Show ANOTHER DEADLY CYCLONE the following is a dispatch from Wilkes barre pa dated aug 19 at 5 this afternoon the most terrible cyclone that was ever experienced in this locality struck this city it came up the river and the suddenness of its coming was one of its it s awful features the heavens were as black as night and the wind blew with most frightful velocity whole rows of trees were blown down following this hundreds of houses were unroofed partially blown over and completely demolished and worst than all tile visitation of death was sent upon a number of people large districts in several sections of the city are in absolute ruin and women and children are in the streets crying and wringing their hands in absolute dismay the damage will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars passenger and locomotives at the depot were blown over and every wire in the city electric light telephone hODe and telegraph is down the devastation is to be compared to nothing in the memory of the oldest inhabitant everybody is rejoicing that no fires as yet have taken place for the streets are impassable with trees and fallen buildings buil diDgs and engines could not be drawn through them the total death lit list lis t so far as ascertained is twelve four men are known to have been killed at the hazard wire rope works A house on scott street occupied by miners who had just returned from work fell three of the inmates were killed the huge stack of the kytle mill fell on a man aud and two horses and all were killed A little colored girl was killed by a falling building on south main street two men suffered death by the falling of a portion of brewery and a third incurred the same fate through the almost complete demolition of S S browns brick business block on market street there are undoubtedly fifteen or sixteen others killed many poor people suffered heavy losses and it will be months before all the damage can cad be repaired fully two hundred buildings being blown down or otherwise damaged many of the structures are of large size and great value the rhe murray shaft fau hause was blown down and the fan stopped there are twenty seven men in the mine but it is hoped that they can be got out safely later reports come from sugar notch a mining town three miles from here that the destruction of property was terrible and fifteen persons were killed at parsons and mill creek four miles from here coal breakers in all directions have been more or less damaged terrible was the scene in III the hazard wire rope bope works dead and dying lay on the floor and thir heartrending heart rending eries cries and groans filled the air in the room the cyclone struck the rear of the large brick building ihling ba about men were employed in the works the roof and side walls were crushed and lay in ruins all about bricks and ponderous ma chinery were scattered all over when the hurst the men rushed rus rw hed for the door but many of them were caught in the ruins As A soon as calm succeeded the awful cyclone cy clone clove men rushed into the ruins and carried the injured into the portion of the building which was undamaged and aad laid them upon the floor and physicians were summoned st marys catholic church is a total wreck the number of killed here will reach ten the telegraph wires are down aown in all directions and communication is all shut off george hamilton john klein hauff and a if hungarian entered a barn for shelter the large double doors were blown in killing hamilton instantly and fatally injuring the other two berlin had his hiis head crushed and ribs and legs broken he cannot recover max cramer was fatally injured by a falling wall jesse houser legs broken and internally injured by J a 9 falling roof M brinkman was injured internally ambrose con a liquor dealer injured mafoi button tonight has issued a proclamation calling the ninth regiment to assemble at the armory tona tomorrow orrow to aid in police super vision of the city it is estimated that the loss is half balf a million although it may reach higher figures the suffering is great A terrible set in shortly after the cyclone and drenched the exposed property which lies in its track x special to the record from new milfort Mil fora forti susquehanna county says the cyclone struck that region at precisely the same moment as Wilkes barre it struck farmer coles house which was demolished and mrs cole killed his jamily family was imprisoned in the wreck and all badly hurt burt A dispatch to the record says the cyclone struck harveyville Harve harvey ville killing two persons the methodist episcopal church and adjoining parsonage were blown down nearly all the houses in the village and the buildings building of the farmers were unroofed crops are ruined the following is a dispatch from Wilkes barre Pa dated aug 20 As the time goes on the severity of the cyclone is more and more demonstrated st immense buildings con many people were unroofed aird a ud in many cases cam almost destroyed in the twinkling of an eye and this at an hour when the people were about the streets arnid amid fly timber and debris of every very character the city in the most frequented part around the depots presents its worst appearance and when it is remembered that passenger and freight cars were lined lifted from the tracks upon which they stood and laid on their sides while other cars rushed along the tract by the force of the cyclones Cyclone ps pow ersa small conception of its terrific velocity may be obtained an unusual centre of activity was noticeable ti in the vicinity of lee park the lower clouds beian began scudding studding scud ding irk in great circles at a tremendous speed their vortex seemed close in the vicinity but to the north of the cutlery works at south wilkes barre bane a sudden gust of wind sprang up and in a moment had increased increase dUt to a roar the vulcan iron work james morris foundry and the keystone flour mills felt the first shock the wind dashing the heavy materials about like straws the rhe storm swept up on main street razing the buildings on the west side of that thoroughfare then it struck handsome residences stores greenhouses pottery works ete etc along main street as far as academy street the western edge of ef the storm extended to the lower end of franklin street and dana place brick dwellings were unroofed and the upper stories torn away and some were leveled to the ground south main and franklin streets were completely blocked w witha I 1 atif fallen trees root roof timbers and wire veer ing eastward the storm swept out ross and hazle streets then up south washington street extending as far east on boss as the hazard wire rope works it followed washington street wrecked st BL marys mary Is church then j jumped u roped to the lehigh valley depot the jersey central depot Steg maires brewery and swept along the railroad to five points here it turned east and again swept up pearl street out by the baltimore shaft no 2 then dashed up the mountain and spen spent itself in the woods the scene at the hazard wire rope works was terrible rhe fhe immense im mensie building was badly injured and in 1 the debris lay dead and injured the latter helpless until assistance 1 came to them here one of the worst chabes ot the cyclones work could be realized the ponderous machinery being mixed with brick mortar and general debris in a con v fused mass the number of seriously injured ruen men at these works ex ceede twelve and there were two killed near the delaware and hudson railroad on scott street were houses by the families of james ani an I james delegan He legan all the members of these two families were at home while the fearful destruction was going on powerless to do anything for their safety both houses were leveled to the ground and held in thi the ruins by the debris mrs eliza jane maginley Mr Ginley aged about 28 and the babe she held to her breast were crushed to death john mcginley aged 13 years was crushed to death mary jane mcginley McGl nley ter was so severely hurt and crushed that but little hope is enter entertainer taine i of her recovery the family of james delegan could not be found inn in thee the ruins of their theirl home iome and fears are en pertained that they all perished I 1 the ninth regiment is on duty in answer to the proclamation of the mayor soldiers are assisting the police poli C e in maintaining or order derand and are everywhere eager to assist and do whatever is asked A careful estimate places the number of f buildings demolished and partially destroyed at new ly the loss will probably reach reah nearly if not quite bothe the number of killed is eleven fatally injured ten severely injured twenty four |