The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 16, 1889, Page 6

i ; Hf NLA oe BY A CYCLONE. The City of Heading Visited by the Wind’s Full Fury. Probably Eighty Persons Killed in a Wrecked Mill. The Awful Work of Wrought in a Moment. Destruction Reading, Pa., Jan. 9.—This was the saddest night in the memory of Reading as the result of the most horrible disaster in its history and a hundred households are in mourn- ing as the result of the calamity. A cyclone swept over the northern portion of the city this afternoon and laid waste everything in its reach with a terrible loss of life. The death and injury list can only be es- timated, but the most reliable com- putation at 10 o'clock to-night was that not less than sixty persons were kill outright and 100 injured. It was raining very hard all morn- ing, but about noon it ceased almost enlirely, and by 4 o'clock there was every indication that there would be an entire cessation of the rainstorm. Halfan hour afterwards the sun made every effort to penetiate the clouds, and the rainbow was seen in the eastern sky, while there was a clear sky overhead. This continued for half an hour. Then the scene changed with a suddenness that was appalling. The fleecy clouds gave way to the ominous signs of a com- ing storm. Dark heavy banks of clouds marshaled themselves toward the town, and soon a gloom seemed to have settled over the city. There was a stillness as of coming danger. Then the wind whistled, roared and tore in mad confusion. The storm clouds grew heavier still and louder roared the wind. In the western sky the storm was seen approaching with a thundering noise. , STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. The swath that the storm cut was narrow, but its effect was terrible. Persons residing along the track of the storm say that they saw the first signs of danger in a funnel shaped maelstrom, which seemed to gather up everything within its reach and cast itright and left. Out in the country houses and barns were un- roofed, farm buildings overturned, crops rooted up and destruction spread in every direction. The track of this destructive ele- ment was not more than 200 feet wide, and itis lucky that it only touched the suburbs of the eity. It came from the west,but passed along the northern border of Reading. First it touched the Mount Penn stove works. Here the corner of the building was struck and a portion of the roof was cut off as nicely as if done with a pair of scissors. Then the storm cloud hurried across some fields, took a portion of the roof of J. H. Sternberg’s rolling mill and a number of dwellings were unroofed as readily as if their tin Toofs were paper. The storm then hurried across the property of the Reading railway company and cross- ed the railroad. Here a passenger car was standing. This was over- turned as quickly as if it had been a toy and its splinters scattered in ev- ery direction. Meanwhile the rain poured down in torrents. The at- mosphere became heavy and oppres- Bive and it was almost as dark as night. FIRE ADDS TO THE HORROR. Directly on one side the track of the Reading railway was situated the paint shop of the company. It Was aone story building about 60 1650 feet in size. Here about thirty men were employed in painting pas- senger cars. There were eight or nine of these cars in the building. They had been built at the compa- ny’s shop in this city at a cost of $6,000 each. The building was struck squarely in the middle and the bricks scattered about as if they _ Were playthings. The cars were turned topsy turvy while the men Were buried under the debris. Some . Of the bricks were carried a square away. The chamber of each of the Passenger cars was already filled With gas as they were ready to be taken out on the road in a few days. |the dead and dying. { These exploded one after another and with the fearful bang of a can- non, they resounded over the city, causing the people to run out of their houses, thinking that it was | the sound of an earthquake. There | was a considerable quantity of gaco- line in the building and this added | fuel to the fiames. A sheet of flame | shot upwards with the roar of mus- ketry. Some twenty of the men had a chance to crawl out of the debris, but four of their compunions were enveloped in the embrace of the flames. Their cries were heard fora | moment by the terrified workmen and then their voices were hushed | foreyer. They were quickly burned | to death. In the meantime the fire | department was called out but its | services were unavailing. | FOUR MEN BURNED TO DEATH. The building and the cars were | consumed in fifteen minutes ard | nothing left but blackened, smoking | ruins, under which lay four human beings burned to a crisp. Their | names are John Kahler, Albert Land- ! Berger, Shorland Jones and George | Schaffer. It was rumored that several oth- | ers has been killed, but these are the | only ones who, it is known, have lost their lives. Aaron Dewalt, another employe in the paint shop, had his arm broken, and George Knabb wa injured internally, no doubt fatally. | The loss to the railrozd company is fully $75,000. . While this was all going on th rd with fearful rapidity. It must have moved at the rate of 100 miles an hour. It struck some private houses and uv- storm was traveling fory roofed a dozen residence sheets of tin were cur nd huge a haf ed square away and deposited in a lot: Then the storm proceeded in its full fury. Directly in its path, at the corner of Twelfth and Marian street, stood the Reading silk miu, one of the industries of the city in which the citizens took the greatest pride. Here about 175 happy girls were working. The building was a huge structure, most substantially built, four stories in height and a basement besides. It occupied an entire block of ground, was nearly 300 feet in length from the ground. The funnel shaped storm cloud struck the building im the center on its broadest side, which faced the west, and fell to pieces as if compos- ed of so many building blocks. Nearly 200 human being went down in the awful wreck. The walls gave way, the floors fell down, one on top of the other, and carried their great mass of human beings to the bot- tom. The bricks were piled up in the greatest confusion, while amid the hurricane terrible cries for sue- cor were sent up to heaven. SCORES BURIED IN RUINS. Almost simultaneously with the fall of the building came the awful cries for relief. Girls with blacken- ed faces, bruised and broken limbs, their clothing tattered and torn, dragged themselves from the ruins. So probably seventy-five to a hun- dred escaped or were dragged out by their fnends. These, of course, worked on the upper floors and were thrown near the top of the debris. At some places the bricks were piled twenty feet deep and underneath are lying to-night human bodies by the score. About 250 girls and young wom- en are usually employed in the mill, but at 4 o’clok about eighty were re- lieved from duty for the day and re- turned to their homes before the storm came. The most reliable es- timate of the loss places the number in the building when it went down at about 175, and, as before stated, 100 of these were rescued by friends | | or dragged themselves out immedi- ately after the accident. Ihe alarm for relief was immediately sent out, | and in a short time thousands of | citizens arrived to rescue the dead and dying. | The mill is situated near the foot Mount Penn, a high mountain over- | |looking the city. When the people | | arrived everything was enveloped in | darkness. Then huge bonfires were | | built, which east a dismal glare on | the surrounding scene. The fire. companies left the burning paint | Shop and assisted in the rescue of | The entire } | that some of those w Sree ee ee ee police force was called out, as were a'so the ambuiance and relief corps, while a thousand people were in among the debris, carrying out bricks, pulling away timbers and as- sisting wherever they could, at the same time, but the work was slow compared with the demand for the rescue of the victims. HORRIBLE SCENES WITNESSED. Here a woman was taken out, suffering with cuts and bruises. One | body, noticed as it was dragged out |had its head cut off. Others were in various postures, the living all suffering from the most terrible wounds and some almost scared to death. In what was once the base- ment of the building, among the de- bris were noticed five bodies oi young girls lying close together. | They were pinned down and it was impossible to get them out. They were dead and beyond all hu man aid. Up to 10 o'clock tonight proba- bly the bodies of a dozen dead have been taken out, while the greater portion of the remainder were stil under the ruins. The work of res- cue will be pushed ail night, but it may be far into to morrow before all the bodies are taken out. The rescuers still have the greatest hopes inside are stil ving, and there is every reason for aying that the persons who beheve that way are right, though ail is chacs and confusion around the mil ; The managers are missing and the | correct number of the deadis merely It muy not be forty and then again at this hour there a likelihood that reach sixty, or even eighty. guess work. oven is it wil, $560, ov a Cure. Ger many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh hieueay. wie are thorougly respousible financial ry a8 any One can easily uscertain by in quiry, have offered, through near every newspaper in the land, as ing reward of $500 jor a case o chronic nasal catarrh, no matter how bad, or how long stand: whieh they cannot eure. The Resedy is mild, soothing, cleausing, antis>pti and healing. Sold by all wi uggists at 50 cents. The Bliss of t ferance, She walked into a fashionable shoe store and said to the polite clerk: “You show mea pair of walkin boets No. 4. I used to wear 3's, but I go in for solid comfort now.” The clerk tried the boots, bit they would not go on. “Strange,” she murmured, “4 must be rheumatism. Try 4's B. width. I knowl can swim in them, but my feet are so tender.” While the clerk was getting them on she said: “IT used to have a beautiful foot. not small, but such a good shap-. I never had a small foot, but I wore 24 sizes for years, until I waiked so much and grew heavier.” “Your foot is a peculiar shape, the instep is so high—that is why you require a large size,” said the clerk, who had no fear of Ananias be- fore his eyes. “T've heard,” she said, “that Venus dee Medeechy wears No. 5, and she is a model of true proportion.” “Exactly,” said the clerk growing red in the face as he tugged and pulled to get them on. He had never heard of “dee Mede: che,” but he was up to a trick or two himself “Afterall,” he said, these are too large. You'll find 4’s just right.” He was only gonea moment, but in that time he had erased 5K from the inside of a pair of shoes and sub- stituted 4B. i “There, I thought it was strange,” she said when they were on and paid for; “why, those are just as easy as my old ones. I believe I could just as well have had 3's after jall.” And the young man without a conscience went back to his duties with the air of one well-satisfied with himself. Secretary Bayard has bought a farm in Delaware, but he will not hoe potatoes himself. He will prac- } tice law and have a hired man. English Spavyn Liniment removes all Hard, Sott, or Callouscd Blemishes from horses, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stifies, Sprains Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, Etc- Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warrant, ed. old by W. J. Lanspowx, Drug- guist, Butler, Mo. S-1vr. Lumps and | Blood Spavin, | ot conducting their business. HON. JOHN R. MARTIN’S DEATH. The Man Found Dead Tuesday Nigit Fully Identified. The identity of the man found , dead near the Iron Mountain trae at the foot of Gratiot street was settled yesterday morning when ac quaintances of the deceased visited | the Morgue and stated positively that he was Hon. John R. Martin, prominent attorney of Washington, Mo., who had disappeared from his home more than a week since. The body was identified by Judge J. W Booth of Washington, and other friends of the deceased. The cumstances attending the finding of the body were regarded as suspi- cious by the police, and an investi- gation was made. When his body was picked up by the watchman of the elevator at the foot of Chouteau avenue the pockets were turned in- side out and his watch chain hang- iig out of his pocket and the watch No marks of violence however could be found on any part of the remains. A partial inquest was held by Coroner Frank yester- day, at which Charles Bojahr, resid- ing in the northern part of the city, testified that he saw the deceased in saioon on Broadway and Bremen avenue Saturday evening last drink- ug heavily. When he entered Mar- in asked him to take a drink and also invited others tojoin with them. Alter that it appears that he rode down town with Bojabr, who hida On the way down they stopped at a drug store where Mar- tin borrowed $5. In concluding his testimony Bojahr said that he left Mutin at a tailor shop at Eleventh a d Pine streets at his own request. cir- missing. couveyauce. He then seemed to be very much un- der the influence of the liquor he had taken in Noith St. Louis. The coroner decided te make a post-mor- tem examination, which was conclud- ed in the afternoou. The condition of the brain indicated that it was in a congested condition, and he may have fallen or may been pushed down, but it was Dr. Frank’s Opinion that his death was due to a natural, rather than any other cause. Hou. J. W. Booth, a friend of the deceased's faiily, came down during the day to take charge of the re- mma:tis and have them removed to Washington, where the wife and tiee children of the deceased reside. Mis. Martin learned ot his death y sierday moruiug and was terribly prostrated by the blow. He left W shingtcn about a week since to att -nd presumably to some private bus.ness, and since his family heard nothing of him. His body will be tsen to bis late home this morning i. charge of Judge Booth and other fiiends of the family. he have Rattlesnukes as Food. It was said of a strong political partizan that he would swallow rat- tlesnakes if party interest demand- ed it. Itis only men of this sort who, without protest, swallow the jarge, old fashioned pills. 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