New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-20
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do struck this city this afternoon, cutting cean
path half mile bread by three miles long through
the most densely populated district. AS nearly
as can be learned, there are at least twenty-eishV
people killed and about 50 more or less lnJufeu
The loss in dwelling houses and stores alone VIII
amount to over 81 100000.
The streets are all covered with bTlcks' 1aii'a
timbers and debris from the demolished hodscS'
The bodies of forty or fifty horses are lying III
the streets All the telegraph Telephone anu
electric light wires are down. ana 10 news '''i
T.. not from the outside districts which the forna-
do passed through The city IS almost Ill ooi''
n,ete darkness AL the newspaper ohce' aie
rsps lamps The streets are crowded with eN-
c;tsd people from all over the city "ahsS 'ie
.-,;,c On the largest ruins and expect 10 eXhuie
,,ho arc reported missing. The hospital
is crowded with injured persons anu "r"s ''''''
ord undertakers' establishments are being oro"si'
;,.o reouistion 10 accommodate the injured pe"
ple ,.,., sor os
r,. names Of some of those killed, as lar as
.uo1vn a, o'clock this evening, are as 1oiio"S'
r,t Martin q baker. buried beneath a falihe
snorestack. His two horses were al'o Killed
,o,n Fritz laborer in the spool mill at the
Hazard works. taken from the deoiis ho''O"
mangled.
Buren Bendenmeycr. salesman for Ha'iec Oo'
ocers instantly killed by falling i'll OF browns ousF
ness block
samuel Rouse. machnlst at Hazard WORKS hiiiou
BY falling timbers.
p-er Rt,onmeyer was killed IN Fred Jaco3S novel,
which was wrecked When removed HIS shuii ""'
found to be crushed.
,o.o,, Karn promincnt mlkman. was blown from
his wagon He was found two hundred yarus ""N,
living on the Lehigh Valley Railroad with his n2'"
crushed. -,
Adam rrantz. of the firm Of Jones d. Frahtz' VINO
-, nv evinc tmbers. died at O'Clock this
evening.
ceorec Hamilton. employed for twenty years IN
stegmaier's brewery
Mamie Thompson, aged six years, blown against
house and instantly killed.
George Hamilton John Kleinkauh ana "a h'uisd'l""
entered a barn for shelter. The large donoie uooS
r.re blown in killing Hamilton instantly ana ia'ahS
rjuring the other two.
All the afternoon light showers had been iah-
ing. and the sky looked threatening About D 40
Oh. stiffness became most oppressive. Suddenly a
,arye cloud was seen approaching the SOUTHWEST
mart of the CITY, This struck the outlying us
,r;cis with roar as of thunder, and sped through
the town in about seventy-fve seconds. Inc
bouses and trees in its path were ieveilcd as Il
H., o;ont.s hand. The air was thick for a
.;,. with dust bricks, timber and roof tiles
that it was impossible 10 see feoppe s'"h"i"s
in the streets were dashed 10 the pavement oI
whirled against building or fence ana 'or "
distance of there blocks on South Main-st' almost
overv house sustained some damage Numbers
were levelled completely and many had the rooi
lifted entirely off and the front or side tiowh H.
IT, is impossible to make o list of the damage as
everything is in the greatest confusion. Wagons
and street-cars are covered with trees ana all
traffic is stopped The efforts of all able-0odled
men are 70 mt the homeless in some shape for
the night To make matters worse
heavy rain is falling, and where
roof has been taken off, the water pours
down through the house, destroying furniture
On Kidder-st.. in North Wilkesbarre, every house
for a distance of 400 yards on both sides of the
upper part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
depot is demolished and the track strewn with
debris. Several people injured here. The
entire ice house of the Wyoming Valley Ice Com
pany is wrecked. The upper works Of the Muir
ray and Hollenback breakers were carried away
and scattered around within radius Of half
mile. Half of the plant of the Hazard Wire
Rope Works is completely demolished. one boy
was killed here and thirteen severely in
jured All the fine machines for the manu-
facture of rope are destroyed. One large counter
shaft and pulley weighing couple Of tons, was
sent crashing through the side Of the upper
story and back again through window down
stairs. The immense boilers are lying upside
down in the wreck Of the boiler house. The
loss here is estimated anywhere from $50 600 TO
$4,000.
The large telegraph and receiving Office of the
Central Railroad leyelled and the
bricks thrown on the track. The i'm
mense roundhouse Of the Lehigh Val
ley shop, with over thirty engines com
pletely wrecked not wall is standing The
Pennsylvania roundhousc. recently completed, ia
also gone. One engine smashed. The rear
of the large ST. Mary's Catholic Church on South
Washington-st. blown into an alley and
against a couple of dwelling houses The bell
tower on the front was dashed TO the street below
The ornamental stonework the front Of St.
Nicholas's Church was broken OF. Several whole
sale grocery and produce firms, occupying block
of warehouses Oh East Market-st., lave a large
amount Of damages TO stock. Throughout the
while block the upper story and roof hat.
vanished leaving stacks of goods exposed TO tho
heavy rain. The rear part Of Stegnaiers brewery
was crushed in. and two men and several horses
were killed.
large playhouse on the Lehigh Valley road
was lifted from It's foundations and thrown over
on the track. Six passenger coaches on the
Central road collapsed horse and cab were
hurled three hundred feet along the street and
the horse killed Two horses attached to
heavy delivery wagon blown down Into
the cellar OF a store and killed. Upon every
telegraph pole East Market-st. tnroof Is
hanging All the doctors in town are bus; at
tending 10 the wounded