Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-08-14
From the C,nci,mnii Commsrcia
FEARFUL CALAMITY!


HHAtC OA Oh0hM1 i .
EIGHT MEN KILLED,
And Several others badly Hurt, by
Elthe fall Of the Cornice Of the Ohio
Life Insurance and Trust Company's
Building, on tho Corner Of Third
and Main Streets.
NAMES OF DEAD AND WOUNDED
Asovr halfpast one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, portion Of the heavy stone
.cornice Of the splendid building beina
erected for tho Ohio Life Insurance and
Tsust Company, on the southwest cor
ner OF Main and Third streets, gave way
while the workmen were in the act o
hosting a stone, and fell upon the side.
walk with an awful crash. The build.
ing is FIVE lofty stories in height, and the
mass Of masonry which gave way was
about sixty feet in length, and immense
" heavy, being more than two.thirds ol
the cornice on the Third street front.
A suaocating cloud Of dust rolled up
from the rubbish OF the fatal cornice,
tho massive and graceful appearance Of
which had been universally admired,
and in few moments a large crowd
collected, and the mangied remains ol
six man quite dead, two gasping in their
last agonies, and two others badly inju'
red. were speedily taken llom the
ruins.
TINE NAMES OF The DEAD.
are az follows:
H. B. Curtis, the building contra ctor.
He resided on the West side Of Elm
street., near Seventh, and leaves vile
and three daughters. He was instantly
killed, and most awfully mutilated, be.
ing so dis6gured that it was some time
before his friends recognized him.
Robert Cameron. master builder, a
vell.known citizen. He resided on John
street, between Hopkins and Clark sts..
and leaves wife and family.
Balzer Walden, resident Of James.
town, KY, doing business in Fulton, be.
ing Of the firm Of Walden q Vance,
owners Of q steam saw.mill. He leaves
a family.
John T. Chambers. Boss Carpenter.
whose shop is on the corner OF Third
and Western Row. He resided on Perry
street, between Plum and Western Row.
He leaves a wife and children.
Michael Donheen. an lrishman. Ia.
borer. who lived on Baker street between
Walnut and Vine, with his mother and
a brother and sister.
James Gillian, an Irishman, who came
to the city on Monday evening last. and
was stopping with Donheen.
VIM. Grawson, a stone'cutter, who
resided on Richmond street below Bay.
miller, man Of family.
Henry Tynmann was dreadfully man.
gled and taken to the hospital, where ne
died in the evening.
THE WOUNDED.
J. v. Burton, a carpenter Of the firm
of Burton & Conway, resident on Park
street.
A German, whose name we did not
procure, was severely injured, and taken
away by his friends to some point un'
known to US. -,
DR.. Schmidt, Of the German Republi.
can newspaper, was struck on the head
BY small fragment Of stone and slight
ly injured.
MI. Ahlering, Of the firm Of Ahlering
and Brummel, made very narrow es'
cape, and in the confusion lost his bank
book, with which he was proceeding to
make a deposit.
A boy in the employ Of w. w. Cones
& Co., Bankers. was slightly hurt by a
flying fragment of stone.
A boy was seen passing at the mo-
ment Of the calamity, carrying a basket
Of glass. The basket and contents were
found, crushed amid the stones, but
though diligent search was made, moth
ing could be learned regarding the boy,
and it is presumed that by some mirac.
ulous means he escaped.
Curtis, Cameron and Walden, were
conversing on the side. walk at the mo-
ment they met their death. Donheen
and Gillian were passing along the side.
walk. A brother OF Donheen was on
the opposite side Of Third street. and
saw his his relative and Ian.
crushed. They saw ,hsl lone
descending and strove u se!r es.
cape, but the ruin was TOO swift. Tyn.
man, who died at the Hospital, was en-.
gagged on the cornice, and was the only
person who fell with the wreck. The
two men engaged at the derrick, planted
on the joice, escaped by falling back
Mr.. Cameron fell into the cellar. He
lived for half an hour after the cal lastro.
phe, but was insensible, and did not
speak. all Of the dead, with the excep-
ton Of Cameron and Tynmann, were in.
stantly killed; so sudden was this calam.
ity that they could not have had the
slightest consciousness Of its coming.
M. E. M. Gregory, whose place OF
business is next the scene Of calamity,
had several of the dead carried into his
Office, and provided mattresses and 9th.
or conveniences and necessaries, giving
all the facilities possible for the per(or.
nance Of the sad duties Of the Coroner,
apd the arrangements to coffin the horri.
bly, bruised and shattered remains OF the
victims.
The noise and shock Of the masonry
when it fell was tremendous. The broad
heavy stones were shivercd into hun.