Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-05
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Collapse ~ . Baltimore Warehouse Carry
ing to InHtant Death several Of IT. N
mates and Causln& the Serious Injury q
Many OtheFs-Ths Cause Of the Disastel
Enyslopsd n Mystery.
BALrIMoRE. Nd. May 81.
A disaster occurred here shout two
o'clock yesterday afternoon, resulting II
the killing Of six persons. Shortly aftcl
the hour named the center OF the city was
thrown into intense excitement BY I
roaring proceeding from the center Of thu
block of valuable warehouses on South
Gay street, between Second and I.om
bard streets. The cause was soon appar.
ent, for the handsome. cheat stone ware
house No. 81 South Gay street, occupied
by VIM. E. Hooper & Sons, cotton mer.
chants, was seen to fall in with : crash,
Great clouds of dust arose from the yasi
pile of debris in the bed of the street and
in the interior of the structure, instantly
spreading like pail over the scene, hid.
ing 1t completely from the passers-by on
the square.
The warehouse was completely
causing the death of the following:
Mortimer Linthicum, clerk for Hooper
& Sons.
James Kelly, book keeper for The firm.
Edward Bowen, colored porter.
James Bowen, son of the last named.
Gildea Hook, shipping clerk for Long
& Dngdafe.
Long s Dugdale, dealers in fertilizers,
occupied an office on the second floor of
the Hooper building.
The fall of the structure was attended
by deafening uproar and, as several
witnesses testified, was preceded by
noise like escaping steam. The clerks in
the Custom-house, across the way, were
the first to reach the street in front of the
warehouse, some of them leaping from
the windows near their desks, and then
from all quarters the crowds came pour.
ing iato the dusty thoroughfare. Many Of
them were in Office coats and all were
pale with suppressed excitement. Sud-
denly cry of great agony arose from the.
front Of the demolished building: ssOh,
God, help, help, help! For Gods sake
help" t.No one could tell where the
cry came from, until boy caught a
glimpse of s straw hat projecting from
the lower edge of vast pile of broken
timber which bulged from the north WIN.
dow Of the building on the second, floor.
He pointedit out to a policeman, and
the crowd instantly caught sight of bit
of straw and traced the cries to It.
The fire alarm was immediately sounded
and the department responded promptly Z
A c0iored porter employed in the ware
house Of Ulman & Goldborough adjoining
the fatal building crowded out ON the
lower c0rnice aud asked question of the.
man imprisoned at the window of whom
only his head could be seen. By
q desperate effort the captive
raised bis head and exposed CHASTITY
face distorted with awful torture. "For
Gods sake hit me in the head; kill
me quick the poor creature cried.
Several hremen undertook the peril
GUS task of rescuing, II, possible, the
man, who proved to be Ben
jamin b. Greenwood, book-keeper for
Long & Dugdale. The work proceeded
with system, and was carried out as rap
Idly as possible, taking into considers.
ton the great danger of the remaining
portion of the wall falling at any mo
ment.
After long and untiring efforts Mr..
was rescued at $3.50 p. m.
His legs. were crushed in horrible
and his head badly cut. He was
taken to the hospital, and it Is thought he
will recover.
About an hour later, Harry f. Sewing,
cashier for Hooper & Sons, was rescued |
Huge timbers had fallen all around him
and he was thus protected. He tainted