St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-20
Swirling in Cyclone Fashion,
They Strike the City Of
WilkeSbarpe.
The Visitation of Death Sent
Upon a Number Of
People.
Hundreds of Buildings I'm
rooted, Blown Over or Com
pletely Demolished.
The Property Loss Will Foot
Up Half a Million Of
Dollars.

WILKEsBARRE. Pa. Aug. 19.-At 5
o'clock this afternoon the most terrible
cyclone that was ever experienced in
this locality struck this city. 1t came
up the river. From what point it orig
mated is not now known. The sudden
ness of it's coming was one OF its most
awful features. The heavens were as
black as night, and the wind blew with
most frightful velocity. Whole
rows of trees were blown down.
Following this, hundreds of houses
were unroofed, partly blown over or
completely demolished, and, worse than
all, the visitation of death was sent
upon number of people. How many
were killed is not known at this time.
Large districts in several sections of
the city are in absolute ruin, and the
women and children are in the streets
| crying and wringing their hands in
| absolute dismay. The damage will
reach hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, Passenger trains and
locomotives at the depot were
blown over, and every wire in the city,
electric light, telephone and telegraph.
| is down. The devastation is to be COM
pared with nothing in the memory OF
| the oldest inhabitant. Everybody is re-
| lowed. for the streets are impossible
/ with trees and fallen buildings, and the
| engines could not be drawn through
| them.
Partial List of the Dead.
The names of some of those killed
as far as know at o'clock are:
| ELI MARTIN. baker: buried beneath a
| falling smoke stack. HIS two horses were
| also killed
| JOHN FRITZ, laborer in the spool mill
| at the Hazard works: taken from the debris
| horribly mangled.
| BURRELL BURDENMEYER, salesman
| for Hartlee & Co., grocers; instantly killed
| By falling in of Browns business block.
| SAMUEL ROUSE, machinIst at Hazard
| works, killed by falling timbers.
| PETER RlTTENMEYER was killed in Fred
| Jacobs hotel which was wrecked. When
removed his skull was found to be crushed.
| JOS. KERN, a milkman, was blown from
his wagon. He was found 2 20 yards away,
lying on the Lehigh Valley railroad with mis-
| head crushed.
ADAM FRANTz, of the firm of Jones &
| Frantz. who was struck by flying timbers,
| died at O'Clock this evening.
| GEORGE HAMILTON. employed for twenty
| years in Stegmaier's brewery.
MAMIE THOMPSON, aged six years, blown
| against house ana instantly killed.
| GEORGE HAMILTON, JOHN KLEINKAUFF and
Hungarian entered barn for shelteI Ihe
| large double doors were blown in, killing
| Hamilton instantly and fatally injuring the
| other two.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
BERLIN VANDBRMARK was struck by tim
| bers. His head was crushed and his ribs
| and legs were broken. He cannot recover.
A (f,A fato lu mir nv q
wall.
JESSE HoUsER legs broken and internally
injured by falling roof.
Miss MARY HENwooD, seriously hurt while
descending from carriage; was blown fifty
| feet away.
ALBERT SMITH. paper hanger, ribs broken
| and hand injured
JACOB FALK, a butcher, blown from a
| wagon; arm dislocated
NJ. BR1NKMAN, injured internally and arm
| broken.
JACOB BERGoLD. a butcher, ribs broken
| and head bruised.
AMBROSE CoNsToNE. liquor dealer, ribs
broken and injured internally.
Four men are known to have been
killed in the Hazard wire rope works.
A house on Scott street occupied by
miners, who had just returned from
work, fell in, and three of the imates
were killed. The smoke stack of the
KytIe planning mill fell on man and
two horses, and all were killed. A little
colored girl was killed by build
ing on South Main street. Two men
suffered death by the falling OF
portion of Stegmaler'S brewery
and third incurred the same fate
through the complete destruction of S.
L. Browns handsom brick business
| block on East Market street. There
I are probably fifteen or sixteen killed
Reports are coming in constantly to
that effect. 1t is impossible at this time
Door people have suffered heavy losses,
and it will be months before all the
damage can be repaired. One hundred
tin rOofers have been teiegraphed
for and building mechanics of all kinds
can find employment here for weeks to
come, as it is already known that fully
200 buildings have been blown down OF
otherwise damaged. Many of the struct-
ures were of large size and great value,
Approximate losses Only
can be given as follows: Hazard Wire
Rope works, $4,000; S. L. Brown, $2O,-
600; st. Mary's Catholic church, Sl5,-
600; Mainkrodt convent, $1,000; Mua-
ray shaft. $4,000; Hollenback shaft
$1,000: White Haven Ice company,
$1,000: Lehigh Valley depot, $1,000:
Pennsylvania Railroad company's
round house. $1,000; Ahlborn's pork
packing house, $1,000; Paine's oil house,
$1,000; Dickson Manufacturing COM
pany, $1,000. In addition to these, hun
dreds of citizens have suffered losses
running from $500 to $1,000. The Muir
raw shaft fan house was blown down,
/ and the fan stopped. There are twenty
seven men in the mine, but it 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 direc,
tions have been more or less damaged,
and the number of killed will reach ten.
Telegraph wires are down in all dlrec-
tions and communications all shut off.
Mayor Sutton tonight issued a procla-
nation calling on the members of the
Ninth regiment to assemble at the ar
mory early tomorrow morning to aid
in the police supervision of the city.
He also requested all idle workingmen
to report to him for labor in
Clearing the Debris,
the city to pay for the same. The wires
are working so badly that it is almost
impossible to get ANYTHING off. The es-
timated loss at midnight is half mill
ion. although it may reach higher fig
ure. The suffering is great. A terrible
rain storm set in shortly alter
the cyclone and drenched the
exposed property which lies in
Its track. At midnight the rain is pour
ing down in torrents. Supt. GaSkinS,
of the Hazard wire works, reports that