The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-04
TIE SRANEsVILLE HOR.
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Details of the Shocking Dis.
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New Comerstown, Ohio, 2.-The fol-
lowing facts are learned here regarding
the calamity at Shsnesville, twenty
miles north Of here on Saturday night.
It resulted in the loss of several lives, and
| serious injury to nearly 100 victims. The
| floor gave way with crash, precipitst-
ing about 800 people to the first floor.
| The red-hot stove was upset with the
crowd, and the oil from broken exam
deliers saturated the clothing Of the un-
fortunate victims, and the whole msss Of
humanity was soon developed in flames.
The widest excitement and confusion
prevailed. sDd the scene which followed
beggars description. The cries and
| screams Of TIE suffering victims, mingled
with the grcans and screams of the dying,
made night hideous. which with the
frantic efforts of the victims 10 escape, IS
they rushed around with their bodies
burned and blaekened, presented a
CHASTITY spectacle. As the floor fell in
the shape Of a V, there was o means of
escape until assistance from the outside
arrived. Turing all this time the fire
was doing its frightful work, and six
perished in the flames, including Mrs.
Dr.. Holder and her little five year old
son, who was burned to a crisp in his
mothers arms. Four were crushed to
death by falling timbers, and about
sixty others were seriously injured, some,
perhaps, fatally, IS many had their arms
and legs broken and their ribs crushed
in, while others were horribly burned.
By the heroic efforts Of citizens the side
of the building was broken in and water
dashed on the poor, struggling, seething
mass of human beings, and many lives
Of killed aad wounded will probably
RogersVille and Canal Dover, are giving
Tins, who are now doing we'll. though
some more will perhaps die of their mi
ries. The building was rickety frame
structure, and has long been considered
unsafe.
Cleveland, 2.-HeroLds Shanesville,
Ohio: The knights are Of the first |
families Of the place. The band had |
just ceased playing when q crash was |
heard, and the floor began to settle |
lengthwise. The centre timber had |
slipped of the post in the rear and pulled
out of the brick wall in front. The center
settled rapidly and broke lengthwise.
The joists kept up at the outer ends in
the side walls. This threw the people,
tables, stoves and all together. The
falling doors barricsded the front doors,
but were soon chopped down. The
chandelier in the store room below
was broken, and the oil spilled over
q number Of persons, burst into
8 blaze, and in few moments
Milton Holder, 5 years old, was burned TO
death in his mothers 6rms. She was
fatally burned. Fortunstely the build
ing did Lot catch fire. The storm added
to the confusion. This is as complete q
list of the last casualties as is possible to
get: Dead-Miss Mary Neff. 20 years,
skull fractured; Milton Holder, years
old, burned. Fatally burned-Mrs. DR..
Holder, Mrs. Allen Cooler, Miss Annie
Grin. seriously iDiured-Fred Seheosb
and Lewis Kerch, legs broken; James
Walter, arm broken; Lizzie Showslter,
collar bone broken; Gusta Heller, and
Mrs. Lucils Scheff, ankles diSlocated;
George Frelich, jr., feet burned. The
following were psinfuIly, bat not danger
ously lTjurned; Mary and Amanda
Rerch. Mrs. Henry Schutt, Henry Cratz,
Mrs. Daniel Kline. Carrie Rice, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. WAilRck and son Willie,
Jerome Weimers, Mrs Aug. Cooler,
Annie and Hattie Graf, Mrs. Allen
Miss Swinderman, u.
Hesm. John Roth, Mary Kaufman,
Miss Mollie Beddle Almira Lsnsz, ].
81. Richardson, Will Kratz and wife,
Aug. Froelich, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Harry Wright, Fred. Klshr.
Robbie Klshr, Kste Lehman, Christ.
Graf, Catherine Spilliuger, John Gich,
Henry Herman, Dan, Kline, j. Klahr,
John Stertsbach, Libbie Resm, Mra.
Michael Shut and Annie Shut.
Drs Weltz, Miller and Jones. of
and Drs. Selden, of Dover,
and Powers, of Rogersville. are doing
everything possible for the sufferers.