, 1872-12-27
MORE HORRORS.
Fall of a Church Floor
at Williamsport, Pa.
Three Hundred Men, Women,
and Children Precipitated
Into the Basement.
The Broken Timbers Take Fire,
and a Holocaust Threat
ened.
The Flames Extinguished in Time
to Prevent a Sichening
Tragedy.
Fourteen Persons Killed, and
Forty or Fifty More or
Less Wounded.
An Immense Snow Slide in Utah.
SeYen Teams and Teamsters
Carried Away.
The Roofs Of Two Factories in Philadel-
The Roofs Of Two Factories in Philadel-
phia Give Way.
Eight Mechanics Seriously Injured.

WuL1AMspoRr, Pa, Dec. 26.-Last evening,
the Sabbath School attached to the Baptist
Church at Newbcr1y, in the Seventh Ward OF
this city, assembled to participate in the cero-
monies Of Christmas night. Some three hun
dred mon, women, and children were present.
The exercises OF the occasion had commenced
and Mr. Kins1oe, OF this city, Was making ad-
dress when the floor gave way, precipitatiug the
whole assemblage into tho cellar below.
The church was constructed with an uppcr
audience-room, and it WAS in this that tho con-
grogation had assembled. The interior dimen-
sions Of the floor are 26 feet in width and 10 feet
in length. There was centre girth With joists
thickly placed On each side. and through tho
centre from above wero two bolts connecting
With this main girth.
Evidently the weight Of those assembled
sprung the truRs-bearers, and the supports
slipping out Of their places, caused the terrible
catastrophe. This WAS evident from the fact
that the timbers were not broken. The gus
pipe, two inches in diameter, which WAS beneath
the centre girth, bent double by the i'm
n.enso weight. When the crash camo there went
up . heart-rending vail OF manCled human
ity. Children wildly shriekod for their
parents and the groans OF the wounded and dy-
ing filled the air. To add to the horror, the oil
lamps of the edifco ignited and bid fair to de-
stroy all in general conhagration. Those out
side worked with will, and used every possible
effort to rescue the living. The church was now
on fire, but, providentially, the flames could be
reached and were speedily extinguiehod. Before
the floor sank many Of those within we're ablo
to reach the windows and leaped to tho ground.
q distance Of fifteen feet At l! o'clock p. u
the dcad bodies were removed.
The following is list Of tho killed:
John Ritchie,
Mrs. Duncan Campbell and two children,
A child OF G. Y. s. NcGiun!5,
Miss sallie Mof1it,
hfis9 Mary Fisher.
Miss Lizzie Boskn,
Miss Grace Seaman
Miss Tillie Reader,
4 boy named Shumau,
a child OF John Rubb and
Mrs. John Wilkinson.
There Here were some feTty Or tfty weapds1 many
SAILS LAKE C1TY, Dec. 26.-At Little Cotton
wood, near Central City, terrible enov-slide
occurred to-day, six to eight feet Of show hayieg
fallen in the last two days. At about half-pnst
this afternoon, an avalanche, GOO feet wide and
carrying away from eight to ten teams and team
stere, taking them 800 feet across Cottonwood
Creek. Two teamBters have been shoylelcd out
alive but badly bruised. Four moro, known to
pt OUl4CQ, Hdfo I0k utCA 1c6EliEtl. utltl
it is thought it will be impossible
to find them before spring, although 100 to 900
men are at work shovolling. All the trims III
the line OF the avalanche wero swept away. Tho
namos of the men have not yet been ascertained,
Eight mules were dug out, some dead, some
with legs broken, and others severely bruised.
Several were afterwards shot.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 26.-At about II o'clock
this morning, 400 feet Of tho roof of Whitney's
foundry fell in from the weight of the snow.
Ordinarily from 100 to 200 persons are employed
in the building that FELL but at the time OF tho
accident they we're engaged elsewhere, and only
two workmen were buried in the ruins-Micnael
Collins and Gilbert Kelly. They woro rescued
and found to have received few flesh wounds
caused By falling bricks.
This afternoon. the roof of Winchos spike
mills, corner Of Canal and Poland streets, fell
in, through the weight of:the snow, injuring the
following persons John Dougherty, back
broken Charles Tilton, cut in head Andrew
aIcGovern, head and shoulder sprained; Alex
ander Kinney, arm and shoulder spraincd; John
Kelly, face md head badly burned; Charles
oolonasn. arm sprained. The roof took fro
from the furnace, Lat WAS soon extlnguishcd.