Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-01-12
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The Floor Of . Bsi!dinss 0ives ay
and 100 Psopls are xilleA asd
Injured.

ana LOO Foopao 0o Ass
Injured.
ESPECIAL prsrATcH 10 TIE oRnooxIAn.
CLryELAHD, January 2.-Heralfs
Ohio: On Saturday night
many persons had assembled in hall
At an entsrtainmsnt. Daring its cosrae
and Just as the band had ceased Play
ing crash WAS heard and the door -.
gan to settle lsngthwise in the csntss,
Joists clipped Of the posts in the rsas
and pulled out Of the brick wall y
front. The center settled rapidly ard
broke lengthwise. The joists kept y
At the outer ends inside the walls aAd
this threw the people, tables. stoves
and all together. Tho falling foors
barricadsd the front doors, but wsrs
soon chopped down. The chandslier
in the store room below was broken
and the oil spilled over : number q
persons, burst into ! blase and in 1 few
moments Milton Yoder, Eve years Old.
vas burned to death in his mothsrs
arms. She was fatally burned. For,
tunately the building did mot catch 6rs.
The storm added to the confusion. A.
complete list Of casualtiss - II y poa-
siLle to get shows the dead to Be;
Miss Mary Nsif. 20 years old, skull
frscturod; Milton Yoder, 8 years, bura-
cd. Fatally burned, Mira. Dr.. Yoder.
Mrs. Allen Geoler, Miss Annie Grin.
Seriously injured - Fred Schwarts.
Lewis Kerch. legs broken; John Wal,
ter, arm broken; Lizzie Showallsr, col.
lsr.bons broken; Augusta Heidsr and
Mrs. L. Scheitf, ankles dislocatsd; Geo,
Frslech, Jr., feet burned.
The following were painfully but NOT
dangerously injured: Mary and Anan.
da Keich, Mrs. Henry Schutt, Henry
Lsrstz, Mrs. Daniel Kline, Carrie Rsce,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L, Wsllack and so4
Willie, Jerome Winners, Mrs, Aug,
Cooler, Annie and Hattie Graf. Mira
Allen Richeson, Miss Swindsrman.
Harry Ream, John Raths, Mary KAuE
man, Miss Mollie Biddls, Al,nira Crots,
J. O. Richardson, Will Crata and wifa
Aug. Bostick, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Krakow, Harry Wright, Fred Klasr.
Robbie Klasr, Kate Lehman, Christ
Graf, Catherine spsringsr, Mrs. Wal.
ter, John Graham, Henry Homan. Joha
Klahr, John Stsrsbachs, Libbis Rsan,
Mrs. Michael Shut and Annie Shut.
Drs. Welty, Miller and Jones Of Shanes.
villo. and Drs. Lelden Of Dover, and
Powers of Rogsrville, are doing svery.
thing possible for tho sufferers.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
i The following facts are learned here
regarding the calamity At Shanesvills,
. 20 miles north of here on Saturday
night. 1t resulted in the loss Of seve.
raj lives and serious injury Of nearly
100 victims. The floor gave way With
. crash, prscipitating about 800 people
to the first floor. The red hot stove
7 fell with the crowd, the oil from
broken chandeliers saturated the cloth.
ing Of the unfortunate victims, and
the whole mass Of humanity was soon
enveloped in flames. The widest *
b element aud confusion prevailed, and
8 the scene which followed bsggars des.
!. cription. Cries aud screams Of the
suffering victims, mingled with groans
and shrisks Of the dying made night
$ hidcous, while the frantic efforts Of
l. victims to escape as they rushed around
1 with their bodies burned aud black.
ened presented = gha4tly spectacle.
As the floor fell 10 the shape Of v.
J. there was no means of escape until
. assis. .ance from outside arrived, and all
k this time the FIRE was doing it, fright
!. full work. Six perished in the flames
including Mrs DR.. Yeodsr and bel
:. little five-year-old son, who WAS burned
d to crisp in his mother's arm. Foul
n were crushed to death by falling tim
10 bsr, aud about sixty others ssriousl!
injured, some perhaps fatally. Msny
had arms and legs broken and rin
crushed. BY the heroic efforts Of citi
1t zens the side of the building wa
lie broken in and water dashed on th
N struggling mass of human beings Ant
T. many lives thus saved. The tota
number of killed and wounded vii
g probably reach 100. Physicians frou
ID Shanesvillc, Rogersville and Dover ar
is giving all the aid possible to the sui
. fering victims. who are now doin
- we'll, though some more will perhap
" die Of their injuries. The buildin
er was rickety frame structure, and ha
cd long been considered unsafe.