injured. One or two
died on the way to the hospital From the
best information obtainable seven were
killed outright or died in short time and
thirty. six others were injured. 1t Is be-
lieved that the list of dead will be greatly
increased. The following have been
identified:
SAMUEL sTRINGEN. aged 10. a printer.
THOMAS JONES. n brick layer. II
CHARLES FKITCII, aged l6
GEORGE MASON, a carpe nter. a
TERGGE q colored bOotblack.
GEORGE KIRSCH, barber aged le. c.
THE INJURED.
JOHN II. GEARING, fatally hurt.
MISS WHITE, school teacher, fatally hurt.
jimmy HoKENsrINE, very serious In
jurios.
WILLIAM sASDoN leg and thigh frac-
tured.
SAMUEL DRowN, very serious injuries.
ROSE MCCARTNEY, little girl badly out
and bruised,
RICHARD A. DABNEY, cut about the head
and body, seriously.
WELDON MASON, very seriously hurt.
CHARLES PErrIoeRD, badly bruised.
DENIS MCCARTNEY, probably fatally hurt
OWEN DoNNELLY. serious injuries
ELMER MCkoEON, probably fatal.
Two unknown laborers, seriously injured.
A boy, unknown, body bruised
The falling walls crushed in the buildings
ON Diamond street occupied by George
Trexter, barber, and w. G. Thomas, dealer
in shoe findings, and badly damaged por-
tions Of the buildings occupied by Joseph
Eichbaum, printer, on Fifth avenue; j. r.
Weldon a. Co., booksellers, and Rea
Brothers, stock brokers. on Wood street
The wounded already rescued number
thirty five, Of whom six will probably die.
All kinds OF theories have been advanced
for the collapse Of the building. In some
instances the responsibility is placed on the
contractors, while in others the building
inspectors are blamed. Nothing definite
can be known, however, until an investi-
CATION is made. 1t is hard to estimate the
damage done at this time, but it will ex-
ceed $50, 200.
The cyclone wrought terrible destruc-
tion In other parts Of the city and out
along the railroads centering here. A por-
tion of the foundry of Mcintosh, Hemphill
& Co., on Thirteenth street, was wrecked,
as was also house in Allegheny. At
Wallis station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, a large brick building, owned by the
Westinghouse Air-Brake company, was
partially demolished, and at Wilmerding,
Pa, a coal tipple was wrecked. Al
McKeesport houses we're unroofed, trees
blown down and windows smashed. Three
houses in course Of erection were blown to
pieces. On the rivers a number of boats
were torn from their moorings and cast
about like corks, but they were secured be-
fore much damage was done. The velocity
OF the wind was fifty miles On hour, the
highest recorded for years.
A number OF narrow escapes are re-
ported. Seven men were thrown from the
seventh story TO the ground and escaped
with slight injuries. Adolph Herman
caught on the telegraph wires and was
rescued uninjured. IL has just been
learned that a nut factory owned by Bon.
treger q Co., in the Eleventh ward, wa,
blown down during the storm and a man
namad Hines killed. The loss was e13, 600.
Forty members Of the Carpenters union
volunteered their services and are at work
trying to save their unfortunate brethren.