The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-04

fracture Of the skull, and was also torn and
Wills hotel, who were killed, roomed on
Main street, next to the hotel. As the storm
came without warning. those confined had
no time TO escape. The walls fell with
crash, and the screams Of the laundry girls
the storm and the falling debris. Mary
Grove and Mary Farrell escaped, and the
rest were buried beneath the ruins. Officer
John Tully,. of the Central patrol wagon.
and Joe Baldwin, heard the piteous appeals
Of q woman's voice beneath the ruins.
Both set to work and with their hands
kept the bodies pinned down. The body of
proved to be Hon. 4. Henry Mason Of
L!awesville. The foot and hand of another
We're also uncovered, and by this time Maj.
Hughes arrived from the Brown fire and
put the hook and ladder men and the fire
ging for the men. A mans voice was heard
in corner, and light showed the SCARED
face of Virgil Wright. He was penned In
with q mass of bricks and mortar. In his
hand he held pistol, with which he was
trying to end h,s sufferings. His arm was
able to pull the trigger and he was rescued
quite badly wounded but able to walk.
ANXIOUS WORKERS.
LOUISVILLE, Specialize work of res.
cuing the manglcd dead went bravely on.
A hundred anxious men worked as they
never worked before for the bodies of their
wives, mothers, brothers, fathers, sisters
that lie buried in the yhapeless mass of
brick and mortar that covers the site where
yesterday stood Falls City hall. The cries
of men, women and children rent the air
OIL do A ~c IN nm
people blocked the streets for squares about
the scene of the catastrophe. A large force
ofpolicc guarded the avenue to keep back
the pressing masses of curious humanity.
Five hundred men stood by the wreck
dazed and helpless. too weak or too lazy to
lena helping hand and to the .b brave squad
anguish to the soul Of sti the y brsvest. sss
Words are powerless to express
the awful scenes that each succeeding min
ute rolled through tho ghastly panorama.
Bodies manglcd and sllapcless beyond rec
ognition, were dragged from beneath the
ruins every few minutes. Men, women and
filled with dread anxiety, lest they should
recognize i'll the shapeless mass OF flesh and
bone the semblance of the feature of some
relative or friend.
AT THE HosplTAL.
LoUlsvILLE Spccial.-At midnight q
press correspondent called ut the city hos
pital. There was found six of the
injured victims Of the dreadful catastrophe.
An occasional groan of pent-up agony burst
from the lips of the sufferers. They were:
J. z. Stern, taken from his home suffering
from wounds about the head and two
broken ribs. lIe Is in fair
way to recouer. In the next cot lay Mr..
Whitlngham, who occupied q position with
the Courier Journal in its job rooms and
was Ut Falls City hall at the time tho
ss9"e $niy bruisea saek about III the lie bods Sts
The next was Mr.. Goode, also an attend
ant at the Falls City hall. His condition is
very precarious and little hopes are
entertained Of his recovery.
Miss Kate Frazier :. was caught
In the falling Falls City hall and bruised in
There is very little Probability % Of SH her ,sre re.
covery. Perhaps the most pitiable case in
the hospital IS that of Andrew Buckle.
He is suffering from fevere cut on the
head and a fracture of the arm near the
shoulder joint. But what seems to distress
him far more is the death OF his wife and
RUNS of their destroyed home.
STOPPED ny FLAMES
LOUISVILLE, Special.-At 12 o'clock the
OteunH W. Vi q lotIion VI the ucoris OI inc
Falls City hall caused drauglt to pene-
trate the ruins, whereupon the smouldering
fire broke out with tremendous iiercencss
1t spread rapidly and forced the workers to
desert the pile. As soon as the fire gained
hcadway the groais .! the imprisoned peo-
pie became shrieks, and SO great was the
horror OF the moment that the watchers
were frantic and screamed and ran about
like wild, the terrible sufferings which they
were unable to alleviate driving them to
despair. Several lines of hose were soon
throwing water on the flames but it was
moro than hour before the work could pro-
coed, and then it was carried OH with much
more difficulty than before on account OF
the heat.