St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-02
Havoc, Cruel-Hearted Son OF
the Storm King, Rides the
Gale at Chicago,
Crushing to Earth a Seven
Story Building by His
Deadly Assault.
Three Known to Be Dead
Possibly Six, and Seven
Others Fatally Hurt.
A Family Party Mangled and
Killed Without a Moments
Warning.

and thunder storm passed over the city
at 6 o'clock tonight, wrecking buildings,
demolishing outhouses and prostratIng
telegraph wires. The seven-story brick
building at Nos. IA and 16 Pierce street,
on the West side, was struck by the
wind, and crushed like an eggshell.
The building was surrounded by one
and two-story frame and brick build
ings, the homes of laboring men. which
were also wrecked, killing and injuring
the occupants.
Dead and Injured.
DAVID HULETT, six months old, living
at ISI2 Pearce street.
HORACE MOTT, five years old, living at
II Pearce street.
EDDIE MOTT, two years old, living at IL
Pearce street
JAMES McGOWN, his wife and son Will
lam, ten years old, are supposed to be buried
In the ruins.
Those fatally injured are
ALICE HULETT, five years old, crushed
about tle head, body and legs.
Mrs. ADA KEowNs, living at 3l2 West IIar-
risOn street. visiting with Thomas Hulett,
L
MARY WIGANT, of No. II Pearce street,
crushed rribly about the legs and body
HORACE WIGANT, an infant, badly crushed
about the head
MRS JAMES MOTT badly bruised and man
gled.
JAMES Mort, twelve years old, back hurt
and otherwise injured.
MAMIE MORT, ten years old, wounds on the
head.
Mrs Ella Gleason 20 Pearce street. was
slightly Injured by a falling bookcase; Mrs
Kate O'Shaunessy, 20 Pearce street, slightly
cut nbout face Mark Seavey, is Pe6rce street.
cut about head by falling Debris Several of
Mr.. Seaveys family were slightly injured.
Mrs. Frank Gilleny, Is Pearce street,
slightly hurt by flying debris; Daisy Wascoe,
is I'earce street, arm cut; Jacob Jacques, 10
Pearce street. cut about head ana arms;
Henry Johnson, 10 Pearce street, cut on head
and left leg seriously hurt.
The building, q seven-Story brick,
9rOnted on No. IA and 16 Pearce street,
and was 118 feet long by so feet wide.
1t had just been erected and was prac-
tically completed the roof having been
finished this morning. Immediately in
the rear of the building was a tWostory
brick house, the home of Thomas
Hulett. who lives there with his wife
and children. They were at supper
and we're entertaining as guests Miss
Emma Hope, relative, and her friend
Mrs. Keown.
Buried in Their Home.
When the building fell the force of
the terrible mass of brick and iron,
wood and plaster seemed TO be directed
rearward. completely burying the
structure. All the inmates we're killed
or injured. Frank Dilleney, who hap
pened to be passing on the street, and
was an eye witness to the disaster, said
that he first noticed the rear wall bulg-
Ing out. The rain was driving IN tor
rents, and there had just been fearful
gust Of wind. There was loud crash,
and he was conscious of a deafening
noise, which continued for some time,
as the masses of debris piled on the
smaller structures.
There at once arose cries and screams
of those of the buried unfortunates who
were not dead or unconscious beneath
the tons of fallen walls. An alarm of
fire was turned in and as soon as the
nature of the calamity was seen assist
and the work of tearing away the wreck
age was promptly begun.
Guided by the cries of distress, the
fremen, aided by citizens, soon began
rescuing the injured, and in less than
two hours all those in whom life was
not extinct had been removed
from the ruins. The first of the
dead to be taken out were the
GOwan children, who were found half
an hour after the disaster. By
II o'clock all the dead bodies had been
taken out except that of Mrs. Mary
Walsh. The work of moving the
debris will continue all night, but it is
not believed that any bodies. save that
of Mrs. Walsh, are i'll the ruins now.
Additional Damage.
Eight other buildings were blown
down during the storm. A fiat build
ing in process of erection on Adams
avenue, between Seventy and
Seventy-fifth streets, collapsed, serious
ly injuring four workmen.
Az the corner of SiXty-Fourth street
and Chaplain avenue an unfinished
frame building went down before the
storm. Peter Blum had his back broken
and will die, Frank Good and p. Il.
Durkin, carpenters, received serious
and possibly fatal wounds. Charles A.
Heisler was blown from a scatfolding
and received internal injuries that will
probably prove fatal.
" lille passing % West Polk street,
Gus Dich, teamster, was struck by
falling tree and injured about the head
and shoulders. His chance of rec0v-
cry is slight. The other structures de-
molished were unoccupied. Scores of
others were seriously damaged, and
many persons received Slight injuries.
The property damaged will be great,
hnt no estimate of its extent is nnsSihlr.