Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-22
Hundreds of Houses are UnroOfed,
Blown Down or Completely
Demolished.
A Score or More of People Killed Ont
right, and Many are Terri
bly, Wounded.
An Approximate of the Losses and Il
Partial List of the Dead
and Injured.
The Cyclones Work.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 19.-At 5
o'clock this afternoon, the most terrible
cyclone that ever visited this locality
struck this city. It came up the river
From what point it originated is not
known. The suddenness of it's coming
(. was one of it's most awful features. The
heavens we're as black as night, and the
wind blew with most frightful vel ocity
+ Whole rows of trees were blown down.
Following this, hundreds of houses were
unroofed, partially blown down or COM
pletely demolished; and worse than all,
visitations of death was sent upon num-
Der Of people. How many were killed is
not known at this time. Large districts
in several sections of the city are in alb
solute ruin, and women and children are
in the streets crying and wringing their
hands in dismay. The damage will reach
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pas
senger trains and locomotives at the de-
pot we're blown over, and every wire in
the city, electric light, telephone and tel
egraph is down. The devastation is to
be compared with nothing in the memory
of the Oldest inhabitant. Everybody is
rejoicing that no fires have as yet fol-
lowed for the streets are impossible with
trees and fallen buildings and engines
could not be drawn through them. The
total death loss 80 far as ascertained is
twelve. -Four men are known to have
! been killed in the Hazard wire rope
/ works. A house on Scott street occu-
3 pied by miners, who had just returned
+ from work, fell in and three of the
inmates were killed. The smoke stack
of Kyle planning mill fell on a man and
two horses and all were killed. A little
! colored girl was killed by building on
South Main street. Two men suffered
death by the falling of portion of Steg-
mazer's brewery, and third incurred
the came fate through the complete
destruction of s. L. Browns handsome
brick business block on East Market
street. There are undoubtedly fifteen or
sixteen others killed. Reports are COM
ing in constantly to that effect. It is i'm
possible at this time to give the names
or particulars. Many poor people have
suffered heavy loss, and it will be months
before all the damage can be repaired.
One hundred tin roofers have been tele-
graphed for and building mechanics of
4 all kinds can find employment here for
weeks to come, as it is already known
that fully 200 have been blown down or
otherwise damaged. Many of the struc-
lures were of large size and great value.
The approximate losses only can be
given as follows: Hazards wire rope
/. works. $25,000; S. L. Brown, $25,000; st.
Mary's church, 81, 500; Malinkrot convent,
4 $4,000; Murray shaft, $4,000; Lehigh
Valley depot, $4,000; PENNSYLVANIA rail
road company round house, $4,000; Ahl-
born's packing-house, 5000; PAINS oil
house, $3,000;. Dickson Manufacturing
\ hundreds of citizens have suffered losses
running from $500 to $4,000. The Muir
i ray shaft fan house was blown down and
the fan stopped. There are twenty-seven
4 men in the mine, but it is hoped they can
l be got out safely.
Reports come from the Sugar Notch
mining town, three miles from here, that
the destruction of property is terrible
4 and that fifteen persons were killed. AT
& Parsons and Mill Creek, four miles from
{ here, coal breakers in all directions have
been more or less damaged, and the
{ number Of killed will reach ten. Tele-
! graph wires are down in all directions
and communication all shut off.
List OF THE KILLED.
Eva Martin, baker; buried beneath
falling smoke stack. His two horses
we're also killed.
John Fritz. laborer at the Hazard
4 works, taken from the debris horribly
nangled. VI .l$
Burrell Bendenmeyer, salesman for
Hartlee & Co., grocers, instantly killed
by the falling in of Browns business
block.
Samuel House, machinist at the Haz-
! ard work, killed by falling timbers.
Peter Rittenmeyer was killed in Ja-
cobs' hotel, which was wrecked. When
removed his skull was found crushed.
Joseph Kern, a mill man, was blown
from his wagon. He was found 200 hun