Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16
A CRUMBLED PILE.
Terrible Accident in the Storm at Pitts
burg-Fullv Twenty People Killed
Collapse of Large Building in Proc
ess of observation-disclosures and
Others Buried in the Ruins.

Witnessed Tor many years, Occurreu aC
1890 P. M. to-day.
At the hour mentioned q new four
story building on Diamond Street, near
Wood, and in the rear Of Rea Bros. d
Co., and J. Z. Weldon & Co.. store, on
Wood Street, fell with an awful crash
that was heard Tor many squares, and
although people at distance could not
understand what was wrong the oml-
nous sound sent thrill of horror
through their hearts.
The force of the falling building was
SO great that the rear walls of the two
other buildings mentioned were crushed
as if they had been made of paper, and
their front walls fell upon the pavement
on Wood Street, burying several people
in the debris, and mangling some horrl-
bly,. Of these, two were girl and
boy, and one a man, unknown, all of
whom were taken in the patrol wagon
to the homeopathic hospital.
A barber shop in the rear was also de-
molished and its six occupants buried
in the ruins.
The top story in the rear of Eich-
baum's building, on Fifth Avenue. was
also knocked in, and three printers,
but how severely could not be learned
at present.
The number of killed and injured
cannot be definitely stated at this time,
as many are supposed to be still in the
ruins. It is believed, however, that
twelve have been killed and thirty-elgh
injured, six of them fatally.
Among the injured We're:
John II. Gearing, fatally hurt.
Miss White, school teacher, fatally
hurt.
Torrv HooEonS+ina vary snrious
VIM. Sahdon, leg and thigh frac-
tured.
Samuel Brown, very serious.
Rose Mccartney, little girl, badly
cut and bruised.
Richard R. Dabney, cut about head
and body, serious.
Thomas Mckee, bricklayer, crushed
to death.
Weldon Mason, very seriously hurt.
Charles Pettieord, badly bruised.
Dennis Mccartney, probably fatally
hurt.
Owen Donnelly, serious.
Elmer McCowen, probably fatal.
Two laborers and boy, whose names
have not been learned, were badly in
jured.
The falling walls crushed in the
buildings on Diamond Street, occupied
by George Trexler, barber, and w. c.
Thomas, dealer in shoe findings, and
badly damaged portions of the build
ings occupied by Joseph Eichbaum,
printer, on Fifth Avenue, and j. r.
Weldon & Co., booksellers, and Rea
Bros, stock brokers, on Wood Street.
The catastrophe created intense excite
ment and in few minutes the streets
surrounding the fallen building were
black with PEOPLE. Hundreds OF will
ing hands, needless of danger to them
selves, went to work to extricate the
victims OF the terrible accident
Up to this hour (2:30 o'clock) twenty
persons have been taken from the ruins
How many more are underneath the
debris, which is piled fully twenty feet
stated, but it is believed that at least
score more are still held prisoners or
perhaps are dead.
AS fast as the unfortunates are taken
from the ruins they are conveyed to the
various hospitals in the city.
The storm lasted about 80 minutes
and was the heaviest known in this Sec
ton for years. The wind blew hurri-
cane, while the rain and hail fell in tor
rents. A number of other buildings
were damaged by the high wind. A
portion of the foundry of Mcintosh,
Hemphill & Co., on Thirteenth Street,
no one was killed or injured.
Up to O'Clock % persons had been
taken from the ruins. Of these four
were dead and several so badly injured
that recovery is almost impossible. a
large number are still buried under the
debris. The building was owned y
WILEY Bros and is complete wreck.
Martin Hitler, just taken out of the
barber shop, said there were four more
il, there and then became unconscious.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 10.-The search
for victims in the ruins wrought by yes
terday's awful storm was prosecuted all
night and will be vigorously continued
until the debris is all cleared away.
This will probably take several days
and the exact number of victims will
not be known until the work is complet-
ed. No bodies were discovered
from midnight until 6 O'Clock
this morning, when the remains
of two men were found close together
under portion of one of the walls of
the Weldon building. They were so
able, but were finally identified as the
bodies of John L. Rogerson and Thomas
Jones. They were employed as brick
layers on the i'll fated Wiley building,
and lived at Castle Shannon, Pa. Roger
son leaves wife and three children.
Joseph Goehring, brave 16-year-old
lad, who was rescued last night af-
ter being kept alive for several hours by
means of gum hose, through which
whisky and beeftea were fed to him, died
at Mercy Hospital this morning. The
death list now foots up eleven, the
wounded thirty-fve, and the missing
eight. A number of the wounded are1n q
critical condition, and their deaths are
momentarily expected. There are all
kinds of rumors in regard to the num-
Der still In. the ruins. One of the men
working on the building yesterday said
he was certain they would find at least
twelve more, but this is believed to
DO too high an estimate. None of the
men reported missing have been heard
from, and it is believed that at least
eight per sons are still buried in the de-
bris. There is no hope Of any now in the
ruins being alive, SO that it is safe to say
that the death rate will reach a score.
The streets in the vicinity of the wreck
are still full OF people, but the terrible
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