Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-10

excited crowd Notwithstanding the fact that
the rain and hull were pouring down in a
perfect deluge.
The following is a list of the killed as re-
ported at police headquarters so far: Samuel
Springer, taken out OF the wreck, lived in
Allegheny; W. w. McKeown; Samuel
Brown, Jr., lying dead under steam boiler;
Charles Fritch, apprentice in barber shop,
suffocated; William Goettmann, lived in
Allegheny; two men, names unknown, at
morgue; George Mason residence unknown,
at morgue; DR. j l.. Reed, one of the oldest
physicians in tn, city. was on the second
floor of the We din building He was caught
by the falling wall, and lay dead under the
elevator cage in the cellar; Thomas Jones.
single hricklaver. Allegheny; Hill
tcoloredl, aged ! 3; unknown man.
The following is a complete list of the in
jured to = p m. at the Homeopathic hospital.
Many of them will die: Thomas Mckee;
Alfred Lambet, head and back cut and
bruised: John Downey; George Mason, ia
tally hurt; w. McCurdy, Charles Petticord,
Alice Carly, i. A. Reimer, E E. Davis,
Peter Foster, Oscar G.. Smith, Bernard
O'Connor, Weld en- Mason, Jr., John Redut
(colored> Thomas Lemon, Mike Ryan, Da-
vid Courtney. Frank Barrett, Elmer Nc
Keown, Martin Hitler, James Wall, " illiam
Springer, Alice McGlore, VII lam Wilson
Charles Cally, fireman, truck A; Evan Pew,
hose company; Thomas Barker, engine COM
pany No IL.
The following are at West Penn hospital:
Morris Ryan, ia ally njured; J. H Herring,
fatally injured.
Others injured and assisted by friends
were: Gus Measner, George Scott T. e.
Melville, George Long, ali compositors in
Joseph Euche IA lm's printing house. Harry
Faulkner, Jerry Huckenstein, William Ian
don, John Mcione, Samuel Brown and
Ernest Renhart were removed to Allegheny
general hospital Owen Donnelly was taken
to Mercy hospital.
Additional injured: John NJ Gaehring, at
torney; Joe Gearing, elevator boy at Wei
din's; - Barber.
Those of the Injured at the Ho neopathic
hospital who are thought by the physicians
to he fatally injured are: Courtney, Barrett,
Barber, Lemon, McCurdy, Lambert and Nc
Kee.
The elevator boy in Weldin's store was
pinned beneath the elevator. For long
time his agonizing cries for relief could be
heard. One OF the pitiful sights TO be seen
at the ruins were the feet of two men stick
ing up through the debris 1t was impossible
to get at them until trembling wall that
appeared ready to fall had been secured
The imprisoned ctims were undoubtedly
dead George l. Holiday, who had an
office in the rear of Weldin's building, is
among the missing and it is feared that he
has been killed. Mr.. Holiday is president
OF the Pittsburg select council, and one of the
most prominent citizens of the city.
At $50 p m. The dead body of colored
| boy, name unknown, was taken out and re.
| moved to the morgue. A few moments later
the elevator boy James Gearing, employed
| in Weldin's store, was removed He WIS
| unconscious and is probably fatally injured
1t is generally believed that the col
| lapse OF the new Wiley building is as
| much attributable to the poor quality OF
mortar and ma yerial used in the construc
| ton of the walls as to the force and power
| of the wind TIE contractor on the work,
we'll as the city building inspector, come
| in for condemnation on all sides. At mid
| night the officials aud citizens were still hard
At work, as it is known positively that there
were other persons under the debris The
voices heard earlier in the evening had not
| been heard for over an hour All possible
| efforts were being made to reach the spot
from which the Dpeals for aid were last heard
| The dangerous condition. Nue snn Iaoo III u
i nuI' II &c Ioaoed ~-'-'I OF the surrounding
| lettering walls compelled the greatest
| care on the part Of the rescuers. Work was
! continued throughout the night by aid of
| electric lights.
Inspector of Police McAleese stated at a
late hour last night that he was OF the opin-
| ion that from fl leen to twenty five persons
were yet in the ruins, and he would not be
| surprised if the death list would be increased
| to fifteen or twenty.
Some OF the Losses have been estimated as
| follows: Walls & Co, books and stationery,
| loss, g., 900; j. 4. Gal linger, china store,
| loss, 50, 900; j X Weldin & Co, stationery,
| books, wholesale and retail, loss on building
and stock 5000.
| A report has j Ist reached the city that the
storm struck the shops of the Westinghouse
Brake company, large brick structure
| at Wilmerding, fourteen miles from the city
! on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad
| One side of the foundation was damaged
| making the building in dangerous condi-
| ton The damage will be very heavy.
| Trainmen report more or less damage to
| property on nearly all the railroads ent6r-
ing into the city. At Apollo, on the West
Pennsylvania railway, considerable damage
was done AMI one man killed. A number of
buildings were dsstroyed at Steubenville, o.
Several buildings were blown down at Jean
nette, on the Pennsylvania railroad Tele,
grams to The Times from Altoona state thai
wires are down throughout the central par
of the state, but that trainmen coming int
Altoona report damages in all the interior
towns that are expected to reach severa
hundred thousand dollars. Several bridges
were also blown down. Reports of a similar
nature are coming in from all points in the