The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-20
This Time wilkesbarre /,
Crushed by the Wind.
Loss OF LIFE VERY LARGO
Fifteen Persons Killed in Masss
chusetts Railroad Accident,
Engine Jumps Over an Emb.nrm..a
"rsekins Heavily Loaded Carson,
Passenger Killed. Eight Isyarsd, II
Northern fseine Collisioa. ~.~s 5,

afternoon the most terrible cvc,orn ~. -e4
ever experienced in this locality struck fhirl
CITY. came up the river, and tho suddsnuesv
u Is coming was one Of in awful features TIE
h,a hsassns ms. were g black - night and the wind
blew with most frighsful velocity. whole rc,v~
OF trees were blown down. Followinr ma
nunoreds OF houses were unroofeti. psrtiallv
oiown over. and completely demolish "a. and
worse tnan ALL the visftation Of death waa sene
upon number Of people.
Large districts in several sections Of the oitv
are IN absolute ruin, and women ana children
are IN the streets crying ana wrinsisg Their
hands In absolute dismay.
The Murray shaft ian-housa was h,avu ,,r~r,x
and the fan stopped. There ere twenfy-ssven ~.
In the miners but 1t Il hoped they can b taken
out safely
Reports come from Sugar Notch. ! minine
town three miles from here, that the testruct.
ION OF property was terrible, and that hftseu
persons were killed
At Persons and Mn Creek. four miles srom
mere, coal breakers in ell directions have been
more or less damaged.
OF dollars. Passenger trains and locomotive -
the depot were blown over, and every vira in
the city, electric light, telephone ana tslscranh
Is down. The devastation il to Be compared
with nothing in the memory Of the o:desf in
habitants. Everybody is rejoicing that no ares
have as yet taken place. for the streets ara f.n-
passable with trees and fallen buildinaa ma
the engines could not be drawn through them
at all -
The total death List, so far = sscerta,ne6 a.
twelve. Four men are known to have been
killed at the Hazard wire rope worka hons
on Scott street occupied By minern vho had
just returned from work, fell In, and thrae -
the inmates were killed. The huee stack az -
Kyle planning mill iell& and killed M end
two horses. a ffstre colofa<a Girl was killed bY
falling building on South Mlsip 1lrook ~
men suffered death by the falling >e4 por11co
OF Stegmeirs brewery, and thlrd inct. 9G1Hx
same fate through the almost complefe de-
ton Of s s. Browns brick block on Ma N
street. There are undoubtedly fifteen or sixtSJn
others killed.
Many poor people suffered heavily, and Il win
be months before alfs the damage can Be n
paireds fully 200 buildings being blown down a
otherwise damaged Many of the structurea
were of large size and Of great value.
Terrible was the scene In the Hazard wiru
rope works The dead and dying lay on che
door, and their heartrending cries and grosna
filed the air in the room. The cyclone straoh
the rear Of the large brick build.
ing, about 100 men being employed
in the place The roofs ana wal1c
were crushed in and lay all about Bricks and
ponderous machinery were scattered aIl over.
When the storm broke the men rushed Tor the
door butmany ofthem we're caught In the ruins.
As soon As calm succeeded the awful cyclone the
men rushed into the ruins and carried the In
jured into portion Of the building which Wa
undamaged and laid them upon the door, and
physicians were summoned.
St MEry's Catholic church is total wreck.
The Hiilman breaker was blown Into nhraf
IL will take months 70 repair the damage belcxG
the miners win b able to resume work.
The number killed will reach ten. Tsls.
graph wires are down In ali directions. and
communication Is ail shut Oh.
The names OF those killed - far - known
are:
E. p. MARTIN. baker.
JOHN r FPITz, labcrcr.
BURREIL BENDENMyEE. salesman. -
SAMUEL KaUsE, machinisk
PETER RdTEsxETER and JosEPK KKR1
milkmen.
ADAM KRANTx
GEORGE HAMILTON.
MAMIE THOMPSON.
JOHN KLEIN.
Hauff and Hungarian entered = barn IA
shelter, when the double doors were blown "a,
killing Hamilton Stanley and fatally injuriug
the other two. The following casualtiss axo
also reported:
BERLIN vAnDszxoRx. head crushed ana ribo
and legs broken; cannot recover.
MAX CRAxEH. fatally injured By falling wall
JESSE HousEs. legs broken and internally y
jured by falling root.
NJ. BaIxKxAH, injured internally.
AMBROSE CONSTANTINE, Hquor dealer. injuko0
Mayor summon tonight issued : proelap
nation calling the Ninth reeiment ~
assemble Ct the armory tomorrow q
aid the police in the supsryisIoa q
the city, The estimated loss - midnisht = nnS