Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-03


jured, Ono Fatally.
CINCINNATI, Jan. IA. special says:
While the Knights of Pythias festival
was in PROCESS Saturday night in Callers
hall, .ShanevilIe,. Tusceroras county,
Ohio, the floor gave way and the entire
company, 800 in number, fell with it to
the floor below The stove, with its burn
ing coal, fell also and setfire to the build
ing. Four women and one boy persisted
In the flames, and two others were crush
ed to death by the falling tlmbers. Tie
citizens by heroic efforts extin. uished
the fire, but not until the casualty list
reached near 100. The death list viii
probably exceed ten Shaneville is some
miles from the railroad or telegraph, ana
the names of the killed and injured have
not beenobtained.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
CLEVELAND, Jan: IA special from
Shaneville, Ohio. states: The Knights
are of the first families of the place. The
gathering included the intelligence and
beauty Of the neighborhood. The band
had just ceased playing when crash was
heard, and the floor began to settle length
wise in the center. The timbers had
slipped off the posts in the rear and
pulled out of the brick wall in front. The
center settled rapidly and broke
lengthw1se, The joists kept up at
the outer ends in the side walls
n. +oI11
and all together. The falling doors bar
ricaded the front doors but they were
soon chopped down. The chandelier in
the storeroom below was broken and the
oil spilled over number of persons,
burst into blaze and in few moments
Milton Yoder, 5-years old, was burned
to death in his mothers arm.
She was fatally burned. Fortunately the
building did not catch fire. The storm
added to the confusion. The following
is as complete list as is possible to get
here
Miss Mary Neff, 20 years, skull frac-
tured,
Milton Yoder, years, burned fatally.
Mrs Dr. Yoder, Mrs Allan Gaeler,
Miss Annie Grin, seriously injured.
Fred. Schwab, Lewis Kirch, legs broken
Jas. Walter. arms broken.
Lizzie Showwalter collar bone broken.
Augusta Heider and Mrs. Lucilla
Scheiff, ankles dislocated.
George Faelich, Jr., feet burned.
Following were, seriously but not
dangerously injured many and
Amanda Kirch, Mrs. Henry Shull,
Henry Gratis, Mrs. Donnel,
Kline, Carrie Rice, Mrs. and Miss l.. Will
lock, Annie Jerome Weimers, Mrs. Aug.
Goder, Annie and Hattie Graft, Mrs. Allen
Richardson, Miss Haddeman, Mary Kauf
man, Miss Mollie Biddle, Almina l..
Lutz, VIM Kratze, wife of Aug. Froe-
Itch, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Grakow, Harry
Wright, Fred Klahr, hSert
Klahr, Kate Lehman, Christ
Croft, Catharlne Springer, Mrs. Waiter,
John Gish, Henry Homan, Daniel Cline,
John Khar, John Sterletich, LibbIe Ream,
Mrs. nj. Shull and Annie Shull..
Doctors Nelly, Miller and Jones, of
Shanesville, and DR.. Belden, of Dover,
and Powers, of Rogersville, are doing
everything possible for the sufferers.
FURTHER DETAILS.
NEW CoNlERsTowN, o., Jan. Am ap-
palling calamity occurred at Shanesville,
20 miles north of here on Saturday night,
which resulted in the loss of several lives
and serious injury of nearly q hundred
victims. The Knights of Pythias were
holding a festival in Goelter's hall, which
was densely packed with people. Just
as the band began to play the
floor gave way with crash, precipitat-
ing about 800 people to the first floor
The red hot stove fell with the crowd
and the oil from the broken chandeliers
satured the clothing of the unfortunate
victims and the whole mass of humanity
was soon enveloped in flames. The
widest excitement and confusion pre-
vailed and the scene which followed
beggars description The cries and
screams of the suffering victims
mingled with the groans and shrieks of
the dying made night hideous, while the
frantic efforts of the victims to escape, as
they rushed around with their bodies
burned and blackened, presented ghast
ly spectacle AS the floor fell, in the
shape of "V," there was no means
of escape until assistance from outside
arrived. During all this time the fire was
doing its frightful work and sixteen per-
ished in the flames, including Mrs. 1odes
and her little 5-year old son, who
was burned to a crisp in
his mothers arms. Four men were
crushed to death by falling timbers, and
about sixty others seriously injured, some
perhaps fatally, as many had arms and
legs broken and ribs crushed in,
while others were horribly burned.
BY the horoic efforts of the citizens
the side of the building was broken and
water dashed on the poor, struggling,
seething mass of human beings, and
many lives thus saved. The total num-
Der killed and wounded will nearly reach
100.
RAILROAD TRAIN BURNED.
KENNEBUNK, Me-, Jan. AT 1890
train from Boston, on the Boston 81 Maine
railroad, with two engines, crossed the
iron bridge at Coles Corner. The bridge
gave way, after the engine, baggage and
parlor car crossed, precipitating the other
four cars down the em5ankment, and they
Immediately caught fire and were de-
stroyed. There were about 100 persons
oh board. One man, name unknown,
was killed. K FL DENVER, OF Berwick,
Me-, was probably fatally hurt. Conductor
| Weymouth, James Nolan, brakeman; and
Leland and James Conley, of PIttstield,
were badly hurt. and fifteen others, pas
sengers, severely injured.
| Chicago Shooting.
I CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Thomas Somervllle,
peaceably disposed switchman, was
attacked to- night by Jimmie o'Brien, who
works in the city and some friends who
desired to avenge an. atfront offered to
O'Brien's brother yesterday. Somerville
made vigorous resistance, but was fin