Telegram-herald., 1889-07-30
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
AUn1i Result Or q Tsrrlnc Storm
Il Chicago.
1 BIG BUILDING FMLSOs lC0IIlCg.
klg1t ~ TIE laG1.tes 81 ths Latter EEss1
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tHtcA1o. JliV - a rz1u 6n1 y nd storm
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Ger a11 -g-t1ilg troA5 lTeD t1e ClIF
~1c-i g cl-ek saturday evening anl rsged
fax-olsly toI g1zss L04rs IL N4s q mere
severe s1ex1a t1sa l. Eecoleegsd sine the
o1s n j-4s, losl A Ea1-1ozen houses
were s-11ck by hgb,ning &nd cred
several oU--clags were o'Ssn over. Killing
u ~o4ndiug LAslr occupants. hundreds II
b2ssMen-s IN t1s North a1d South sicss
we're roSaed destroying = great de4l os
stored property. 2nd = hundred minor ac-
eidsnts sre reported Al estimate G. the
dAmEgs wrought exceeds 81, ,ooo.o0
IN tbe teFIino stoTln a new thIee-s.orv
bEick b1lding on the ncrtheast corner II
Lszvitt and Twenty hTst streets fel 10 tie
ground, crushing IA tie wreck a cottage.
waleh stood neG by ana killing
eight persona - follows Ms Cnris-
tina boch, aged 81 years Hannsh Boch.
: years cid; Albert Boch. years.
G. Fsrdinsnehus. IS years. Mrs Ferdin-
enchgs. 81 years Cora Ferdinanchns. 5
years; Aida Ferdnsnchus years
Mary feEdinanchus, years The wounded
are. Charles boch. ~ years August Doch.
is years, Lgda Ferdioanchus. q years, Ada
FeFdinauchus years.
The cottage was a one-story and base
rnent building. and was occupied by two
families Ia the front rooms lived Cor
nelias Terdinanchus with his wife
md Eve children The rear rooms
weEs occupied by Charles Book, his
wife and three children The
building which fel upon it was go new
that the fresh mortar offered little resistance
10 the furious gusts or wind and rain Its
foundations were laid only five weeks AGO.
but the walls were finished and the roof
was partially on Il WAS owned by William
C. Brueshaber. Of go West Twenty FIRST
street. and August Karshbcck, OF Four
teenth street and Ashland avenue, was the
contractor
The accident occurred at 7.el Saturday
evening when every member Of tho two
families were on the first foo<,, Lut so
sudden was the crash that ergufted them
that not ons escaped from tho hoase. all
going down under a mass OF fringtBri
and mortar slight sYaying OF the tai
structure a swinging OF It's ROOF. and before
word Of warning could oe given u utterly
collapsed =. ,,,,. f...,-..r..-
The only victim able 70 extricate himself
was Charles Boch, powerful man. who
succeeded IN freeing himself from the de-
street to n grocery store and gave the
alarm In = few minutes members OF
the fire department, under Fire Mar
shal Meyer, and twenty policemen. un-
der Lieutenant Thomas Beck, were en-
gagged in the work OF rescue. Dut nearly
an hour passed before the first body was
taken out. II was that Of little Mary Ferd-
inanchus, who was nearly dead. Cora
,Ferdinanohus aud August Boch were then
recovered, the little girl dead, but the boy
not seriously injured. Mrs. Boch's body
was found doubled up by a heavy beam
that rested on her neck and head, and her
little son was near her.
Little Ada Fercinanchus was located by
her crying and taken out after three hours
Of work She and her sister Luda were the
only ones saved IN the Ferdinanchus fam
fly, both parents and three children being
dead when taken from the debris All the
dead were taken TO the norgue and the
wounded are cared for at the county hos
pitaL