Wilkes-Barre Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • Page 10

I AUGUST. 22, 1014 7L1YD THE OF THAI VISITED THIS CITY I 1 ill ji minna i ii in i i I 3 r- Aa lCST-r vieWof theruins' tMe Laurel mill-of. the com 1 BLACKMAN STREET THE FAMILY WHICH-L1VED IN THE HOUSE LVlNG ON IT3 SIDE. WERE -ANYi' F0UR PERSONS WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH AND SEVERAL" INJURED AS THE RESULT OF 1 1' SITTING AT SUPPER IN THE BASEMENT WHEN THE CYCLONE' BliEW. THE STRUCTURE OVER.

r. child and they wre later taken In an ambulance to the Mercy hospital. The mother and babe are reported REPORTS OF TORNADO nicely. The visiting nurse also lookefhl after several others who sustained i minor Injuries. The provisions which the stricken I people are being provided with consist (Contland Trom One.) I of roast beef, roast chicken, egjfs.

ham i a the glass at once to make the necessary, repairs. Denies Doors Were Locked. G. F. MacEarlane, manager of th Wllkes-Barre Silk Company; today de-1 nled the doers of his mill were.

locked, preventing escape' by the, operative. Hes adds that 'the egress aiforded ample and in accordance with the state factory requirements. The approach to the stairway, Mr. MacFarlans as-' serts is at least five feet wide and the mill can be emptied of the5 working, force of 600 In five minutes. Appeal to the Clergy.

An appeal is. made to the rclernr announce tomorrow that next Thursday night Lyman Howe will give at benefit performance of moving pictures in tb af 11 o'clock when Alex Aciu-j cheese, beans, corn, milk, potatoes mid klikwci returned from the mountains many other articles of staple food. wt Vii little daughter from a huckle-I Ivolb bakery furnished free nil the bread that is desired and several wa when cyclone struck the Empire, gave much needed assistance. The injured were placed on the truck and taken to the hospitals and the dead were also taken'away on it. The truck was used in this way until 9 o'clock at night.

The Traction company also assisted the city employees in restoring the fire alarm system which was out; of commission. All of the fire alarm boxes were back in service on the Heights last night and another box. which "was badly wrecked near the Stanton placed in service this morning, i Salvation Army1 to Front. The Salvation Army announces that ItwiU receive clothing and the same will be distributed among the people who tost their homes. In the Heights section where houses were not so badly damaged the work of repairs was on with a rush today.

Carpenters are fn big demand while all manner of workmen are. being given em Jt oiih of this company were placed at the disposal of the relief committee and I hauled provisions and equipment to i In 4 -r the grounds. i- a. i 1 Donations on the Spot. The announcement was nitnlc that the tents would be maintained and the supplying of provisions would be continued until Monday.

1 Lr 1 vS 'W- 1 I I Grand Opera House of the Armory. Th people will be especially urged attend and make the affair a rousing suc berry picking expedition. It was his sop aged 8 who was killed, when his house was demolished and his wife uatained a broken leg and is now be-ing cared for at the Mercy hospital. did not know what had taken place and when he went to the location of hls home and found his welting In ruins, a pitiable sight was presented. His daughter aged 12 threw her arms about him and cried hysterically while he was speechless.

The unfortunate man said' his house had been located at 304 Sheridan street, that it was valued, at 1,600 and his furniture $200, Cots were provided for him and his daughter but friends finally took them to their homr.s and gave, them -shelter. It was not until this morning that the man was informed that his little son was killed and his i cess. Culm Bank Saves Convent. City Commissioner Schuler Is of th opinion that the cyclone would have done considerable itmn tn tm ployment. Where carpenters could not On the grounds a banner has been I stretched between two poles whioh 1 reads as follows: "Contributions received here.

Chamber of Commerce Relief ComYnljtte. Col. Asher Miner treasurer." MjtJt City Commls-1 sloner Morgan 'climbed on a box be-' neath the banner and announced to the! be secured the owners of many build M4UU1II' it ings secured tar paper and covered ckrodt Convent had It not been for the holes in roofs with this material until Mini unci rim nnnir at ih aIi xt- permanent repairs are made. r.Tki -it, Back yards that- were littered with bricks, shingle, broken limbs from trees, and many uprooted trees, now present a more attractive appearance. tin VIIO um i slope of the Lehigh A Wilkes-Barre Coal Co, in thefrear of the corivent grounds.

wind struck thitj back scattering the slate and rock In a cloud in the air and the concussion caused such havoc at the Laurel silk mill and crowd of people assembled that contributions were needed to care for the people who lost their homes and who were practically penniless. A man came forward and cave 15 and I inn Every effort was put- forth to have dam-aged homes and yardfnade presentable for. Sunday and in this thjp residents have, been quire successful. wife badly Injured. A Child it Born.

Mrs. Annie L'nkoski of C0I South the other near by He also of the opinion that this bank also broke Many people were In wine- oi me inrce or tne storm and saved the Heights section much damage. restoring broken window lights. Thousands of window lights were destroyed and these have been replaced In many homes' others followed with smaller donations until $12 was received in this way. Today a contribution stand' was placed along Empire street near the ruins of the silk mill and donations will giadly be received here.

Commissioners Edwin Morgan and Joseph G. Schuler were on the grounds early this and fearing that perhaps there might stlfl be some bod vim man bu cri, fviiuna iiunie whs ue stroyed and who has been cared for by a neighbor, at 2 o'clock this morning became a mother. When the city offi-, clals heard of the case they at once ee-' cured the services of a visiting nurse taken tn the house'thia and looked after the mother and Evan Challis. the Heights barber who iwJ1tbtoek? c1 fij tea To Do Patit Duty. AH members of the six city of the Ninth Regiment who will be 1f.

lost his late glass windows, today has cheese cloth temp6ralily tacked over them and' many storekeepers who had large windows broken have done THE STEEPLE OF THE POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS SWEPT OFF BY THE. WIND AND LANDED ON THE ROOF OF THE RECTORY. tHE APEX OF TH HE STEEPLE PENETRATED THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. auic bu iairui uuiy in in cyclone district Sunday from a. until dark (Contained On Dlrrsa.) ies under the theyhad a delega i likewise, it beina Impossible to.

secure I tion of firemen under the direction of Chief Hochreiwr and with, axes the chopped through floors of buildings and roofs and turned over everv large piece or umoer, unaer wmcn migni be possible that some mangled form might be found, but after working the greater part of the day no bodies were located. Many Trucks Pressed Into Service The Stegmaier Brewing Cjjmpam furnished several teams and these gathered up furniture of any value that was found lying in the ruins up-protected. It was all carted to the Wilkes-Barre Eastern station, where it later can be identified by, the ownert. The Sheldon Axle Works and the Vulcan iron Works also loaned the city auto trucks and with the aid of the street an'd sewer departments of the streets have now been cleared of all trees, limb and debris deposited upon them in the storm zone and these thoroughfares now present a respect- table appearance. Moat of the broken trees and limbh were deposited on the coal companies' property on the opposite side of Empire street.

She Lost Her 8avings. One woman on the grounds, today, who gave the name of Mary Sarkoskl, said she had $83 wrapped In a piecekof paper with a shoe string lied about it andHhis she had concealed in her bath room and was anxiously aearching fcr it. The bath roonT-fiirnlxhings fourrd in one end itf Uie fls'd and in another' was JjtJB kitchen furniture The Atlantic heflnfnj? C( mpany's big JliTTPJ BREAKER IS SHOWN THE DISTANCE, SEVERAL PERSONS WERE INJURED WHEN -THE HOUSES SKOWN IN THE FOREGROUND WERE SWEPT DOWN BY THE STORM. autu -which (.0 thft sojtne Tax: A.cccwr kxrzxsn saows tk'! r-" rsoxs rxox thdzb boms wkxck was oamaqid bt lira tobwabo I RELIEF FUND FOR VICTIMS OF THURSDAY'S TORNADO BENEFIT PERFORMANCE TO BE HELD TOMORROW Vf-si v' in The following contribution? have been subscribed to the Times-Leader, trustee, for the Re-lief Fund for the victims of Thursday's tornado: Times-Leadi 1 00.00 William- Boland, Scranton 1 0.00 Hurley-Loughran, 15 clothing outfits. Penn Tobacco Co.

50.00 No Name 2.00 Bessie Russell. 1.00 No Name I. 5.00 Celinda Shortz V'l 1 0.00 L. P. Harter, Tittston 1 1 0.00 Keystone Bottling Co.

v. 10.00 A. E.1 Prodoehl V. 5.00 subscriber l-. 5.00 5.00 Wm.

Kaiser Son 7 V. 1 0.00 benefit performances will be run at the following theatres to-morrow afternon and eveningi Poli'a A varfety prosram. I Savoy, Fred W. Hermann, manager Motion 1 SunMotion( pichires. Alhambra- Mtoion pictures.

A f' I Ji I IT Bijou Dream Motion Star E. Market streetMotion pictures. amily Theabe, S. Main StMotiori Park Theatre, Ashley Movies. i A Palace Theatre, Ashley-Mo vies.

i It gt t'V' Cesterline'a, Haz'e street Movies. D'tmond, Georgetown Movies. OToyl- Theatre, East End Movies. 'r, Parsons Movies. A.

C. Shaw 5.00 Thomas Moylcs 10.00 Joseph Wijliams 5.00 John CohnotlyrnyrhouthTT, 2.00 Alderman Thomas Goss 10.00 i $255:00 The Chamber of Commerce, trustee. hasv 1 received ..7. 1 The Wilkes-Barre Record, trustee, haa received 730.00 The 'Wilkes-Barre News, trustee, has cetved 1 31 7.00 PA 'GENERAL, VIEW OF DAMAGE' DON E.BY.THE.CVCLON TABLES,.