The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-12
LOUISVILLE.
Frightful Accidcnt-Four Persons
Killed and Three Seriously In
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Ef1B0tI0l ACC10Cne-FOuF PeRD0n0
Killed and Three seriously In.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, October ll.-A ter.
rible accident occurred here this AFTER
noon by which three persons were seri-
ously injured and four men killed.
A fine four-story brick on Market
street had progressed 90 far towards
completion that the workmen were en-
ployed on it to-day in making prepsrs>
tions for putting on the roof. It was
never dreamed that the building WAS
anything but safe. About seven o'clock
this evening three walls of this building,
the rear and two sides, gave way, and
fell upon four houses Immediately adj
joining, tive on each side. One of these
houses was occupied by Henry Nolte,
merchant tailor. At the time OF the
accident he and his family, consisting
Of his wife and four children, were
at supper in q back room, next
to the kitchen. The falling wall struck
this portion of Mr.. Nolte's house with
full force, crushing it to the earth. The
noise of the cracking. crumbling ma
sonry was like a sharp discharge Of
musketry. The neighborbood was at
once aroused, the fire department called
out and very soon q crowd Of workmen
were employed in removing the debris
and attempting to recover the bodies OF
M. Nolte and family. Three boys,
whose ages ranged from six to eleven
years, were soon rescued alive. They
were removed to a safe place, where
their wounds were dressed by surgeons
promptly. The two older were wound.
ed in the legs and feet, the Oldest
hsvisg q very severe wound in
the calf of the leg. All were
bruised slightly about the head. They
were taken shortly afterwards to the
city infirmary. A vigorous search was
made for the bodies OF the remainder OF
the family, but without success. For
sometime it was thought that they could
not possibly have escaped alive, and
that they must have died of suffoca-
ton. After two hours hard work the
body of the mother was discovered with
her babe in her arms, both dead. Their
heads were crushed, that OF the babe
being literally flattened, while Of that Of
the mother it was almost impos-
sible to recognize the face. 1t was
most touching to behold the mother, in
death, stlll clasping her babe to her
breast. with, it seemed, frienzed grasp
as if she had hoped to protect the Off
spring from the impending danger.
Shortly after the discovery OF these two,
another daughter was found dead, with
her head crushed and body badly
bruised. The three living boys were
living in a store room receiving the at.
tentlon which their necessities demand
ell. The mother and two little sisters
Law in the next room dead. At the
time of this writing the father had not
been discovered. Workmen are en-
gagged, however, in an active search for
his body and it is probable it will be
found to night.
Other stores besides that Of Mr..
Nolte were injured bv the falling tim
berst, that OF H. H. Hening, shoe
dealer, being . total wreck. The hat
store Of C. Down was also badly injured.
Mr.. Down and his family, consisting
Of his wife and three children, were in
an inner room studying school lessons.
and Mr. D was just about to leave the
store. The house was damaged to
some extent before the crash, and
the frightened children ran into the
store, thus escaping the death which
threatened them. The store occupied
by Mr.. Rolling, was badly injured.