The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-07
TEN CONVICTS DEAD.
A Cyclone Wrecks the State
Prison of Louisiana.
coRPsEs UNDER BRICK RUINS.
Baton Rouge Seriously Injured-Galves-
ton Struck by Severe Wind and Rain
storm-A Deluge in Chicago.

BATON ROUGE, La, July GA cyclone passed
over the lower portion of town this morning,
unroohng houses, tearing up Immense trees and
carrying pieces of wreck through the air for
many blocks. The boulevard 10 Uttered with
trees torn up by the wind, and pieces OF house
tops and other timbers. The penitentiary walls
were blown down. ten persons killed and thirty
six wounded. The factory building was de-
molished, and the hospital and penitentiary are
In ruins.
Following Is q list of those killed at the peni-
Tertiary: Whites-Isaac McLelland. j. A. Wag-
goner, Fred Cage, James Van Meter, John Glib
son and William Willow; colored-Sathan
Chancey, Henry Galestin. Beauregard Harden,
Edward Buckner.
There were forty-two prisoners at work in the
pants factory at the time of the crash, and of
that number six were killed and twenty-five
wounded and horribly crushed. On the second
story OF the central floor was the hospital, where
twenty sick prisonerslay undergoing treatment.
OF these four were killed and fourteen seriously
II not fatally injured. The fire alarm was
sounded and the entire fire department
summoned. Together with citizens and prison
officials. aided by uninjured prisoners, they
worked vigorously for the rescue of the unfor-
Inmates.
Scenes of horror greeted the eyes of those en-
gagged in the rescuIng work, and pitiful walls
aud death groans from men buried out of sight
heard arising from every part of the wreck i'm
ploring help, and altogether, the scene was
heart-rending. The storm was attended by vio-
lent rain, in which the rescuers worked for sew
eral hours, until both the living and the dead
were extricated from the ruins. Thirty-sx in
all were wounded, and OF this number six or
more will die.
In all about thirty houses were unroofed or
destroyed. ]. H. Young and members of his
nv falling n
their house on st. Charles street Mrs. Cotton,
ner son ana two daughters, living in brick
house on Main street, were injured by the fall
ing building. Mrs. Cotton received dangerous
blow on the back OF her head and also internal
injuries, while one of the girls cut on one of
her limbs Mrs. Cotton, it is thought, will re-
cover. There were no others seriously hurt.
Trees on many street. were uprooted. visit
TO the capitol and other state buildings showed
them to be unframed by the wind also
the business portion OF the town. The southern
portion OF the city, styled Cathshtown, uttered
great loss and damage to property. In this Sec
ton several persons were seriously hurt and
bruised by flying timbers from falling houses
and fences. The extent of the damage through
out the city can not be accurately estimated at
this time, but Ii can be said that this 10 the
greatest loss the town has ever sustained,
whether from cyclone or fire. The storm did not
make straight sweep through the city, but
would strike the ground and bound forward like
bouncing ball, passing over several houses at
time. The trunk of large oak was taken off
like pipestem. So sudden was the storm that
a number of vehicles were caught and wrecked
on the streets. A number of narrow escapes are
reported.
The tow boat Smoky City was struck by the
storm eight miles below here, and the upper
works demolished. A negro fireman is missing.
None of the other people on the boat were seri-
ously injured