The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-06-14

| was performed by a colored boy 10
years of age named Basil Lockwood.
AS soon as the floors collapsed and the
dust cleared away, realizing the danger
of those at the rear windows who were
wildly climbing out and calling for aid,
he climbed up large telegraph pole as
high as the thifd winGow and la,ned a
ladder to the pole putting Tue Othcr
endin the window BY this means ten
or fifteen were assisted down the lad
der in safety.
The work of clearing away the de-
bris continued from 1880 until 3:05
o'clock before another body was found.
The work was being done in the cellar
in the extreme front of the building,
when one of the laborers announced
that he "saw hand" Shovels and
picks were Immediately dropped and
debris was removed by hand. The
body of the unfortunate man, who from
his dress was evidently clerk, was
lying face down with one arm doubled
under him and the other extended.
The back Of his head was badly crushed
and his face was cut in several places.
The body was removed with all possi-
BILE care and sent to the morgue to
await Identification.
The total casualties as near as can
be ascertaiped at this writing are as
follows: Twenty-one dead bodies are at
the morgue and the emergency hospi-
tai. Four more persons are reported
dead, whose names are probably con-
fused with those of victims or their
identity confused with some of the
bodies through physical resemblance.
Two persons whose names were inclu-
ded in the list of victims taken from
the ruins, escaped uninjured. The
number of injured reported is about
fifty, but many others who were able
to proceed to their homes were hurt
more or less badly.
The following list Of the dead is as
correct as can be made at this time.
/ Several of the dead are almost unrecog-
nizable and the names by which others
were identified do not appear on the
official list of persons employed in the
building. The list is obtained by COM
parison of the imperfect statements
prepared at the morgue and the emer-
gency hospital with the official record
of the war department containing the
names of all employees in that part of
the record and pension division located
in the ruined building. All the victims
at the morgue and the hospital were in
the employ of the government with the
probable exception of those whose
names as given when identified do not
appear on the war department list.
The following list of dead, with the
names of the states from which they
were appointed, contains twenty-five
names, including one unknown and
one probable duplication, only twenty
one bodies having been taken from the
ruins. The list of dead follows:
Unknown man, taken from the ruins
at 5 o'clock last evening, evidently a
clerk; George Allen, Pennsylvania; G..
w. Arnold, Virginia; L. w. Boody, New
York; Samuel p. Banes, Pennsylvania;
John Bussius, District Of Columbia;
Arthur l.. Dietrich, Kentucky; Jere-
miah Daley, Pennsylvania; James r.
Pagan, Kansas; Joseph B. Gage, Michi-
gan; David c. Jordan, Missouri; NJ. NJ.
Jarvis, Michigan; Boyd j. Jones, Wash
ington; Il. B. LOTUS, New York; +. w.
Maeder, -; b. f. Miller; New York;
Howard S. Miller, Ohio; j. II. McFall,
Wisconsin; L. G.. shull, Kansas; Will
liam Schreiver, Maryland; H. $. Wood,
-; +. NJ. Williams, Wisconsin.
At midnight it was known positively
that twenty-five men were killed and
forty-iive injured.
The meeting OF citizens held in the
afternoon to put into operation meas
ures for the relief of the victims OF the
catastrophe in its results was striking
tribute TO the power Of the press. II
was called to order by Commissioner
Ross, and Commissioner Parker was
chosen to preside. With but little pre-
liminary the purpose of the gathering
was achieved in the appointment of a
COlHlHlJJtt vi HNc w CdHNdSS lHe necJ-
ing for subscriptions. While this was
being done, brief addresses were made
by B. II. Warner, Rev. VIM. A. Thomp-
son, a clerk employed in the collapsed
building and Bishop J. f. Hurst.
The total amount of the subscrip-
tions obtained was announced asabout
$500, the largest being 1000 from the
dry goods firm Of Woodward & Lothrop.
President Cleveland, who had been
asked to preside over the meeting, but
was unable 10 do so because Of a press
ing official business engagement, sent
his check for 500, and Secretary Thur
ber his for S25
There will be no loss of consequence
to the pension records on account OF
the accident. None Of the valuable
papers and records were kept in this
building, save those in use in the cur
rent business Of the department. The
records, when completed, were filed
away in the ward apartment building
proper and the files removed TO and
from the Tenth street building as
needed.