Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-01-19
Drea dfu, Casualty mt Dayton.


accident at Dayton on Thursday:
Abou. IL o'clock yesterday. the large
brick building adjoining the Methods,
church, fronting fifty fee, on third street,
aud running back 100 feet, the eastern
apartment, occupied by E. Brown & Son
as an Iron and wholesale Grocery Store,
and The western by N. Lock wood &
Co., as Stove Store, fell into mass OF
ruins, crushing in its fall the rear Of Nc
Daniels Clothing store. adjoining. aud
forcing in a portion of Wesley Chapel,
which joins it on The east, and driving in
the rear OF Moore's Book Store, on
Main street. At the time of the acct
dent there were ten persons in Browns
Iron Store, ten in Lock wood e. Co.'s,
and two in The back part of the Clothing
Store.
In the Iron Store were J. Buck, NJ.
Wise, Frank Mumbford. d. +. Little
and Two Germans, who were engaged in
the store, and Mr.. Jno. Vansoyck and
Joseph Penhock, of New MI. Pleasant,
Indiana, who were there on business.
In The Stove Store, Mr.. Lock W God,
his book keeper, Mr.. |. 5. Boy er, Mr..
s. Huffer, wife and child. J. Zigler
and wife and Mr.. Trancamp. German
employed in the concern, were on the
irst floor. Mr.. Deitman and Mr.. II.
Boogher were on the second floor, and
Mr.. }. Biabham on he third.
The first movement, of the outer walls
was observed at the corner of the Stove
Store. We happened at the moment to
be looking al the building, and saw the
outer wall breaking off as i, were below
the cornice, the roof sinking. and in an
instant after, with terrific crash, the
walls went down. A cloud of dust OBJ
scured the ruins from view for few min
utes, and before i, had cleared away,
more than thousand people had collect
ed in The street.
Hundreds Immediately set 10 work
TO remove the rubbish, and render assist.
ance to those who were buried under il.
In the course OF an hour Mr.. Vanscoy Ike,
Mr.. Little and Mr. Pennock were res
cued, neither of whom were seriously
injured. They were wedged in 81
tightly among the rubbish that while
laying there they we're unable to move
limb.
Mr.. Buck was no, tux en- out until 4
o'clock IN the afternoon. He wss fatal
y injured, his skull being badly frac,ur
ed; he died at Z o'clock last night. He
was a most es,imable man. He leaves
wife and child.
Mr.. Wise, while engaged in the store
saw one of the slender pillars which
supported the beam running through the
centre Of the room, fall close to him.
and ran for his life. Mr.. Mumford and
the Germans did the same, and all es-
capped. $685..
The most disastrous consequences
attended the falling of the wall upon tie
rear of The clothing store. Mr.. With
ers and X. Jennings were both IN tina,
part of the store; the roof was forced
down upon them. and it is supposed they
died from suffocation.
Mr.. Withers leaves a wife and five
children-Ms- Jennings a wife and four
children.
Mr.. Cross, of Fairfield, should be in
cluded among those in the iron store
He endeavored to escape, but was caught
by the falling fragments.
In The stove store, providen,ially. no
one was killed. Mr.. Lockw was al
his desk in the centre of the ROOM
Hearing crash. he looked up and sa W
the partition wall falling in. Hurrying
lady whosa. ;here with child in her
arms, toward the rear of the building, he
succeeded in escaping with them, unin-
jured.
Messrs. Dei,man and Boogher escap.
ed through back window on the second
floor. a portion of which was standing,
and Mr.. Brabham in the story above, a
par. OF which remained up. escaped un.
hurt.
Mr.. Hufer and wife, aud Ze;gler and
wife ran for the iron, door. but before
reaching II, were caught by the falling
timbers. and buried in the ruins, fortu.
na,ely The floors rested against the cloth.
ing store on the west, preventing the
falling mass from crushing them TO death;
they managed to extrica,e themselves
without assistance, with The exception
of Mr.. Zeigler.
Soon after the building had fallen,
smoke was seen issuing from the ruins
near the corner of the church. Fire.
men were promptly on The spot, and
prevented the terrors Of fire from being
added to the horrors Of the catastrophe
which had just occurred.
The injury done TO the church is of
the mos, serious character. A large por-
ton OF the side has been forced in, car
rying away par. of The gallery, and tears
are expressed tina, the safety of the build.
ing itself is endangered by the accident.
The injury 10 the building occupied
BY Mr.. Moore, bookseller on Main st.,
is considerable. His rear wall was fore.
ed in. covering up his accoun. books and
papers, but no, doing any material in
jury 10 his stock generally.
Mr.. Browns loss is heavy. He had
just removed 10 the new location, and
his stock was large. Fortunately for
him. busIness called him from his count.
ing room on the morning the accident
occurred.
fberc Is much speculation, saws the