The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11
A Fatal BLAST.
1Iftesn Workman Killed in spokaas rail-
Waah.-A Cyclone In Wet vlrginia-


Waah.-A Cyclone In West vlrginia-.
etosms II Ohio and Illlnols.
!, SPOKANE FALLS, WASH, Sept. Sat
I6:55 o'clock Saturday evening prema-
sture blast killed fifteen men. and posi-
bly, many more The full extent Of the
disaster Is unknown. 1t was just before
the hour of quitting work, and . large
force OF men were engaged in the task
Of blasting out q huge rock pile in the
Northern Pacific freight yards in the
eastern part of this city. From fifty to
seventy-tive men were at work in cut
1T the time. =.
Fifteen have been taken out dead, q
number are injured and still others come
out alive. Many Of those injured were
so badly hurt that recovery is almost
impossible. General Foreman Charles
Bolt states that forty-two men were
in the gang, and of that number fifteen
are dead, eight are in the hospital; and
itshas SO far been impossible to deter
mine the whereabouts Of the other
nineteen men. OF those many are sup
posed to be hurt; ": -
Some of the workmen were preparing
blasts to be touched of after other
workmen and teams had departed for
the night. One blast had been pre-
pared, and in putting it in it exploded
second, the jar also touching off the
first blast Twenty-Five thousand cubic
feet of rock was thrown over upon the
unsuspecting mass of humanity with
terrible results. 80"
The following is list of the killed:
Henry Jacobini, Henry Axtelle, Charles Vii.
ter, r. Puelorelio, F. A. Holm, Joseph Ray,
James Mcpherson, Roy Pinkney, B., Vetter,
J. Talbo, A. W. Warren; Isaac Johnson Dan
Macarthur, Homer Olson.
~ - THE DEADLY CYCLONE. -,
: PARkERsBURa.. w. Va. Sept. ga
report of terrible cyclone reached
here Saturday evening from Roam and
Jackson counties. Great damage to
property and stock and the loss of
many lives are reported. The storm
crossed near Leroy and Meadowville in
jackson County, going in northeast.
erly direction. 1t struck the earth near
the farm Of H. Davis, near Leroy, and
swept away every thing in its path.
Haystacks, fences, crops and timber
were flattened out or destroyed. A
number of cattle were picked up
and carried several hundred yards and
crushed to death. On the Adams place
barns, cattle, hay and outbuildings were
crushed and carried away. At George
Boggs' farm sheep barns with large
flock of sheep and his granaries were
carried away. Not a living thing was
left in the path of the storm. From
the BOggs place the cyclone
dipped again and carried away
the dwelling of Farmer Kebauch, not
leaving a stick Of timber. There were
nine people in the house, Kebauch, his
wife, two children and five others, all
OF whom were terribly injured, four re-
ported fatally. The cyclone and cloud
burst was the most destructive and fatal
that has struck this section for many
years.
STORM IN OHIO.
NEWARK, O., Sept. S.-The heaviest
rain-storm in years visited this section
Saturday, causing untold damage. All
streams are raging torrents. The Bal
timore & Ohio track on the division
east of here is washed out for two
miles, and no trains can pass
Rufus were caught in the Licking
river and almost drowned, being
rescued when life was nearly extinct
The latter had his pocket-book with
$500 swept from his pocket Many of
the flats are submerged, and families
had to seek shelter elsewhere.
STORM IN ILLINOIS.
PAXTON. ILL.,, Sept 6.-A destructive
wind and rain-storm passed over this
section Sunday, prostrating growing
crops and hay and grain stacks. The
rain was very heavy and the damage
was great. The spire of the Congrega-
tional church was torn off and thrust
through the roof, the point almost rest
ing upon the floor of the audience room.
Roofs of business buildings were par
TALLY blown off, dwellings blown from
insecure foundations, outbuilding over
turned, and great numbers of fruit and
shade trees damaged or entirely de-
stroyed.