The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-03

house was crushed like an eggsheu
and his whole family killed instantly.
They are John Burmaster, wife and
three children. Mrs. Frank Sheppard was
killed by flying timpers, sustaining frac-
ture of the skull, and score of others
were injured in the storm, but it is be-
lieved no more fatalities have occurred.
Eight miles north of Wellington the
house of j. III. Showalter was demolished
and the whole family of thirteen members
injured, none, however, fatally.
John Little, living four miles
north. was killed, and his wife
died shortly after. Samuel Butterworth,
living just north of Little's, had two chill
dren badly injured, and may not recover.
Butterworth's daughter escaped with
slight injuries.
WAMEeo Kan, April 2.-Seven persons
killed is the dreadful record of Thursday
nights cyclone in this vicinity. The dead
are:
Mrs. Albert Eggers and two children, Joseph
Johnson, a laborer on the Eggers farm; Charles
Y. Taylor and Mrs. Charles Taylor and their O.
year-old child
The house of John Taylor was moved
some distance from its foundation, and
was then crushed to the ground with ter
rible force, wrecking it completely.
Taylor's body was found among the
debris, crushed and mangled beyond
recognition. His 9year-old child met
death in the ruins, its body being found
near that of its father. Mrs. Taylor was
rescued from the ruins in an unconscious
condition. She cannot recover. The
house of J. T. Gems, occupied by John
Fullmer, was twisted out of shape
and almost completely wrecked. Full
mer's wife and mother were terribly in
jured. They will probably recover. Other
houses in this vicinity were badly dam
aged by the storm, but no other fatalities
have been reported.
CHICAGO, April Eight persons were
killed by the disaster at Halstead and
Pearce streets last night, when q whirl-
wind overthrow a seven-story brick block,
the walls of which crushed adjoining
dwelling houses. The dead are:
Alice Huleit, aged years; Eddie Mott. aged
2; Horace Mott, 5; David Hulett, aged months;
Will Keown. aged 10 years; Miss Mary WALSH,
Mrs James Keoyn and Samuel Risdal.
The body of Miss Walsh was taken out
this afternoon, so badly crushed that iden-
tification was well-nigh impossible.
Nearly two hours elapsed after the dis
covery before the debris was suffi-
GENTLY removed to allow the body to
be carried out of the ruins. The left
arm was crushed to a pulp, and the face
was swollen and disfgured. Just before
Miss Walsh's body was removed the fore
man, who had been digging in the
kitchen, discovered the body of Mrs.
Keown. She was clad only in a
wrapper, and had evidently Just
arisen from her sick bed and was
endeavoring to escape when the crash
came. Her breast was fearfully bruised,
and the lividity of her features indicated
that she died from aphyxiation. In
about half an hour. and near the place
where Mrs. Ksown's body was found,
the remains of Samuel L. Risdall were
found. He had evidently been caught
under the heaviest part of the walls. His
head was crushed almost, flat, and
his left arm reduced to
jelly. Almost touching Risdall's body
on the left was found the body of William
Keown He was badly crushed, but the
appearance of his features indicated that
he was smothered to death. As soon as
taken from the ruins, the bodies
were removed to the morgue and later
vie ed by a coroner's jury. After an ex-
animation of the bodies, the jury ad-
journed util next Friday, when witnesses
will be heard.
Those injured are: Miss Ada Keown,
buried beneath mass of brick, which
crushed her through a chair in which she
was sitting; Horace White, body fear
fully bruised; Mary Wigant, head and
body badly crushed; James Mott,
back strained and injured internally;
James Mott, jr., head crushed; Mrs. James
Mott, head and shoulders crushed; Matte
Mott, wounded about the head and shoul-
ders.
Hullett lived Immediately in the rear of
the ruined seven-story building. He and
his family, together with two guests, were
at supper when the mass of brick,
stone and plaster composing the large
building fell. Its force seemed to be
directed towards the rear, Immediately to-
ward the Hillett residence. A passerby,
as coon as the accident occurred.
turned in an alarm and the police ambu-
lance came. Citizens who heard the
crash and the cries of the injured also
rushed to the scene and the work of rescu-
ing them at once began, the dead and in
jured being Immediately removed to resi-
dences near by. The Hullett family occu-
pied only one side of the dwelling,
and on this the ruined build
ing descended like gn avalanche
was crushed into shapeless mass. Ofthe
thirteen people seated at the table the in
fant is the only one that was killed.
The others were pinioned under
the broken timbers and were soon
released by h undreds of willing hands of
police and citizens who rushed 10 the res
cue. A number of physicians were soon
at the scene of the disaster to care for the
wounded as fast as they were removed.
In two of the demolished houses stoves
set fire to the ruins, but before serious
damage occurred the flames were extin-
guished. At 10 Pierce street, Mrs. Allen, her
9-year-old daughter Lizzie and 60-year-old
father-in-law and Mrs. L. Reach were
making a call on the family at the
time of the accident. When the place
at No. 12 Pierce street was struck
it was thrown against the house. A mar
BILE slab pinned the s0-year-old man to the
floor Mrs. Allen and her daughter
were released by the firemen.
Mrs. Roach was pinned TO the floor by the
| mantle-p;ece, and while she was crawling
from under it, the dust was so dense that
she could not see and stumbling fell on
the stove. In her great fright she did not
realize her situation and was fright
fully burned before she discovered
it and fed from the building. On the top
floor of the same building Charles, Ed
mund and Hilda Jugald were visiting
Alexander Johnson and wife. They were
deluged with falling plaster, but after
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