Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-12-11
UNDER FALLING WALLS.
TERRIBLE SEQUEL TO THE RE-
CENT FIRE AT ST. PAUL.

CENT FIRE AT ST. PAUL.
Walls of the Burned Building Collapse
with Aful Result-A Score or Mere Of
Workmen Buried Beneath the Failing
Debris-Ei.ht Men Taken Out Dead
and Seven Badly Injured, Some of
Whom VIII Die.
ST. PAUL, Dec. "A sequel. terrible
in its fatality, has just been enacted to
the great fire in the st. Paul wi.ol. So"
district of midnight of Nov. Is. Sls =: :.
after | D. III. the center wall of the wc,t
section Of the Shepard building, recently
occupied by Griggs, Cooper & Co.. fr:i
in, burying the worklnen beneath the
ruins.
Of the men at work beneath the wall
at the time it fell eight We're taken Oh.
dead and seven badly injured.
Removing the Dead and Injured.
immediately after the accident oc
Cured all the patrol wagons in the city
were summoned, and Chief Clark. with
Chief jackson and Assistant Chief Fiiar-
tin, made an attempt to organize tie
laborers who We're net under the wall
and get them to work.
The men were wild with excite,I: ~,
however, and it was a long time be.o.s
more than half dozen could be indn.'e,l
to so to work. The others ran back and
forth around the building shouting to
each other and uttering i,np:ec.,t;.l.;
against the contractors, or stood gain,
blanlily at the ruin.
The group that went to work in less
than half an hour had taken out ten
men,
Five of Whom We're Killed,
and five injured, one SO severely that
the physicians on the ground stated
that he could not live until he reached.
the hospital. By this time IL larger
gang had been put to work and the
work Of removing the debris went ON
rapidly. Finally the contractor, VIII
cox, was taken out dead and m:...gle,l
beyond recognition. his head aprar.
emily mashed to Il pulp.
The wounded We're taken to the cit,
hospital i'll the patrol wagons and the
dead, with the exception of one maa
were laid out in the Great Northern
freight house.
Scenes OH tho Spot.
1t was sight never to be forgotten Us
the dead and injured We're taken out.
some Of them crushed almost to pulp.
One of the men, supposed to have
been a sub-foreman, was taken out in
his fur coat, nothing but his feet and
limbs being visible. His head and body
appeared to be crushed out of all shape.
There were men with all their limbs
broken, faces bruised and crushed out
Of all semblance of humanity. Others
We're not SO badly lnangled, but had evil
IDENTIFY been instantly killed by brick
falling ON their heads.
Cause of tho Accident.
The cause of the accident, as near as
can be learned is that the WALL which
was much weakened by the fire, became
top heavy from the large amount of
debris removed from the bottom, and
fell over of its own weight. For some
time it has been considered dangerous
by people who frequented the place, but
the contractors, who examined it, pro-
nounced the wall sound and the men
continued to work without fear of acci-
dent.
The wall had appeared firm and gave
no sign If weakening up to the time OF
the fall, when it came down i'll IL heap
without Il seconds warning. The ex-
cavations about the base have been car
ried Oh very rapidly and the greater
part Of the debris had been removed.
The Killed and Injured.
ST. PAUL, Dec. Sup to the present
time the numbe.. of fatalities reported
from the disaster at the corner of Third
and Wacouta streets is eight, and of
those now in the hospital it is thought
that two must soon die. The others may
survive. The corrected list of the killed
and injured is as follows:
EDWARD WILCOX, employed by
Kenny Bros to make contracts.
JOHN ADAMSKI, laborer.
CHARLES KATRITZKI. foreman.
JOHN kOIESkI; iaborer.
FRANK SENEL, laborer.
ALLEN YOUNG, laborer.
FRANK MARKS, laborer.
PETER LARSON, laberer.
List of Injured.
Frank Teshler, will probably die.
Thomas Morter, skull fractured and can
not live.
Frank St. Peter. chance of recovery very
doubtful.
John Maurer, badly bruised.
Thomas Seemutter, face and hands
hurt.
Mike Mcnamara, left hand smashed and
right hip hurt.
Stephen Rohde, left arm severely iA-
jured.
Two men are still reported missing,
and their mangled bodies will probably
be fo:nd in the ruins.
A coroner's jury has been summoned,
aud are at present investigating the
cause.of the disaster.
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
News of Current Interest Given Brief
Mention.
The Virginia legislature is in session.
Four men were killed in a railroad
accident in New York city.
By the burning of the steam barge
Edward S. pease, at Cleveland, the en-
gineer and fireman wers cremated.
Destructive prairie fires are reported
in Lyon county, Kan. Many farm
buildings and much hay and grain have
been destroyed.
The total cut of twelve lumber mills
on Chequemagon bay, Ashland, Wash
burn and BAYFIELD, for the season is 251 :.