The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-29

site, was turned upside down. resting on
the roof, and being otherwise unhurt.
The Wellington schoolh ouse was COM
pletely wrecked, and on top of the debris
sits heavy stove, upright and uninjured.
Freight cars were lifted from the tracks
and carried a long distance in the air and
deposited on the ground uninjured. A
horse was carried to the roof of two
story house and deposited there, while a
baby was taken from cradle in the same
house and carried 200 yards and laid gently
on the ground, only slightly hurt.
The bodies of the following persons
killed by last nights cyclone have been
taken from the ruins:
JAMES MAYOR
HART L PsoS.
MISS STRAIN. Mrs. sasher's sister.
HEERY ADAMS.
JAMES WEAVER.
IDA JONES.
- HAsTY.
THOMAS CoRNwELL-
Those fatally wounded are: Charles
Adamson, Mrs. Captain Mahan. Mrs. J. T.
Hanna, Mrs. Murphy, Charles Stoner. a
Santa Fe conductor; Maggie King. Ed
Forsythe, Silva Forsythe, Walter For
sythe, ex-Sheritf Thralrs children, Mrs.
Robert Millard, Matte Hodges, Guy Col
by. Dick Weaver, Carrie Mitchell, e. J.
Forsythe.
Forty or fifty more were injured, in
cludlng James Miller, Republican cam
didate for attorney general, who had a
leg and arm broken.
At O'Clock the body of James Mayor,
piano tuner of Kansas City. was found
and taken from the ruins of the Phillips
house. Beside him was a Bible which he
was reading at the time the hotel was
destroyed. About thirty minutes later
the body of Hart Upson. barber, was
found beside the chair in which he
was shaving Hasty when both of
them were killed Immediately
after the body of Upson was
discovered the body of Tom Cornwell, a
farmer OF Belle Plain, was found. Lieu
tenant French, of the Salvation Army,
and comrade were very seriously injured
and may die at any time. At o'clock
Jesse Bowers, colored barber who was
injured, died. Ed Forsythe will probably
not survive the night. All the bodies are
now at the undertaker's and will be buried
tomorrow.
The fire in the ruins of the Alliance Ex-
change building was subdued. The cloth
ing of one of the firemen caught fire while
he was making a desperate effort to rescue
an unfortunate woman being cremated
and he came within an ace of losing his
own life TO save the woman. Mrs. Sash er
and sister and Miss Strain cried piteously
for aid, and Mr.. Sasher, unnamed
by their screaming endeavored to
Jump into the flames and die
beside his bride of four months.
When he heard that the incinerated re-
mains of his wife and sister-in-iaw had at
last been recovered from the ruins his
mind became unbalanced, and at last ac-
counts he was absolutely mad. The city
council and executive committee of the
Board of Trade met today and decided to
make no appeal for aid although the
mayor admitted the need of it and said
any assistance generously and sincerely
rendered would be appreciated.
Up to 10 o'clock tonight there were ad-
ditlons TO the list. Faint groans are al
legged to have been heard tonight under
the debris of the Conrad hotel, and fifty
men are tearing down the piles of brick
and mortar in hopes of being able 10 res
cue bodies. 1t is said a woman and baby
arrived on train from the West. The
CITY is still in darkness, but special police
men have been sworn in, and the citizens
will be insured against any species of out
lawry.
As soon as the wind subsided last nigh
every available man in the city was en-
gagged in the work of rescue. under the
leadership of George Whittier, president of
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tornado descended on the town. The light
of day invested the scene of destruction
with distinct and awful realization of its
scope. The storm was rotary, coming from
the southwest. and descended on the CITY
with amazing force. Suddenly it
rose, sucking everything up, and
as suddenly dropping il. Trees
were torn from their roots. houses
spun around, freight cars lifted and car
ried 300 feet and stoves lifted up TO the
second stories. The Presbyterian church
was reduced TO spIinters. OF the Speck-
mock block, on the principal street. com
posed of half a dozen brick buildings,
nothing is left but pile Of bricks, mortar
and lath The Standard block, consisting
of six buildings, is completely wrecked.
The Wellington Daily Maj and Susnns,
County Standard were published in this
block. Their plants were utterly de.
stroyed, as were the Monitor. Prcss and
Voice. in the Specknotk block. The
foundry and stove works were
leveled TO the ground. On Wash.
ington avenue every house on each
side of the street was unroofed.
The opera-house was wrecked and the
Phillips hotel ruined, over half dozen