The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-10


the scene. The tiremen left the
burning paint-shop and assisted in
the rescuing OF the dead and
dying: The police force was called out, the
ambulance and relief corps and thousands
OF people We're at the debris carrying out
bricks, pulling away timbers and assisting
wherever they could. all at the same time,
put JOelr work was slow compared with the
demand for the rescue of the victims. Here
u young woman was taken out all bruised,
ana suffered from cuts and gashes. One
body noticed as it was dragged ont had its
head cut off. Others were i'm various post
ures, the living all suffering from the most
terrible wounds and some almost scared to
death. reporter entered what was once
the basement of the building, and cropping
his way through the debris noticed five
bodies of young girls lying close together.
he tried to pull them out, but they were
pinned down, and it was impossible to
move them. They were dead and beyond
all human aid.
Up to 1880 o'clock tonight probably the
bodies of a dozen dead have been taken
out, while the greater portion of the re-
malnder are still under the ruins. The
work OF rescue will be pushed all night,
but 1T may be far into tomorrow before all
still have the greatest hopes that
some of those inside are still
alive, and there is every rea-
son for saying that those who hold this
belief are right. All is chaos and confusion
around the mill. The managers are miss
ing, and the correct number. of dead and
missing is entirely guess-wOrk; 1T may not
be over forty, but at this hour it looks as if
1t would reach sixty or eighty.
The sllk-mill was built about four years
lists, and the cost of putting it up was
$4,000. The mill was leased to Grimshaw
Brothers, of Paterson, N. j., where they
also operate similar mills, and they. have
been running it ever since. The machinery
they put IN the mill cost $4,000. This is a
total loss.
AT IL o'clock about dozen dead bodies
had been taken out. Among those who are
dead are the following:
LAURAKEARsHNER, HENRY CROKER,
EVA LEEDS LILLE GROW
KATIE BOWMAN KATE LEAs,
AMELIA CHRISTIAN, ELLA LONG,
SOPHIE MINKLEMAN, WILLIE SNYDER,
KATE kREhsGA REbGASuER kGsE MT4EEsRE'
These are all the dead that have been
taken out. Clerk Aulenbach stated at mid
night that he believed fully eighty bodies
were in the ruins under the three floors.
His list of employees is lost, and owing to
the confusion In taking out the injured he
was unable to furnish 6 list of the killed,
but eighty is o conservative estimate of
those who lost their lives. Among the
wounded are:
Geraldine Glazier, Annie Leads, Bertha
Kuser, Ella Lamm, Emma Rauernsahn,
George Neiman,. Ella Karl, Minnie Merkel,
man, Mary Melon, Ellie Salmon, Ellie
Plum, Kate Hepler, Mary Cunnius, Mary
Evans, Effie .Ebright, Howard and Annie
Bricker, Annie Fry, and many others whose
names cannot be aScertained In the con-
fusion OF tonight.
Scenes Inside the Falling Mill.
READING, Jan. 9.-Augustus Z. ROscup,
residing at 63S North Tenth street, was the
foreman of the first and second floors of the
silk-mill. A reporter interviewed him, and
his statement is as follows: 1T was about
twenty minutes past o'clock when went
to the second story to turn on the electric
lights. After l had done this / stood
minutes. Suddenly / heard a loud
rushing noise, which 1 thought was a
cyclone. The building then shook. / was
standing in the southern end of the room,
and before could look out of the window
/ felt the building sink. Quick as lightning,
the portion of the room that was in went
down. The girls rushed about me, crying
and screaming and calling for help. They
did not realize what was taking place. 1t
ing was struck first. cannot describe the
scene. 1t was awful. could not do any
thing, and could not think of what should
do. Our end of the building went down
first, and while the floor was sinking it
seemed to mo as If the girls in the other
part of the room were on top of a hill--that
was the way it impressed me. While we
were going down l saw other portions of
the floor fall. In minute all was over.
The screaming of the girls was
heart-rending. I was knocked down
na5 s Sv nv hfaoy ao cda eTsrv snd os1 hd
part. of my body excepting my leg.
shoe off my foot. In this way l became
loosened andmanaged to arise. Amid the
screams of the girls and falling beams and
of the ruins on the eastern side ofthe build.
ing, but how, don't know. / called to the
girls as loudly as could. They were all
terribly excited, and never
witnessGS e anSMhins MnHs s sf aTfaa Sem II heard al
me and worked themselves toward me. Al
some places it seemed as if the floor was
closed as solid mass, and the girls would
creep around this, crawl over the machines
and creep on their hands and knees until
machines saved many. from being crushed
to death, and left space between
the floor and debris to crawl
out / believe that fully 100 persons
escaped with me. remember seeing them
run across the commons in different direc-
tions to their homes. Some ran away a
short distance and then returned to the
ruins. The entire building was down
The girls came back to look for theil
brothers and sisters or friends. We could
hear the means and shrieks of those impris
oned in the ruins. The rain was pouring
down, and all around was dark. / was
badly bruised and hurt about the body
head and limbs, and went home after / saw
/ could do nothing. Between $50 and 80,
operatives were in the building. About
All the floors were in operation. The report
that one hundred went home at 4 o'clock il
not true.''
MORE LOSS OF LIFE.
Of RIaild Porson,