McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-11-15
A capitol Crash.

A capitol Crash.
A Madison (Wis.) dispatch Of Thurs
day says: The south wing of the oapito
extension fell at twenty minutes after thil
afternoon, burying over twenty workmen,
Bernard Heymans, VIM. Edgar, Mohas
Seward and VIM. Jones were Killed. Sew,
enteen were injured seriously, and Of thii
number some SIX to ten probably fatally
Five men had left the basement and were
about returning when the crash came.
Hundreds of people were at once at the
scene, and with the aid of hooks and ladders
extricated every sufferer. :, Medical attend.
ance was summoned and the wounded re.
moved to places Of safety. Some think the
accident h due to defective iron pillars;
others to poor masonry. It is the opinion
Of Contractor Beatley that the loss will fall
on the commonwealth, as the plans were
approved by the state architect, and the
blame cannot be ascribed to any one. The
loss cannot be estimated at present. Addi-
tons were to be completed March 1, 1886
$40, 600 was appropriated by the legislature
to meet the necessary expense. The wing
!
Another dispatch says: The cause of the
terrible accident is somewhat uncertain,
but the most plausible theory is the heavy
iron pillars supporting the roof Of the sec
ond story of the 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 circular form,
stovepipe fashion, the jointure not being
bolted. 80
A full list of the killed and wounded Is as
follows: The dead are:
Bernard Higgins, laborer, 30 years old,
Madison. '3
Wm. Edgar, mason, Madison, buried I'M
der the debris, horribly crushed. sen.
Michael Zewauk, mason, Madison, died
after being taken out. "i
VIM. G.. Jones, mason, Milwaukee, skull
fractured, died since taken out.
The injured are: Miles Maxwell, plasterer,
Of GAINESVILLE, badly cut OH the head. 49,
VIM. Rose, pIasterer Of Sheboygan, prob
ably fatal.
VIM. Junge, carpenter, Madison, badly
scratched. g
Arthur Lynch, Madison, head badly hurt,
delirious.
Ed. Balm, mason of Sank City, single,
aged %, seriously cut up.
Ed. Page and j. o. Page, masons of
Middleton, young men, brothers, badly
hurt.
Ed. Kingsley, mason, Milwaukee, hurt
about the head.
Jas. Dowell, mason, Madison, an oldset
tier, aged 60. both legs broken, will die.
Patrick O'Laughlin, laborer, left arm
broken and two temple cuts, will die.
VIM. Burke, ST.. laborer, married and
with four children, badly cut about the face,
and chest injured.
Ed. Kinsell, bricklayer, of Milwaukee,
cut about the head and back.
CYRUS Shenck, of ShOhire, Rock county,
cut on the back Of the head and in the right
eye.
Henry Diderich, q mason, OF Milwaukee,
left leg broken.
Mike Zewark, ST., mason, Of Madison,
and Ed. Bamen, plasterer, of Madison,
face and back injured.
John Clark, plasterer, of Milwaukee, arm
broken.
Nelson Boost, carpenter, of Sun Prairie,
hurt slightly.
Pat Carey, Madison, badly crushed.
Ed. Gleason, laborer, of Madison, fore
man of turner's, hurt by box Of falling
glass. ......
A Milwaukee dispatch of Friday says
a mechanic named Bohn, who was working
on the extension of the Capitol of Madison
when it fell, has privately given the secret
of the downfall to parties in that city, who
will produce him at the coroner's jury to
locate the blame for the terrible accident.
Bohn says he saw defects in the brick piers
supporting the iron column OF the third
floor on the southeast corner, and the
cracks were 80 plainly visible the day before
the accident that Foreman Jones, now
dead, screwed up the iron pillar support
ing the roof Orders with jacks, and caused
the brick pier to be rebuilt. On the follow
ing morning, Bohn says Jones took away
the jacks early, not wishing that the public
in general should know of the trouble. |
Bohn was ut work on the third floor when |
the accident occurred and saw this pillar |
give way. Masons say the mortar was
green and was squeezed out by taking away |
of the jacks too early, causing the pier to
settle; hence the fall.
A Coon at q Funeral.
w ashingtou lie ter. |
Said an ey-armV officer tonight: |