Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-23
WRECK AND RUIN.
Continued from First PAGE.
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BY this time the clouds had all cleared away.
The heavens were serene once more and a
kindly sky beamed down upon the CHASTITY
work the storm had done 1t was hot work
| for the men es they labored at
| their task of clearing away the mass Of stuff.
! STAR reporter was standing upon a crum-
bling wall beside the workers. The dust from
the mortar rose up in great clouds. The men
worked furiously. Goats and vests were off.
Everybody's clothes were ruined. That made
no difference.
At 80 clock or q little later the men who
were at work near where Ida White was taken
out discovered signs Of another body.
1t was covered under a mass Of broken NOR
tar that made a solid heap. A number Of iron
girdcrs had fallen with their ends buried in
the mass The chances were that one or another
must havo struck the body beneath. II there
was man there there was no chance Of his
being alive. In a few minutes the flying shovels
had uncovered
THE gopY OF MAN.
The first that WIS seen of him was the face
peering up from out Of the hole that had been
dug.
1t was badly bruised and battered. 1t looked
CHASTITY in ray of sunlight that fell upon it.
In ali the haste and hustle there was enough
thoughtfulness and consideration among
the firemen to cover the dead mans
face with cloth even before the
body was completely unearthed- DR..
3iarnliou fel. for the dead mans pulse. 1t was
still The body was cold. 1t is doubtful if
George White had a moment OF life after the
wall fell
Slowly the body was taken up from its earthly
resting place and taken into GUIDE Bros
store. There it lay on stretcher,
while DIR. 1Iarmion, DIR. Thomas Mohun
and DR.. d. C. Patterson. the District coroner,
made hurried inspection. The head was
bruised and battered and many of tho bones of
the head were badly shattered.
Apparently the bones of the trunk and limbs
had not been broken, as one would have ex-
pected.
Across the body was drawn great cloth and
willing hands at each end of the
stret.her carried it quickly to the
ambulance Under smiling sky
the dead body of George White. the victim of
tie fury of the storm. was borne rapidly to the
morgue.
According to the story Of Miss Greenberg,
still one more body left there and the
energy. Her story had been borne out in all
its accuracy in everything.
Up to $3.50 o'clock, however, the body had
not been discovered.
HER NAME COULD NOT BE AscERTIANEp.
All this time there were wild rumors that
many more had been killed. 1t was said that
number of plumbers had been at work il the
music hall when the walls went. This story
could not be corroborated.
1t is certain. however. that if it had not been
the noon hour when all the wOrkmen on the
music ball were off at lunch the loss
of life must of necessity have beer
appalling. The escape of a number
Of workmen who were up on scaffoid ut the
rear of the hall was miraculous. They were
to climb down.
SOME NARROW ESCAPES.
On the 18th stree. side the ruin was COM
plete. The big beams lay like straws snapped
in two and the heavy iron girders were bent
and twisted in all sorts of shapes.
The entire front of the 18th street side was
demolished with the exception of a portion of
the first story
the first floor and the rear wall remained in
tact.
When the crash came two bricklayers were
at work on this wall and were left clinging to
the scaffolding. They were rescued shortly
after.
A colored hod carrier had marvellous
escape. He was just coming down the ladder
when the wall fell, sweeping him off to the
ground below. We was somewhat bruised. but
not seriously.
The interior Of Metzerotts store is perfect
ruin. and the wreck is complete, many fine
pianos and organs being smashed to splinters.
Mr.. H. H. Miller. the bookkeeper for Mr..
Metzerott. at his desk when the crash
came. He heard the report of the falling
walls and ran for his life, reaching the
fore part Of the store as the back part
fell in Had he been a moment later he would
have been caught and killed, for the debris is
piled over that spot at least twenty feet.
Mr.. Metzerott, the proprietor. was in the
front of the store. watching the storm. He
heard the report caused by the falling walls
and stood speechless with fear.
Mr.. Sheridan Ostrander, a salesman was
showing lady piano, when be heard a noise
like the report of big cannon. They both
ran and narrowly escaped.
T. After Mr.. Metzero,t had recovered from the
shock he remembered that the safe containing
considerable amount of money and valuable
papers was open.
The detective force, which responded
promptly upon orders from Major Moore,
stood guard while gang of workmen pro-
ceeded under Mr.. Metzerott's direction to re-
move the debris about the safe.
WHITES TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
: In George Whites tailoring establishment.
HIP, several were caught by the falling build
ing and were either MANNED or killed
Next door to the tailor's is the store Of A.
GUIDE Bro, florists. Four men were in the
rear working on floral piece when
rumbling noise startled them. They looked
TO see the entire rear portion Of the room fall
in. A break was made for the door and they
nearly reached the street when the large plate
glass window in the store next door
was bursted out by the conclusion and they
halted, not knowing which way to turn.
The Commissioners were told Of the catas-
trophe by reporter OF The STAR and they
hurried to the scene.