Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-10

I'VE bodies of young girls lying close together;
He tried to pull them out. but they were pinned
down. and it was impossible to get them out.
Iney were dead and beyond all human aid
Up 10 lO:3J tonight probably the bodies OF
dozen dead have been taken out, while the
greater portion of the remainder were still I'M
der the ruins. The work of rescue will be
pushed all night, but it may be far into tomor-
row before all the bodies are taken out. The
reserves still have the greatest hope that some
OF those inside are still living.
All is chaos and confusion around the mill.
The managers are missing, and the correct num-
Der is merely guess work. 1t may not be over
40, and then again, at this hour, there is a like
nhood that 1t will reach 60 or 50. The sawmill
was built about fonr years ago. The builders
were Reading capitalists, and the cost of the
structure was $4,000. The mill was leased to
Grlmshaw Bros, OF Paterson, n. j., where they
also operate similar mills, and they have been
running il ever since. The machinery they put
in the Inill cost $4,000. This is total loss
THE RECOVERED DEAD.
When the Associated Press representative
visited the scene of the wreck at ii O'Clock to-
night he found everything in the greatest con-
fusion AT that time about dozen dead bodies
had been taken out. Among those who are dead
are the following: Henry Croker, foreman of
the silk mill, and married, % years old head
crushed IN and neck and arm broken; from
New New LONDON i1fi Con2:; Laura kershner, Eva
Amelia Cristman, Sophia Winkleman, klla
Long, Willie Snyder, VIM. Robson, Rebecca
Ponse, Kate Reidenaver, Rose Clemmer.
THESE are all the dead who have been taken
out. Clerk Autenbaeh stated at midnight that
he believed that fully eighty bodies were in the
ruins under the three floors. His list of en-
pioyes IS lost, and owing to the confusion in
taking out the injured he was unable to furnish
list OF the killed, but eighty is a conservative
estimate OF those who lost their lives.
THE FOREMAN TELLS HIS STORY.
Augustus E. Roscup was foreman of the first
ana second floors OF the mill reporter inter-
viewed him, and his statement is as follows:
III was about twenty minutes past 5 when l
went 10 the second story to turn on the electric
lights. Alter had done this / stood looking
about the floor for ten minutes. Suddenly
heard loud, rushing noise, which l thought
was cyclone. The building then shook. l
was standing III the southern end OF the room,
and before could look out of window
| felt the building sink. Quick as lightning
went down. The girls rushed about me crying
and screaming and calling for help. They did
not realize what was taking place. Icannot de-
scribe the scene. 1t was awful Icould not do
anything, nor think of what | should do. Our
end OF the building went down first and while
the floor was sinking it seemed so me as if the
girls in the other part of the room were on he
top OF a hill. That was the way it impressed
me- While we were going down / saw other
portions of the floor fall. In minute
ali was over. The screams of the girls we're
some heavy timbers and held fast by my feet.
could move every other part of my body. ex-
cept my leg. 1 reached down with my knife
and cut the shoe off my foot. In this way
became loosened and managed to arise. Amid
the screams of the girls and falling beams and
brick, succeeded in escaping got out of the
RUNS on the east side of the building, but how
don't know. l called to the girls as loudly as
could. They were all tie ribly excited
= | never witnessed anything so awful in nv
life. Many of them head me, and worked
themselves toward me. At some places it
seemed as if the floor was closed as solid mass,
and wOlld AL
over the machines snd creep on their hands
and knees until they got to the opening where
was. The machines saved many from being
crushed to death, as they left spaces between
the floor and debris to crawl out / believe shat
fully 100 persons escaped with me- | remem-
Der seeing them run across the commons in diff
ferent directions to their homes. Between 80
and 300 operatives were in the building About
O'Clock l allowed sixteen girls to go home All
the floors were in operation. The report that
100 girls went home at O'clock is not true"