Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-23

Some people brought bricks to him. showing
the character of the mortar. 1t was wet. bu,
that might have been due to the drenching
rain that was falling the building fell.
The jury impaneled by Coroner Patterson to
view the remains and repor. upon the accident
| consisted Of ]. H. Howard. John E. Miles, Geo.
W. Miller, Charles E. Brown, Vim. H. Good
acre and Jos. D. Whitaker.
CLARA GREENBERG's STORY.
Clara Grcenberg, a German girl about
| twenty years old. employed in George White
tailoring establishment, on F street, was quite
| badly shocked and bruised. She was taken as
| soon as extricated from the ruins
to the Emergency Hospital, on 18th
street. where it found that she was
| suffering from a bad bruse on the head and
cuts on her face and right wrist She was
shocked and rendered partially unconscious.
but soon recovered sufficiently to tell a STAR
reporter broken English version of her ex-
periences. She says that she was in the shop
with Mr.. White, his daughter and some Gus
TONERS when il grew suddenly so dark that
it was necessary TO light the gas. Almost
Immediately afte-ward there was a great
noise heard and they al ran to the front Of the
building, but the bricks and timbers began 20
fly and she was caught in them. She lives at
80 l. street
WHAT DIR. MARNros HEARD AND SAW.
DR.. Marmion's Office is two doors from
Metzerotts and the rear rooms occupied by
him are near the wall that first blew down. DR..
Marmion told STAR reporter that the noise
made by the storm was great that he could
hardly hear the noise of the falling building,
bu. he felt shock.
This seemed to him, he said, like an earth
quake and he realized at once what had hap
pened.
He fastened to the front of the building and
getting near the fallen wall could hear the
screams Of some one inside. He called out
and in response could hear male voice
and two or three female voices. Soon they
were hushed. At that timo no one was in
sight. The victims of the accident were buried
apparently under tons Of debris. With those
who came to the scene quickly DR.. Marmion
went to work upon the debris and soon I'M
covered the form of II German girl
She was quite badly injured. but alive She
could not speak English, bat DR.. Marmion adj
dressed her IN German and learned in that way
that the man she called 1.-The boss" and one
other woman were under the wreck.
THE NEW MUSIC HALL.
The building which was being constructed
had frontage of 80 feet and a depth of 101
feet. The material used in the construction Of
the front was buff brick, with terra Gotta orna-
ments.
The general style vas tina. of the Italian
fifteenth century. The most prominent part
of the building was TO be a white projection.
containing the entrance and staircase. The
balance Of the lower part OF the building was
to be occupied by stores, In the projection
there was to be, above the main
entrance, balcony for the use OF the people
in the gallery, and above this in large niche,
was to be a statue representing the Goddess Of
Music seated or a throne. statue and pedestal
being fourteen feet high.
Along the top OF the building was to rrn
white terra Gotta corniee projecting far out, as
the style requires. and surmounted by an
ornamented balnstrade, also in terra Gotta.
Under this cornice, on the fat part of the
building. the words '.Metzerott Hall" in large
gilt terra Gotta letters. was to appear.
Along the fat part Of the building, on a level
with the lobby of the hall, and not of the gal
lery, as the first one, was to run Il another bal
cVny ornanented with an elegant terra Gotta
balustrade. From this level was to start
series Of high arches rising to almost the en-
tire height Of the building and resting below on
massive piers These arches were TO contain the
doors to the balcony and the windows for the
hall and gallery, and the wide opening between
the piers below were to be the entrances and
show windows Of the stores. The two bal
comics were to be used, like European "foyers,"
for promenading.
At the east end of the hall was to be the
platform for musicians or speakers.
1t was estimated that the hall and gallery
would seat 1000 people, In connection with
the hall there was to be at the west end Of it a
spacious lobby, into which the mair staircase
was to lead
At the south end of the hall, located in the
building where Mr.. Metzerott's Est store is at
present, there was to be a large banquet
room. to be used II connection with balls and
conventions. In addition to this there
was to be on the lower floor another hall. itself
large enough for meetings OF smaller societies,
to be used, Ms tSIr. Metzerott's Twelfth street
store wing is OF present, for rehearsals.
One Of the features Of the construction was
the iron beams in the brick walls upon which
the roof of iron and te:ra Gotta was to rest.
The cost of the building was placed at about
$4,000. The plsEs were prepared by Messrs.
Fava, Naeff 4 Co.. architects.
MORE FIREMES NEEDED.
The fire companies in service at the accident
we're Nos. 2, Z, and truck and the chemical
company.
This is good illustration of the need Of
more fire companies. We should have every
company in the city here, but two other fires
have depleted our ranks" was what Chief
Paris said speaking of the catastrophe.
TO TEST TIE CEMENT.
Later in the afternoon Capt. Rosseli visited
the demolished building and took number Of
samples Of cement. which he will have tested.
Mrs. Metzerott ives one of tho late arrivals
She looked over the building and departed
shortly after with her son, whose face showed
too plainly the awful strain upon him.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF woRKiSaMsS.
The workingmen on the building had mar
row escape. Some of them feeling the walls
giving away escaped by jumping. 1t happened
fortunately that many workmen had retreated
from their places on the walls to escape
the rain which began to fall. Half
in the southwest corner of the building and
their portion of the wall did not fall. They
saw the walls collapsing about them, but the
timbers on which they stood remained Arm
and they climbed down in safety. 1t
had been buried under the debris
the only persons in the ruins were those who
were in Whites millinery establishment.
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.