Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-05

cIO uOOIS N6tO 10 Tie
In the destruction of this house many
lives We're lost. Stations and other
available places have been turned into
hastily improvised morgues, where the
bodies are being taken as fast as they
are recovered.
At u o'clock the opening OF a portion
of the debris of Falls City Halls caused
a draught whereupon smoulderlng fire
broke ont and fiercely spread rapidly
causing the workers to desert the place
AS soon as the fire gained headway, the
grolns OF the imprisoned people became
| awful, and so great was the horror that
the watchers grew frantic, and scream
| ed and ran about like mad. They
watched their terrible sufferings, but
were unable to help them, giving them
up in despair. Private lines were soon
| throwing water on the flames, but it was
an hour or more before work could be
proceeded with, and it was then carried
on with the greatest difficulty on ac-
count Of the beat. Up to II o'clock only
about % dead bodies were recovered,
% of the wounded who died on being
taken from the wreck.
ST LOUIS, March 2S.-As night closes
a band of rescuers continue to work
silently, yet none the less arduously.
| Light is denied them, as all the electric
wires were torn down by the storm, and
among the dark crumblings the SEM
blance of human form has to be grasp
| ed to prove whether or not it is flesh
| The streets are thronged with multi
| tudes of sorrowing people and there are
| at least hundred homeless families in
the streets that were happy yesterday in
| the possession Of their own homes
| Thousands of dollars worth Of goods lie
at the mercy Of thieves.
At the entrance of various of "death
| rooms" stand bTeathless mob.
1:3O p. Mt is now thought that
| the deaths will number about $50. A
| large force of men have been sent out
TO make Thorough canvas of the de-
| vasttaed district and report the loss of
life and property. The loss of property
Is at present estimated at million dol
lars. TIE work Of rescuIng the mangled
and dead goes bravely on.
At Falls City hail crowd of 10000
people block the streets for squares.
| Dead bodies and wounded are being drag
ged from beneath the ruins, and all
| around the district men, women and
children linger about, filed with dread
anxiety lest they recognize in the mass
of remains some relative or friend.
This afternoon an inspection OF the
water works showed that the stand pipe
is completely wrecked, no pumping can
be done and there is only about enough
water in the reservoir 20 last five days.
At the end Of that time the people will
have to depend upon wells.
Crushed ruins mark the spot where
last evening stood the splendid large
Union depot. When the crash came the
Louisville Southern train had just come
| in and the |. i NJ. trains were ready 10
pull out. Both were caught by the falling
mass and crushed like egg shells, and
| dozen people were injured; none serious
ly.
Carpenter Linnear, contractor for the
work on four Story building. was
blown down and some employees injured.
The wholesale liquor establishment Cf
Brown * Son fell and instantly caught
fire. By hard work the firemen man
aged 10 control the blaze. The buildings
adjacent 10 it were considerably burned
and 1t Is quite evident there are several
dead in the ruins.
The great building occupied by S. T.
Custer, II. K. Tawater and James W.
Pratfer Was demolished, as WAS also the
immense building occupied by Thier-
man & Co, wholesale liquor dealers and
distillers. In nearly all the business
houses wrecked some Cne was injured
and it isfeared that many bodies will be
found. This evening Market stree;
looks like ruined village. For four
blocks not a building esca ed partial or
total demolition. In many buildings
families lived over stores; in nearly every
case there are reports cf broken limbs
or severe injuries.
The storm seems only to have swept
Broadway from 10Th to 9Th, but nearly
ali the houses between these streets wee
demolished. From 10Th to 18th are
mostly small frame houses orcupjel ly
coiored families. From 10th To 10 h tie
destruction WAS terrible. Houses were
larger and Of mu3h better quality, and
nearly every onE was demolished. The
five Catholic buildings were blown down.
and Sister Plus killed, A large corps of
men have been org zad to work on the
wreck unremit,ingIy. lie weather isvery
mild
During the excavation at Fails City
Hall this morning, the place where the
children had been dancing, was reached
Mrs. Simms wac found fatally hurt
and about 10 minutes later her three
children were discovered. They were
unconscious; only faint possibility of
their living. While the father who was
present. was imPloring the workers to
get his other child. fire broke cut and
work was suspended.
The last man taken out alive before
the flames started was John Hopkins.
George L. Caifito, who was at meeting
OF the Knights Of Honor, in the top floor
says: The first int!mation of danger
were two distinct rockiIgs of the build
Ing and the wind VS. were blown from
the castings. a wild rush was made foT
the ante-rooms, and / had just reached
the door, when the entire floor gave
away, and we were precipltated to the
basement, blinded and almost suffocated
by the cloud of dust, and iammed by
falling timbers. | returned over the
ruins with several men, and extinguish-
ed the fire which had startad. Rain was
falling in torrents. There were nearly
hundred members at the meeting,
fully two thirds being ladies. Another
Order was holding meeting on the
same floor, band was rehcarsing on tie
second floor, and party of decorators
were at work in the large hall, preparing
for an entertainment. So far as / Judge
there were less than a dozen all told,
who got cut unhurt.H
LOUISVILLE, March 26.-Up to an early
hour this morning, s6 todies had been
taken from the Falls City Hall and the
cellar at 18th street and Magazine street
the general belief is that 80 more bodies
are in the dancing hall ruins. The
latest and most intelligent estimate of
the total number of dead throughout
the city will not exceed 1G0. This is a
careful and fairly accurate estimate.
The Masonic committee wired the
Grand Master at roIedo, 0nio, that
there were about 400 houses de-
ssroyed and 200 persons injured, Of
whom 20 per cent will probably die from
injuries. l25 are now dead
LoUIsvILLE-A special has been re-
ceived in regard to the storm in the vici-
nity of Grand river. A dozen houses
hip.uv, ,lpr.-.- 4