The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-06

buildings as was presented "Wednesday
morning. The streets were almost inn
passable and great yawning chasms in
brick fronts told OF the fury Of the
storm. The damage will aggregate
almost 81, 100000.
The death list now known Is not so
large rs was expected, but there are
several persons missing and their
names may yet be added TO the roll Of
the dead. So far as reports received
now indicate the dead number four
and the injured thirty-four.
Almost every building between Main
and Markham and Third and Main
streets was unroofed and In numerous
instances entire fronts were leveled
10 the ground. On East Markham
street the destruction of property was
greater than elsewhere Several large
buildings were leveled aud not one es-
capped injury Windows and doors
were blown out tin roofs carried away.
telephone and electric light wires
blown 10 the ground, and poles twisted
off at the curbing.
1t was at the insane asylum where
the most complete wreck was 10 be.
The buildings erected by the state at
a cost of $500, 900 are located on a
prominence miles west OF the bust
ness portion OF the city and offered a
splendid target for the fury OF the
storm. Thousands Of people in bug
gies and on horseback thronged the
road TO the ruins this morning.
The ruin was not complete, but
the damage is estimated al from
SO, 900 TO $4,000 There was one
death here, Dr. j. T. Ingate second
assistant physician. lie and DR.. Rob-
inson, the superintendent, were stand
ing IN the ball just before the storm
struck ana as they separated to 60 to
their rooms the two towers which
crowned the main Office portion
crashed through the three stories,
burying DR. Ingate under the debris
Of one Of them. DR. Robinson had
narrow escape, but by pressing up
against the wall while bricks and
heavy timbers were dying about his
head in the dark, the lights having
been AT once eNtinguished, he sue
ceedcd In getting out without injury.
A heavy force OF men worked an night
and forenoon in removing the debris
to find the body OF the unfortunate
physician, but his remains were not
uncovered until II o'clock. He was
found under "A mass OF brick and tim
bers in the vestibule OF the main
building, lying I'm his face aud
mangled beyond recognition. His re
mains were forwarded to his parents
at Mobile. Ala
Besides the destruction wrought in
the main building, the east wall of the
male ward was completely torn away.
Wards /, s, and are total wreck
The roof Is blown of and debris has
been found half mile east. Pande-
monium reigned after the fury OF the
storm had been spent The cells in
the south wing were occupied 10y in
mates at the time Fifteen escaped.
but all except seven were recapturcd
These are still missing, and il is not
known whether they were killed or
are at large.
The storm did damage at the state
penitentiary estimated to aggregate
the dollhouse was completely torn
away and carried outside the walls
The windows were broken out. but
little damage was done To the interior
Many 81 the convicts were in their cells
at the time and were not hurt The new
worlthouse, chapel and kitchen were
badly wrecked The third story and the
east wall of the second story were
blown down and are lying between
IL and the house, vast mass Of brick
and mortar The west wall was
cracked az the floor and inclined TO
the east l5 degrees. II was in this
building where the only death occurred
J. f. Griffith, white man, sent up
from Clay county was descending the
stairway from the third story when
the wall caved in and buried him IN
the debris. Ills remains, badly man.
gled, were removed from the ruins
Wednesday morning.
Fully 200 citizens escaped death In
most miraculous manner kilograms
from all sections Of the country offer.
ing assistance have been received by
Mayor Hall, All the injured, with few
exceptions, are doing nicely.