Mohave County miner., 1884-03-30
FEARFUL ACCIDENT !!
Mo e5 Sieen, Wife and ChiId
 Instantly Killed.

OhA4DOAO " rp ROCui-dI. 1uL1O1lLa noise lasting, only a few seconds, bu , hearing nothing further paid no par
 t;cular attention to it, though fev
 donned their clothes and went out ol } the street to see what was the mat
 ter and not hearing or seeing any thing to cause alarm returned tC the1r beds. At early daybreak the Chinaman who washes dishes at the . lace Hotel, on going round to the kitchen to commence his daily labors saw that the house in the lear of the -4otel occupied by Moses Steen, the i lessee of tLe hotel, and bis family nd fallen in and buried the inmates
 tle ruins. He at once alarmed
 town and in a very few minutes
 nty of willing hands were on 5he
 to aid in the work of rescuing
 inmates. Messrs. Henkle, Barry, Yoacham, Partridge, Kuencel, liar dy, Salirg and two or three others were the first to arrive at the scene of the worst disaster which has yet befallen our town.
 The house which was built of adobes in a good and substantial manner rested on the walls of large cellar, 18x30 feet, and feet deep, used for storing vegetables, etc, for tle use ot the hotel, the floor iUists of the house being laid in the cellar walls. It is these cellar walls that were the cause of the disaster, hay ing become weakened by the contin- ,,al wet weather of the past two months and finally caying in without a moments warning. The cellar wall was Of stone about 12 inches thick all around, but the stonework was evidently laid up in a very hasty and careless manner and the inter S ices filled with mud instead of nor tar.
 From the appearance of the ruins t would seem that the east cellar wall collapsed first, throwing the np- ger floor with its sleeping inmates, beds furniture, &c., into the cellar, and then the heavy adobe walls and chimney fell on them next and then the roof over all.
 The rescuing party soon moved sufficient debris to get at the bodies of Mir. and Mrs. Steen, but upon dis covering that they were both dead, they at once turned their attention to finding the three children. Nellie, the eldest, vas found next, but quite dead, while lying across her body | was the youngest, Mabel, three years old, apparently uninjured. She was quickly taken out ard cared for by kind hands. Attention was then turned to getting out Henry, the other child, about 6 years old. He could be heard calling for help Tor ! long time before the men could get 1t him, being so hemmed in with 'af,ers, adobcs, brick, broken furni ure, etc. When found It seemed that he could have. es- ,aped with his life his body being earthly doubled up, one of his legs )aing thrown over lis shoulder. He vas at once taken to the residence of Anson H. Smith and Dr. Burdick, yho had been called at the first 2l'm, devoted himself to alleviating IS sufferings. His head is badly n lared and bruised but he will soon -e-ver,
 Coroner Hyde was sent for and on
 arriyal immediately summoned
 ollowing jury, viz: P. Hach, J. ; ng, Martin Burns, T. Burke,
 Mayo and A. E. Davis. The
 viewed the remains and the cene of the disaster and then ad- burned till ? p. m at which time II. Y. Henkle, J. w Yoacham and Jeff. 'aling testified to finding the bodies f the victims, their condition, pos1 ion, etc. Dr. Burdick testified that le had examined the bodies with jew of determining the cause of Ieath, and that in his opinion they Il died from sUffocation.
 The jury returned the following erdict:
 THE VERDICT
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 COUNTY OF MoHAyE. SS We the undersigned, a Coroner's uly, this day summoned to inquire cto the cause of the death of Moses 'teen, his wife, Minnie Steen, and heir daughter, Nellie Steen, do ind rom the evidence adduced before us l,at Tho names ocro oD6 pa4iv;4v Of