Huntsville gazette., 1890-01-18

demollSneQ the roSldence occupied by
Matthew McCollum and a family named
Connors on Mound street. McCollum,
the head of the family on the first floor,
was at home. He went down in the
wreck, and was taken out dead few
minutes after the storm passed. Mrs.
Connors, with two young daughters and
neighbor's boy and girl. named, re-
spectively, Joe and Tida Weaver, were
on the second floor. Mrs. Connors and
the Weaver boy were instantly killed,
and their bodies were dug out of
the wreck by the police, firemen
and citizens. Misses Maggie and
Mamie Connors were buried in
the debris, but were rescued
in an in jured condition. little son Of
Joseph Marks, residing at Taylor street
and Broadway, died during the passage
of the cyclone, presumably from fright,
while numbers of others received in
juries of various degrees of severity
from flying debris.
The worst wreck was singularly
enough that accomplished by the cy-
clone just as it finished its wild sweep
across the city and crossed over the
river towards Venice, Ill. The Worm
brock Furniture Company, on the north
east corner of Tyler and Main streets,
is large three-story building slanting
down from Main street towards the
river. Across the street to the south are
the lumber yards of Methudy & Meyer,
and when the cyclone struck the i'm
,>i1ac nf In, har c&r fharn IL
lifted them high in the air and threw
them with tremendous force against the
Vornbrock building. The entire third
story of that building was swept away,
the second floor broken through, the
stock of furniture destroyed. the whole
building being virtually wrecked. and
not window but what was shattered.
The boiler-house was demolished COM
pletely, and threestory elevator
building blown down. The street from
Main to the river bank was piled high
with timber, bricks and shattered build
ing material, and the. ''jumping-of
place" of the cyclone was appropriately
marked by a scene of wreck and ruin
surprising all the havoc created along
it's entire course.
The above is only a partial list of the
buildings wrecked and damaged, but 1t
is sufficient to give an intelligent idea
of the fury of the cyclone.
The following is list of the killed
and injured:
KILLED.
Barney McColum, 922 Mound street.
Mrs. Maggie Connors, 922 Mound street.
Joe Weaver, 922 Mound street.
Clarence Marks, 1881 North Broadway.
INJURED.
Miss Maggie Connors, 1922 Mound street;
broken leg
Miss Mamie Connors, 922 Mound street
bruise.
VIM. Brady, struck by falling brick at
Fifteenth and Morgan streets; skull thought
to be fractured.
Mrs. Roberts, 1881 Chestnut; struck by frag
ments offying glass and severely cut in left
arm.
Mrs. Charles Miller and child, i20 South
Twentieth street cut by flying glass Mr..
Charles Miller slightly bruised.
Mrs. McQuade, 1918 Biddle street; head
struck by falling debris
Mrs. j. Ryan and daughter, 1916 Biddle
street; injured by falling bricks.
Benz Van Pelt, 1i47 North Tenth street; leg
fractured and internally injured.
M. j. Ackerman, 1921 Morgan street; ugly
scalp wound from falling brick.
James McCash, 1425 OFallon street; scalp
wound.
Wenzel Henzel 14f2 North Twelfth street;
buried under falling walls and bruised
Frank kohler, 29l3 North Broadway; caught
in ruins of 1928 North Broadway and slightly
injured.
John Mcdonald, 1iO3 North Broadway;
back injured.
In addition to the wreck of buildings
the telegraph, telephone and electric
light lines have been badly crippled,
various lines can be fully rehabilitated.