Evening journal., 1889-01-11


me ruins Tine list OF dead follows. Thomas
zones aged 20 years. briclsayer, single, Al
egheny Georga Mason, skull crushed; John
uili, 10 years old, colored boy, employed as
oootblack IN barber shop Charles Frtch. l6
years old, employed in barber shop. found
standing in the shop with a sponge in his
hand; Samuel Stringer, l6 years old.
printer in Juergen's Office lived In
Allegheny; DR.. James L. Read. 81
years old, lived at Allegheny, en-.
tombed In the Weldin building; heard
groanng in the afternoon, but it was impos-
sible to save him; William Goettman. Il
years old, employed as clerk In Thomas
Gather store, imprisoned in falling walls;
Joseph Gehring, l6 years old, Allegheny;
John Rodgerson, carpenter. home at Castle
shannon; George McGough, single; Samuel
brown, aged 80, carpenter Allegheny; John
Donnelly, bricklayer, Nunnery Hill; Richard
Carroll, brickayer, Allegheny; Leonard
Shiffhauer, bricklayer. Tho body Of Samuel
Brown, Jr., young carpenter, was taken
,ut Of tho cellar OF the Wiley building. His
lead was crushed to jelly, his body
doubled, with his hands up 70 his hend.
A wheelbarrow which he had been using
was alongside of him. A young man was
at the spot where he was killed when the
body was taken out Said he, with the tears
trickling down his face; ~ just missed what
my brother Sam got, because was sick l
wasn't working, and that's how | escaped
In addition II is stated by Assistant Chief
Steel, OF the fire department, that as many
as twenty others may be still under the fallen
structures Others express fear that sew
eral ladies who were in Weldins book store
when the crash came did not escape, while
l.. tt..a
men are lying dead in Spencer's alley, which
is filed with great piles Of brick aud timber.
The truth Of the matter appears 20 be that
the accident was even more far reaching in
its deadly effects than was at first supposed,
and that the horrible results win not all be
known until the last brick has been removed.
The scene at the ruins almost battles descrip-
tion. Wood street from Fifth avenue to
Diamond and Diamond back 10 the market
house was a living. breathing mass OF hui
manity- All classes were represented. The
untiring firemen continue at the work OF
rescue, removing brick by brick from the Inn
mense mass OF debris, which will take two
more days TO clear away.
The general opinion Ia that the accident Is
due TO the fact that the Wiley building,
which was seven stories high, was being
erected without front wall or even tenn
porary front. The charge is also made that
the brick and mortar were Of inferior
quality, the mortar particularly There Is a
disposition, too, to blame the building in-
spectors. Some Of these statements, how
ever. remain TO be substantiated before
Coroner Mcdowell
A Diamond street clerk was smoking and
watching the workmen on Willey's building.
Presently he turned to another clerk aud
said; There's an unlucky number, and he
pointed 10 the men on the sixth story. The
other clerk counted thirteen While they
were talking Of II the great wall nearest 10
the street swaycd forward anS the great
structure came down
George Shoenberger's barber shop was
completely annihilated, but the large mirror
escaped unbroken. A customer with half
shaven face was killed, but the barber at
work upon him was not seriously hurt.
When the Wiley building fell it wrecked
completely or partially demolished seven
other buildings, -Rea Bros banking house
Weldin g. Co.'S book store, Joseph Eich-
baum e. Co.'S art store, J. A. Gallinper,s
glass store J. H. Watts a. Co.'S book store
Adams Express company's building, Thomas
shoe finding establishment and Henrick's
Temple Of Music. The financial loss Is about
i SloO,VuU.
| DR. James L. Read, the most distinguished
victim Of the disaster, whose dead body still
lies buried under tons OF debris, was born IN
Philadelphia in ls0s. His father was quite a
prominent politician there for many years
The doctor had two older brothers in the
United States army. One was killed ia the
Mexican, the other one in the Seminole war
The family came to this city In 1918, but sub
sequently moved to Wheeling where. In 1880
during a revival DR.. Read Joined the Metho-
dist church. In lS40 be came to Pittsburr
to take charge Of the Methodist Book deposi-
tory. He managed this until about ten wears
ago. DR.. Reads great-grandfather PLAYED
an important part at the battle Of Bunker
Hill during the revolutionary war. Two
married daughters survive the doctor. one
living in Sewickley and the other In St Louis
The Gale Drowned Niararasa Roax