The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 19, 1886, Page 2

a THE “HURRICANE, Twenty-Eight Liyes Known to* Have Been Lost. two Hundred Thousand Dollars in Property Destroyed. The Lathrop School Gives Way B+ the Hurrice The Court House Terrible Kvin. —s-o-—— Girls Who Were Hurried to Beat Without a Moments Wart —— +ese-- A Span of the Railro: vent Away Lown t! +--+ — Bears the Worst Fury of the Gale. ——- + o- | her history any where. tern cyclone were wanting There was no circular movement, the balloon-shaped cloud, wiich is the invariable accompan real cyclone, visible any ti tan the paroxysm. It was a tein re nt of the hurricane, straight { haye been. panied by electrica! disturbances one scientific authority calls it. That description may be scientific, but it description of the could ous and deadly ws cyclone “A wind storm accom- ” isa feeble on- slaught made by the combined forces of air, water and electricity. ally it was a wartare of the elements or exactly speaking, a coutention of atmospheric currents, Judging trom the reports of eye witnesses, n to have been two storm centers t the see which met ar meeting en- gaged in a horrible stru I ‘or half an hour after the first concussion there So fierce est that pedestrians were was one continu ous roar. was the thrown to the ground and heavy objects were | about like childrens The ligh scarcely a second’s interval, water fell in solid and women hardly ventured to out to see what was being done, but looked tossed play - things. tning played with and the Men } 1OOk masses. blanched It they work of the at each other’s taces in silent wonder. had attempted to see the storm they would have tailed, be- cause the falling water and hail were blown about in such dense masses | Missouri river railroad bridge brings that no eye could penetrate beyond a few yards. The crash of tree branches, of signs and bill boards, of displaced masonry could be heard but little was seen. For half an hour the frightful din continued. Then as suddenly as it storm departed. A lasted for a short time and the sun soon broke through the hght clouds, making the afternoon bnght and warm; a strange contrast with the morning. As soon as it seem came, the ren ning ed safe, the in- habitants of the city poured out upon | the streets and inquired what des truction the storm had wrought. Rgmors began to be carried trom | mouth to mouth of wrecked and lost lives. That which created most consternation was ot the Lathrop school. When it told that the building had fallen in and that children were killed and wounded, parents and friends grew frantic with fright, and in a few mo- ments the neighborhood ot the school was packed with excited Carriages from the aristocratic man- sions of the west side hurried to the scene. A glance at the bui Yerihed the The large cupola had been lifted by the wind and dropped directly upon the roof. build- ings was Ing rumors. | | | | { and divect, but} Liter- | there | temp- slight drizzle | people. which caus: . ! . 1 x . ; | josity. + rh ad y right to 1 the di sto render | west and struck the tower, which j osity. All who had anv r 3 about toward the disasters to rend s ‘ et , shane ie 1. Fron | stands at the end. The tower finally | enter the room where the de jer ee, tae C nd was carried over th dying lay were permitt to do so. yward the river came news of C 1 bodies of the dead taken to | As fast as the portion of “rn part of 5 restern re vertfied. estern Cakes: They too w were was at the | to, at 1101 Section, V One of the most dead! Kansas City overall fa Vet : - dren w re it settied on ther as soon strong enot rong enou street. nowas orpse on | aT ee Ps ad : e floor between the dead boc of | T. Moore, and Robbie | : | she remained uni al é I . be uild had been named. ! to the ne ( s parents mm th 2h led or od As we . ad: ‘Don’t se t near Main, a : eee ia my foot is large three story oes one aee 4 she added, tur ved burving wit! { d Sant i : a next to me. j ie ry onthe c Mr. F : ] i as and vou had © Sonth. f netors of a0 ist I My name t his life, and three J nice “mploves met the same fate. The eniy V mic fie ie court hou u ou ofthe an : ar. to put a were demolished. Ed. Liedges was rs | handkerchief over his face to keep Sete ee. I tell you that little tatally injured and Llenry killed. Several | wounded. The list of dead | distributed tollows: 15, Smith & Mof house, 2; Overall tactory, 5; others |2; making a dreadful total of 2 off the dust. was others were boy and girl had it, and so haa all ofthem, They behayed like reported now is I hittle heroes.’’ THE OVERALL At 110 Third street the storm ¢ Lathrop school FACTORY DISASTER. gave fire de evidence of its terrible detail of firemen started immects Se pee Others are so badly wounded that | for the school and began clearing stre ne A four stony Encl bualiine they can hardly recover vay the debris occupied by the Graham paper coms It is to t ted that not | ere ere ae pany and the Haar Bros. overall and 1s to De noted that not « AWI containing at t 24 persons, The sly,¢ | Shirt: manufacturers, building was seriously dama: : : eo x } the time of the acciden less it be those residences tnere were many blown to was literally t pieces. bluffywhich were t pecull teachers Were sur at pec fellas or ere ine Crates ther tallwok posed position. The four structures | ive charges were sate, but as the pee esate a Rg Ce where lives were lost have been | storm abated the cnes of the injured ale root bore the «ppearance of hay- known to be weak, and have been | began to be heard, and what was Beas been catised oy ios high ex- so designated by the superintendent | dreadful uncertainty before became piosive, so terribly complete was the Wreck. ildings. ja horrible reality. 7 gallant fire- SCENES. AGONIZIN Ihe exact velocity of the winds | men, with the heroic work of volun- seem not to have been determined. | teers, most of whom had their hearts Tie scene that met the gaze beg- fears | gars description. In a tangled heap of bricks, plaster and floor timbers, Some authorities placed it as hi h jin the work because of their as eighty miles an hour, but those | tor their own darlings they had been | 53 : ee <e are > angled anc ing em- |} most reliable registered it at trom | unable to find, soon got the lighter | Were the mangled and dying em: | sixty-five tosixty-eight miles. Wheth- and the timber | ployes. Haar Bros. factory with 21 part of the masonry era building unable to withstand a | and disclosed the agonizing sight of omen and 5 men formed the top wind of sixty-five miles an hour is | tender httle human bodies crushed, | of the mass of rum, They dashed worthy to be called safe isa ques-} mangled and torn, some alive beg- | 19 to the rescue. Phe girls employed determined in tion very sure to be ging for help or shrieking with the | by Haar Bros., who happened to be pain of their injunes: others with } near the front ot the building and out of the main mass of the ruin, the investigation which will be made. The destruction of two spaas of the} limp and hifeless forms, with faces blackened and disfigured beyond | were pulled from beneath the timbers up the same question of whether the | recognition. {Heartbroken parents In some cases their clothing had to structure was as strong as it should | stood anxiously around as the brave | be cut away with pocket knives, so have been. litted out the dead and|closely were some of them wedged The tace ot a fond and | between the timbers. 7 feartul mother would blanch a shade After rescuing the girls most eastly whiter than even the deathly pale-| reached, Mr. Bradner ran to the ness worn before as the form of a| Police station and gave the alarm. little one would be tenderly handea | A rescuing party had already left for the scene of the disaster at the court workers The 2mount of damage cannot be injured. accurately estimated in dollars and cents. It will fall little short ot $200, - O00, and may exceed that amount. Hundreds ot buildings are more or | less injured up. graph poles. use. were on h oe eee REMOVING THE VICTI house. But few men and sidewalks and pa to answer this second call for help, Z fact ax the bodies were fai : over the city. As fast as the bodies were taken | but as many as could be hastily got- out they were conveyed to the build- ing next to the school house, known The most touching, and by far ne ten together were immediately sent most far: the different c to the spot. Citzens flocked to the amities saster which betell as the Natatorlum,which was thrown | assistance of the officers and in a | 3 pen by the pr ot tho eener- setts ; Se ae 3 jthe Lathrop school. Every parents | 0P&? by the proprietor, who gener- | tew minutes the work of rescue was ously placed all the clothing, bedding, heart throughout the city gave a begun. As the and pulled away the sight The lay piled in straggling heaps, pressed down and crushed by tons ot bricks and broken timbers. The living and the dead retchers and furniture of the at the throb ot pain when nt was Jearned timbers bricks were that a school house bad fallen in and disposal of the rescuers, . 7 < is el] hide, innocent children To | Those who still those who had ch revealed was retained the spark sickening. gitls of lite were conveyed into the rear own | room and placed on wire mattresses The don the floor in the front and sheets were wrapped about them. Some ot the little boys and | girls were not so badly hurt but what | ey could look about them, and the or of their kindred the news was used in the Turkish baths. rible in its effect, and but a tew mo- ments after the dreadful catastrophe | C&4d were occurred lay m close proximity. In some there cases the chance position of some anxious people were thousands ot +! surrouading the beams The tfiell in such a way as to catch the umbers above it w wrecked build disaster + the means some one’s life, heartrending | Five limp dead bodies were soon improvised Twelve their dead and nangled, were ates. The agony of of fifteen of saving scene Was particularly as they turned in their tower of the buildingat the northwest Cots and looked at corner being carried by the wind to the | Ving schoolmat central part ot the building, a mother as she children and the injury of nearly a score of others was caused by the dug from beneath the ruins. 4 less 7 » more or borne out afterward, went from where } if after the tall ot i | one | | | | 1 zt | within about | { i | j | Nchon hed 7 it dropped and went crashing through | heeted form to a ler Sceat for | t bad crashed its wa ‘oug } ‘ Sua ‘ ae c a hell bused - th y thr _ and | to the cellar, carrying with it part of | t2°t w hich she despre dreaded to find of the poor nates “ Suried 1e€ «=occupants o e 5 —the body of ad dar y— yw < : se ape k c “ two ; the roof and the entire middie floor | —‘he body of her dead darling—was showed the true courage of heroic este ® a ae ot debris. The | of the central room. This fell di- oe yuent sight and too much even As soon as putled trom the Opie first upo ne ¢ d Fo ance ae pote ee & aa ee ve eroand hed | rectty upon a crowd of trantic and j forthe strong men who stood by. ruins they begged their rescuers to} done their beat, but it was not uatil } cs Ppa aa | : of the police and firemen x ti | terror-stricken scholars who were} The police at this pornt, in charge | jet them alone and try and save some | he police and men arnved tha F Jer ot ¢ central} 4: k-tal i the material was cl d : t{ huddled at the door ot the hall; °t Captain Snyder of € central | triend, or work-tabie companion, i he ma § cleared awayrapid- | which led to the entrance of the | Police station, did their duty noblv. Ty enough Ail over the ceatral part of the city was excitement and confusion. | The vast torrents of water had scat- | tered articles ot all sorts through the streets. The hose. carts and the i to extricate the children. | j | that had for so many terrible minutes i gua ard structure, about the Natatorium Thev formed a uined bu and did ef lain with them awaiting ae ‘Let me alone, capti ~i bruised and bleeding woman to an and | officer. ‘**See,’’ she cried, ‘*] can and the Ss yer one CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The storm broke upon the build- ing in frightful fury and the wind e | and rain lashed around the walls d people who pushed them. | walk’*—and the poor woman actus | es oe esctions. The Siect fowce | selves everywhere on al] ascner of 2lly tottered a few steps to Prove | i tual service in keepin crowd of great | Sunday Times per year. 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