The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-09


which tho body OF james Fitxeernld.
nm employee Of the navy yards. but
whose nativity ~ Boston, was taken
during the day. Several other persons
were injured In the fail OF this build
\ tng,and today charges were made TINT
1t would have wlthstood the storm Ind
It been properly constructed. The
building inspector asserts. however,
That the building was not defective In
construction, and that Its fall Ii due
entirely to the full sweep the wind had
Mt II. There is likely to be IN investi-
CATION OF the matter. S
DoEcn Workmcn BURIED.
Reading. Pa. Oct. PAT 2 o'clock
this morning the cast house OF the
Temple furnace at Temple station. five
miles above Reading, was blown down
by the wind and nearly a dozen work
men were buried In the ruins. The
men were pinned down by the heavy
timbers and It was some time before
they could be reached. The killed are
Edward Eismiler and Samuel Trout.
The injured arc William Collar. 10
seph Rothenberger. Harry Becker.
William Schadler, William Mertz. All
are badly hurt. and It Is believed some
Of them will die.
A I'll .0ltO, 600 BSadHc
Lancaster. Pa. Oct. 2.-It is inlpossi-
BILE to estimate the number Of buildings
wholly OF partially demolished or the
monetary extent Of the damage done
here by tho storm. The greatest single
loss Is that Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road bridge. across the Susquehanna
at Columbia, nothing being left of it
but the piers. the iron span in the mid
die and the first span at each end. The
bridge was a mile and quarter long.
and was said to be the largest covered
bridge in the world. Not one of the
big manufacturing plants along the
river escaped injury. The remains.
which was lifted bodily from the piers.
lie in the river above the piers. AS
1t was carried away cries for help
We're distinctly heard coming from it,
but 1t was impossible to search the
ruins. The bridge cost about 81 ,OOO,-
600.
Four M6rc Dead.
Alexandria. Oct 2.-Thc storm rela-
lively was more severe in Alexandria
than in Washington. There were four
fatalities and three persons more or
less injured. The loss here is 100000.
The dead are w. d. Stewart. Mrs.
Holt, Tillman Diles and an unknown
colored woman. The injured are Les
ter Corbin. Charles Smith and Miss
Stewart, sister of w. D. Stewart.
Baltimore in the Track
Baltimore, Oct. "a eevere hurri-
cane struck this city at midnight.
Houses were unroofed. wires pros.
trated. Windows smashed and sign
boards blown from their fastenings
The high wind forced tho water i'll the
harbor up into the bed of the streets,
and almost the entire northern water
front is submerged. Several schoon-
ers that We're tied up at Pratt street
wharf broke from their moorings and
are resting in the middle of Pratt
street. The lower floors and cellars of
warehouses were flooded. The storm
was accompanied by heavy down.
pour of rain.
Six Chilrcn Perish.
Pittsburs. Oct. 2.-Last nights storm
blew down the coal breaker at Natalie,
belonging to the Pennsylvania Anthra-
cite Coal company. Six tenement
houses belonging to the camp were de-
stroyed by fire and six children, in
mates. lost tlei- lives The fire orig
mated from a stove overturning in
one Of the summer Kitchens from the
shaking by the wind. The wind at
tanned d velocity Of thirty miles an
hour, Frustrating telegraph and tele-
phone wires and entirely cutting off
communication with the East. Heavy
washouts are reported en- the Pennsyl-
vania railroad east Of Huntingdon, and
all trains are from four to six hours
late.
-Four Men Drowned.
A<.A q n.
atra. consort of thu e. " arnold.
bound down from Chicago with q load
of railroad iron, foundered off the gov
crnmeEt pier hero this morning. -Four
sailors were drowned. The captain,
mate and cook were rescued by the
life-saving crew. The Sumatra was
leaking on her way up and had the
pumps working al night. The sea was
running high. and the crew had great
difficulty in keeping her from sinking
In the trough Of the sea and in short
her rnils carried away. The steamer
sounded her whistle and the tug Simp.
son at once put out for the wreck. The
sea at that time was running very high
and great trouble vas experienced In
getting near the sinking barge. Just
as the Simpson reached the Sumatra
she foundered. The tug men succeeded
in rescuing the coo:s and mate from
the wreckage. The life-saving crew
was on hand and worked hard to save
the other men on the barge, but all
were drowned with the exception OF
the captain. who was taken ashore by
the lifesavers.
Wild ON the Lakes
Chicago. Oct. 2. - Great damage to
property and many accidents resulted
from the furious gale on the lake. The
most serious accident in the port of
Chicago occurred this morning when
the schooner Seaman broke from her
smoorings In slip E ut the foot Of Ran
d0lph street, and while being hurled
about by the storm wrecked and sunk
half q dozen small craft. A number
Of men had narrow escapes for their
lives, among them being Capt. Nc
Creary, of the Seaman, and two of
his men. also several men aboard 9TH
er boats moored ut the slip. Three or
four sailors were thrown into the
water and were forced to battle for