San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-28
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being crushed almost to the ground, only
part OF the side walls remaining standing.
A couple OF young men and Engineer
Flint, of the Adm Vinegar Co., were in
the cooperage factory next TO the Davis
& Fisher building, the upper walls Of
Of the cooperage factory like an egg shell.
The young men escaped in time by break
ing down a door but the engineer
was caught under the debris. When
extricated 1t was found that his
leg was broken. The roof Of the upper
story Of the Adm Vinegar company's
building was crushed. the roof of the
G.. B. 6 Q. depot building is almost be-
yond repair. 1t Is one OF the Oldest build
ings In 81. Louis.
Incidents that will live long in the
memory Of those who witnessed them Oc-
CURED on the levee just after the storm
abated. Floods Of rain water had mum
dated hooks into which scores OF half
clad hobos had crept during the hurri-
canes fury. Bedraggled with muddy
water and slush they crept forth into the
rain and begged the price of q stimulant
from the awe-struck spectators who had
gathered under umbrellas to view the de-
struction wrought. Like drenched rats
driven from holes the tramps came out
singly and in pairs. They told horrible
stories Of what the storm had done. ayiI
To the scene of misery, woe and
ruin was soon added the spectacle
of drunken men Keeling to and fro, NUT
tering maudltn tales OF the worlds mar
row escape from an end. The orgies Of
these hobos lent gruesomeness to the
surroundings. -lg
Anxious boat owners hailed men on
anchored craft that had not been sunk,
and the earnest conversations that ensned
yua rnaaEad hy tho inahrf q fQg' m M
laughter and derisive remarks. .Gt4
Cashier Stahlmann, of the AldIn Yine-
gar company, was In the front part of the
building when the crash came and was
badly cut about the face and arms.
The machine shop OF Pentlandt Hahn
Is total wreck, the result OF the wind
and the falling Of the freight depot. The
roof of Manion's boat repair house, q
short distance aboves the bridge,
was blown of At Nd: 4lO; North
Levee, three upper flour, of buildings
occupied by an Italian dry goods mer-
chant, s Massucci, fell through, and a
man whose name could not be learned,
fell through with 1t and was very badly
injured. He was taken to the hospital.
Massucci escaped without a scratch, but
the store was totally demolished. LlA
A warehouse Of the Graham Paper Co..
corner Sixth and Alton streets, was very
walls shaken. There is scarcely build
ing along the river or anywhere In the
track of the storm that has not been
damaged in some way. "a .lJIr
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the obstacles 10 the
way Of prompt reports OF the greatest
disaster that has ever befallen any
American city as a result Of the breaking
loose OF the elements, the Associated
Press was enabled through its superior
service to place early last evening In the
offices Of all its papers q comprehensive
dispatch showing the widespread effect
of the storm The Associated Press
papers 10 ell parts OF the country were
thus enabled to give their readers
through the issue of extras, q
concise report OF the terrible
able that the reading public throughout
the country had knowledge OF the re-
suit of the storm. as soon, III not sooner,
than thousands of the residents of the
stricken city, who. through the loss Of
telephone wires and means OF transporta-
ton, were cut off from this news. As
both telegraph companies had lost all
their wires into the city force was sent
to outlying stations, where the only facts
obtainable were secured and full report
was sent. .-.a.. .-.. IN .,..
As train No. IS of the Merchants
Terminal railway pulled out Of Granite
City, ILL.,, at 9:15 p. m, 1t YVES struck by
the second division Of the hurricane and
The train was known as the Work
Train" and carries employees to and from
their work, at the Neidringhaus rolling
mill, Granite City. Robert Miller, fore
man OF the rolling department, sustained
injuries from which he died. Miss Nellie
Hegeman received injuries which may
prove fatal. All other passengers escaped
without injury. E-....
No words can do justice to the horrors
of the scene at Seventh and Ruger streets.
In one wreck alone it is known that more
than twenty bodies are still embedded.
Five shockingly mangled forms were I'M
covered and removed just before mid
night. -.g, ...t,....-.,..s, e.l
the southeast corner OF Seventh and
Ruger streets, In three-story brick
building, fitted up overhead as q tene-
ment house. No less than eighteen
utes after the tornado struck the
structure was mere pile OF bricks, wood
work and plastering, and beneath 1t an
unknown number OF men, women and
children met an awful death. By the
light Of a ufew slanterns Assistant Fire
Chief Gross and corps OF assistants labor
ed under great difficulties all night. just
Manchenheimer, who kept the saloon,
Thos. Henry, William Killian, the latter's
boy, under IL years of age, were recovered
together with that of an unknown man,
and pthe search still went on. Manchen-
heimer's wife and not less than twenty
people, probably many m 0re are known to
be pinioned under tie tenement. The
bodies OF theslive w'r. taken to Adolph
Eyer's livery stabl'. They presented a
friehtful appearance ....,-.....
In an adjoining apartment In
the stable were the remains OF an
old French woman, said to have been
taken from demolished three-story
building owned by +. ii. Gundlach, on the
opposite corner, a. 1901 South Seventh
street. 1t is stated that more bodies are
in the latter wreck, while few yards
south, at 1894 three more people are
known to have been caught In their