Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 1

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1890. SEtGLE COPIES TWO CENTS 1 SlB 1 ley Ice Go's ice houses, ing itself was torn off and many other por Scott street was utterly demolished. It pletely wrecked. Roof, front and sides blown in. Two horses belonging to Wm.

Stoddart were thrown down into the cellar I Tt3 City Swept by 1 Iliilty van, is a little better than a wreck," ths stock of the stores, one a butcher shop and the other a tobacco store, were a complete loss. The house next door, owned by James Brady, yard master of the D. is completely gutted as is the house below owned by Frank Itaab and occupied by a colored barber named Talbot whose niece was killed a few doors below, he having sent her home to her father but a few minutes before. The block 308 and 310, owned by J. Sutton, of North Franklin street, occupied by Mrs.

Koerner, was unroofed. Loss, $1200. The block below this, occupied by Fred Fox, Fred Gales and John Saulpero, numbers 314, 316 and 318 respectively and owned by Mr. Reels, was unroofed and part of the second story blown off in the back. The next house, a single brick owned by Mr.

Bcrger, of Berwick, and occupied by Mr. Bossard, of P. Hunt's screen works, was almost entirely crushed by the large frame bnilding of the Tottery works being blown upon it The barn office and residence belongin to the late Judge Dana was damaged to the extent of 6000. R. Dana's house, belonging to the same property, is but a mass of kindling wood, while Q.

U. Maurer's hot houte next door is a mass of ruins. The old brick building, No. 350, owned by Richard Sharp was badly damaged, as was the frame building over the road owned by George Knorr. This is a total loss of 2,000.

Mr. Cuter, No. 403, had half the bricks of the house next door, owned by S. Dodaon, piled up against his house, bending in the sides and straining it badlv, while bis back yard held the remains of Joseph Miller's frame house, two doors below. The damage from this point to a point a little below Wood street was slight, consisting of torn roofs, broken in windows and doubled sides.

The large three-story brick used by Mr. Farnham was well shaken up and a good valley, or from south to north, on the assumption tunt Main street runs north and south. The cyclone would appear to have been developed immediately below the city's southern limit, somewhere in the vicinity of Hanover cemetery. It came along and entered the city along the railroad tracks, entering in South through ths cut there. But after getting into the city its course while in the main straight up the valley was devious aud most remarkable.

It apparently whiskrd here and there, tearing a big brick building to pieces at one point and leaving unharmed a dozen weak frame houses to devastate another building 200 yards away. After entering the city it seemed to split. On one side the cyclone swept up ood street, but fhe damage done there was not very heavy showing that this portion of the hurricane was not violent The main force, of the tornado held oti down the valley. It came along South Main Btreet until about Academy street it swerved around and swept up Cinderella street into Hazle street, where it burst with full fury. Then it bore on straight down through tbs section from Fell to Washington street A whisk-of the storm swept into Main street again, just f.bove Northampton, and whirled around in tear of the Bristol House, sweeping out across Market by the city lot and through the Dickson works, and so np Canal street Bnt the main portion of the storm held on its course up the railroad tracks from Northampton street until just above Scott when it whirled around and went out of the city, up Kidder and through the hollow track of the Five Points.

Such seems to have been the general path of the storm. Its width was generally about a quarter of a mile, and its course within the city, in the neighborhood of three miles long. Cyclcis. SVATHK OF RII Out FroK One End of the City to the Other. FIFTEBK PERS01TS DEAD.

And Many More Injured, Some to Their Death. yVHOLE STREETS IN RUINS A Fearful Destruction of Property All Over the City. OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS Is a Rough Estimate of the Loss Sustained Full and Minute Details Scenes and Incidents of an Awful Disaster. I At half-past five o'clock last evening a tornado swept through the city. Everything in its path went down, and in ten minutes hundreds of buildings were destroyed or damaged and many' lives lost.

It is utterly impossible at this time to present a complete list of the killed and injured, or to give in proper detailed form any circumstantial and connected description of the cyclone or its aWf til work of death and destruction. give only the facts, incidents and- descriptions that could be gathered in the darkness, desolation and confus- ion that reigned after the darkness had John F. Shea, cut on head near Taller depot. Newsbiqle, fatally injured Jacob's saloon C. HTM AN, traveling man, injured by fly ing splinters on East Market street.

S. N. Campbell, employe of D. II Co', badly cut on head. C.

S. Green, North Welles street, badly cut and bruised. Mary Mulherin and mother, badly cut and bruised. Monroe Bretzman and son William, of Sheridan street, badly cut on head and body. Solomon, a boy, hurt at Hazard works.

Charles Greenwall, D. II. conduc tor, blown from car and badly hurt. John Kkiser, Washington street, hurt by flying timbers. XT it- T.

VI injured on head. HOW IT LOOKED. The Appearance of the Storm as Seen From a Point of Safety. It was a day long to be remembered in this city. The day in the early portion had threatened rain and it began falling, iu a slight degree at about 11:15.

It was, however, of short duration and bad entirely subsided before 1 pm. There was after that slight falls of rain on two occasions np to 5 in, he afternoon. At 5:30 there was wind -blowing but not to an alarming ejctent. At about that time, or a few moments later, the wind had increased and in a few mmoents was blowing a most violent gale From over the roofs of the buildings situated on the south side of the Square and high up in the air. was a thick black cloud about a quarter of a mile in width, driven at a velocity of 20 miles an.

hour. The alarm of fire sounded and eo-ple in the streets, attracted by the cloud, started for the supposed fire. They did not go far. The storm was in the centre of the city in a moment. Such wind, such dust, such terror was never seen here before.

Up high in the air and extending to the ground the thick cloud about a quarter of a mile in width, was carrying everything before it. Its furore lasted probably about eight minutes, covering the entire city. People in terror sought every conceivable place of safety, and one man in terror sought refuge in a bake oven. Not a soul could be discovered anywhere in Bight until the dreaded tornado had spent its fury, and thenin few minutes the streets were filled with a nervous and excited crowd of people sallying forth to see the extent and ruin that had followed in the wake of the storm. What a sight met their view.

Dwelling houses and business places unroofed or entirely demolished, ponderous trees standing in front of private residences uprooted and thrown across the streets. Deso- lation prevailed everywhere. Women children and even strong men, terror, depicted on their face, were walking abont, some with tears in their eyes, hatless and with garments that every evidence of the storm. The scenes at and around the Lehigh Valley station were terrible in the extreme. The station was filled with a crowd of peo ple of both seses includiDga numbei children, and the eries and lamentations were heartrending.

Down Washington street, Fell stret, Canal street and at the foot of East Market street naught met the eye but devastation and destruction. No such fearful catastrophe ever before occurred in this valley and it will be the earnest wish of those who witnessed and felt its fury that it may never occur again. EAST MARKET STREET. Fearful Destruction at the Foot of Brewery Hill. All along East Market streetjjfrom Public Square to Welles street great destruction was wrought, the violence of the storm seeming to find its center in the space between Canal street and Lincoln street.

Coming from the Square the first place to suffer severe damage was Sturdevant's photograph gallery, which was unroofed and its conents scattered all over the lot. The little shanty used as a shooting gallery was gutted. From that point up to Canal street little damage was done, but at the corner of Canal the awful destruction commenced. tin roof of the Barber block, occupied by Enterprise Clothing Store, was torn off entirely and thrown over the front of the. building, hanging on the telegraph wires.

Bertel's store windows were all blown in. At the L. V. crossing the whole street was covered with wreck and ruin. A barouche overturned lay in the gutter.

A train of five passenger cars standing on the siding, just below the crossing, were turned completely over and lay on their sid. On the other side of the crossing S. Brown's great brick block was wrecked. The roof was torn off and scattered in every direction. The best part of the upper 'story was torn off, every window in the front was blown in and the awning that ran all along the front broken almost into fire wood.

The loss to the occupants of this building as well as the owner will be very heavy. Oe the other side of the street opposite the Brown block the destruction was also terrible. The little frame structure just past the Li. V. tracks, used as candy stores, were totally wrecked, and the of which they were composed scattered all abont The mill of Jones Frantz was terribly damaged.

One side was blown in, the roof stripped off and the larger portion of the front blown out, and John A. Frantz, one of the members of the firm, was so terribly injured that he died later in the evening. A little further down the. street the old brick building of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, formerly used as an engine house, bnt now as a telegraph office, was totally wrecked, the heavy brick walls being blown down like egg sheels. It would naturally have been' supposed tha Stegmaier's Hotel at the corner, formerly the Webb House, would have been destroyed, but singular to relate, it escaped with very slight damage, while Stegmaier's brewer, directly beyond it, was terribly damaged.

The corner hotel bad all the windows blown in bnt was otherwise uninjured, nor were iUy of the occupants hurt. two men killed at the brewery. At brewery the storm worked It The lsrjre ice house on the Ma; let HitH-l side the building, was practical The runf of the main build seemed marvelous that so well buil a struc ture should have been so totally wrecked. but it must have experienced the full vio lence of the blast and it crumbled before it lik a house of cards. Shere was literally nothing left of it but some shapeless piles of brick.

One man who was in the roundhouse at at the time was badly hurt. His name was McMilly. He was struck by some of the falling brick and taken out very badly hurt and unconscious, lie was taken to bis home FOUR PERSONS KILLED. Close by the round house, facing on Scott street, was a double frame dwelling. It was occupied by the families of James Mc-Ginley and James Hanighan.

The build ing was Utterly destroyed. Not a wall was left standing. A mere heap of ruing marks the spot where they stood. From this pile of ruins four corpses were taken. They were those of Mrs.

McGinley and her sixteen yer old son and Mrs. Hanighan and her infant child. Both McGinley and Uaneghan were absent from their homes at the time of the disaster, and returned home just in time to assist in removing the ruins and extracting ths corpses of their, wives and children. A large crowd gathered around the nuns and the street blocked with wreck, and watched the process of removing the debris and getting out the dead. A call for volenteers received an immediate and prompt response, and twenty willing men jumped on toe rums and began tearing away the broken 'boards and debris.

Across the tracks of the C. RR. of N. were a number of dwellings. There were the plant of the Barber Asphalt Company and some other wooden structures, used for various purposes.

They were all distroyed i out no one was id urea. U.he Uollenback breaker suffered great damage. It was totally unroofed, all the windows blown in and ranch of the siding torn off Two bovs were the only persons in the breaker at the time, and though terri bly scared, they had the good sense to remain in the structure and escaped uninjured. A number of men were in the mine and for a time it was feared that they were in great dangfr, as the fan was stopped and the hoisting machinery disabled. It was stated, however, that all got out safely through the other openings.

AT FIVE POINTS. Kidder Street Desolated No One Much Hurt. Some sections of Five Points experienced the full force of the hurricane, but nowhere was the singular freaks cf the cyclone in striking some houses and missing others more forcibly illustrated. A great number of houses were utterly destroyed and many others badly damaged, but most miraculdus, though it seems, no one was killed nor with one probable exception was any one seriously injured. On Scott street the freaks of the cyclone in skipping over large distances between the most violent effects of the force was plainly seen.

All the way as far as the house of Au gust Lime the houses on both sides of the street were more or less damaged, but every here and there one would be totally wrecked, while those near by escaped with comparative slight damage. Among the houses completely demolished were those of Wm. Zernhclt and August Liese. In the latter house a little girl whose first name could nut bo learned, was" quite badly hurt by being struck by somo of the debris. The names of the owners or occu pants of the othar houses that were wrecked.

some four or five in number, could not be learned. A SCENE OF DESOLATION. Along Bowman, from Scott to Kidder and up Kidder almost as -far as 1 lor ten so, presented probably the scene of the worst des olation in the city. It must have been swept by the fiercest strength of the hurricane. Not a house was left unroofed and nearly all were complete! wreked.

Some strange freaks of the hurricane's violence were note. Seme of the houses were inst blown in and had collapsed in a pile of wreckage. Others had been lifted from their foundatiodns and hurled almost unbroken on their siddes, Everywhere, streets, vacant lots, and everv inch of ground was covered with piles and heaps of rubbish and debris. Among the buildings that were utterly demolished were the blacksmith shop of red Lcntz and the dwellings of Mrs. Zimmerman, Irank Zernhelt, Mrs.

Carl, Conrad Ellis, Frank Searfoss and several others. The family of Mr, Searfoss had an exciting time. The father was not at home and the mother and several children were busy about the house preparing for 6UDDer. When the storm came the roof was first torn off and the windows blown in. Mrs.

Searfoss, catching her children in her arms. did the best thing she could have dose ran into the cellar. In another instant the boast- collapsed in a heap of ruins over them. The, however, remained uninjured, and when the storm passed crept out through the ruins. Many other bouses were totally wrecked, but when the News-Dkaler visited this section the dark was closing in and around the great confusion little could be learned.

XTP CANAL STREET. The houses up and along Canal street, above Scott and opposite the works of the Uillmau Vein Coal Company suffered severely. The residence of Henry Metzger was practically destroyed. His little boy who was out in the street was severely hurt by falling timbers. George Newton's house, next door, was also very badly wrecked, but no one was hurt.

A block of three frame dwellings, occupied by Peter Schmidt, Charles Bray and William Coe, was Tery badly damaged. The roof was blown off and the upper story almost entirely demolished. At the Hillman Vein Coal Company's colliery much damage was done. The boiler house was unroofed and partially wrecked. The breaker was entirely unroofed and some of the upper portion of the structure blown to atoms.

The night shift had just gone down, and owing to the fact that the fan was stopped great fear was entertained that they might not be able to get out alive, but it was afterward stated that all were out safely. BELOW MARKET STREET, The Storm's Havoc on Northampton and Washington Streets. The roof of Paine's oil house and part of the second story blown off. Part of the roof of Swift Meat Office blown off. JLacey's commission house slightly damaged.

A driver, Chas. Miller, was badly injured about the head. Frauenthal's fruit store and house com tiona of the building were badly damaged. But the most lamentable portion of the storm's work at the brewery was the loss of life and injury to men inflicted. The driver.

George Hamapple, was instantly killed. He had just taken his team in the barn and was in the yard when the cyclone struck the brewery. He ran into a shed and the roof was blown in and crushed him to death, He was a married man, with a large family ibe remains were taken to his home. A Hungarian, whose name could not be learned, ran into the same shed from the railroad track, "He was terribly hurt and taken to the City Hospital, where he died later in the evening. John Kleintoff, an employe of the brew ery was also very badly hurt and was taken to his home in an ambulance.

-The double brick building belonjnnff to the Stegmaier's, facing on for merly occupied by Jvern hotel, was demol ished. Ihe whole front was blown in and the roof torn off. No one was hurt in the building. The Stegmaier homestead escaped prac- ticau uninjured. 'TWO.

MEN HURT ON THE STREET. The street on the lower portion of the hilt was covered'with wreck and ruin of all kinds. Timbers, "bricks, telegraph poles and wires, tin and other debris lay thick from side to side. In this mass of rubbish, after the storm had passed, two men were found, both very badly hurt. B.

E. Vandermark, residing on Blackman street, and emploved at" Hart. Lee Co. 's. wasvf ound 'terribly7 Crushed- finder son.e heavy beams.

He was taken to Lewis A. Newton house in the Mills block, his in juries Pressed and he was then sent home. Adam trance was also picked np in the street badly hurt in the same way and he too was taken to Newton and from there sent home. UP BREWERY HILL. Up the hill as far as Wells considerable damage was done to a number of buildings.

On Lincoln street a number of houses were unroofed and other damage done, but no one was seriously in jured. On Welles street, too, a number of houses were more or less damaged and a great many trees blown down, but) no loss pf life or serious personal injury was re ported. The house at the corner of Wells and Market suffered very severely. It is occupied by J. T.

Ace, a blacksmith. The roof was thrn off and all the windows and doors blown in. Mr. Ace and his family took refuge in the cellar and escaped nn- injered. The violence of the storm did not extend further up the hill than Wells Btreet and no great damage was done above that point.

notes along market street. The roof of Hillard's mill on Washington street, near Market, was torn off. bquire Donohue office had one side torn off and the doors and windows blown in. Ths store at the corner of Market and Baltimore streets, opposite the Old Webb House, was badlv damaged, the front hpinc blown in and the roof partially torn off. he Valley depot stood the fierce violence of the cyclone well." Some por tions of the roof were stripped of the slates and boards and the windows were blown in but the building was qtherwisejuninjured.

FROM MARKET TO SCOTT. Ice House and Round House Destroyed Four Persons Above Market Btreet the track of the storm appeared to be directly between the foot of the hill and Canal street Along Canal street much damage was done. The Dickson works suffered severely. The blacksmith shop on the east side of Canal was wrecked. The found ryk which faces on Fell street was the onty other portion of the works which'suffered severely.

The roof was largely torn off and the gable fronting on Fell street blown in. The gable end facing up the valley was also blown out. Several men -were in the building at the time but only one was seriously injured. He was Owen Mas tenon, residing on Fell street who was caught under some timbers and had a leg broken. The Eagle Iron works, at the corner of Canal ond Union, were wrecked, the roof torn off and the sides bloarn in.

At the corner of Canal and Jackson, the biz brick building occupied by George Lewis as a baking powder factory, was badly damaged. The roof was torn off and the windows all blown in. THE PLANING MILLS SUFFER. The two large planing mills on Canal above Jaekson, those of J. E.

Patterson and Lee suffered terribly. Patterson's brick office was unroofed and the upper story torn to pieces. The big frame buildings behind it were unroofed though the walls stood. The timbers were scattered in every direction and the piles of lumber that stood in the yard blown about in the wildest confusion. At Lee's planing mill the damage was even The mills, though built largely of brick were completely wrecked, the front being blown in and the roof all torn off.

The dwelling house at the corner of Scott and Canal occupied by George Goulden was wrecked, bnt no one was injured. The twe dwelueg honBes on Cuual street on the other side of the mills were also to tally wrecked. They were occupied by em ployes of the planing mills. the ice houses distboyed. The great ice houses of the Wyoming Valley Ice Company, that stood close by the Lehigh Valley tracks in the space between and the C.

SB. of N. were utterly demolished. Nothing was left of them but large piles of lumber and broken boards. The ice stood in great piles in the midst of the wreck.

One man named Joseph Kern was in one of the ice houses at the time, and was taken ont of the wreck badly hurt. lie was taken to his home on Madison street. Four horses that were in the stables at the time were Two of them were killed on the pot and two others so badly injured that they had to be shot. HOUSES WRECKED. Just above the' ice houses stood five frame Three of them stood close together on one side of the roadway, one was occupied by Georg Lynch, one by Albert Mooney and the other was vacant.

All three of them were torn from their foundations and totally wrecked. The families all escaped without injury. Just across the roadway from these two houses were two other old and tumbled down places. They were accupied by John O'Dsy and John Madder. Both were totally wrecked, but none of the inmates were hurt.

the bound house destroyed. The new and substantial roundhouse of the H. Company that stood close by through the open door. The roof of Ahlborn's packing houses was blown off. Harry Vandermark, a driver, was struck on the head with bricks and instantly killed.

The Italian candy booth next to Canal street demolished. Jake Bergold, the butcher, was blown from his wagon, and seriously injured. He was carried into a drug stora and Dr. Butler summonod. He found Bergold had two ribs broken and a contusion of the braiu.

The rear of St. Mary's church was blown over on the residence of Michael Fell street, damaging the front part considerably but hurting no one seriously. Several trees were blown down and nem-berless windows 8m ashed in. WASHINGTON STREET. St, Mary's church was badly damaged.

The rear portion containing the organ the steeple was demolished and the organ exposed to the rain. The bell toer in the front was blown off, the wind stripping all the stone work on the edge of the roof. There were but few houses damaged down this street, but the greater number of the trees are uprooted and lay across the road. St Nicholas church had all the ornamental stone work on the front torn off, and several pieces the size of a man's head were lying on the road. A large hole was torn in the side of Hel-frick's Hotel, by a massive beam being driven through.

Half of the roof and part of the side of Germania is torn out. A house occupied by Mrs. Nuit on Sonth street was smashed in and destroyed. The roof and sides of the Gildersleeve House have disappeared. Car No.

6, on the Ashley line was caught by a large tree and the top smashed in. No one was hurt however. Part of Seitzinger's roof was blown away. The Lutheran church was badly damaged in the rear. The house owned by Chas.

Roth was completely blown in in the front. The rear of Goerner's stationery store was wrecked. Fallen trees in the front of the Neir Block covered the street. A little girl named Nettie Thomas, a daughter of Barker Thomas, was instantly killed in front of ber father's shop. THE HAZARD WORKS.

Serious Damage and Great Loss of Life. Here the devastation was very great; the the entire rope manufacturing part of the plant was broken down. One boy, John Fritz, was killed and thirteen men injured. The fine machines for making the rope were smashed, the elevator shaft blocked and the boiler house and boilers demolished. A heavy counter shaft and pulleys were blown out of the upper story and in again at the lower.

The managers said thet would not have been any injured if the men bad run out to the office, but instead of doing that they dashed through the rope department and were buried under the falling walls. The damage is estimated at about $12,000. Work will go on as usual in the damaged portions and a force of men are at work clearing up the debris. As soon as the first rush was over the nn-inj are returned and at once set to work to get ont their buried comrades. Tons of rolled wire had fallen from the second story and these with the bricks covered the whole floor.

Each man went td work with energy to get out his fallen comrades. The following were found John Fritz, aged 15, killed. John Long, badly injured internally. Fred Hanse, badly injured on head. Franklin Welch, badly injured on bead.

Max Kramer, slightly injured. Jacob Conrad, slightly injured. Anthony Blaum, Blightly injured. Wm. Jones, slightly injured.

Samuel Rouse, slightly injured. John Wood, slightly injured. Gomer Williams, slightly injured. The slightly injured men were all able to walk home. ON SOUTH MAIN.

Sweeping Destruction in the Lower End of Town. Many wires, tetegraph poles and trees are down as far as Ross street, but no damage in general done to houses and buildings. At Ross, however, commences a run of ruins and demolished residences, commencing with Helfrich's Block, on the corner of Hazle and Main, which was completely nnaoofed. Next door, the falling of Kit- tie's stack, which was 100 feet high, com pletely gutted the rear end of the mill. The next in order was the tin roof of Ibe Armory, of which about one-fourth lay on the streets and alleys around.

A little bit further down Albertson's carriage shop was completely felled to the ground, as was the residence of Ferdinand Miller. The fine new building of Mayor Sutton was nn- roofed and much damaged, as was his brick block of dwellings on Academy street. The brick dwelling owned by Richard Gun ton, next to Mayor Sutton's, was also greatly damaged. TTia shnn of John II nil. contractor, was completely gutted, which, with the damage to his new Dries, oiock win run up to fl500.

The house in which he lives, Ns. 278, owned by a mad named Learn, was considerably damaged. Contractor bhepherd, across Uie way, bad the third story blown off with a great deal of other damage. Also the brick bouse of Contractor bhenea with the same amount of damage. The storm seemed to be excep-tifinsllv uPTPrtt alontr here, as it mmnlete.lv gutted the house of Mrs.

Geogle, register- .1 imL "ii ing place lor iuc 4iu wa.ru. vai cxsnneit, a yonng druggist across the way, had his store front blown in and his stock demoralized, while the residence of his mother next door was unroofed and otherwise damaged. The bakery, store and residende of A. Murphy, cracker baker, was badly wrecked. i The Buck House, belonging to the Mc-Guillan estate, and occupied by Mrs.

Mc-Guillan and n. V. Rounds, was damaged to the extent of $2, 000. The fi.ie residence belonging to Clarence P. Kidder was unroofed, with the plaster torn from all the rooms in the bouse, and casing and winuows broken in.

The double tenament house belonging to Mrs Fried, at the corner of Main and Sulli deal of damage done in the way of broken windows, doors, eto. The foundry of James Forrii had its roof taken off and side crushed in. A yeung daughter of Mr. Nicholson, draftsman at the Vulcan, was quite severely hurt about the face, but was soon made comfortable. The saloon of Frederick Muller hid the front smashed, buttles of wine and beer covered the floor which was flooded with liquor.

Damage 1,200. The whole upper part of Wm. Sheard's house, No. 325, was gone. The bouse a large one and the damage is probably 2000.

The upper stooy of John Hull's house was badly damaged. No. 276, occupied by Melvin Mulherin was smashed in on both sides. The upper story of No. 278 was blown down into the lower story.

The house is occupied by Mrs. Charles Bennett. The saloon of Kosina Goldal, No. 335, wsp demolished, the front and pper side bcin, in. A large amount of le was waeted.

Damage $1,000. At the grocery store of W. J. Spendly, the roof and upper story was blown away and the windows down stairs smashed. A curious freak of the wind was visible here.

The floor of the front room of the upper story had been driven through the front wall and projected for five feet over the side walk. The walls were not damaged, at all. F. J. Helfrick's house, No.

337, had the roof blown off. The whole side of Henry VanLoon's grocery, No. 343, was blown in snd the roof followed it. The wreckage is complete. The pottery of Frank Buzzard, No.

320, was leveled to the ground. There is not ten feet of wall standing. Tho cigar store of Heaggle and Shepard was blownlo pieces cigars and cigarettes were lying all around. The large florist's stands of Marvin was completely shattered, the light walls being blown down like cards. N.

W. Myles, of No. 405, BUstained $500 damages, The front was blown in and the roef off. The roof on the house W. P.

Weyna, No. 350, was carried into an adjoining field. The roof of the Vnlcan Iron Works pattern shop was demolished. The sides of Morris and Walsh's mill were blown out and considerable damage done. The roof of the grocery store of John Searfoss was carriea away.

The front and roof of Henry Fried's, No. 347, were blown in, aud a great deal of damage done to furniture. The house of Jas. Brady, No. 355, was blown completely in.

ON HAZLE STREET. Heavy Damage to Property-Two Lives Lost. Here the damage for so small an area was very great. The roof and one side of Wm, Gabel's feed packing house was blown over on the small frame saloon of Conrad Jacob. Peter Rittenmeyer, of 10 Cinderella street, and Contractor Newsbigle were in the saloon at the time.

Rittenmeyer was crushed to a jelty and Newsbigle very seriously in-The saloon was complethly crushed in, and for halfan hour men were engaged in hunting for the body of the dead man. Mr. Newsbigle was unconscious for some time, and was taken home in a carrige. The new round house of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which was bnt recently completed, was quite destroyed, the walls beinj; leveled to the ground. An engine which was in at the time was smashed.

The tin roof from Gabel's building blocked up the roof and brought down all the telegraph wires on ths lower side. The roof was lifted from the honse of George St. John. Meyers' tailor shop had one side and the roof torn out The large brick smoke stack on Kiittle's planing mill was blown ever and a large piece of iron which broke off of it fell upon the head of Levi Martin, a baker of Ashley, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. His body was taken into the mill.

The roof of the boiler honse is torn off and the engine slightly damaged. A piece of the stack struck the roof of Kittles residence near by ad crashed through to the second floor. Trees are down the whole length of the street and it is impossible to get a wagon through. On Cinderalla streot the house of James Bennett is demolished, the sides and roof are blown in. THE STORM'S COURSE.

Where it Appeared to Start and Its Path. Much speculation was indulged in last evening as to the course of the storm, tbs point of its origin and its path through the city. The course the storm, it is certain from all olmeryations was almost straight np the SCENES AND INCIDENTS. Many Wonderful and Thrilling Experiences of the Greet Storm. The thrilling scenes witnessed, the exciting experiences passed through and the hair breadth escapes encountered by many people, will furnish the theme for conversation and recitnl for many days.

That there were hundreds of such scents, experiences and escapes, all well worthy of being reproduced in these columns Is certain, but only a few could be gathered by our reporters Ust evening, and of these we have room but for one or two. C. Honeywell, driver for Adams Express had a terrible experience and an escape from instant death, little short of miraculous. He was driving his wagon, a heavy substantial one, drawn by a stout horse weighing 1400 pounds. He was just turning out Lincoln street and driving up Market towards Wells when the cyclone struck him.

In an instant the wagon and horse were lifted in the air and dashed to the ground again. Tbey were rolled over and over half a dozen times. The wagon broke Into a thousand pieces and ths harness torn into ahreds. When Honeywell recovered he found himself thrown against the door of Barney Williamson's store. It was opened and he crawled in.

Just as he got in, a mass oljtimber and wreck was driven against the- front the store, smashing it all in, but be and others ia the store escaped with a few bruises. On Kidder street the family of a man named Zimmerman were sitting down to supper when the house was lifted right up from over them and cast on its side twenty Xards away. The family escaped unhurt, but tbeir supper was scattered to the four winds of heaven. A man named Barton, an employe of Contractor- Christ Westfield, was blown clear over a house in North Wilkes-Barre. He sustained severe though not fatal injuries.

An incident of unnsual character- was that of two women who were blown clear through the windows of Wolf's hotel 33 South Can.l street On South Canal street the clothes of a woman was blown clear off her body. The poor woman ran distressed into the nearest honse. These are but a few instances of a kind of which many hundreds occurred and will be related and dwelt upon. ever and over again during the next few days. THE SOLDIERS OUT.

Called Up to Guard Property From Thieves. Early in the evening, as soon as the vast extent of the havoc wrought by the tornado was realized Mayor Sutton decided to ap-pcnl to the Ninth Regiment to take charge of tho ruined portion of the city, and guerd property from the thieves whe were sure to make their appearance. In the absence of Col. Keck and Lieut Col. Stark who were both out of the city the Mayor went to Capt.

Ziegler and requested him to take action. Capt. Ziegler at once' responded. He went down to the Armory, assumed command and sent out messages to summon the men. By nine o'clock the first detail of 12 men under command of Lien Newton were sent out and took charge of Market street between the railroad tracks.

Capt Broadhead shortly after gathered a number of bis company and turned out Capt Miner also led out a detail and by sight over 60 men where on duty in various parts of the city, and more were being sent eut as fast as they reported at the armory. By daylight 100 of the citizen soldiery will 1 on guard. The whole city battalion ia ordered to report at the armory at o'clock this morning. DISTRESSING SCENES Among the Homeless and Destitute. The havoc, of the storm will fall with fearful force upon many poor persons in the city and will be severely felt by many weal' thy persons.

A conservative estimate of the totaHoss, though it roust be of necee- sity very rough, places the loss at one million dollars. Of this a very large proportion will fall upon the owners of little homes who have lost their all. In many, very many cases, too, the loss of the furniture and household effect wiUTe a asd blow to poor families. This loss will, of course, be absolute. Fire insurance does not cover the lose from wind storms and cyclones and therefore nothing can be recovered from that source.

Contiul on Fourth passed. The fplfewing is a list of the killed and injured so far as heard from at 3 o'clock this morning: KILLED. JOHN A. FJIANTZ, of the firm of Jones Frantz. GEORGE ANNAPPLE, driver at SU? maier's.

UNKNOWN HUNGARIAN, fatally hurt at Stegmaier's. JOSEPH KERN, fatally injured at the ice house. MRS. JAMES McGINLEY, killed in the ruins of her house. McGINLEY, son of James, aged 16 years.

MRS. JAMES HANIGHAN, killed in the ruins of her house. INFANT CHILD of Mrs. Hanighan, killed in her arms. HENRY VANDERMARK, driver at Ahlborn's packing house.

FRITZ, aged 16, killed at Hazard Hop 3 Works. LEVI MARTIN, instantly killed Kyt-tie's planing mill. PETER RITTENMYER, killed in Jacob's saloon, Hazle street. NETTIE THOMAS, killed at coner Washington and Hazle. ALLES, fatally injured on East Market street, died at hospital.

NEICE of John Tallot, killed on South Main Btreet INJURED. John Kieintoff, injured at Stegmaier's. B. E. Vasdekmark, injured in the street near Stegmaier's.

Adam Fbaktz, injured in the street near Stegmaier's. Owen Masterson, leg broken at Dick-. eon work. Fred Lkktz, hurt hi his blacksmith 6h6p. Mrs.

Barrett, fatally injured at the Black Diamond." Michael Castle, back hurt on Bowman street. Charles driver for Lacey's Commission House. Jacob Bergold," butcher, blown from wagen and probably fatally hurt John O'Donnell, hurt near L. V. -r -I 1 JOHN WUIjr nm Works.

Fred Hause. badly hurt at Hazard works. TTiAviti.iT Welsh, fatally hurt at Hazard works. Max Kramer, hurt at Hazard works. Kamttel M'Intyre.

hurt at Hazard works. 1 Jacob Conbad, hurt at Hazard works. Anthony Blaum, hurt at Hazard works. William Jones, hurt at Hazard works Sam Rouse, hurt at Hazard works. I John Wood, hurt at Hazard works.

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