Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-22
THE QUEBEC HORROR
STILL FINDING PEOPLE ALIVE AMID
THE RUINS.
The Governments Action In tho Promises
The City Engineer Pointed Ont
the Danger Years Ago.
fBr Telegraph to tho pIspatch.l

QuEBEc. September 21.--Although rain
fell necessarily last night the work of dig
ging ont the victims of the landslide was
carried on throughout the entire night.
The efforts OF the workers were cOncen-
trated on the spot where a man named
Kemp WAS supposed to be. At o'clock
this morning the work was far enough adj
vanced 10 allow him 20 be seen at dis
lance of about fifteen feet from the base
of operations. Kemp would sing a couple
of popular songs and then would shout
Policel Policel" The poor man is either
insane or in delirium. A man named Beau
champ, who with his two brothers had
worked at tho wreck without sleep ever
since the landslide, crawled into a small
opening to get at Kemp. who was lying
about fifteen feet away under an immense
pile OF stones, but had not gone six feet
under the pile when the whole mass came
down upon his back. Beauchamp however,
being a strong and courageous man. man
aged to work back few feet but cOuldnO
move an inch further. his progress being
blocked by tho corpse of woman. A Re
demptorist father who passed the night on
the scene encouraging the workers kneeled
down and began to reCite prayer. Tho
men. although almost exhausted by their
constant hard struggles and weakened by
the pouring rain. which inundated all
about them. seeing Beauchamp apparent
IL doomed 90 certain death. rushed O. his
rescue with oil the energy of despair. and.
after great efforts, their comrade was pull
ed ont alive aud without serious injury,
though somewhat stunned and bruised.
John Nolan. who was thought 10 have
been killed at the beginning OF the Gates
trO',he, was found still alive. though he
had been imprisoned under the mass Of
ruins twenty feet deep for thirty-six hours.
IL will be several hours yet before he can
be gotten out. The men of Is battery aud
the Royal School of Cavalry are still at
work.
QUEBEc. September 2l.-At n meeting Of
the City Council last night =, 800 was voted
to AID the surviving victims OF the catas-
trOpho. The city Will also bear the eX-
pcnse of the funerals Of those killed by the
falling cliG. The chief city engineer has
presented a report on the condition Of
Dufcrin terrace and the adjoining
grounds. II shows that Gs lato as 1850 he
pointed ont the danger the houses now
demolished wero exposed TO, and suggested
work costing S27 900, which would have
made that portion Of the rock safe to tho
inhabitants below. He makes certain re-
Communications calculated 10 prevent the
further falling Of the cliff, which Will pro-
badly be carried out.
Timothy Harrigan, who was wounded in
the landslide, died this morning at Hotel
Dieu. Coroner Bolleau opened the inquest
this morning, and after a short sitting adj
journod it until Tuesday next
Great activity prevailed to-day mt the
scene Of disaster Mayor Langelier and
most of the City Councillors were on the
ground oil day encouraging the lab0rcrs at
work and attending 60 various details. A
great deal more work was done to-day than
Il. rss... Il
rough practical way of using their strength
and energies TO the best ends. The num-
Der OF men working at the d6'9-is IS up
wards OF two hundred. This afternoon u
squad Of Is battery men discovered the
body Of Mrs. Kemp under mass Of stones,
beams. and rafters. The head only was
clear. In order 10 release the body the
men attempted TO remove stone weigh
ing somo five hundred pounds, but 1t
crashed down upon the wOmans head,
smashing it 90 a jelly.
The body was recovered later. but o leg
was torn of in pulling II out Of the wreck.
The corpse OF Margaret Welsh was reached
under pile Of masonry. The head was al
most severed from the body, which was
horribly mutilatod. These are the only
additional corpses found after twenty-fOur
hours work. The quantity Of rocks, lum-
Der, and masonry is SO great that three or
fOur hours of hard work does not show any
difference in the dfiriS. Il is thought that
siXty-six persons are still missing and that
tnev were in the basement of the buildings
~ the time If the landslide The de5ris must
De cleared level TO the ground IN order %
get a. them. and this work will occupy SOW
Clal days. Three sailors are supposed 60 oo
buried under the huge pile of fallen rocks,
the top OF which Is about thirty feet above
the level Of the road. The guord-rOom Of
tie riycT-polioc station has been TRIMS
formed into a mortuary and twenty corp-es
recovered have been laid in a row in front
of the altar. on which a number Of tapers
and amrsare burning. The chapel is open
10 the public and the people flock there ~
mss. Twenty hcarses have been secured
for the funeral. which takes place to-mor-
row al ST. Patrick's church Members Of
tho provincial Parliament, City Council
lors, and othcr prominent citizens will at
tend the services.