The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-06-15

OF Casualties In the Ford Opera House
Accident Washington q City of Mourn
ing.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-Following is
the list of killed and injured by the
Ford opera house collapse.
Killed: George @. Allen, of Washing
ton; Geo. M. Arnold, colored, District of
Columbia; Samuel P. Banes, of Wash
ington; John Bussius, Washington: j.
E. Chaplin, of Indiana Jeremiah DAILY,
Of Pennsylvania; E. II. Schulz, of Kan
sas; j. R. Fagin. of Kansas; J. B. Gage,
Of Michigan; j. Boyd Jones, of Wiscon-
sin; David c. Jordan, Of Maine; f. B.
Lotus, of New York; Howard s. Mil
ler, Of Ohio Michael Multedy, of New
| Orleans; j. II. McFall of Wisconsin,; F.
| w. Maeder, of New York; Capt. VIM.
Schreiber, of Maryland; f. M. Will
Jams, OF Wisconsin,; DR.. Burrows Mel
son, of West Virginia.
List of the Injured. A. P.Whit-
ting, of District of Columbia, scalp
wounds and injury to back, precarious
condition; P. S. Lowery, of Ohio, head
cut and body bruised, not serious: M.
E. Bose, of Maryland, ankle bruised;
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bia, injured internally; A. N. Girault,
New Jersey, right arm broken and
badly bruised H. v. Easterling, Kan
sas, arm broken and head bruised; H.
M. Shannon, Illinois, badly hurt; Chas.
Moore, New York. two ribs broken and
| numerous scalp wounds; Mrs. Kennedy,
District of Columbia, slightly hurt P.
X. Pennington, Alabama, injured about
head, J. w. Ames, Alabama, bruised;
j. A. Mccormick, Illinois, severely in
jured; j. G. Afford, Maryland, severely
bruised; ]. A. Smith, Pennsylvania,
bruised; S. R. Smith, Ohio, internal in
juries; c. E. Mclaughlin, Georgia,
bruised; G. f. Hathaway, Ohio, badly
cut and delirious, 1. N. Hammer, Ohio
hurt internally; G. A. Krause, Texas,
hurt about the head; E. S. Thompson,
Texas, seriously injured; G. s. S.McLaugh-
lin, Pennsylvania, cut around the
head; Winfred Beck, Illinois, cut badly;
E. L. Ledge, Mississippi, fatally hurt;
j. l.. Taylor, Maryland, hurt badly in
arm and leg; s. s. Baker, Nebraska, in
jured in head, arm and leg; Thomas
Jones, Texas, badly cut; j. A. Stewart;
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Driscol New York, cut badly and leg
injured; R. H. Gillian, Virginia, cut in
head; w. S. Gustlin. Ohio, leg broken
and internal injuries; Charles A. Har-
per, Wisconsin, severely injured in legs,
arms, head and body; G. d. Shadbolt,
Mississippi. probably fatally injured;
Newton Harmer, Texas, lost his eve
and severely injured; A. c. Black,
Indiana, dislocated jaw and arm
broken; George w. Roby, Mary
land, leg broken; C. Gallagher,
Pennsylvania, cut; Robert Lindon,
Pennsylvania, hurt about the head;
| w. R. King, Mississippi, badly cut
about head; c. s. Easterly, Kansas,
arm broken; R. M. Patrick, New York,
cuts in head; w. w. Lecture, District of
Columbia, cut about the head S. j.
Dewey, New York, cut and bruised; j.
A. White, Georgia, badly cut about the
head; r. A. Smith, Connecticut, badly
bruised
Capt. j. b. Dowd, IIndiana, hand
crushed and severely hurt; George
Davis, Missouri, who was on the third
floor, has severe scalp wound and
fracture of right leg. He was taken to
his home F. H. Krause, fireman, ankle
sprained and hip hurt; j. II. Thomas,
Missouri, compound fracture of arm; T..
B. Smith, Tennessee, severe scalp in
| juries; Robert j. Walker. Massachu-
setts, hurt internally
Washington is to-day city of mourn
ing. The strel is flooded with sunshine
and garbed in the beauties of spring. are
strangely hushed and silent for every
section the messenger of death has
visited, and homes that Thursday knew
no trace of sorrow are to-day the abid-
ing places of grief and woe. Brides
of Thursday were widows Friday and
the cries of many orphans are rising in
condemnation of the criminal negli.
gence of culpably careless nature.
Other cities have felt the visitations
of awful calamities. They have beer
swept by fire and deluged by food
and plaques have decimated their com
munities. In the national capital O,
the proudest nation of the earth there
has been a catastrophe almost unpara,
lelled in the annals of history. Aud in
every mind there is the horrible convic
ton that its Genesis is 10 be found il
the criminal negligence of govern
ment too parsimonious to provide fol
the safety of its loyal servants by erect
ing proper buildings for their accom-
modation.
By 8 o'clock Friday evening the las
body had been taken out, as it wa,
known then that there could bs no nfs
in the crushed bodies that lay in thu
cavity into which the debris has settls1
1t IL thought tAst there sas ssvssH
bodies ths're. but work has bssn -