The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-18
BURIED In THE RUINS
Many Seriously Injured and Not
Expected to ltwo-A ltst OF
Those Removed From
the Debris.

INDiANApoLls. March 15.--what MT first
seemed an Insignificant fire I'm the bowen
Afcr rill book storc building ON Wasliing-
ingtou street this afternoon, resulted in q
catastrophy i'm which at lcast 10 men werc
killed and IL wounded, some of whom
will die. Tho fire started shortly before
3 o'clock near o furnace I'm the sub-base-
ment aud was q stubborn one. About 5: 10
there was q terrible crash and the entire
building except the front wall fell i'm
variously estimated mt from to % were
on tho roof Of the building and were
buried in the debris, which was piled ~
ress rescunS neh she 1vina sa exsracsi%s ss the
@ voi"nsesr. in ssieIition to the Sninjureti
soenishs the he foiiowins had been taken out
GEoRoE FAULxSEH.
e. STORMER.
A. L. HOFFMAN.
i. BLACK.
II. LOWRY.
CHARLES JENKINS.
GEORGE GLENN.
A. CHERRY.
J. BURKHART.
The wounded taken out are: Anthony
Volt Levi: VT hSfsrs irsS" MsonS William hHs,sss f A.
tee, Henry Woeslrslff, Ebenexcr Lcech.
William Long, William Hcinsley. Some
The Bowen Merrill company carried a
in:urencs e $4,000. The S%ildlns va.
goods, suffered a loss Of $4,000. Several
smaller stocks were badly damaged:
Wo.n%sn: aieeins ;nD In mass =. OF brick: .
pear. pear just above the debris. He is sup
ar 70 ssasSs be sns Ss ss reS and md
he Is being Iibsrslly piled with
hin, is Moth main % ass
have been only exceeded in pathetic In:
iH sircmen. % DID Old men, NJ IL father. % Of the S youns
ed %osher. nS and i cSldrcn % of the dead and liz.
sssed 81 into shsi sse
and getting none, have ru.hed 70
sSse.i. E. a ss aos sna s.Sssu. ss .s 81:
work Of those endeavoring to get Mt the
men impri.oned beneath. The first ann
sSs ' of s st four e
i taken from beneath the fallen floor. They
| were followed by an impromptu process
and and % proceeticd iir.t to an am unsicrtaiims
c.tablishment and thcn to the home
a..anss. sss .e,r coming gave e the r~, % IN
the home. The cause Of the disaster Is a,
nes as% SH'e nnf shs rs Mas bSrnins T
there had been scarcely amy flame visible
| to the spectators III tine Streets ana alleys
| although there was q volume of smoke III
About o'clock the first entrance to thu
%ers 1%e pseevio:.-iy Tou % held back by the smoke
Suddenly there came crnsh nnd thu
whole building except the Washington
street front fell i'm. Firemen were Oh
| each of the floors and roof and they wers
! OF course carried down I'm the collapse.
would seem the building was insufil
cicntly tied to those ON either side OF II
and the flames ate the center, letting tin
whole cave in. There. may he otlsc
| bodies in the debris.
Later.-At midnight the rescuers have
| partially released the man supposed tn h
Jones. II will take an hour or two NOR
| Of hard work TO get him out. He is aliv
but delirious. 1t is reported that thre'
little newsDoys were seen standing nea
;ns s,Sas ssns s ;Ss ssf0r the this sosp.: !.
there In little hope for thei
life. One of the hremen who managed
. make his escape, practically unhurt, fror
| the cellar, says he thinks there are tw
or three more down there yet, completed
| covered by a mass OF burned timber,
Several OF the injured flremen who ar
able to talk were seen by a reporter Z.
Sas Is s1s svsn ssn sboss s R AZ Sss fns%
that as they were working without even
preliminary crack. the collapse came an
they were precipitated into the pit belov
| All but two or three OF the dead and II
jured firenaen had homes hnd familis
and the scenes at these places truigi
were hcart-breaking.
Amending the Law.
, wAsHNGroN, March 15.-Baker Of Ne
y eAA-