The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-27
fWilkesbarre PA dispatch.


them.
The total number OF deaths so far as as
certained is twelve. Four men are known
10 have been killed ia the Hazard Wire Rope
Works.
A house on Scott street. occupied by
miners who had just retured from work,
fell in and three OF the inmates were killed.
The huge stack of the Kyle planning mill
fell ON man and two horses and all were
killed.
A little colored girl was killed by falling
building on South Main street.
Two men suffered death by the falling OF
n portion Of stegmaier's brewery and
third incurred the same fate through the
almost complete demolition OF :. l.. Browns
handsome brick business block on East
Market street.
There were. undoubtedly, fifteen or six
teen Others killed. II is impossible at this
time TO give names or particulars.
Many poor people have suffered heavy
losses and IL will be months before all the
damage can be repaired. One hundred tin
roofers have been tclegraphed for, and
building mechanics Of all kinds can find
employment here for weeks TO come, as IL Is
already known that ully 200 buildings have
been blown down or otherwise damaged.
Many OF the structures were Of large size
and OF great value. Approximate losses
only can be given. as follows:
Hazard wire-rope works, sos 900.
;. l.. Browns residence, 500, 000
81. Mary's Catholic Church. $4,000.
Malinckrodt Convent, $4,000.
hurry shaft SO, 900
Hollenback shaft. $4,000
White Haven Ice Company, $4,000.
Lehigh Valley Depot, 81, 900.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's round
house. 50.
Ahlborn's pork packing house, $4,000.
Paines oil house, 20, 200.
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In addition To these hundreds OF citizens
have suffered losses running from $500 10
$1,000.
The Murray farmhouse was blown down
and the fan stopped. There were twenty
seven men in the mine, but IL is hoped they
can be got out safely.
Reports come from Sugar Notch. mining
town three miles from here. that the de-
struction OF property is terrible and that
fifteen persons were killed.
At Parsons and Mill Creek, four miles
from here. coal-breakers in all directions
have been more or less damaged. and the
number of killed will reach ten. Telegraph
wires are down in all directions and commu-
nication all cut off.
The names OF some of those killed, as far
as known, are:
Evi Martin. a baker; buried beneath
falling smokestack; his two horses were also
killed.
John f. Ritz. a laborer in the spool-mill
at the Hazard works; taken from the debris
horribly mangled.
Burrell Bendenmeyer, salesman for Hart
lee & Co., grocers; instantly killed by the
falling OF Browns business block.
Samuel Rouse, rnachinist at Hazard
works; killed by falling timbers.
Peter Rittenmeyer, killed In Fred Jacobs
Hotel, which was wrecked; when removed
his skull was found 10 be crushed
Joseph Kern. n milkman. blown from his
wagon; he was found 200 yards away lying
on the Lehigh Valley road with HE head
crushed.
Adam Frantzol. OF the firm Of Jones &
Frantzol, struck by flying timbers, died at
o'clock this evening.
Mamie Thompson, aged years blown
against a house and instantly killed.
George Hamilton, John Kleinkauff and n
Hungarian entered barn for shelter. The
large double doors were blown in, killing
Hamilton instantly and fatally injuring the
other two.
Among the injured are:
Berlin Nandermark struck by timbers
His head was crushed and his ribs and legs
were broken. He cannot recover.
Max Cramer, fatally injured by falling
wall.
Jesse Houser legs broken and internally
injured by "A falling roof
Miss Mary Henwood seriously hurt.
While descending from carriage she was
blown hfty feet away.
Albert smith. a paper-hanger. ribs broken
and head injured.
Jacob Falk. butcher, blown from a
wagon. arm dislocatCd.
VI. Brinkman, injured informally and arm
broken.
Jacob Newgold, a butcher, ribs broken
and head bruised.
Ambrose Constinc, LIQUOR deaier, ribs
broken and injured internally.
dispatch from New Milford, Susque-
hanna county. says "a cyclone struck that
region at precisely the same moment that
Wilkesbarre was struck. Farmer Coles
house was demolished and Mrs.. Cole was
killed. His family was imprisoned I'm the
wreck, but rescued by n crew of trainmen
who had witnessed the disaster. They are
all badly hurt New Milford Is sixty miles
north OF Wilkesbarre
Another dispatch says that just before the
cyclone reached here IL struck Harveyville,
killing two women.
Horrible was the scene in the Hazard
Wire-Rope Works. Dead and dying lay on
the floor and their heartrcndhg cries and
groans filled the air in the room. The cy-
clone struck the rear of the large brick
building, about 200 men being employed I'm
the works. The roof and side walls were
crushed in and lay In ruins all about. The
bricks and pondcrous machinery were scat
tered all over. When the storm was inn
minent the men rushed for the door, but
many OF them were caught In the ruins. As
Soon as the calm succeeded the awful cy-
clone men rushed into the ruins and carried
the Injured into the portion Of the building
which was unchanged and laid them upon
the floor. Rude beds of mating were made
for the victims on the floor and physicians
were summoned.
st. Mary's Catholic Church. South WASH
ington street l. "A total wreck. The massive
tower In the rear of the church was blown
down clear 10 the base and fell with ire
mendous force against the residence OF
Michael Cuohagen, smashing IL. The in
mates all huddled together in the hall and
escaped injury.
The solid tin roof on St. Mary's Convent,
South Washington street, was torn of and
blown into the street and a portion OF tho
brick wall was taken away.
Mayor sutton has issued n proclamation
calling on the members of the Ninth Regi-
ment 10 assemble at the armory TO aid In
the police supervision of the city. Ne