Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-31
MARYLAND.

A Butldtng Crashes AWay-OverIOaded
 at Ihe Top the Walls Give Way
 Several Men Killed and a Number
 IOjured.
 BALTIMORE, May 3O.-A more complete wreck could not be imagined than the build ing at No. 37 South Gay street, occupied by William E. Hooper X Sons as a warehouse for cutters, and by Long & Dugale, dealers in fertilizers, which occurred to-day 6 few minutes after o'clock. The massive struc- ture fell in with 8 terrible crash that was heard for squares around. When the cloud of dust had cleared away the awful destruc- ton was apparent. The front walls were bulged out and looked as though they would fall any moment. The interior was filled with splinters and broken timbers, desks, cotton bales and cotton duck and chairs. Other articles and furniture were scattered among the debris. In the street in front of the building lay the remnants of what had been massive brown stone pillars. In one of the windows Benjamin D. Greenwood, book keeper for Long & DHgale, was lying cor nered with broken timbers crying for help from the anxious and agonized crowd below. The fremen worked with might and main to release the poor fellow from his terrible po- sition, he beseeching them to kill him and end his misery. After working nearly two hours saving and chopping the timbers from about him he was lifted and carried down 8 ladder. A shout of relief went up from the crowd of spectators. MT. Glen wood sustained severe injuries about the body and limbs, but will recover. At 3 o'clock Harry Sewing, aged eighteen, cashier for Hooper & Sons was rescued by cutting 8 hole through the side wall. He was severely bruised. Walter Corkran, another clerk, was taken out through hole cut in the front door. His feet were so entangled in the debris that his shoes had to be cut of and his feet torn before he could be extricated Martin White, g teamster, extricated from the back of the building. His left leg was crushed to jelly, rendering imme diate amputation necessary. He was also cut and bruised badly about the head. At 7 o'clock this evening the dead body of Morti- mer Linthicum, a bookkeeper, was recovered The following is a list of the casualties: Known to be kilIed-James Kelley. Mortimer H. Linthicum and & colored boy named Brown Burned in the ruins and supposed to be dead Giidea Hook, shipping clerk for Long & Dugale; Kenneth McLea. travelling salesman for Long $ Dugale; Edward Brown, 8 Moulton and Johnson. Injured-Martin White, left leg mangled, has been amptuated; W. Fl. Corkran, terribly bruised and cut; Benjamin Greenwood legs badly injured and head cut; Harry F. Sewing, badly bruis- ed; Theodore Hooper. a member of the firm, face gashed. Theodore Hooper and four others escaped by forcing an iron grating in the rear.
 It is not definitely known what caused the building to collapse, but the latest theory is that the upper floors were overladen with cotton duck and the top floor giving away the additional weight thrown to the next floor below caused the bursting of the entire build
 
 Another theory is that the air chamber of the hydraulic elevator exploded. The loss can not be estimated, but it is supposed to be not less than $1O GOO.