Evening journal., 1890-07-28
THE LAW WRENCE CYCLONE.
The Winds Havoc In a Bay
State City.
SEVEN KILLED, SIXTY INJURED.

INC military Guarding the Wrecked Dis
t~ios-Th oasands FIooked 20 tho Scene
Soaday-Ehe Names OF the Dead and the
Seriously Hurt--Thrilling Incidenta-
LAWRENCE Mass, July e6 The soene Of
Saturdays cyclone Is unparalleled In the
history OF Lawrenoa From carly morn
till night, Sunday, thousands Of teams sur
rounded it, and a conservative estimate Of
the people present places the number ut
40.00a At essO Saturday night Company
u, OF the Ninth regiment, came on duty
and established picket line around the
wrecked district At $50 Sunday morning
Battery c. First artillery, relieved the In
fsntry. The mayor, aldermen and officials
OF surrounding cities oengregated at mill
tary headquarters and remained all day Is
suing passes. which were required Of all
coming within tho lines; also acquisitions
for supplies for the afflicted families. Adjt
Gen. Dalton remained al day looking after
the comfort Of the men. who were served
with rations at headquarters.
Relief Fund started.
City Marshal Vose wisely ordered the
hotels TO sell no liquor during the day, 80
in spite Of the great influx of people, there
! WAS no drunkenness. More than So 600 has
already been subscribed TO relief fund.
Collections were taken in all the churches.
A mass meeting has been called at the city
hall for this evening The Elks and other
charitable societies have also called meet
fngs to raise money for the sufferers. All
the patients in tho hospital and orphan
asylum are doing we'll. IL is thought that
the little Quinn girl may live.
The Poor Were the Sufferers.
Seven persons were killed and sixty seri
ousiy injured. Seventy buildings were
wrecked and destroyed and 600 people made
homeless. Such is the summary of the
catastrophe. The property loss Will reach
about $4,000. Unfortunately II will fall
almost wholly on the industrious poor, and
In only one case was It insured against the
| clements.
The Killed and Injured
The following is a list Of the dead. Han
nah Beatty, Mrs Elizabeth Collins, Annie
Collins, Michael Higgins, switohman on
the Boston aud Maine railroad; Mrs. Thorn
as Lyons, Of Emmett street, Mrs. jeremiah
O'Conneil, OF No. 2 Springfield street,
Mamie OConnal, Of No ~ Springfield
street,
There are q number OF persons at the
hospitals seriously injured Those moss
seriously hurt are ns follows; Mrs Camp
| ball, No. Al Pleasant street, Frank Careca
and wife, Mrs. William T. Cutler and two
| daughters. injured about the head and
back; Jessie Darley, badly hurt about the
| head; Annie Dillon, Andrew Hart. little
daughter of Mrs Mnndars, fatally injured,
| Hugh hsrrigan, fracture of collar bone.
| Mrs. MerriRan, Bridget McDerInott.
Richard McDermott, Annie Mclaughlin,
| 10 years old; Ellen Mclaughlin, 20 years
old, Of Springfield street, Jennie Nc
Laughlin, years old; Ora Morgan, years
old; Lizzie Morrison, spine injured; Patrick
| Nugent, Springfield street; Lizzie Olds-
worth. Maria Quinn, IA years old, internal
injuries; Cornelius Reardon, Minnie Reed,
| Mrs Ryan. severe scalp wound; Mrs The
bault, 50 years old, Of North Andover.
The Path Of the Cyclone.
The path OF the storm was only about 400
feet wide, but starting from the Boston
and Maine railroad station, in the southern
half Of this city, it extended parallel with
bhe Merrimao river for nearly four miles
clear into North Andover. There the force
of the storm stopped as suddenly as 1t had
appeared.
The greatest force of the storm was man
ifest In the mile 1t traversed through
South Lawrence. Fortunately, there were
no large or brick buildings In that district,
the great mills and factories being on the
north side of the river The section Was
occupied largely by the mill operatives
and WAS covered with cosey cottages, which
were swept down like so many card houses.
The storm was as full Of freaks as any
western hurricane. Houses were spared
for no apparent reason, while larger and
seemingly more substantial ones are In
ruins Some have only great holes through
the roof or side such rs would result from
a cannon. Some are perfect on the exte-
Fior while within all the floors arc blown
up and broken
The storm Divided
| At the Essex company's dam II seemed
to divide There the center OF the storm
went through Salem street TO Blanchard,
tearing down or uprooting all In ite path
way. After overturning a number OF
freight oars standing near the Salem street
bridge and killing a switchman named
Higgins, It smashed IN the windows Of St.
Patrick's Catholic church The wind then
passed through the center Of Springfield
street, upon which there were nearly one
hundred houses and tenement blocls,
which have all been erected during the past
twelve years and most ranked among the
finest residences in that section Of the city.
/ With but three exceptions every house on
both Eides OK that street between Blanoh-
ard and South Union streets was either
totally or partly wrecked. Fifteen houses
were wrecked In North Andover.
A Sketch Of Lawrence.
The ofty OF Lawrence was founded by the
Essex company in 1874, and contained in
1880 $1,000 inhabitants. The Merrimac
river at this point rs 1000 feet wide, and a
powerful stone dam Across 1t gives fall
to the water OF twenty-cight feet and
power eQual 70 1o.Oo0 horse power. The
history OF the city has been hitherto msrred
by two disasters. On Aug. l6, 1859, hotel,
church, the Essex county court house and
several stores were destroyed by fire and
two framen perished- Jan. 10, 1850, the
Pemberxon mill, building five stories
high, fell without a moments warning.
There were T,e00 persons in the mill, and