, 1874-06-24
Tho n; prs Of a Church Give Way
/. en- Loaded Down with
People.
Fourteen Dead Bodies Reoovered---
200 Injured.
Collision Of Mississippi River Steamers
Near Alton.
Miscellaneous Accidents.
Fourteen Persons Killed and Hlnny Sos
riOusly Injured By tho Enll OF q
H1,sfrcs

Fourteen Persons Killed. and H1nny Sos
ri0usly Injured by the Fall OF q
Church.
SYRACUSE, N. T., June 23.-An appalling ca
taBtrophe occurred here tonight. a strawberry
festival was being hold at tho parlors Of tho
Contral BAPTIST Church, when, without any pre-.
1nonitlon, the floor gavo way, precipitatiuS tho
roonn-full into tho story below. The parlor was
on the second floor. and tho room underneath
was also full. A fire alarm WIS Immediately
giyon, and tho hromon hurried to tho scone.
Soon 10000 people we're thore, and tremendous
oxctonont prevailed. It is impossible to give
tho particulars ut this hour. Fivo dead
bodies were taken out, and tho work
bus hardly commenced. Probably q hundrod
persons aro moro Or leas injured, many very TO-
SECOND D1spArou.
Tho following alo among
bodies recovered: DR.. Il. 0. Wainwright, Mrs.
Wainwright, Miss Mimic Thomas, a Guild named
Ostrandor, a little girl named Leonard, q lit)a
girl na,nod Horton, Miss rheo. Holmes aud =
Ittlo girl named Winnio Collins.
',The Rev. Goo. G. Darling, pastor Of the church,
is dangerously injured; also his wife. who is no1
expected to livo The 1ev. H. j. Eddy iHaeriously
injured Two hundred persons are injured, soma
THIRD DISPATCH.
THE DEAD.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, June 23.-The following
were taken out dead: DR.. o. ". Wainwright.
hfrs. e. Austin BurneB, Airs. James III. Grow,
Mrs. J. E. karr, Miss Gugsio Carpenter, Mrs.
Abijnh Yiedor, OF Utica Miss Grac,o Holmes.
Miss Winnie Collins, .agod 10 to.dny Hattio
Leonard or @ ycarB old; john Austin Ontral-
der, boy about . years old; bliss Minnie
Thomas; frank Collins, aged IA !; Lulu Harton,
agcd Il.
THE INJURED.
Mrs. DR.. Wainwright will undoubtedly do.
Ex-Atd. Austrian Barnes IL very sorious,y
injured. The Roy. DR.. II. J. Eddy IL aligb&ly
injured. Tho bodIeB arc supposed to bo ail re-
covered now. 1t is impossible to eot the r.amcs
Of tho injured to-uight.
The city is filled with lanontations- Tho
| Scene III tho AtreotB around tho churcla battles
| description. Thousands gathered tho2e asking
aftor frionds, waiting for tho dead and attending
Department Of the city woro called out, and took
charge Of tho work ot recovering tho dead antl
wounded. Tie broken timbor, wore hontei1
up with difficulty. Tho walls Of tho church did
| not fall in, but are seriously do.magcd.
| THE CHURCH IS COMPARATIVELY A NEW ONE.
l. few minutes before tna floor gayo way, II
Troubled 80 TINT eanuy porsonB left
tho room, fearing IN accident, which
had bocn predicted t1y many. Tho accident
was ca,1ued y BY tlt, giving MY Of q
joist that supporta9 the floor. The joist
a croHA-Rtringor, the middle of which
WAS supported by iron rods from tho roof. Tho
atringcr eavo Way, pulling tho ceiling and rool
down upon the people,, and pEecipitasing them
into the room below. Tho work Of recovery weH
exceedingly SLOW, as 1t lad to be done in tho
darl, AMI II was feared eyery monont that thu
walls woul fall.