The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-27

LAWkENCks masss Suiy <o.-A cyciones
the first of any considerable importance
within memory In New England, and one
equaling In destruction and power those
states, visited the suburb, South Law
renee, this morning, and In fifteen min
utes had killed eight people, seriously in
jured from fifteen to twenty, slightly in
jured at least twenty more, cut a swath
through a thickly populated section 200
feet wide and mile long
rendered many people homeless, de.
stroyed or greatly damaged some seventy
five to one hundred buildings, mostly
dwelling houses, levelled beautiful
square OF over 500 trees and entailed q
property loss now estimated at 100000,
all of which was uninsured against dam
age by wind and storm.
The calamity is the greatest which has
visited Lawrence since the fall and burn
ing of the Pemberton mills 30 years ago.
South Lawrence Is q busy railroad juno
ton and i'm the vicinity were many wooden
houses occupied mainly by well-to-do me-
chanics, and among thesa the cyclone
spent its greatest fury. The northern
boundary the belt of destruction was but
three streets south of the lefty mills with
their busy throngs of thousands of work.
ers, showing how narrow was the escape
from more appalling loss Of life and
property.
The air was hot and humid. Dark
| clouds scurried westerly through the
heavens with intermittent rain. Suddenly
the wind veered and an inky black, cone
like cloud seemed to drop from the over
| hanging mass i'm the southwest and move
rapidly, with an awful aspect toward the
city. II was accompanied by torrents of
| rain.
In an instant the crash came. Build
| ings were lifted from their foundations
and dashed to pieces, others were tipped
over or blown from their position and
more or less damaged. The air was filled
with flying debris.
Most of those who met death i'm the
wreck were killed instantly. Many lay
unconscious or groaning in the ruins of
their homes. The train of ruin i'm its
path showed that the cyclone touched the
| earth at or near the cricket grounds,
| crossed Emmet street, Broadway, the rail-
road and Parker street and entered
| Springfield street and its southwest end !;
| traversed its entire length, demolished
nearly everything i'm its course, including
one house on Foster street and two on
/
they cross Springfield street; passed from
Springfield street into Union square, lew
| elling over five hundred trees, and thence
over Shawseen river and ON the other
side, where IL exhausted its fury on trees
| and fences.
The firemen rendered great assistance
in removing the injured from the ruins.
Ambnlances carried several loads of
| mangled and crushed human beings to
the hospital. Others were taken 10 pri-
yate houses. The work of devastation
began at the cricket grounds on the SOUTH
west, where number of trees were up
| rooted.
No. Emmett street was occupied by
James Lyons and family. Hearing the
approach OF the storm, Lyons rushed into
| the house, seized the baby from his wife's
| arms and fled to the street. Both man
and child escaped, but the dead body of
the ruins Of her dwelling.
AT the foot OF Saunders court, a switch
house in which Michael Higgins was
standing was taken up bodily by the wind
| Ind carried under an overhead bridge
crossing Salem street, where Higgins fell
out and was instantly killed. Several
houses were smashed here.
The following is the list OF dead:
MICHAEL HIGGINS. aged Is.
MRS. MARY Ot'oNNELL, aged "a.
Miss MARY OCoNNEL, aged IL.
MRS. ELIZABETH COLLINS.
ANNIE COLLINS, aged q.
HANNAH BEATTY.
| MRS. MARY LYONS.
HELEN CUTLER.
A. Hart is at the hospital and IL Is
thought he will die. Thirteen injured
were carried tn the hospital while Others
whose names cannot be learned were
cared for by friends, their injuries being
slight.
The cyclone entered Springfield street,
where the greatest devastation was
wrought. When No. 81 fell. O'Connell,
his wife and daughter Mamie, were car
to be extricated. He suffers severe ex-
ternal injuries. His wife and daughter
were removed from the ruins after over
two hours hard work. Both were dead.
On Portland street a lumber yard was
blown to atoms: The gate keeper AT the
aud carried some distance. He was seri
ously shaken up and for some time un'
conscious.
No. 16 was occupied by William Collins
and was lifted from its foundation and the
upper part came crashing through the
ceiling Of the lower part where sat Mrs,
Collins and three little children. For a
moment heartrending shrek came from
the heap OF rubbish, then all was still
Mrs. Collins was taken out dead was
also her daughter Annie aged @.
On South Union street great damage
was done. The wind continued i'm the di.
rection of Springfield street, northeast.
ward through Union Square, breaking
and twisting trees in every conceivable
shape. IL is believed that from 800 "a
loo trees were destroyed in and about
the park.
In Andover one house was unroofed
trees were felled and fences were blown
heller skclter.
The occupants Of most of the ruined
houses were hardworking laborcrs whose
houses were the fruit of a life time OF
toll.
The engineer Of the Boston express saw
| the pyclonp q la WAS us.a ring South law.