The herald., 1893-06-11
NO FLAGS AT HALF-MAST.
Sad Results Of the FOrd's
Theatre Accident.
Public Indignation Over the
Catastrophe.
Blame Belongs Somewhere for the
Shocking Fatality.
A Lack of Proper Respect for tho Dead
Government Employees No Signs
of Mourning displayed on
Public Buildings.
By the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, June 1O.--The sad re-
cults of the downfall of the old Ford's
theater furnishes the principal topic of
conversation sill day. The opinion is
unanimous that there ia blame some
where for the shocking fatality, and
many a man echoed the words of DIR.
Bartlett, that the accident was not one
the responsibility for which could be
laid upon God. The more the matter is
discussed and the further along the
clearing Of the debris progresses, the
more evident this becomes.
This morning the uninjured clerks in
the doomed building were about the
scene of the disaster discussing the stu
alton and holding little indignation
meetings. It was evident that feeling
ran very strong among them and many
and loud were the expressions of con-
demnation for the officials of the govern
naent who herded them together in such
building. Colonel Stewart, superin-
tendent of construction OF the new city
postoffice, seemed to thinkas others do,
that the whole trouble came from the
weakening of the structure caused by
the excavations in the front part OF the
basement.
PUBLIC INDIGNATION.
There is no decrease in the general
feeling of public indignation that fills
the city over the awful disaster. There
is much comment over the fact that not
flag on any public building was at half
mast today.
Secretary Lamont arrived here this af-
ternoon. Soon after he reached the city
he expressed desire to see Acting Sec
retary Grant and Colonel Ainsworth,
and these officials visited him at the
hotel and had conference in regard to
the future action OF the department con-
cerning the calamity.
REMOVING THE wREcKAaR.
engd Il lSt tfsmosIns nov SMqqesJkRep d HaFs ps
building. Broken desks were removed !;
the litter of papers and books gathered
up, and such as were of value taken to
places of safety. The clerks who es-
capped gathered round the wrecked
building early and recounted their ex-
periences in the calamity. No suitable
building has yet been secured, and it
will probably be several days before work
will be resumed.
The stories of suffering and distress
growing out OF the calamity are heart
rending.
A coroner's jury was impaneIed this
morning and will begin the inquest
Monday. An investigation will also be
made by the war department.
REVISED LIST OF THE DEAD,
Following is recapitulation Of the
death list:
George A. Allen, Pennsylvania, a
veteran of the war, aged 65 years.
George M. Arnold, Virginia, colored,
leaves widow.
Samuel P. Barnes, Pennsylvania,
war veteran, leaves family.
John Russians, Washington city,
war veteran, leaves family.
j. E. Chaplin, South Carolina, leaves
a widow and three young children.
jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania. un-
married.
Jospeh r. r. Fagan, Kansas, leaves a
widow and two little girls in straight
ened circumstances.
J. B. Gage, Michigan, war veteran,
leaves family.
J. Boyd James, Wisconsin, no details.
David Jordan, Missouri, leaves fam
lily in poor circumstances.
Fred B. LOTUS, New Jersey, more
than 80 years in the government ser.
vice, leaves q widow and six children.
J. Fl. McFall, IL years, in the war de-
partment, leaves wife and child.
f. w. Ottomaeder, New York, leaves
a widow.
Benjamin F. Miller. New York, un-
married.
Michael 7. Mulledy, Louisiana, no de-
tails.
Burrows Nelson, West Virginia, a
widow and five little children survive
him.
Howard s. Miller, Ohio, no details.
William Sohriber, Maryland, no de-
tails. f3veNnf ~
Emanuel Gates shull, Kansas, leaves
a widow and child. f-a Asssfsss ass
Frank M. Williams, Middleton, Wis,
unmarried. rse s-t-
Lewis W. Moody, New York, who was
reported killed, ia alive and we'll
M. M Jarvis of Michigan, who was
also included in the death list, is report
ed well at home in Anacosta.
At 7 O'Clock this morningsA. NJ. 'Jer-
ault, clerk from New Jersey, died of
his injuries. He leaves wife and boy.
Most of the injured are improving.
OTHER UNSAFE BUILDINGS.
The records of the war department
show that the collapsed theater build
ing was for years known officially to be
unfit for human occupancy by reason,
not only of its structural weakness, but
also because of it's defective sanitary
condition. This frightful accident bss
called the attention of the officials to
the condition of other public buildings
which are said to be more or less unsafe,
An official of the treasury department
whose duty requires him to be much of
the time in the department of Justice.
said the weight resting upon the floors
OF that building was alarming to man
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