The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-11

From what the coroner says there car
be little doubt OF his intention TO hold /
thorough and satisfactory investigation
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the bodies O.
Samuel Brown, Jr,, aud an unknown
man were found. They were taken tC
the morgue.
THE HUMRRR OF DEAD,
AT one o'clock this afternoon the
number oi dead had increased to a.
Their names as corrected are; Thomas
Jones, aged 20 years; John Hill, colored,
aged II years; james McGough, aged q
years; George Mason; Charles Fitch,
aged Is years; John =, Rogerson, aged Il
years; Samuel Strlnger, aged 10 years
Joseph Goehrlng aged 10 years; Thomas
Mckee, aged about 80 years; John Don,
nelly, aged about 25years; Richard Car
roll Leonard ShilIhauer; Samuel Brown,
jr,; Dr. James l., Read; Willie Goett,
man, aged l5 years, The l'odies Of the
last live have not been recovered, but u
Is known positively TINT they are In the
ruins.
A tour OF the hospitals this morning
found all the wounded doing well, but
William Springer, Bernard " 'COnnor, A.
Barber, Golored, Michael Ryan, Thomas
Lemon, Ernest Rlnehart and Alfred Lam.
bert, The seven named are in Il critical
condition, and ut noon Ryan, Barber and
o'Connor were reported to bo dying.
EYE WITNESSES.
Many eye witnesses have come to the
front who state that they are positive
when the first shock occurred that a
number OF persons were in tho alley
back OF the Weldin and adjacent stores.
II have no doubt" said Coroner Nc.
Dowell, alter consultation with DR..
Sutton, "that twenty-five or thirty more
people lie buried in the ruins. No person
knows who were in the road Of danger
and who were not, Several persons have
informed mo they saw a large crowd OF
men run into the alley, which was the
next moment filled with heap Of de-
bris twenty-five feet deep. l believe
such was the case, for 1t was exompliiled
when these people rushed into the
barber shon TO get out OF danger. In
their endeavor TO escape they rushed
right into the jaws Of death. But an-
other evidence, and more significant
than hear say, Is the fact that hundreds
Of inquiries are being made at the
morgue. Relatives, friends aud persons
in every walk Of life called at the
morgue and inquired for father, brother,
and cousin. / very much fear that
many more deaths than are thus fur re.
ported will bo the tinal result. II may
be late tomorrow afternoon before the
entire ruins arc explored and carted
away"
On the strength Of Coroner Mellow
ellis statement, backed by DR.. Sutton,
tue police authorities have issued an or
der telling all persons who have friends
or relatives missing TO report them rs
early as possible to police headquarters.
The west wall OF the Wiley building,
which had been left standing, was SO
shaky this morning that 1t endangered
the lives OF the rescuers, and about noon
1t was torn down. The resCuing party
numbers fully 100 men, but they are not
making much headway.
RuMoRs oPMoRE DEATHS.
Late this afternoon a rumor was cur
rent that five women were in the ruins
in the cellar Of Wcldin's store. How.
ever II was not entirely authentic aud
could be traced TO no reliable souCe, aud
1t Is probable that II such were the case
1t would have been reported before now.
Mr.. Mason, OF Weldin & Co., stated that
one Of his clerks was missing and a lady
customer whom he was serving at the
time had not been heard from; and as
they were In the cellar 1t is probable
they both have been killed. This after.
noon Coroner Mcdowell empannelled a
jury from among the business men and
old residents Of the city andit Is propos.
cd to make searching investigation Of
the cquses leading 10 the disaster. The
jury viewed the bodies at the morgue
and inspected the ruins, alter which an
adjournment was.taken until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, at which time the
inquest proper will be commenced.
The body OF Willie Goetman, aged 10
years, was recovered at 10 O'Clock to-
night. Young Goetman was alive for
several hours after the accident, and
talked To the rescuers as late as o'clock
last night, but they were unable 10 10.
cate him, aud IL is probable that he died
from exhaustion. Four bodies were
taken from tue ruins to-day, making in
all SO far recovered sixteen. The res.
Cuers are still at work aud expect TO
reach Reil's body before morning.
Eight persons are still missing, believed
10 be In tho wreck.
Subscriptions for the benefit Of the
sufferers by yesterdays horror have
been started and handsome sum will
probably be realized.
At midnight, the seventeenth body
that Of Charles McKown, packer for
Weldin & Co., was found in the rear Of
the store.
At2a. IN. two more bodies were rc.
covered, but they were so badly mangled
that recognition was impossible. They
are supposed 10 be carpenters or brick
layers, workmen on the Wiley building.
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