Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-12
rELEcRAPHIc.
HOrrlNing Details Of the
Rockford Disaster.
THE STEVENS BATTERY SOLD TO
RUSSIA.
FRED DOUGLASS LIABLE TO LOSE
HIS NARSHiLSnIP.
[srscrAL DsrArcnrs To rar GoLp HILL
DAILY SKwsl
rsAi r~arsieuisr. OF she Rockford
disaster.


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Disaster.
CuIc,oo. NAV IA TiriJaae special
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i'ou'
over wha' WAS tnis "of"ius AnAPP! WI"
munity. The Winnebago county Court
bouss. which this morning, when our citi-
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zsns eomue"s.u ~
pride OF their hearts, Is now = ussoia'e
ruin. n monument Of criminal incompe-
-. c.. ,.ui,o. vh;cb h.do alien
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to their loved ones MS morhins re'ei'.'
thsir corpses tonight. disfigured by the
ruins from which they were drawn piece
-, w,. ,.u,,..w.. NO, ,o, rrd.r
meal. Inc ouIiuins va nHa
rooi' anu massive s.oue p.
eeded the rooi was 'ou | ui..a5
loists. As tho sey-s'ono Din A.
IN the dome OF tho man pA,',nI 80
prick'Woth oe.",e" ~ a.
gave way nhd tno eh'ire uolno anu ~
Interior walls OF tue sIruc'uic AMY 'ani
nng uowh win y terrio'e e,asu ',a' "a
heard nearly q mile away; a o,re, ueser,P-
ton OF the structure VIII aiu ,ms reausr
In understanding the sccluent ms s'!Is
OF the buiiuins was rrenen 'ensuah W
the renaissance designed oy iionry o.
Gray. oil Chicago. Tho contract ior
building was lei 10 w; ~. iheharuson OF
springfield. Who In tina Spring o, the
year 1876 began tho WORK ~ nau W
pavilions and center lone over tue front
entrance. Inc pavihonS VI oach sue
rose about thirty feet ABOVE tine lever Oh
the cornice. The dome was iis Ie.' Irvm
the ground, supported by inc front walls,
and ON the north SIDE ny. tnree columns
from ten TO- twelve inches III diamster. oh
the y sue tnree columns .,sea UPON
. briek Wall, going up iloln 'ne s'or mna
door to the fioor OF the courtroom. me
walls were ABOUT thi,ty Ies, auu, !,
appears, we're ennreiy 20 hoiI
the immsnse weigh. o, u.s i'on p,i' ,nninh
tue massive mAson,y vi wv uo y nn,
rcs'ed upon ,he p,iiArs. oPon 'no "Po'
tns iron eoiumhs was ~rTanenn
girder, upon when was ia,u tno ,enes.
. DITCH OF uno ZONE. app1A \. ,ha
.hs Io.er oy.eA .M n.. .n, oynn,.
seisn, y. '"v ~. $3.50 hr,ncin,
o on.u ~ = .m'isa $500 ~ A. bniiJiny'
..huu'.m e a. c,rrn,s,eJ iron
nuo .I,L IA. .n.,.a,o
ceiling OF every room, with It's concrete
hlling, and the iron loists, The MOLD
ing came down In u terrihc mass bring
ing with II nearly all the workmon who
nere oP.iA"ns uPos nv =. 'opy Tharo
ing 4, 'ne .lmo VI VI. a.. ma, y,
WY 'ryni s"enty as, ~, a.s.,iv
woan. iho a Tsn happ'I. $50 ~.
Of the dome fell with q terrific crash to-
ward State street. A man named Timothy
Flanagan, who was just putting In the
keystone Of the ilnal c%ornicc. jumped Tor
the guy.rope Of tho big derrick Ia front,
but, missing his aim, fell the distance OF
100 feet 10 the earth and was dashed 10
pieces. At this time but few persons were
upon the scene. The mass OF human be-
ings, with tho exception OF Tour or
five who jumped from the windows,
fell inside the lettering walls n
were buried In the debris. The whole
structure looked as though IL would fall.
and those assembled we're appalled, aud did
NOT know what TO do. To go near enough
the ,tructure 10 rescue those manglsd aud
Needing In the ruins was hazardous In the
eItreme, but brave men went fcarlessly to
rork l.sforo the dust cleared away and
commenced to extricato the dead and dy-
ing. Indescribabls horrors onsued. Men
Law terribly mutilated beneath the ruins,
shrieking for assistance that was only rem
dersd at tho risk Of the %bystandcrs' lives.
Ona pnfortunate man, named William