Evening journal., 1890-08-21
ONE GENT.
VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
Deadly Work of the Cyclone at
Wilkesbarre.
TWENTY DEAD, THIRTY INJUaED.

II Is Now Said That the Property Loss
WIN Exceed $1,000, 600 Remarkable
Freaks Of the wind--sad Stories of the
storm--Names of the Dead.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 2i.--Ths sore
ly stricken city has gathered together its
dead and wounded and counted them As
nearly as can be ascertained the dead num-
ber twenty, and the seriously wounded
probably thirty, ten Of whom are egnceted
to die. The cellars saved the people. for
there thousands found safety from falling
wallis A sudden death is no strange ap-
partition in this black diamond city u the
Wyoming, with its record OF mine horrors,
but the destruction to property is great,
and therefore the town is amazed aud
stares dumfounded The people throng
the sunlit but muddy streets, and count
the dwellings, shops and factories which
have been unroofed aud dozens of which
have been wrecked
Three Hundred Buildings Wrecked.
Inaeurving pathway from south 10 north
east, two miles long, from 100 70 900 feet
wide, the tornado went its royal road with
nothing to hinder II left 800 bindings
either crushed or sadly dismember d. H.
struck terror into the hearts Of thousands
upon thousands and made sleep myth.
II left the streets strewn with debris and
snatched huge garlands from evsry tree
and laid them on the highways. Il ssruck
viciously at the leading Catholic church
and sadly battered it, and when pious
woman remarked on the streets this worn
F.,I
dence, a sharp tongued old Irish woman,
with green handkerchief knotted about
hnr shoulders, reioined:
''Sure Oi think 1t was the work of the
1ivil fer there is the church spoilt intoirely.
and the brewery's big chimeney has niver
a hurt
An Eccentric Cyclone.
heremark gives an idea of the character
of the destruction. Whole buildings wers
overturned and not a shingle disturbed on
adjoining and fr iler places The air demon
just clutched with his claws as he went
along. Two round houses are in ruins,
with scarcely brick in place; an enormaus
business block is almost hopelessly wreck
ed; a brewery and hotel are damaged al
| most beyond repair; roofs are OFF from a
dozen factories, two great coal breakers
are wrecked and torn; train Of railroad
cars was overturned as If they were a set OK
ehildren's blocks, and 50 the fury went on.
Death Came In Siany Ways.
Death came in the same haphazard way
Four In one family were crushed it an egg
she'll house in the Five Points section.
Little Eddie Schmitt at the Iehigh Valley
railroad track was caught In the wind and
his body hurled 500 feet through the air IN
a curve into shallow pond. A prominent
merchant, Adam Grants, reached homs
from Port Jervis at O'Clock At 500 he
was dead. He had been married only three
months He was struck on the street try
ing 10 escape.
4. Martin, the baker, while driving his
team, tried TO escape in his harnyard. The
tornado grabbed the entire back Of his
bakery, lifted il high in the air and dashed
il on his head, killing him instantly, as
well as one Of his horses, leaving the other
safe. Joseph Kern, milkman was driv-
ing furiously for refuge when the Wyom-
ing valley ice house, torn from its founda-
tions, smote him and his horse to the
earth. The wagon was lifed in the air,
and, Invested Of horse and harness, swept
to the top of the Lehigh Valley railroad
station, l50 feet away.
| A conservative estimate Of the loss Of
4 property llhHtA ~ az nDt less luAu FlsoVu -
600. The following is a complete list OF
the killed and seriously injured as known
up TO this hour:
A List of the Dead.
Mrs James Hennigan, Mary Hennigan, Eddie
/ Schmitt, Nettie Thompson, E. Martin. John
| Frhz Peter Rttenmeyer, Mrs Ehza mckinley
John Mckinley, Joseph Kern, Adam Frantx.
Gorge Hannibal, Andrew selbel, Frank Allies
Henry undyWakeT, -~-
---- Seriously Injured.
John Keintoh, b. f. Vandermark. Adam Frantz
v@en Masterson. Frederick Lentz Mrs Henry
4 Jarrett, Michael Castle, Charles Miller. Iacob
| Rqrgold, John O'Dounell, John Long, Frederic, /,
Hause, Franklin Welsh, Max kramer, Samuel
1 Mcintyre, Jacob Conrad, Anthony Blaum. VIII
lam Jones, Samuel Rous, John Wood, Conner
| Williams John Bauman, John f. Shea, Jacob
Newsbigle, q. Hyman, S. n Campbell, l. 3.
Green, Mary Mulherin, Mrs. Mulheriu, Monro,,
Bretzman, William Bfetzman, Andrew Solomon.
Charles Greenwall, John Keiser, Robert Nichoas
1t is extremely probable that other vic
Tins will be added TO the roll as the work
Of clearing up the wreck in the path Of the
storm goes on. II is also certain that sew
eral Of those injured will not long survive.
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