Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-08-27

"a experienced there struck the city OF
lakesbarre, Pa. It came mp the rivsr,
! the suddenness OF its coming Was one
tes awful features. Tho heavens we're
black ~ night and the wind blew with
most frightful velocity. Whole rows
frees wers blown down. Following this
| 6dteds of houses wers unrooied, par.
~ blown over. completely demolished
q wofsa thAu sll. the visitation OF death
ssas upon numtet Of people. Large
kiota u several sections Of the city are
L xsA0lte ruin, and men. women and
Y 1T - 81 ~ etrosts crying
~ 49, 3ssaass IIsaAslsia Atssasss
Oismay.
The damage will reach hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars. Passenger trains
and locomotives At the depot were blown
over, and every wire In the city, electric
light, telephone and telegraph, - down.
The devastation is to be compared with
nothing 10 the memory Of the oldest in
habitsnt. Every body is rejoicing that no
fires have as yet taken place, for the
streets are impassable with trees and fallen
buildings, and the engine could not bs
drawn through them.
The Death List
20 far % asoertained il twelve. Four men
are known to have been killed in the Haz-
ard wire.rope works. A house on Scott
street, occupied BY miners, who had
just returned from work, fell in aud
three inmates were killed. The huge
stack Of the Kittle planning mill fell in ON
o man and two horses, aud all we're killed.
A little colored girl was killed by the fall
Ing OF building on South Main street.
Two men suffered death by the falling Of q
portion Of Stegmares brewery and third
incurred the same fate through the almost
complete demolition of s. l.. Browns
brick business block on Market street.
There are undoubtedly fifteen or sixteen
others killed.
Many poor people suffered heavy losses,
and II will be months before all the damage
can bs repaired. Building mechanics Of
all kinds can find employment here for
weeks to come, as it Is already known that
fully 200 buildings have been blown down
or otherwise damaged. Many of the
structures we're of large size and great
| value.
Approximate Losses
Only can be given, a. follows: Hazard
wire rope works, SIS, 900; 8. l.. Brown,
$40, 900; St. Mary's Catholic church, $l5,.
600; Murray shaft, $lo,0OO; hollsnback
shaft, S. 600; Whitehaven Ice company,
$1,000; Ahlhorn's pork packing house.
5000. In addition to these hundreds OF
citizens suffered losses running from $500
to 5000.
The Murray shaft farmhouse was blown
| down and the fan stopped. There are
twenty-one men in the mine, bat it 10
hoped they can be got out safely.
At 7:30 p. m. reports came from Sugar
Notch, mining town three miles from
here, that the destruction of property 10
terrible and fifteen persons killed. At
Parsons and Mill Creek, four miles from
here, coal bunkers in ell directions have
been more or less damaged, and the mum.
ber killed will reach ten.
Telegraph wires down in all directions
and all communication 10 shut OF.
The Names Of Those Killed.
% far as known, are:
EvI MARTIN. baker.
| JOHN +. FRITZ, laborer.
| BURREIlL BENDENAEYER. salesman,
| eAMUEL ROUSE. machinist.
| PETER RITTENAEYER
| JOSEPH KERN, milkman.
| ADAM FRANTZ.
| GEORGE HAMILTON.
MAMIE THOMPSON.
George Hamilton, John Kleinhauf and
Hungarian entered q barn for shelter.
| The large double doors were blown in,
killing Hamilton instantly and fatally in
| juring the other two. Berlin vandermark
had his head crushed and ribs and legs
beoken, and cannot recover. Max Cramer
WAS fatally injured BY . falling wall. Jesse
Houser's legs were broken and hs was m
tefnalIy injured by falling roof. N.
| Hsinkman was injured internally. Am
brose Constine, . liquor dealer, was injured
| Internally.
Mayor Sutton At once issued procla-
mation calling the Ninth regiment to as.
semble 81 the armory to aid in police super
Vision of the city. The estima. Cd loss, ct
midnight. is $500, 6,O00, although Il may
reach higher figure. The suffering il
great. A terrible rainstorm set 10 immsd.
iately after the Cyclone and drenched the
exposed property which lies in its track.
At midnight rain is pouring down 10 tor
rents.
| The Storm Elsewhere.
| M A special 70 the Record from New Mil
ford, Susquehanna county. says tho cy.
| clone struck that region at precisely the
sams momemeni Wilkssbarrs was struck.
Farmer Cols's house vas demolished and
Nrs. Cole killed. His family vas Ina
prisensd IN the wreck and al were badly
| hun,