Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-02
CHICAGO'S CALAMITY
Many Persons Killed and
 .s;sSs.. Injured. es
A CYCLONES TERRIBLE WORE
Buildings Crushed Like Eggshslls Beneath the Weight of . Heavier Structure.

The Cries and Screams of the UnfOr- inmates Buried Beneath the DebrI" Were AwSuI-Aid Came from All Quar- ters-WillIng Hands Went to Work to Rescue the Poor People from the Ruins.
 CHICAGO, April 2.-The terrific wind and thunder storm which passed over the city early in the night, wrecked buildings and demolished outhouses and prostrated telegraph wires. The seven story brick building At Nos. IA and 16 Pearce 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 buildings, the homes of laboring men, which were also wrecked, killing and Injuring the occupants.
 The killed are as follows:
 David Hulett. 6 months old, living at IS 12 Pearce street.
 Horace Mott, years old, living at 12
 Eddie Mott, years old, living at 12 Pearce street.
 Those fatally injured are:
 Alice Hulett, $ years old, crushed about the legs, body and head.
 Mrs. Ada Keown, living at 312 West Harrison street, visiting at the residence of Thomas Hulett, buried beneath 8 mass of bricks and fatally hurt.
 Mary Wigant, of No. 12 Pearce street, crushed terribly about the legs and body.
 Horace Wigant, an infant, badly crushed about the head.
 James Mott, of 12 Pearce street, crushed about the head.
 Mrs. James Mott, badly bruised and mangled.
 James Mott, 12 years old, back hurt and otherwise injured.
 Mamie Mott, 10 years old, bad wound on the head.
 William, 10 years old, are supposed to be buried in the ruins.
 The building, 7-story brick, fronted on No. IA and 16 Pearce street, and was 119 feet long by 50 feet wide. It had just been erected by Young 6 Kent, manufacturers of brass work, and was practically completed, the roof having been finished this week. It was the centre of Q mass of one and two story frame buildings, nearly all of which were occupied by poor people. Imme- diately in the rear of the building was 8 two story brick house, the homo of Thomas Hulett, who lives there with his wife and nine children. They were at supper, and wore entertaining as guests Miss Emma Hope, a relative, and her friend, Mrs. Ada Keown. When the building fell the force of the terrible mass of brick and iron, wood and plaster seemed to be directed rearward, com pletely burying the structure. All the inmates were killed or injured.
 Frank Dilleny, who happened to be passing on the street and was an eye witness to the disaster, said that he first noticed the rear wall bulging out. The rain was driving in torrents and there had just been 8 fearful gust of wind. There was Q lound crash, and he was conscious of a deafening noise, which continued for some time as the masses oi debris piled on the smaller structures. Then arose cries and screams of those 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 appreciated assistance began to ar rive from all directions, and the work oi tearing away the wreckage was promptly l begun.