Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-29

| Brothers' wholesale grocery. and that Vi
| Moore Bremaker q Co. The iron, stove |
and tin company, W. III. Nemans whad
sale grocery. Dunlap. Brother ~ 70. .Ii;sh-
dlery store, and the wholesale eS'a aJ a |
meut OF Levi Ecwburger a 20, an sbo;r
large number Of others have ios' '"O
| roofs.
NO CALL FOR AID.
The Board of Trade at a meeting ner,
this morning authorizes the statenissih ~
that there will be no call for AID tron, 1n ~
outside. The property loss ~ estulateu "a. ~ |
| S509. 600 TO $i,000.O00. The deaths W.T.
| number $50. Forty men have oeeh n |
out by the Board Of Trade 70 inaNe 90
thorough canvass Of the district anu Iii
port the losses of life and property iu,nj |
They will try to furnish the Associa'oot
Press with statement. The WoIA "a |
rescuing the mangled, dead bodies so0'
bravely GU.
ANXIOUS WORKERS.
A hundred ANXIOUS men have WORKED ~
they never worked before for the Douies "a
their wives, fathers, mothers, pro'l ni
aud sisters that lie buried IN the shhlel.
mass of brick and mortar that covers Wy
site where Yesterday stood Falls City Han.
The cries OF men, women. and cniluieh
rend the air on every side: sutS!h-
crowd of ten thousand people ulock ~ ~
streets for squares about the scene 9I VIZ
catastrophe. The avenues are guaruru ~
keep back the pressing masses OF Vu. ~.
humanity that are gradually f0rclnE -
| way 10 the awful scene OF the ctlHinlN'
| Bodies mangled and shapeless beyond re
| cognition are being dragged rom behe ,ti
| the ruins every few minutes. coroner NIIl-
! Ter stands at the door OF hls teihPOlaly
morgue III the Mc(irathiana saloon. oPpos
site the wreck. directing the disposition VI
/ the bodies.
The storm seemed only TO have swept
| broadway from Fifteenth TO Nineteenth
| Tut nearly all the houses between these
| streets and on the interesting streets NeIe
| demolished The most OF the cottages;
| however, and low frame buildings escaped
without serious injury. From fliteenth
| TO Sixteenth streets are mostly small frame
| houses occupied by colOred families. The
roofs were torn of, but not a great amount
Of damage was done, and none OF the oc-
cupants were hurt From Sixteenth down
to Nineteenth, however, the destruction
was terrible.
REMARKABLE EsCApTs.
Peter Spetsh and family, who live at NO.
| 1903. were quietly seated III their parlor
when the storm burst with all It's Jury;
The building swaycd and tottercd ana
finally the walls of the second-story fell.
All of the family remained huddled IN the
hallway and escaped without injury. Inc
furniture OF the building was destroyed.
| Adjoining j. the residence Of Mrs. Nelch,
! No 1903. it was literally demolished.
From the appearance Of the crumblcd mass
of ruins this morning one could never sup
pose that only yesterday it was beautlful
dwelling. BYalmosta miracle the members
Of the family escaped. Mrs. John Brown
lived at No. 1917. Her house received the
full force Of the first terrible gust and the
walls bent and crumbled like so much paper.
Tho lady herself was caught "a falling
timbcrs aud pinioned TO the ground, bat her
husband succeeded IN extricating her. She
was not seriously injured. At 1919 ilyed
Mrs. Shuttle in a tine twO-stOry brick
IuiidIng. IL was leyelled, and together
WITH all IL contained. II Is total loss.
The members Of the family opened the
door and ran out when they heard the
crash, thus barely saving their hives.
The Catholic buildings at Seventeenth
and Broadwav were the Sisters home, the
Jarochal school, Father Disney's resi-
deuce, and the Sacred-lleart church. They
were al blown down, and Sister Plus was
buried in the runs. Shortly after when
taken out by "a rescuing party she was
dead. All of the other Sisters escaped
without injury.
TIE FIRE-FfESD.
At midnight the opening up Of a portion
of the d,brts of Falls City Hall caused
draught to penetrate the ruins. where
upon the smouidering fire broke out
with tremendous ierceness. ii spread
RAPIDLY. and forced the workers TO desert
the pile. Several lines of hose were soon
throwing water on the flames, but 1t was
more than an hour before the work could
be proceeded with, and then II was carried
on with much difficulty On account
Of the heat. Up to II o'clock only about
- dead bodies, and 25 wounded and
diving were taken from the wreck.
Z A. . [. na IN VIII
were dancing was reached. LOUIS Slmms.
Jr.. of 1924 Market street, had for hours
been moving about IN the agony OF grief
in front of that portion OF the wreck where
this room had been, for hrs wlie and iour
| little children were there. When the
room was reached MR.. Simms was the
first one found and she was fatally hurt.
Then within about fifteen minutes Of each
other three of Simms's children were re-
covered. They were UNCONSCIOUS. ana
thercis only a 'aint possibility OF their r.
covering. While the father was implorlng
the workers to get his other child the IRE
| broke out and the work was suspended. A
thrilling experience was that or George II.
| CapIto, of 1871 Steart avonue, who was
present at a meeting of Jewel Lodge, No.
. Kniehts and Ladies of Honor, IN their
lodoe-rOom on the top floor of the Falls
! Clty Market Hall when the building col
! lapsed. lie says: The first animation oi
| danger we had were two distinct BOOKINGS
of The building. about which time dor
uer window IN the lodge-rOOm was blown
| from its castings, and Immediately alter
the plastering began 10 drop from the cell
! ING. A wild rush WAS made tor the ftoor
suto-ronm, which carried me with II, ana ]
| had inst reached the door when tho entire
| floor gave way and We were precipltated 10
the basement. blinded and almost su1o-
! Gated bv a cloud of dust and crushed AMI
I b. / Coll rn "
way the door frame tell WITH me
and maintained an upright position
when II stoned and | was en-
| alled to eXtricate myself from the a.
| Ll4s and make an exit to the street
! through an adjoining house, whose doors
| / kicked in. Meanwhile the shrIeks and
| croans of those still imprisoned by the
| wreck formed chorus that in connection
| with The hOwling of the storm made my
| very heart sick. / was so lar as hasty OK
| animation went comparatively unlnJurCd
| and at once returned over the runs
| with several men to the rear of the
place and extinguished fire that had
| begun to blaze fercely. By TINS time
| the rain was falling IN torrents. Vivid
lightning flashes only gave monentary
| views OF the position Of the runs ana
| blinded ever, body The entire building
| COLLAPSED in front and rear; nothing was
! standing above the second story. There
were nearly a hundred members present
| NJ our lodge meeting, as several can
| Gjdates were up for initiation. Fully
two thirds Of those there were la
dies. Besides our lodge another order was
| holding a meeting on the same 1loor with
Us. 4 German band was rehearsing onthe
second floor. and party of decorators
we're at work in large hall Oh that floor
| preparing for some entertainment. 80 lar
a. l could Judge when had succeeded IN
escaping there were, less than dozen al
! told WHO got out unhurt, and the cries Tor
help and the groans that issued nom the
broken and twisted heap were proof that
scores were still there unable 10 escape"
IDENTIFIED AND CLAINEn.
Among the bodies taken from the wreck
Of the hall and identified and claimed by
relatives are tine following: Rudolph
! Scnger. mechanic, l.. a N, IA Zane street;
| Genevieve Simms. four years old, MA west
Market street Henry Lingo, One-hundre0-
aud-fftieth and TAYLOR avenue; Esquire
James N. Steven, Eighth and Jefferson
streets; John tichl, 3l9 Fifteenth street;