Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-20
A DEATH Wind.
A Terrific Cyclone Sweeps the
49, Keystone State.
WILKEsBARBE Is MOUREIEG
Over a Dozen Persons Killed nc
That City.

Hundreds Of Houses Unroofed BY the
Winged Monster OF the Air, ssr-~s<
Filled with Debris, and Many re"vae
| Killed and Injured-FIfteen P~lr-.rs
Said TO he Dead at sugar Notch, Mn
meroua Fatalities Reported from 0th~r
Suburbs of wilkesbarre--SIany t'rop,.,
Are Homeiess--CoaI breakers ana Vat
uable Property Damaged or Destroyed
Partial List of the Dead and woundeI.
WHEEsBARRE,, Pa, Aug. 2O.--One 80
the worst cyclones ever experienced in tbs
vicinity occurred about o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. The sky was black a. uiaht
and the wind blew with great velocity.
Trees were blown down, hundreds Of houses
were unroofed and many houses were com
pletely demolished. In different par OF
the city the havoc made by the cyclone il
fearful, many districts being laid in luin,
and many people are homeless The lrns
will reach hundreds Of thousands * dol
lars. Every wire in the oity-telegrarh,
electric light and telephone-were blown
down. Trains and locomotives which rera
al the depot were blown over and wrecked.
The streets are blocked with fallen trees
and buildings.
Twelve Persons Killed.
Four men are known to have been k lied
In the Hazard Wire Rope works, and the
total number killed in the city so far is u,
| ported at twelve Three miners were Killed
/ by the falling In OF a house In Scott street
a little colored girl WIS killed by falling
| huilding on South Main street A niat
and two horses were killed by the falHns
OF lumber at Kytle's planning min. Two
men We're killed by the falling Of a portion
| of Stegmaier's brewery. Another was killed
Ina ). l.. Browns brick building on Esst
] Market street. which was demolished. Re-
| ports thus far received indicate the death
Of fifteen or sixteen others. Fully 200 build
ings are wholly or partially wrecked. Ons
hundred tin roofers have been telegraphed
For, and building mechanics OF all kinds
can find employment.
Fifteen Dead az Sugar Notch.
The Murray shaft fan house was blown
down and the fan stopped. Twenty-seven
men are in the mine but il is hoped
they can be got out safely. Reports come
from Sugar Notch, a mining town three
miles from here, that the destruction 10
property IS terrible and that fifteen per
sons were killed Coal breakers in all di-
rections have been more or less damaged
at Parsons and Mill Creek, four miles
from here, and ten men are reported to
have been killed.
Names of the Dead.
The names OF the killed go TAR as known
are john Fritz laborer in the spool mill
nt the Hazard works. taken from the debris
! horribly mangled. Eve Martin, a baker:
buried beneath falling smokestack. Bur
rell Bendenmeyer, salesman for Hartlee &s
| Co, grocers; instantly killed by fallinu
building. Peter Rittenmeyer, skull crush
ed by the falling in Of Fred Jacobs hotel
| Samuel Rouse was killed by falling tim
bers. He was a machinist at the Hazard
works Joseph Kern, a milkman, was
blown from his wagon and was found 800
| yards away lying on the Lehigh Valley
railroad with his head crushed. Adam
frautz, of the firm of Jones & Frautz,
was struck by flying tmhers and has since
died George Hamilton, an employe Of
| Stegmaier's brewery. Mamie Thompson.
aged G years blown against house and
instantly killed. John Keinkauif aud
Hungarian, name unknown.
The Badly -aTased.
The seriously isJured are the following.
Berlin yaneefinaik. head liss iI1SssSSS crpahed
J oy is.ae,sss he caalos secoysr Max Cra,s.'ai.p
| Totally injuFe- y failing wan Jesse houser.
/ legs broken and internal injuries Miss Mar,
| Henwood, blown fifty feet away while aligbtin,.
from carriage; seriously hurt. Albert Smith.
| paperhanger; ribs broken, head injured Jacob
Talk, butcher; arm dislocated NJ Brinknnn.
arm broken: injured internally Jacob Bergoid.
butcher; ribs broken head bruised Ambrose
Constine, liquor dealer, ribs broken; injured In
| ternally.
a heavy rain fell after the cyclone and
added to the general distress The loss is
estimated at 100000 or over.
Few Of the Losses.
The Ninth regiment Of militia is on duty
today assisting the police in guarding the
| city and in clearing the streets Of debris
| The Hazard Wire works people say they
will be in running order again in about a
week. Their loss is about $4,000 S L.
Brown loses 100000; the St. Mary's Cafho-
lie church, $4,000; Murray shaft, $40 Oa9;
Whitehaven Ice company, $1,000; Holsn-
back shaft, S5,OOO Ahlborn pork packing
house, 5000. These are only a few of tie
losses.
Other Towns That Suffered.