The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-11

Building They were SO horribly mutilated
as to be unrecognizable, but were nnaliS
identified as the bodies of John Il. Rogerson
and Thomas Jones' They were employed
as brick-layers on the ill-fated Wiley
Building, and lived at Castle shannon; Ia.
Rogerson leaves wife and three children;
Joseph G9hring. the brave slxteen-y
lad who was rescued, last night, after Deing
gum hose. through which whisky and beer
tea were fed to him, died at Mercy Hospital
this morning The death list now fo0ts up
eleven, the wounded thirty-fiye and 5he
are in critical condition. and their deaths
are momentariiy expected. There are all
kinds of rumors in regard to the number
still in the ruins. One of the men working
On he v Mnn yd m as Twelve As
but this is believed to be too high an esti-
mate. None of the men reported missing
have been heard from. and 1T rs believed
that at least eight persons are stu buried
in the debris. There is no hope OF any now
in the ruins being alive. SO that 1T is safe TO
say that the death list will exceed q score
The streets in the vicinity of the work
are still full of people, but the terrible ex-
citement of yesterday has given place TO
with callers all day, and many heart.rend-
ing scenes were enacted as visitors dlscov-
cred in the bruised and distorted features
ones or friends. The bodies lay on cots,
covered by sheets only the faces being Wis
lille, and, unless for the purpose OF ldentin-
cation, not further exposed.
Ihe west wall oft Of the wiley eoiS%hg s%agy
this morning that it endangered the lives
of the rescuers, and about noon 1T was torn
down. The, rescuing party numbers fully
one hundred men, bnt they. are not making
officials are satisfied that at least twenty
persons are still in the wreck. Many eye
witnesses have come to the front who
state that they are positive that when the
ss we're snofh in the aiey back Of the Weldon and
adjacent stores. 81 have no doubt" said
Coroner Mcdowell. after a consultation
with DR.. Sutton, that twenty-five or thir-
ty more people lie buried in the ruins. No
person knows who were in the road OF dam
ger and who were not. Several persons
have informed me they saw a large crowd
of men run into the alley which was, the
next moment, filed with q heap of debris
the case, for it was exemplified when these
people rushed into tine barber shop to get
out of danger. In their endeavor to escape
they rushed right into the jaws of death.
But another evidence, and more slgnlhcans
than hearsay, is the fact of the hundredsof
inquiries being made at the morgue. Rela-
tives, friends and persons In every walk In
life called at the morgue and inquired for
father, brother and cousin. l very much
far reported will be the final result. 1t may
be late tomorrow afternoon before the en-
tire ruins are explored and carted away
On the strength of Coroner McDowelPs
statement, backed by Dr.. Sutton, the police
authorities have issued an order telling all
persons who have friends or relatives miss
ing to report them as early as possible to
police headquarters.
At O'Clock this afternoon the list OF dead
had increased to fourteen. Ihelr nameSs as
corrected, are:
THOMAS JONES. aged twenty years.
JOHN HALL, colOred, aged fourteen.
JAMES MGOUGH, aged twenty-ope years.
CHARLES FITCH, aged fifteen years.
JOHN 8. ROBERTSON, aged forty-one years.
JOSEPH GoEHRING, aged sixteen years.
THOMAS MKEE, aged thirty years.
JOHN DONNELLY, aged about twenty-five
RICHARD CARROLL.
SAMUEL BROWN, jr
DIR. JAMES J.. READ.
WILLIE GoETTMAN, aged fifteen years.
AN UNKNOWN NAN.
Coroner Mcdowell was on the go all day,
busily engaged in making investigation as
to the cause of the accident, and trying to
gather enough evidence to see If the blame
was not due to the negligence of some per-
son connected with the erection of the
building. From the energy which the cor
oner has shown in the matter, it may be
inferred that he will leave no stone un-
turned in his efforts to judiciously and in
telligently place the responsibility. When
he was met by reporter, this morning, he
was about to leave for Mercy Hospital, to
learn what the injured might have to say
concerning the accident, and the partially
completed building.
Il will not impanel a jury until have
| made few more personal investigations,
| and learned all l can about the sad affair.""
| said the coroner. "Of course, am, as vet,
| unable to say what our line of investiga-
| tion will be, but think we will have plen-
| ty of information by the time impanel a
! jury. The police are aiding me in every
manner possible, and l expect much from
| them."
From what the coroner says there can be
| little doubt of his intention to hold thor
| Ough and satisfactory investigation.
Late this afternoon a rumor was current
| that five women were III the ruins in the
cllar of Weldon's store. However, it was
| not entirely authentic, and could not be
| tracked to a reliable source, and it is prob
able that if such were the case it would
| have been reported before now. Mr.. Ma
| his clerks was missing, and that lady Gus
toner whom he was serving at the time had
| not been heard from. and as they were in
the cellar it is probable both have been
killed.
This afternoon Coroner Mcdowell impan-
| eled q jury from among the business men
end old residents of the city, and it is pro-
| the causes leading to the disaster. The
| jury viewed the bodies at the morgue and
then inspected the ruins, after which an ad-
| jOurnment was taken until tomorrow
| morning at 10 o'clock, at which time the
| inquest proper will be commenced.