Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-09
The Props Of WBC0Eins Capitol Give
WaY and Tumble the Roof TO
the Cellar,
Scores Of Men Crushed to Death
or Manned by Tons Of Stone
and Brick.
n Good Chance 90 Hang the Cc.-
tractor and Danish the
Architect.

MADISON, Wis, November S.-The
entire roof, the inside walls, and the iron
and stone columns of the new south
wing of the capitol fell at LAO d. m.
Barney Higgins and VIM. Edger, Of
Madison, were killed Instantly; VIM.
Jones, boss mason, of milwaukee,, had
his skull fractured and is dying; James
Lowell had both legs broken and will
probably die; Rhodes, of Sheboygan.
was badly injured; James Kelly of Mad
ison, had a leg broken and badly injured;
James Maxwell, J~anesville, injured in
the he thead; Ed. Barnes. of Madison,
badly injured; Arthur Lynch, Chicago,
injured badly; Vim. Schanck, Madison,
badly injured.
The full list list of the killed and
wounded in the Capitol disaster this af-
t%ernoon as follows:
Bernard Higgins, laborer, 60 years old,
of Madison.
VIM. Edgar, mason, of Madison, buried
under the debris, horribly crushed.
Michael Hewank, mason, of Madison.
died after being taken out.
William G.. Jones, mason, of Milwau-
kee, skull fractured, died since taken
out. %t
Miles Maxwell, plasterer, of James
vile, badly cut on head.
VIM. Rose, plasterer, of S~heboygan,
probably fatal injuries.
VIM. Judge, carpenter, of Madison,
badly scratched.
Arthur Lynch, Of Madison, head badly
hurt, delirious.
Ed. Balm, Mason, of Saukerty, single,
aged %, seriously cut up.
Ed. Page and j. C. Page, masons, of
Middleton, young men, brothers, badly
hurt.
Ed. Kingsley, mason, of Milwaukee,
hurt about the head.
Jas. ID, Dwell. mason, of Madison, an
old settler, aged 60, both legs broken,
will die.
Patrick o. Laughlin, laborer, left arm
broken and two temple cuts, will die.
William Burke, ST., laborer, married,
with A children, badly cut about the
face and chest injured.
Ed. Kinsell, brick layer, Of Milwaukee,
cut about head and back.
Cyrus sSchenck, OF Shohirs, Rock
county, cut on back Of head and in right
eye.
Henry Diderics, mason, of Milwaukee,
left leg broken.
Mike Zewank, ST., mason, of Madison,
and Ed. Bamen. plssterer, of Madison,
face and back injured.
John Clark, plasterer, of Milwaukee,
arm broken.
Nelson Boost, carpenter, of Sun Prairie,
hurt slightly.
Pat Carey, of Madison, badly crushed.
Ed. Gleason, laborer, foreman Of
turner's, hurt by box of falling glass.
THE CAUSE
of the terrible accident is somewhat I'M
certain, but the most plausible theory is
that the heavy iron pillars supporting
the roof of the second story balcony sank
into the plank on which they rested, thus
pulling the sound wall outward, which in
turn caused the roof of the entire wing
to cave in. The columns were made OF
large pieces of boiler iron rolled into cir
cular form, stove pipe fashion, the joint
ure not being bolted.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MILWAUKEE,, November 8.-A Madi-
son dispatch says: "The south wing of
the capitol extension fell at 20 minutes
of two this afternoon, burying over
twenty workmen. -Four men were killed
and seventeen injured seriously. Of--this
number some six to ten are probably ia
tally injured. Five men had left the
basement and were about returning
when the crash came. Hundreds
of people hocked at once to the
scene and with the aid of the hook and
ladder extricated every sufferer. Medi-
cal attendance was summoned and
the wounded removed to a placeof safety.
| Some think the accident was due to de-
fective iron pillars, and others to poor
masonry. 1t is the opinion of Contractor
Bently that the loss will fall on the COM
monwealth, As the plans were approved
by the State Architect and the disaster
cannot be ascribed to any one. The loss
cannot be estimated At present. The adj
ditions were to DO completed March 1,
1884, and 5000, 900 was appropriated by
| the Legislature to meet the necessary ex-
pense. They were designed for the His
torical society's use.
TWO MORE VICTIMS.
MADISON, Wis, November 8.James
Kelly died at 10 o'clock, making six
deaths. James Dowell is dying. A
dispatch was received from Governor
Rusk, at Bayfield,, instructing all care to
be taken of the dead and injured. He
will return in the morning. The mayor
of the city has ordered an inquest to be
held in the morning. A full and rigid
investigation will be had and the blame
laid where it belongs.