The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-17


two of the stacks of the Sunbury nail min.
They crashed through the roof, completely
demolishing the pudding partment OF the
mill. Thrty-five men wes Q employed in this
department., and half of them were buried in
the debris The fire alarm was sounded and
hundreds surrounded the mill. Men were
carried out halfnaked and men are at work
yet and it is supposed several others are in
the ruins.
THE REARING HORROR, I.* ..s."
sREADNG, Pa, Jan. 10.--Thereis is mourning
and sorrowiin many households in Reading
today. A pail of death hangsl over thasGitY.
Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters,
relatives and friends are grief-stFicken over
the wreck Of last night. Over one hundred
spirits are hushed forever in death, as re-
suit of the wreck tild ruin wrought IN this
city by the storm. The cyclone left the en-
tire city in darkness, which was only relieved
by the electric lights and hence bonfres
which shed their lurid glare on the scene of
death. All night long brave and willing
hands assisted in the,work of rescue of the
dead. The disaster is fully as bad as re-
ported in these dispatches last night The
list of fatal cases will fully reach one hundred,
and may be more. The hospitals and un-
dertakers establishments are filed with vic
Tins The physicians are all busy, and many
private houses have been opened for the ac-
commodation of the injured. When the first
grey streaks OF early morning appeared it
portrayed beautifully O smiling sun, and
everything was directly in contrast with the
fury of lastsnight. To-day all is, again bright
and glorious in the heavens, as though
mocking the work OF last night. The
THE WORK OF RESCUE
was greatly retarded from the singular man.
ner in which the silk mill collapsed. 1t did
not blow over, but was badly crushed down
Falling in upon itself, in one mass, not a
vestige of the walls are remaining standing
above the stone foundation. The rafters
and timbers of the flooring projected in all
directions. AS the building was steam heat
ed. the ruins did not take fire. Otherwise
not one of the other unfortunates could
possibly have escaped death in the most ap-
palling form. Teams of every description,
OmnibuSes, funeral coaches, fire wagons, hos
pital vans and private vehicles, were pressed
into service and were running rapidly to and
from the scene of the disaster all night long,
bearing bodies oI the wounded dying and dead
to their homes or to the different hospitals
From the statement of some ofthose who es-
capped from the building it appears to have
gone down in an instant. There was O loud
crash of breaking timber and persons in the
mill all rushed toward the main doors A
good many succeeded in getting out while
four girls saved themselves by jumping from
the secOnd-story windows. The first rumbling
noise was followed by the falling of the build
ing, the uppersstories going first with their
human load. Had it not been for the fact
that but few Of the hands were on the third
and fourth floors at the time scarcely life
would have been saved. Mr.. George Grin
shaw, one of the proprietors of the mill,
who was in the office at the time, and
BARELY ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE,
having received several severe wounds on the
head, stated that there were, to the best Of
his knowledge, about two hundred and sew
enty-fve persons, principally girls and boys
in the establishment at the time of the oc-
currence, A reporter was at the silk mill
ruins all night and witnessed some of the
most heart-rending scenes it probably ever
befell human being to witness. Relatives
and friends were running about in their
frenzy and grief, seeking for lost ones, and
almost deranged. This morning eight more
bodies were taken from the ruins. The con-
fusion is great and full list of the dead and
injured is not yet in the hands of any one
Exactly how many more bodies are in the
ruins is matter of conjecture. Considerable
money has been contributed for the relief of
the sufferers. Benefits are also being ar
ranged. The latest list of the killed has been
reduced to fifty, but this is uncertain, as no
one knows how many human beings lie bur-
led beneath the mountain of brick, mortar
and timber