The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-08
FIVE
Insecure Walls Of q Burned Bulld.
ing Blown Down at Omaha,
Neh
A Hunb.r Of Others Injured Somebody
to Blame For Allowing the 1saseiss
Walls q Stand

Omaha. Seh. Feb 3-A high wind affwo
O'Clock yesterday afternoon blew do~n .
large section OF tho east Wali Of MAJ
Meyers BRICK building as the corner OF
FaInhnm and Eleventh streets which had
sec-nt,y b-en destroyed by fire and com.
ple:eiy wrecked tao baihiiHgs immed.-
a,ely 10 the east Five people in the
wrecked tut dings were killed and several
others more or less injured
p The crash sen, up an immense cloud u
dust and soon attracted = crowd VI not
lees than SOD pope Screams aud
Hroans could lie heard proceeding from
the runs. but the totteriDE pyram de OF
trIck wall s..li standing s-eraed TO terror
i1- every BODY and for nearly half an hour
the victim. wee left in their agony.
One of the crushed tuild ngs WAS .
BRICK occupied BY = Boyer s Co. cafe
dealers. aud ID. e. puntAr & Co cnSfsV-
ere and book publishers The other vas
. frame. on tho lover door o: which WAS
Edward Oeson's clothing store and az
the second nour a Mrs. Hengcn and her
frmily. Both buildings were crushed Ike
egg shells. the front wall of the bI,ck
alone remaining Standing.
When the crash came George Scare
and T. q. fhiIieo. employees of Dunbar &
Co. were engaged at tn. froat ~indo on
some peu post aiis When the sAiauch- -
brick AMI mortar came crash ng through
the xvi sht They l~np-d over The dry
ing tables and cIept under tho steam pipes
nnd down auIoug the runs in tu- SAINT
ling and escai ci with Sig iEjurio.
In another part OF thu building were
other employees of DunhaT. There ~src
seventeen people Oh the pay-rOil fIt only
nine were ON duty nj the TIM, II iL- accI-
dent and MI II them were carried down
in tn. crash. The nam~s of the dead are:
NJ kc Martin. Edward Oi-.on. Peter Bower.
Rudolph Mitchell, Samuel Lombard TIE
injured are: Maxwell Houston, a photo
grsph-r. horribly scald-d and crushed.
and eau not live; Mrs iicng.n. all
the RIB. on one side II her body
crushed b tia legs D. oxen. her shoulder
crushed aud a finger broAen: T. A. ftlico.
-nSssv.r. hiu sod, John Jackson, bruised;
Mss Emma Diver. s~t-nogr.pbcr, hsu.sci
about the face and hoiy: Charles blake,
draughismsn injured about tho face and
wi lose Ia. left eve: Charlie. Gear fore
man VI the engraving department. badly
bruised; George ScNrl-. foreman of the art
department., = lightly bruised
There VAS no wafning ~ the coming
disaster, n white uY Of crumbling NOR
tar. tho rafting Of q lew blts 81 platter
ana the cia-h Of the vail following IN
quick success ON. When the cloud 81 ,bist
blew away It revealed Dunbar. office
crushed Hat aud tn" ROOF, walls and stock
Of Oisen's str, crushed 90 the ground.
and n -hsnty in the rear also wr"cked \
fire n arm WAS sent In and the force called
TO the scene. The trem-n with rope.
sought to pull down the walls
on thu open sid. and give access
To thoss who were impri- ned The
streets Il led WITH curious. propI. " h. dli
not realize that any On. VAS hurt until
they saw men and ~omsn crawling IA, of
the debris and others cut and Inning
brough. cut by the ~firen.n. Then thc.e
who had friends in the wreck cou q hardly
b. k~p, back. Moan. and tears we're many
ns I'll. todi . 81 The dead and wounded
were brought ut. III. ruins - cre - dei
with business mn and men IN all condi-
tons o. lie who worked earnestly ~b-n
they found an opening N save the lives q!
the u~ufoItunaiea
When the r-scu~r> first arrived At the
seen. the or eos Of Olsen were heard in the
northeast corner of the runs. The rc.eusrs
went To work To saw. tn. unfortunate man
and every crv brought n~w hand. To the
work of rec cue, but u required too much
time. and gradually the cries subsidized and
when they reached him he . ne deal.
The body Of Mix Martin, Dunbar's fire.
man. was taken out from The ruins In tn.
vicinity Of the boiler. Tho holy was
roasted and mutiiated and presented .
shock ne a~ppeafnace, Miss Emns Ohvcr.
the siencgIspher for Dumb. was found
about I'D, half an hour after TIL. wreck
living between tho .a'" and III" walls. on-
leg wa. broken and she WAS severely
bruised and sustained . s~s ious concussion
Of th. brain and will die.
Tom Houston. Of D~urhar's steseosypinS
department. va. found lying near tbs
boiler. Hs body ~as horribly burned
firm hea 20 foot and his screams could
b~ heard for blocks
John Jackson. sged seventeen years.
was rescued with . tro&<n leg and aahsr
injuries
Daniels the driver for Hale cafe agency.
va. taken cut tadiy bruised ana injured
internally. -; will survive
Two ylr.s. emp ov.d hy Dunbar. fell
from the second floor and we're seriously
bruised.
The iox. a. far "a can - a~sc~'.ai.st IL.
Max M.T-r. huiiiin d. on Bower. .sfs
agency, a. Dunhar's n craving o. sh-
lshn-ns - 30: oi.rn's eiothing kOu.~
500; Mrs H-ngss's pessooai Effects. etc.
si..s
A. tho FIRE insurance Do. nj ever
cyclones tie Jos. will fall On the parties
~ho.e bn.ias.s vas DESTROYED
TIE Meyer bal ding ~as erected Ten
years ago az . cos; Of 81. go. IL hsi as.I
,iI month. $50 been occupied nv -. ARA