The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-10-17

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FOUR HOUSES BURIED UNDER FALL
: ING WALLS-SIX KILLED AND TWO
BADLY WOUNDED. o ~ 20 =
Special Dispatch TO the Enquirer. u , nfIy
81. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 1I,-A terrible ac-
cident occurred here this evening" by
which three persons were seriously in
3jured and four were killed. A fine
four-story brick ON Market steet had
progressed SO far toward completion
thatjworkmeni were employed on it
to-day in making preparations for
putting on the roof. 1t was never
dreamed that, the building was any
thing but safe. About seven O'Clock
this evening three walls of this BuildL
ing-thes rear and two sides-eave
way, and fell upon four houses immeL
diately adjoining, and on each side.
One of these houses was occupied by
Henry Nolte, merchant tailor AT tho
time Of the accident he and his family
consisting of his wife and five children,
and ajourneYmann named lie wis y ohfis
We're atsupper in back room next
to the kitchen. The falling wall struck
this part of Mr.. .Nolte'sg house with
full force, crushing it to the EARTH =
? The noise of the cracking crumbliDg
masonry was like that of sharp dis
charge of masketry.i The neighbOfE
hood was at ionce3 aroused, the Fire
Department was called out, and very
soon q, crowd of workmen were en-
pioycd i'm removing the debris and at
tempting to discover the bodies of
Mr.. Nolte and his familY.3u Three boys
whose ages ranged from six to eleven
years, were soon rescued alive. They
were removed to q safe place, where
their wounds were dressed by SUR
geons promptly in attendance. The
two elder were wounded in the legs
and feet, the oldest having severe
flesh wound in the calf ofithe leg. All
were bruised slightly aboutthe head.
They. were taken shortly after" the
| dressing of their wounds to the nCity
Itifirmary. 4 1t is, reported that one
has since, diedos buG ,9ldHTom SHiiii Z
II Vigorous search was instituted for
the bodies of !, the remainder aof the
i family, but without result for some
time, so = that lit was thought they
could not possibly be delivered ally e.
They must haYeidied cd, snffocation if
they were not smothered to death. -
tAfter two hours hard work the body
EofIthe mother was atrlength discover
bed, with her baby in her arms, uiboth
fdead.: f;Theirioheads were IfeaRfully
fractured. o The head of the baby W as
| f1attened laaterally, ewhileI that9 of the
mother was crushed vertically in such
/ a manner that lit was almost impessi-
bic to- Irecognizethe; face as human. 1t
was sight most touching to behold,
bthe mother, even in ideathclasping her
babe to her breast, with, it seemed.
frenziedigFasp,as If, she had hoped to
liprotect her offspringfrOmt the impend-
ing danger! lFhe body Johns was
also Extraordinarily mangled.hih yii
lW Shortly after the discovery of these
llbodies another daHghtero was found
dead ,Owith her rheadGrushed and body
badly, bruised. dheithHe livingb boys
| were lying in, one store f0o ON, ilreceiE-
I ing the helattentionW lfich their necessi-
ties demanded, while tie omother and
J two little sisters lay in the next room,
dead. p "A t the time bof; writing the
father had otheen, disco vered.l Work.
men are engageds Tho WeYe1, in active
search for thee body, and it probably
will beifouad ,toeIight. ec1 ,bIasnodi
IL Other stores beside that Of Mr..
Nolte, were Injured by the falling
timbers, that Of ii. III. Heming. shoe
store, being total wreck. .bi The hat
4 fSCOF0 Vi VI 4[OGiu NflSbidlSo Ddufy
injured Mr.. .Doern and his family,
consisting ofiwife' and three children,
were in the house at the time. II The
children were inanrinnerroom study
ing their school, lessons, and Mr..
Doern was just nabout to leave the
store. The house was damaged to
some extent before the. crash, and the
frightened ehildreniran into the store,
thus escaping the death which threat
ened them. ,alt4l giI hns ,plrUpGtlh9
The store, occupied by Mr.. CKahling
was badly injured, though not so
much as the others. "a brick was
driven through the skylights of, the
house and fell within few inches of
the head of a lady who was seated
near the stove. That lady's son also
escaped narrowly .ee3'isud LisD of
3 The body of lNolte has not yet been
found. nj b5as,4.4t 3TEd l'nhlnef .'
There is great indignation felt by
the citizens at the builders, on account
of the unsafe manner in which too
many of these brick buildings were
erected, and it is intimated that a
strong attempt will be made 10 bring
some body to justice. a IA