New-York tribune., 1874-06-24
AN APPALLING CALAMITY.

a CHURCH FLOOR GIVES WAY AT SYRACUSE.
A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE PREClPITATED INTO THE
ROOM BELOw-Two HUNDRED PEOPLE Mo""
- OR LESS INJURED-EIGHT DEAD BODIES mus
FAR RrooyEREp-rNTENsR EXCITEMENT IN THE
NEIGuBoRnooD OF THE DISASTER.
Syp.cusy. June 23-An appalling catastrophe
occnrred here tonight. A strawberry 1es'Na' was
be;ng held at the parlors of the Central bap's'
Church when. without any premonition' 'n0
aoor gave way, about Oh o'clock. precipitating
the room full of people into the story below
The parlor was on the second hoor'
and the room underneath was also full. Ine hre
alarm was Immediately given, and the hremeh hur-
ried to the scene. Soon 10000 people were there'
and intense excitement prevailed. 1t is impossioe
70 give particulars at this hour Five dead bodies
were taken out, and the work has hardly begun
prohablv 100 persons are more less injured many
very seriously The following are among the dead
bodies recovered:
Mr.. O. +. Wainwright Mrs. Wainwright
Miss Minnie Thomas.
A child named Ostrander.
A little girl named Leonard.
A little girl named Horton.
Miss Theodore Holmes.
little girl named Winnie Collins
The Rev. George T. Dowling pastor of the church,
is dangerously injured also his wife, who is not ex-
pected to live
The Rev. II. j. Eddy is seriously injured.
Two hundred persons are injured, some danger
susly
LATER ACCOUNTS FROM THE SCENE OF THE sDIs-
AsrER-FouRrEEN ADDITIONAL BODIES RECov-
HREp-rHE NUMBER INJURED STATED AT ONE
HUNDRED.
SYRACUSE, June 23-Midnight.- following
have been taken out dead:
DR.. o. Wainwright.
Mrs. L. Austin Barnes.
Mrs. James NJ. Crow.
Mrs. j. f. Karr.
Miss Gussie Carpenter.
Mrs. Abijah yeeder of Utica.
Miss Oracle Holmes
Miss Winnie Collins aged 10 to-day.
Hattie Leonard Is or years old.
John Austin.
Ostrander Ia boy about years old.
Miss Minnie Thomas
Frank Collins, aged II.
Lulu Horton, aged l2.
The number of injured will probably reach 100.
Mrs DR.. Wainwright will undoubtedly die.
Ex-Alderman Austin Barnes is very seriously in
jured.
The Rev DR.. Fl. ]. Eddy is slightly injured.
The bodies are supposed to be all recovered now.
About 100 personsare injured but it is impossible
to get the names tonight. The excitement is very
great. The city is filled with lamentations.
The scene in the streets around the church battles
description. Thousands are gathered there asking
after friends waiting for the dead, and attending to
the injured. The entire police force and Fire De-
partment of the city were called out. and took
charge of the work of recovering the dead and
wounded
The broken timbers hoisted M with diff
Guilty The walls of the church did not fall in, but
are seriously damaged. The church is comparatively
n new one A few minutes before the floor gave
way it trembled so that many persons left the room
fearing an accident, which had been predicted BY
many
The accident was caused by the giving way Of the
jost that supported the florr. The joist ran from
both sides of the room to cross strDger, the middle
of which was supported by iron rods from the roof
The stringer gave way, pulling the ceiling and
roof down upon the people, and precpitating them
into the floor below. H. n. White was architect OF
fhe bulding; Dickinson and Coleman did the
carpenter work.
The work of recovery was exceedingly slow, as 1t
had to be done in the dark and it was feared every
moment that the walls would fall in.