St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
THE RECENT sToHM.

It Takos q Whirl Through CanaoS' Do~
Smmense Damage Buildings h@H'
R5orests ttprooted, Lumber Camps
stroved and Other Serious Damage D"o
Ioss of Life Fear ed-Latest hepuh's
from Pittsburgh and Reading
rtxTneA1. Can. Jan. 1.-THE tall emu
of the cycloue which struck estein
ario Wednesday night reachea he.1 "b
midnight. 1t played sad havoc VIII Its . fn11
neys, telegraph poles and wires. ort,, As of
strength passed some sixty m,1eS a.Iant;c-
here ont to Labrador and the atA"no, ~
1eavine a swath of debris behind. no
only news received from Lower Ontario 90
rom incoming trains. 1t will take Weeks
to restore telegraphic communloaeAon'
Fonr houses were unroofed at MonhnesIe'
o1i the Cornwall canal. Oscar Bar"1A'
Jr.. was killed by a falling chimney,
At Renfrew every barn was razeo anu
fortv head of cattle were killed. parry
of ,nmber men had their huts swept away,
and two of them were sd badly lnJuIeu Wy
falling trees that their lives are despisil0 Q"
of. a.ro
At Trenton. Gilmour's Mills were cam
aged to the extent of 100000 ana sne
Oueen's Hotel unreofed. The ofioeo
from Trenton to Gilmour was sWept away
ard Alexander Alien was drowned. lne L,
wind blew at the rate of seventy miles ai.
of wednesday night, and did nov
fall below forty miles at any tine
Yesterday. Wrecks Of barns, outhoosos' zoo
ETC., literally strew the tracks ol tne
Grand Trunk and Canadian racine roaas'
No freight trains are moving ana passen
cor trains are run only with the greatest
dif7iculty. The thermometer fell 1orty
| degrees in ten hours. Every tnng -
| frozen up, business is at a standstlil ah&
DISSOLUTION is on all sides.
7 Deor.e Simpsc II, brakeman on the
| Kingston IS Pembroke railroad, was
blown from his train near Smith Falls
and sustained fatal injuries.
II is estimated that the damage done Dy
| the storm in Ontario and Quebec VIII
| aggregate S2OO0D00. No cd1pmunlca.ionh ~
can be had with the back couns'es. i. ID
| feared the loss of life and properly mas
been very large. Whole forests are up
| rooted on the Upper Ottawa, anu IL 10
| feared that many lumbermen's camps
| have been destroyed and the men eAenei
| killed or injured by falling trees.
| More Bodies of. the Pittsburgh victims
Recovered.
| PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 1.-Au OF lasb
| night willing hands labored hard ON inc
| ruins at Diamond and Wood streets. Much
| was accomplished, but a great aea! oA
| work must yet be done before positlVe
! knowledge of the extent of the frlgnttus
| catastrophe can be had. The remains OF
| fve persons were removed during last
nioht. The body of Willie Goet"
mann was unearthed at nine O'CLOCK:
Just at midnight the body OF
Charles McKeown was found under
a mass of ruins in the rear OF Weldln's
store. He had been employed as a packer
in the establishment. He was terribly
maneled, He was thirty-two years OF
age. single. Shortly after two O'CLOCK
this morning two more bodies OF WORK
men were found in the cellar Of the VIII
lev building. They were in sitting posi-
| ton beside stove, so badly mangled ano
| disfgured that they have not yet oee1
| identified. :.
Just as the city clocks tolled the hour OF
| six this morning the workmen FOUND ana
| carried out from the rear OF Weldln,s Gel.
| lar the body of DR.. J. L. Reed. Dr.. heea
| vas over eighty years of age, and was
| widely known, especially IN Phlladel-
phia. This swells the number OF bodies
| fouud to fourteen. The police have now
| nine names on their list of missing. AS
the work goes on to-day it is thought the
greater part of these will be transferred
70 the death roll. Certain it is the ruins
have some horrible secrets yet to reveal
| Over two hundred men are working un'
| ceasingly. but it is very doubtful IT then
| task will be completed to -daY>