Telegram-herald., 1890-03-19
BRAVE MEN die.
EsEsa Gallant Indianapolis Firs-
msn ELisd-
IEARLT 4 SCORE H0Rg ARE INJURED.
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de. The 5ailding Ooca pied hy ths
book company Nas a f0ur-story All
base neat marble fr0st f4ciHx Wash
inxtoa street iasI 3sst q deridiAa.
tbs Ire stated shorliy before o'clock
aear the flrnsee IA Eas endorsement
sad the department. Nhsa IL arrived.
seemed - a loss % ioa4ts she flames
and bes4a pouring later into The front
a. shs 5uilding For TO hours the hght
had continued IN tais Way until "a.
s0riEy 0f The spectators I'D leiL under
she impression that the nrs Nas ouL
About sac o. ciook. however. there was
tefrinis crash and ths satire building.
~fth the exception Of the front Nali.
fell Inward At the sime a aanbsr sf
nFeaa1n we're OF ths roof and we're
buried a the debris. shich vas piled
forty feet high within tas walls OF ths
burned building The work Of rescuiag
the living aad sKtsicating the dead vas
Immediately begun by al least 500 col
untesrs.
Foll0WinE are the aAnss OF the dead.
a. aFemen.
Georss FsulSnss. Georss elena Ulysses
oIazier Al Holman. Thomas Burkhardt
Eapey stormsr Richard LoErie. Charles Jsa
kas. Andrew Cherry. Aataoay Noltz sad Henry
WotdrlG
The injured. all nrsmen, are a. fol-
lows.
Jasenh Rurxhsrdt ieg broken and in,crnalin-
fuss Richard Kelly. internal injuries VIII
ban T4ilentYrs. artns 0r0ken Lnd body bruised
MI a., Porter. stuu crushed I'll Die,
ft0nas 0lscx. lllls broken and internal 10
fsEtrs fatal. George DIuart. unconscious from
in1srnai ir llrlas sam Nral internal Injuries.
IonT atz. leg orokrn Ant body badly bruised.
william jones. Internal ialuries. william
Eoesner arm broken ant skull fractured:
Coaries JeI1lns. sklu fractured aad injured u
teraaly, ra1uas Barrett. in!ured internally;
william R1oiuson. Internal injuries; william
NcCinuis legs both broken. badly hurt; I'd
WARD Leach. injured internally, unconscious;
loan Nsatiar. BODY badly bruised sad burned;
Wltan Lenz slightly injured about head
The Bowen Merrill Company carried
stock valued az sls5 900, on which
there was an insurance OF $40. 600. The
building was owned By SilAs L. Bowen,
and tho loss on the structure will be
ESQ. COO Fl. p. Wasson, dealer in dry
goods. suffered loss ofslO. 600 by smoke
and water, and Byram 4 sullivan lost
half that amount Several smaller
stocks are badly damaged. Bowen &
a
and viii reopen in few days.
The scene on the heap OF debris i'm
nediately after the collapse was pitiable
and dreadful beyond al power OF de-
scriptioa- The limbs Of men here and
there we're seen writhing, while the
trunks 20 which they belonged were
buried from sight A ladder lay across
three men and was weighted down by
tons OF brick and timber. Another
poor fellow who was beyond all
pain lay close beside MS fellows : shape
less and mangled mass. The ladder
la across the stomach of one nan who
~ss screaming with agony. Another
man with = broken and twisted body
lay next 20 him. As fast as willing
hands could hurl away the bricks the
weight was removed. but the ladder
was 700 arnly held 20 yield The man
With 4 broken arm was dragged free
and carried away. Under him. but
breathing, appeared the upsurned face
% a poor fellow not seen before. The
mortar and dust were cleaned from his
lips Bat he was buried so deeply that
no immediate help could come % him.
On al sides blackened and bleeding
faces distorted with agony or dreadful
in death urged the crowd who had
scaled tho heap 70 assist them 20 re-
double their Efforts. All the work OF
relief was carried on with great din
Guilty One By one The men nearest The
surface were extricated. but as the
sorkers went down further they discOv-
ersd new victims and tne horror steadi
IL grew
The physicians say that half OF those
injured Vii die. All are more or less
burned. Il was almost = red-hot fur
mace where they fell into. and IL seems
remarkable shat si1gls man Who wen:
down came out alive. Tho fall itself
fsixt7 feet was enough 20 kill ali these
who were on ths roof Of the ul-fa;ed
building The injured are receiving all
she attention posi- ble az the various
city hospitals. more than bali hun
Sred physicians having volunteered
their services
Ths debris caught fre from The red
hos bricks and biazed I'D threateningly
riEht above where she men bad been
buried. The cool-hsaded dremen who
had not gone down 20 death. however.
worked hsroiosil7. and soon had tie
fines under control Thus The pin.
toned men wera saved from a death
more horrible than that which stared
them In che face Within an hcai
twsuty-nine bodies had been removed
from che detris. md % this ngmbsr
twelve we're dead
The calamity IS By tsr The creates
that has ever hefalleu any IRE depart
u-ens In tbs West The unfortunats
u,en. too. are The Oldest and best men In
the Department. some % them having
been in The service for twenty years
TIC killed are al men ~ families. and
already steps for tbe relief % the bersf
AZ being taS~n.
Fund which has heen sesrted for ~
rsIef - ia iured fremen and The fami
les ~ .hcsa pho are dead has reached
the sum ~ e. 900. Mayor Sullivan hss
sssued PROCLAMATION calling for SAB
81 rtions
shorti4 after ri isn Tht he sssrchin.
rartv discovered a nan IN ne rl rs
ant. as large beam hsi fslleu acrcs
his b,6Y. hs vas sonleNhst r~otecte-
fron sha rles o. brick snt scene TIA
cane dovn vth the wall ~
tut ths vaiEht nron bin vas not
stronz snonrh ~ crasa out hi.
bfe He rout a rot % r-sche8. however
% accnunt of -he Pile 81 stuf shas Ess
sbove a5a, and ife would surslv 80 ct