Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-10

was nearly SQO foeL In length.
and about $50 feet wide. 1t WIS
surmounted by massive tower, fully
100 feet from the ground. The funnel
shaped storm-cloud struck the building
directly in the center on its broadest
side, which faced west. 1t fell to piece
as if composed of SO many building
blocks. Nearly 200 human beings went
down in the awful wreck. Walls gave
way, foors fell down, one on top of the
other, and carried their great mass of
human beings to the bottom. Bricks
were piled up in the greatest confusion,
while amid the hurricane and whistling,
rushing, roaring wind,
TERRIBLE CRIES FOR sUcCoR
Were sent up to heaven. 1t was a mo.
ment that tried mems souls, and almost
simultaneously with the fall of the build.
ing came the awful cries for relief. Girls
with blackened faces, bruised and
broken limb their clothing tattered and
torn, dragged Themselves from the ruins.
So probably seyenty-five to 100 escaped
or we're dragged cut by their friends.
These OF course worked on the upper
floors and were thrown near the top
of the debris. At some places
the bricks were piled twenty
,, feet deep, aud underneath are
| lying tonight human bodies by the
score. About 250 girls aud young women
are usually employs ed in the mill, but at
O'Clock eighty were relieved from duty
for the day. They returned to their homes
before the storm came. The most re-
liable estimate tonight places thes num-
Der in the building when it went down
in the neighborhood of 175, and as before
stated 100 Of these were rescued by frier de
or dragged themselves out Immediately
after the accident.
AN ALARM FOR RELIEF
| Was Immediately sent out and in a short
time thousands of citizens arrived to help
out the dead and dying. The scene was
narrowing one and beggars description.
| The mill is situated near the foot Of
Mount Penn, high mountain overlook
ing the city. When the people arrived
everything was enveloped in darkness,
then huge bonfires were built, which cast
a dismal glare over the surrounding
scene. The fire companies left the burning
paint shop and assisted in the rescue of
the dead and dying. The entire police
force was called out. Ambulance and
relief corps and thousands of people were
in among the debris carrying out bricks,
pulling away timbers and assisting
wherever they could, all at the same
time, but their work was slow compared
with the demand for the rescue of VIC
Tins.
| SCENES AMONG THE RUINS.
| One young woman was taken out all
bruised and suffering with cuts and
bruises. One body, noticed as it was
| l. st1 .n L
were in various postures, the living ell
suffering from the most terrible wounds
and some almost scared to death. An
Associated Press representative entered
what was once the basement of
the building, and cropping his way
through the debris noticed FIVE
bodies OF young girls lying close
together. He tried to pull them out, but
they were pinned down and it was i'm
possible to get them out. They were
dead and beyond all human aid. Up to
1880 O'Clock tonight probably the
bodies of dozen dead have been taken
out, while the greater portion of the re-
mainder were still under the ruins The
work of rescue will be pushed all night,
but it may be far into tomorrow before
all the bodies are taken out. The
rescuers still have the greatest hopes
that some of those inside are still living,
and there is every effort being made to
save them.
| ALL is CHAOS AND CONFUSION
Around the mill. The managers are
missing and the correct number lost is
merely guesswork. 1t may not be over
forty. and then again at this hour there
is O likelihood that it will reach sixty or
eighty. The silk mill was built about
four years ago. The builders
were Reading capitalists, and the
cost of the building was $63, 900.
The mill was leased to Grimshaw
Brothers, of Patterson, N. J., where they
also operate similar mills, and they have
been running it ever since. The machin-
cry they put in the mill cost $45, 900.
| This is total loss. When an Ass ociated
press representative visited the scene of
the wreck at IL o'clock tonight he found
everything in the greatest confusion. At
that time about dozen dead bodies had
been taken out.
SOME OF THE DEAD.
Among those who are dead are the
following: Henry Crocker, foreman silk
mill married, % years old, head crushed
in, neck and arm broken; from New
London, Conn. Laura Kershner, Eva
Leeds, Lille Grow, Katie Bowman, Kate
Leas, Amelia Cristman, Sophia Winkle-
man, Ella Long, Willie Snyder, William
Robesop, Rebecca Pouse, Kate Reid
enauer, Rose Clemmer.
Clerk Autenbach stated at midnight
that he believed fully eighty bodies were
in the ruins. His list of EMPLOYEES is
lost and owing to the confusion in taking
out the injured he was unable to furnish
list of the killed. But eighty is a con.
servative estimate of those who lost their
lives.
AMONG THE WOUNDED ARE:
Geraldine Glazier, Annie Leads.
Bertha Kuser, Ella Lamm, Emma Rau-
eneahn, George Nieman, Ella Karl.
Minnie Merkel, Sallie Hasson, Lizzie
Owens, Bertha Herman, Marie Mellon,
Ellie Salmon, Ellie Plum, Kate Hepler,
Mary Cunnius, Mary Evans, Efie
Ebright, Howard and Annie Bricker.
Annie Fry, and many others whose
names cannot be ascertained in the con.
fusion tonight.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE,
Augustus E. Roscup was foreman of
the first and second floors of the silly
mill. A reporter interviewed him, and
his statement was as follows: ut was
about 20 minutes past when went to
the second story to turn on the electric
lights. After had done this | stood
looking. about for about 10 minutes.
Suddenly / heard loud -u,h