The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-04

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was buried in tho debris. Tho two or
three beams and portion of tho fence had
criss-crossed over him. This prevented
the mass Of rubbish on top Of them from
doing him serious injury. AS the men
worked towards him they could here his
voice very plainly, although it sounded
dull, coming up from the material that was
over him. He could BIO heard at first
sobbing.
But as the sounds of relief reached him
he quieted down. As soon as he could be
reached some whisky and water was
handed down to him. This he drank, and
said in firm voice:
II wish you would make haste and got
me out. am tired Of being in here"
"All right" was the CHEEKY response, 1--WE
will be there in minute"
But they had to work slowly. After
waiting awhile the boy said: II thought
you would be here in a minute. 1 am awful
tired and my toe hurts. Make haste" He
was soon free. He was so covered with
dust that he was hardly recognizable. He
was taken to his homo where his almost
frantic mother devoured him with caresses.
He had one or two cuts about the head, and
his toe was partially crushed.
The Building, It's Age, &c.
Tho hotel was built at two different
periods. The part that fell down last night
was erected years after the portion that
now stands. The latter was built about
1884 and is 80 feet deep by so wide. 1t was
named the United States Hotel. For
many years it was prominent among the
places Of public entertainment. In 1910
Messrs. Tyler & levitt began the erection
Of the back building. They were to have
lease of.fve years or compensation for the
cost of building it. 1t was 90 feet deep.
haI H,,s, ha Oh
their funds ran out.
The walls were left in this uncompleted
condition for aboutsix months. There had
been used in them brick of the kind called
salmon. 1t is soft brick, and Is easily
worn away by the action of weather and
water. 1t Is generally used in filling-in be-
tween the walls, but very seldom as a wall
brick. Mr.. Follausbee and w. II. Upper
man finished the back building. When
Mr.. Follansbee sold his half interest in it it
became the property Of his five sons, James
NJ, Joseph b., l.. Il. and Joshua, who owned
it at the time of the collapse. Mr.. Upper
mans half is in the hands Of Judge Walter
s. Cox, under the operations of q mort
gage.
j. w. Gray, who leased the whole build
ing in 1882, changed the name to "Conti-
mental" Hotel. He did mot remain in pos
session long. In November of the same
year Mr.. j. w. Bedding, the proprietor at
the time of the crash, entered into posses
sion. He changed tho name back to United
States. According to all accounts the walls
have been in dangerous way for the past
eleven months. Mr.. Follansbee noticed
in several places. A few days ago he sent q
bricklayer to attend to them. This was not
done.
There was another cause than defective
| bricklaying and bad material that
aided in tho grand demolition. The gutter;
| running along the caves several years age
became leaky. They had suffered severe
| strain from accumulated snow and ice
| Whenever 1t rained the water would pour
| down the walls in sheets from the leaky
| cutters. This upon the soft brick had the
| effect Of very materially fastening the dis
| aster. The front aud back buildings were
| connected by joists set into the walls Of tho
| former.
In the fall, the whole back building, ex.
cept portion near the eastern iunc5ure Of
| the two, was cut away from its companion
| as clearly as If it had been done by u 81
| gantic razor. A small section of the cast
ern wall was left standing in totterinG
condition. Against the wall Of the front
building there hung, at about tho third
story, suit of clothes, which had beer
placed there by the occupant of one of thu
rooms. They were all that was left of tn
room in which they had been husg up.
Willing Hands and Hearts.
As soon rs the building fell in there wa
a rush of people up the alley. This wa
before the police arrived. About ten me-
went to work to extricate Annie Dickson
Tho fremen and policemen came in. The.
turned the men at work out. Ropes wer
strung across the accesses to tho scene an
the crowd was kept back. 1t was soon up
parent, however, that volunteer worl
would have to be utilized.
There was a call for volunteers. Me
and boys sprang over and crawled undo
the ropes aud got to work at once. Man
of them had ON their best clothes. A YER
few minutes on the pile took away any
thing like smartness in the appearance o
their apparel.
| Tho firemen's lanterns were all the ligh
there was for about an hour and a-hali
They were reinforced by two calcium
lights.
Then the electric lights gave all the illu
mination that was needed. Men wen
around with buckets of water, the content
of which were eagerly drank by the thirst.
workers. Whisky was also handed arount
in sparing quantities.
Condition of the Injured ut 3 O'ciOcb
Inquiry at Providence Hospital this al
ternoon revealed tho fact that the tire
persons removed there are getting alon
as we'll as could be expected, aud were no
in immediate danger of dying.
Mrs. Belongs Serious Condition.
DIR. Townshend states that Mrs. Beldin
is in serious condition and was severed
crushed and sustained bruises all over he
body. She received cut over the left ey
that required ten stitches.