The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-15
WISCONSIN CAPITOL.

The Second Floor aud South wall ol
the Capitol Extension at Madison
Tumble Down.-FOur Men Killed
and a Score Wounded-An Arch;
ftectural Blunder Evidently the
Cause.
A f1ightful accident occurred on Thurs.
cay afternoon, at Madison, Wisconsin when
n'Arly The entire second story of the south
wall ct the south wing of the capitol ex.
tension fell with . crash, followed immedi-
at"ly by the tntire roof of the structure,
Tho wing was 100 feet long, 80 feet vide and
~ ieet hieh, OF solid stone and FIRE proof.
ali the external 1o'k on it had been com.
pseted win the exception Of . small por.
ton OF lining upon the roof, gang of neu
being employed at the time OF the acciden,
upon this work: Tne terrific and awful crash
was heard In the remutest portion of the
Ct y aud fairly made the earth trembls
rushed to- tie scene OF the disaster
from which a great cloud OF dust aross
and groans could be heard issuing
from within the broken walls
as men SUITE Ing untold agony
of body eadeavored to cali
assistance I'd themselves from without thu
building. Two men could be seen 70 ty
tie! from tie ground waving their hand.
wildly FIR aid, while they hung head down.
ward and unable to move their legs, which
we're crushed securely between heavy tim.
bers. About fifty men were working upon
the wing at the time CT the casualty; and
after all tue dead and injured that could be
found had been removed from tae debris,
contractor Nolan got his men together and
called the roll, which sho wed that all were
accounted for. when the search was abap.
dored. The following is list of the killed:
B :r' ard Higgins, laborer, fifty years old
NJ ID son.
Williams Edgsr, mason, Madison; buries
u der the doris aud horribly crushed.
Mi,heal ZHank, masun, Madison; died
at er Deia's 'asen out.
William G. Jones, mason, Milwaukee,
skull rsc.ured; died since taken out.
Appearances indicate that the whole
cause VI tha accident is attributable to the
second story balcony pillars, which were
directly Al the center of the south wing,
Sill king in the wooden planks upon whic,
they rested. The sagging drew the upper
vail out ward, and the whole thing came
down with a crash, followed Immediately
by the crashing in of the entire root, which
was thus relieved of one of its main
supports Another theory is that the ram
OF Tuesday ran from the roof upon the wall
ening 1t to such All extent that it was un
able 10 bear the heavy strain of the ,oof,
III hence gave wos I" ". Still aEo'hel
theory is that the root 70, .et support.
ing an spread to such an OK q i. Is to
bulge The wall Outwa,u. O-car Nuwlan o.
GAINESVILLE, and John Bentley, sheriff Of
Milwaukee county, are the contractors,
while D. E Join of Madison is the slchi-
te :. TIE extension has b, en- in curse OF
const uction Tor n-sriy TWO years, aud was
to have been completed b.; Jan. /. The
nei .hbo hoo i of $50. con, and, OF course de.
volv.ng upon the contractor.
Gen. Sherman Talks to Veterans.
About thousand members of the Grand
Army of the Republic rendered Gen. sher-
man an informal reception in New York.
Gen. Henry A. Barnum presided. and Gen.
Sherman made long address. After thank.
Ing his old comrades for their hearty vel
come, he said he had responded to the
call, although it vas not customary to
celebrate ones own funeral. He would
rather meet old soldiers face to face than
any of your Vanderbilts or other nabobs
Gen. Sherman spoke of the war and its re-
suits and added:
Since the close of the war new genera
ton has sprung ND. Boys not then born
are now voters. ~ The destiny of the nation
has bee taken out of our hands. We arc
now ! comparatively small N -jority. II is
well, however, that we should assemble to.
gether and keep above the patriotism of
those days, the memory of hardships en-
dured, the meuory of dear companions
whose bodies lie beneath southern battle
fields. 1t is we'll 10 tell the story of those
days over again to each other, and to tell it
to your children and children's children at
the Preside, that they NAV kno v how the
country was saved, aud who saved it. At
one time l doubted the ACCESSIBILITY of
forming or coping up such an crganizs-
ton as the Grard Amy of..the Republic,
but now am convinced that you did well
in organiziag such an association.
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