River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-26
ouEBEc.s AVALANCHE.


The Death-List from Thursday Nights
Landslide May Reach Forty-Twenty-
Eight Bodies RecoyereI-Many Undoubt-
edly Yet Buried beneath the Tons OF
Rock and Dirt - Some Notwithstanding
scenes.
QUEBEC, Can, Sept 2I-A sad and dreary
lay TO the watchers and workers at the
Icene of the landslide was Friday, and lit
lie indeed of comfort did the result OF the
search among the debris bring to the sur
irving victims of the catastrophe The
ieath-roll now numbers twenty-eight per-
sons, and it is thought that it will reach
'orty. The names are as follows:
Thomas Allen. Mrs. Thomas Allen, Charles
Allan. Mrs. Charles Allan, bliss Esther Allan,
Henry Black, William Black. Mrs. Bracken,
Mrs. Stephen Burke and two children, Michael
Ouhy, James Edwards. l.. Edwards. Thomas
Farrell and three children, Norah Kennedy,
Mrs. r. H. Leahy, Miss Lane, Mrs. Mccain,
.. S. Neville, Thomas Nolan. Charles Pois,
Mrs Ready Alphonse Tredeau, Napoleon
rreteouw, H. Wright
The consensus Of medical opinion, as well
rs the cool aud unprejudiced judgment OF
iisintcrested lay minds, pointed to the i'm
probability of more than few, if any, of
those imprisoned beneath the rocks and
debris being extricated alive after living
sntombment of over twelve hours with its
continuous strain upon the nervous system.
partial suffocation. in some cases intense
bodily suffering, and in others exposure to
IRE smoke aud water
The members of the Black family were
buried alive twelve feet below the surface
Of the debris. On being asked if they were
safe Mrs. Black answered: MY hush md
was killed at the door right be-
fore my eyes. The rest are
safe, but we are suffering from
wounds and bruises on our limbs" shortly
after Miss May CauldwelI. neice of Mr.
Black, was extricated from MIR Blacks
house. Her limbs were so stiff from mac
ton that the least touch on them caused
excruciating pain. The next person taken
out was Thomas Berrigan, whose wife
was taken out of the ruins dead
He was SO distigured his friends could
hardly recognized him He was removed
to the hospital, rnuttering a prayer OF
thanks for his miraculous G-cape. The
next to follow was an S-year-old boy, also
named Berrigan His left leg was crushed
to Jelly Then came Mrs. Black Her
bosom, neck and face we've dreadfully
swollen
The dead body of the second child of Mr.
P. Fitzgerald was recovered from the ruins,
as well as that of Willie Black, whose IA
Their was also killed Death had probably in
his case been instantaneous, as he was
crushed by a heavy beam, which pinned
him across the chest to the floor. The res
cue of Mrs Blacks niece is reported. Those
who aided in her rescue tell how
heroically this young and slender
girl Of some IL years struggled for life and
TbnVrrh 10 uafG ha p g.
n broken leg and wrist and is otherwise
bruised, she told those who were endeav-
oring to extricate her that she was helping
them, and so she was, working hard with
both hands Notwithstanding her terribly
mangled condition.
Ada Black, the S-year-old daughter of
Henry Black, was rescued, only slightly in
iured about O'Clock. At o'clock in the
morning the child of Mrs. Ready was re-
covered alive, apparently without a
scratch, lying in close proximity TO her
dead mother. The child is but months
old
There are now fifteen sufferers from the
catastrophe In the Hotel Dieu hospital and
q number have been taken to private resi-
dencea
Mrs McCann, one OF the victims, was pay
Ing visit to some friends. When found
her position was as if she was about tying
The strings of her bonnet Mrs Burke, one
Of the vic inns, met a most cruel death.
When found she was lying under a cross
beam, terribly strained At O'Clock the
crushed bodies of Mrs James Bradley and
one of her children were taken from the
ruins of their home. The body of Mrs
Martin Ready was also taken from the
debris
Late Friday night while workers were
busy clearing away the debris of crumbled
buildings faint grOans were heard at inter
walls from under huge piles of rocks. The
efforts of the volunteers were concentrated
to that point, and, after three hours hard
work, the b eeding body of Joe Kemp
was extricated from tho mass of rock
The poor man is in most pitiable condi-
ton. Both legs are broken at the knees,
the left arm is fractured above the elbow
and several ribs are fractured He can
not live many hours. Two hours later his
wife's body was taken out of the wre ok
Farther away another hideous spectacle
was offered to sight-the corpse of young
woman (Mrs. Lausonl, who had been ad
mired in hem lifetime for her beauty. Her
body had BEEN crushed almost fiat Her
alb lomen had been ripped open and her
entrails were scattered about Shortly
after viewing her remains her husband be-
came a raving maniac 1t is doubtful if he
will recover his reason.