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

toss; $1,000. A portion of the hankey
necorg.;se.works was unro0fed. Loss,
$4,000. Two rev dwelling houses were
wrecked. No lives lest. Many chlmneSs
and mill stacks are down. -.
Those of the injured at the HoiEeapath-
ic Hospital who are thought by the pn!sE
clans to be fatally injured are: Courtney
Barrett, Barber, Lemon, McCurdy, Lam
bert and Mckee.
It Is generally believed that the cause
of the collapse of the new Wiley building
is as much attributable to the poor quail
ity of mortar and material used IN the
construction of the walls, as to the force
and power of the wind. The contractor
on the work, as well as the building IN
spectors, come in for condemnation on
all sides. ,
At this Observation-Disclosures officials anu
citizens are still hard at work, as IL Is
known positively that there are other per,
sons under the debris. The voices heard
earlier in the evening have not been
heard for more than an hour. All possl-
BILE efforts are being made to reach the
spot from where the appeals were heard
The danger Gus condition OF the surround.
ing tottering walls compels the greatest
care on the part of the reseuers.
Work will be continued throughout the
night by aid of electric lights that nave
been provided. The wind is again In
creasing in strength, and the temperature
is falling rapidly.
At Reading.
READING, Pa, Jan. ga cyclone struck
this city shortly after five o'clock this
a
buildings, including Grimshaw Brothers
large silk-mili. In the latter were up
wards of two hundred operatives, who
were buried in the ruins. Mary have
been killed.
At half past nine O'Clock tonight about
one hundred persons had been taken out,
many of whom were dead. 1t is 1mpossl-
BILE to obtain list of the injured and
| killed at this hour, but it is known that the
killed and injured will exceed one hun
dred and fifty. The storm swept down the
Lebanon Valley railroad, and manly barns
| and other property are reported wrecked
| The telegraph wires in the track OF the
storm were badly mixed up and it is i'm
possible to get details, but 1t is known
that great damage has been done.
| When the cyclone first struck Reading
! the fu1ldGclpuld O. IsCotAAAS As@AAA oo'o~
Company's paint-shop was unroofed, and
in less than ten minutes the entire strlc-
ture was enveloped in flames.
Several gas chambers underneath pas
| senger cars exploded and four persons
were killed and several others badly IN
| injured. The killed are:
| George Schaffer.
Sheridan Jones.
| Albert Laydonberger.
John Scholler.
The storm then continued eastward,
dealing out destruction in its path. Nine
! dwellings ON North Eighth and Marion
,lstreets were unroofed and otherwise
badly damaged.
The cyclone cut a swath Of about two
hundred and fifty feet, and every thing in
its way was either le@eled to the GROUND
or very badly wrecked.
The next building in its track was TIM
immense silk-mill Of Grimshaw Broth
srs, located at Twelfth and Marion
streets. This building was filled with
several hundred operatives, aud not sin
gle soul escaped uninjured. The structure
which was four stories high and 20Ox7'
feet, Is mass of ruins. Not singh
brick remains Of the beautiful building
except the stack and engine-room. Th
fire department was called out, and tel
thousand men, women and children quick
| II assembled about the wrecked mill
The cries of the wounded and dying an
their friends were heart-rending. Will1n
hands, however, quickly set to work, an
at9:45 p.m.some seventy persons had bee,
taken out. Most of these were dead, an
/ many others were fatally injured. Thos
| who were less seriously hurt were take
to their homes, while those who had re
ceived more serious injuries were take
to the hospitals, It will take till mornin
befors all the killed and wounded can b
gotten out.
At Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. "a wind storr
has ragged here all day with terrific vic
lence, blowing dawn trees and signs, par
TALLY unroofing some dwellings an
breaking deal of glass. The baromete
was lower at an early hour this mornin
than at any time within thirty year
About half past eleven O'Clock tire
mendous gust of wind, approximating th
violence of cyclone, swept from the lax
| to the city, passing in southeastern
! direction. The violence Of the gale wa
/
alarm was felt for their safety.
From all over Northern Ohio come re
J ports Of great damage wrought by th
| wind.
, At Ravenna, G.. Fedore's great brio
kiln was completely wrecked, with valua
BILE molds.
At Akron, trees were Frustrated, bulle
tin boards demolished and dozens of win
dows smashed.
In Carroll County number OF house
a were unroofed, and a very dark storm
cloud swept to the southeast about nool
i, The telephone and telegraph service
badly crippled in this section Of Ohio.
At Carlisle.
CARLISLE, Pa, Jan. D.-About hal
past three O'Clock yesterday afternoon
J. terrible cyclone struck this city and d.
I stroyed thousands of dollars worth
n property and probably fatally injurt
several persons. The roof of the Indu
Z trial Training school was blown off al
: windows smashed and broken. The dan
age to the school will reach 5000. IT
: City Armory was blown down; also Pretz
. . stables. Telephone and electric lig
. wires were broken, and the town was
. total darkness last night. A lady nam
: Mrs. Slower and several others, who
names can not yet be learned, were s
: verely, if not fatally, injured. The r
= ports from the surrounding country inc
cate a severe loss to farmers, barr
stables, houses and fences having bio,
!, down. The loss as far as heard from W
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