The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-10

windows and doors in number oil SUI
rounding buildings were broken, Will
In five minutes after the collapse Of tn
building, the streets were filled with u
excited crowd, Notwithstanding the iaC
that the rain and hail was pouring dow
in perfect deluge.
With the arrival OF the tiremen tn
work OF rescues was begun, Ladder
were run up to the second and thir
stories Of the Weldon building and th
first one taken out was young lady en-
ployed as u type writer, who fortunatel
had escaped serious injury, Crowds o
willing hands eagerly took up tho worl
OF rescue and every little while lresl
localities where men had been Caugh
were found, At tho tims OF the disaste
about twenty-five men We're vt work OI
the building and not one escaped injury
In the barber shop next door seven meI
wereimprisoned, whilea alfdozen NOR
were buried beneath thu debris Of th'
Weldin building,
The hospitals were notified, aud Ashor
time later tho cling OF ambulance bell'
and patrol wagon gongs were heard
Contractors Booth and Flynn had TWEEN
ty,fYe wagons and carts on the scene In
side Of an hour, and private expressmel
lent their wagons and their aid in help
ing to
RESCUE THE VICTIMS,
When a poor unfortunate was found
ho was given temporary relief by the
physicians and then carefully removed
to ono Of the hospitals. Meantime the
crowd continued to increase until finally
II wRs found necessary to call out the
police and have the streets cleared for u
square each way,
The work was continued all afternoon,
and 10 o'clock tonight u number Of per.
sons were known 10 be still underneath
the debris, up to TINT hour forty man.
gled and bruised bodies had been taken
from the ruins. Some were dead, others
were dying and many were fatally in
jured. Ono or two died on the way to
the hospital, From the best information
obtainable eight were killed outright, or
died In short time, aud rs others were
injured. 1t is believed that the list Of
dead will be greatly increased before
or the eight killed,
only two have been identified
30 far. One was little girl,
who, when tho building fell, was killed
Instantly, and her brother, it is thought,
fatally Injured. The body Of George
kirsli, q barber IS years old, was found
in the cellar OF tho barber shop. Five
unknown men and one hoy ar1 now NJ
.he morgue awaiting Identification. DR..
J. l.. Reed, II prominent physician Of
was in Weldons ut the time,
md no il still missing. 1t is feared that
he Is dead. The following is the list Of
.ho wounded rescued up to 10 o'clock
.o.night.
list OF INJURgD,
Daniel Courtney, badly bruised about
,he head; Eugene l.. Davis, printer,
rushed, seriously injured; Charles II,
Petticord, bookkeeper for Weldon & Co.,
IeriouSly injured; Weldons mason, sew.
,rely cut head, will recover; Alice Car.
,er, injuries slight; John Rldout, carpen.
.er, back and head injured, willrecover;
Bernard o'Connor, brick layer, serious.
y bruised head, and body, not fatal;
Frank Barrett, crushed about head and
breast, serious but not fatal; Thomas
Lemon, bricklaycr, ribs broken, very
serious;
Alfred Lambert, compositor, seriously
hurt in head and buck, not fatal; w. A.
bricklayer, hadlyinjured, but
will not die; Jamcs Watt, carpenter, in
iuries not fatal; Michael Ryan, brick.
layer, badly bruised bNck and legs, will
John Donelly, bricklayer, blind.
iled by sand and badly bruised, will not
die; Henry Faulkner, badly yinjured about
the head, hurt internally, recovery
Thomas Mckee, briCklayef,
will recover, legs broken Oscar L. Smith,
slightly; Elmer McKeon,
clerk, not serious; Martin Halleran, Ell.
ginccr, badly bruised but not fatal;
George Mason, seriously injured about
head and body, his life is despaired Of;
William Springer, engineer, badly but
not fatally injured; William Barker, in
jured internally, death expected; /;
John Goehring, lawyer, severely Injured
about tho head, will recover;
Morris Wine, bricklayer, blown from
top Of building, not fatal; Owen Dom
uelly, briCklayer, hurt about head and
back, quite serious; Geo. Threshler, bar
Der, severe scalp wound and conclusion
OF the brain, serious; w. W. MCKown,
both legs broken, will recover; Samuel
Brown, bricklayer, serious; George Scott,
printer, severely hurt but not fatally; G..
Lang, printer, buck injured, not serious.
j. Il. Melvin, printer, arm dislocated and
head cut; Gus Messmer, printer,
blade and leg broken; Rov.
Father Caneyin, badly bruised but not
serious; Barley Colley, fireman, bruised
and cut, not fatal; Samuel Stringer, boy
very badly hurt, may die; Willie Nc.
Clone, boy badly injured, probably fatal.
ly; Rev. Father Canevin, who was help.
ing TO rescue the victims, narrowly es.
capped being killed. About four o'clock
Joseph Goehring, an errand boy employ.
cd by Weldon 4 Company was discover.
cd among the debris. He was heard To
call for d drink OF water, and Father
Canevln, and B. Devilen got a tin OF
water. They were about TO let 1t down
10 young Gephrlng, through a small gum
hose, when d partition wall In the rear OF
Weldon & Co.'s store fell covering up
Father Caneyln and three others. When
Father Caneyin heard the wall cracking
he supposed ho would be killed, and
pushing Deylin aside, he threw bis arms
around pillar, so as to prevent the air
from being cut OF ftolu young Goehring.
Fortunately he was not much hurt, and
when rescued, was able to 60 home un-
assisted.
All kinds OF theories have been I'D.
yanced for tho collapse Of the building.
In some instances the responsibility ID
placed on the contractors, while Ia 9th.
ers the building inspectors are blamed,
TnE STORM ELSEWHERE.
The cyclone wrought terrible destruC-
ton in other parts Of the city, and out
along the railroads centcring here. A
portion of the foundry Of Mcintosh,
Hcnphill & Co., on Thirteenth street
was wrecked, as was tho AlSoma house
in Allegheny, At Walls station, on The
Pennsylvania road, a large brick build