Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-03
ANOTHER HORROR.
The Floor of a Dancing Hall Gives
Way,
And Preciptates the Guests to the Bottom
Fire Catches the Debris, and a Ter
rible Scene Ensues.
LIST OF The KILLED AND WOUNDED.

CANAL DovER, January IA terrible ac.
cidcnt. followed by an almoS, inde.crihable
scene OF terror. occurred M Shanesville. a
village ten miles west of this place. last
night. a knights OF Pythias festival was
in progress at Gseler's Hall on the second
floor of frame bNiIding. There We're about
two hundred guesS, present. Suddenly,
and almost without wnNing, the floor gave
way. prccipitating the eisire company TO
the floor below. Two pers0NS were instant.
" killed some eight or ten oSacrS fatally
injured. and some seventy or cisnsy Others
more or less hurt or burned. The N>iIdinr
took fire almost instantly. and many oSihe
lights having been extinguished, the shries.
ing. struggling Iaassosaumanity xSs-fefttS
grope their way from the ruins as best they
could. The scene is described by those
who witnessed il as beggaring description.
Fortunately, by the almost supcrhuman
efforts Of those who escaped uninjured,
and OF other citizens summoned by the
terrible alarm, the flames were extin-
guishCd, but not until many were badly
burned. The total number killed and in:
iurcd Is nearly one hundred, but we have
not yet been able to obtain correct list Of
names. The night was cold and the scene
was frghtiu!. The building had been re-
garGCd as unsafe for some time, which fact
kept many away. Tho scene Of the disaS-
ter was visited by hundreds from the sur
rounding country to-day. Everything that
can be suggested is being done to relieve
the suffering Of those who were injured.
CINCINSATI January "A Gazette special
says: While the Knights uf Pythias fcsti-
val was in progress. Saturday night, in
Golfers Hall. Shanesville. TusCarawas
county. Ohio. the floor gave way, and the
entire company. three hundred in number,
fell with tito the floor below.
The stove, filled with burning coal fell
also and set fire to the building.
Four Women and One Boy
pcriSheG in the flames. and others were
crushed 10 death by the falling timbers
The citizens, by heroic efforts cNtinguish-
cd the fire, but not until the casualty list
reached nearly one hundred. The death
list will probably
Exceed Ten.
Shanesyillc is some miles from a railroad
or telegraph station, and the names have
moi been obtained.
Another Account.
CLEVELAND. January "A H'rGN special
from ShaneSville O., states the knights are
OF the first families of the place, and the
gathering included the intelligence and
beauty Of the neighborhood. The band had
just ceased playing when
A Crash Was Heard,
and the floor began TO settle lengthwis".
The center timbcrs had shifted of the posts
IN the rear and pulled out of the brick wall
in front. The center settled rapidly and
broke lengthwisc. The jOistS kept up at
the outer ends inside the walls. This threw
the people, tabgs, stove and all together.
The falling floors
Barricaded the Front Doors.
but were soon chopped down. The chan
dClier in the store room below was broken
and the oil spilled over number of per-
sons, burst into a blaze. and in a few mo-
mcnts Milton Ioder. five years old, was
burned 10 death in his
Mothers Arms
She was fatally burned; Fortunately. ths l.s
added to the confusion. A complete list OF
casualties as it is possible to get
The Dead Are
Miss Mary Nefi, twenty years, skull frac-
ul Nila S'cs Ycdsr, ~ and ss fnnis Grin; seri. ser
eeusfy injured. Ffed1 NnblSnd Lewis
Kexch, sgs brolen; 3elnss Walter arm
f~tseteH. fs~iA. slkcwAfDrsgoilpH bone bro
Ron, Angusta Heidsr s,lkI His. Lucilla
/ Shift ankles dislocated; y Ge@ge frOelich,
| Jr, fret burned The f01loyflk1 -,
Were PainAfay
bat net dangerously idured; Mar -
Amanda Kerch Mrs. Henry ehu1E Ht
cratz Mrs Daniel Cline, Carrie ~ -
| and Mrs. w. l.. Wallick and sp1E &{[H
/ Jerome Weimers. Mro. !A.r1glsk sstt6r,
Annie and Hattie Graf, Mrs. N3tfRsIS
son, Miss Swinderman, Harry Reatd J6jd
Roth, Mary Kaufman. Mrs. Molie H41
| Almira Lantz J. II. Richeson, VII
Cratz and wife, Augustus Frociith,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Krakan, Harry
| Wright. Fred Klaher. Robbie Klahcr, Kate
Lehmcr. Christ Daft, Catharine Springer,
Miss Walton, Jno. Crab, Henry Homan,
Daniel Kline, Jno Klahcr. John Stertbach,
Libbie Ream, Mrs. Mitchell Sheet and An.
ME a. Sheet.
Doctors Welty, Miller and Jones, OF
Shanesylle, and DR.. SeldeD, OF Dover, and
Homers, of Rogersyille, are doing every
thing possible for the sufferers.