The sun., 1893-06-11

ruins at "a r covered with dust and blood that
inqurinsf,f MIN ot the LAY, Out we're under the I'M
s. 1.a,o @ s@ % 3 .ssd SS "a ii. % az! Si": s.s
m I @ 'GS s nS ,Iah are. ss Hat +: +:
L2%ld have been aninigrs rs y 4 w., located par;
had bs.n in N,,hng,on Over. twevc years, lie was
e%y St 20" and or sps "G4 os % E .poS ns @ a o.
ott.s enrg.oI.Gensra. iis tsther was consul TO
Sm he r.. rolls he va. @ ersd'sI Va S
and wa, %niver,sliy beloved H. lis a,soeiates Its
G IT,, Ssa o IN, 'f , n aSSp is y
Hr remains wers tnS.n Rcmo TO MSrylani yes'Sriny
s. s.r. Nd Esart s g. G,n Of kS",s aged Ss sars
but came here from Topeka, Kan in oGt,ber 1880
m DS" It'll Sy ifs%
bereavement She has iile daughter 10 inon'hs OLD
WIth.M ErAsn NJ. Of wlsconsin aged IS, unmarried.
IN S"s,mSer iss Ii. has tcSS brothers aud two sis.
a S0' BY sss swn'S 10 s S
to the disposition Of sbody.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
A rcrort gained circulation That Albert g.
Yount II rennsyyania chief Of division in
night, The report ia incorrect Mr.; iounti is
The report made by the superintendent OF
the Emergency Hospital this morning, con-
encouraging. i ost OF the patients show i'm
provement in their, cond tion. and Fred +.
ID o danger and viii iii
his home in tho city to DAY. The condition OF
the SShS[s % s,t Is Fl follows Confusion Of se,,p will
Frank Metcalt Massachusetts, dislocation Of
<. l. Amos. Iowa. skull fractured, leg broken.
and Internal Injuries: condition unchanged,
" Robert Smith. tonneeticut. compound frnc-
ture OF skull; operation periormed and eondi-
tGn srMiSH Sn nHE depressed rn
ture Of the ribs: condition serious. but will
probably reSGvsr nIrn, A,,,,u. ,r,,,rr,, .,,,,.
removed to residence. slightly better.
COURT OF INQUIRY ORDERED.
This morn ing Col Ainsworth asked for a
court OF inquiry to determine tho cause 81 the
where It properly belongs. The request was
laid before Gen. Lew,s A. Grant. the acting
ss ssers.arg s d %St'ri Var S"i "mons al in uhisas%
S'f past i mo n'eIoek % this "a aternoon and. in
view OF this Information. Gen. Grant did
yT to 4oier 10 ur
In king it. Col. AinsEcr,h has greatly sim
rliied matters for the War Departnsnt, for a
! military court Inns powers recognized by law.
Civilian ci Board of War Department, onieisl;
aEs at tofSs tSs 90 Of Col r M vii
qairy qain l' into all matters relstins to the acci-
dent and it will not be restricted in making
Worth s aione 10 It W viii hsSe powsr to call all Tor eli
nssS neonrt martial Of any otieer Of the army is
Secretary Lamont arrived at 1890, and after #
consultation with Assistant Secretary Grant
/ issued through the Adjutant-G Generals Office:
war DxrAsrS.sI WA.nisc1oyf & June 10 o, .
or un. to @ on on m . :oo s a. M M Hn h
10 ,nre.trate tho manavement OF ms once III s" tar
the a.s S'iH
al Of IN the sas and
press an opinion as to ho I. rsspon.ibs
tnsa.,,: s;s gel" S,shs;%
5ssF!.. pa5'" "orps q KnFnesr.
| DANIEL :. LAMONT Secretarypf War
Gems Casey and Batche!der and Surgeon
General Stern berg were also appointed a Com
wa d9 tSa G
i bsssd ssS .sn
6s WsI an Sna1f
Is emporarily ahsent. his place on both Boards
will 10 filled for tho time by Capt. Miller.
HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
tunate enough to escape death in the wreck cd
building know only that they have escaped
n tine WITH ns IN s Thn' ss
and that there was not time enough for them
| to comprehend what had happened. and to
seifsrraservstion: sie @ that foliowins the crash
dust in the interior OF the building bccam" so
must must have BEEN snffocsted in this dust couied
to their fortunate position in the building. or
| to some miracle for which they are thankful,
it has taken considerable inquiry to find
out the exact methods under which the work
OF eSoayatinG was being performed: SO d.,
handling such mattera; 1t has been, finally
learned. however. that tho first sters looking
i11 'HS lie old Musesm were taken By Col Ans
worth The specillcations for the plant. IN in
supply bureau. presided over BY Capt. NJ. T.
ThorEe; They were prepared by Col; AinswaGtn
issued by Capt. Thorpe for the erection Of the
plant. and ihs contract INCLUDING excaynting.
Can't. Ainsworth and Capt. Thorpe made fire.
sasse. the engineer o., tho ,puldinG. made ro-
that that any Ar ~ really Competent expert Stood be. be-
| tween the Government and the cont actors;
a. 6as made most T. ecoht head Of tho Kccnrd or"
| and Pension Division. but he never made any
pretGntion to being an engineer. Capt Thorpe
Mr. Sasse knows all about running elevator
engines and other machinSrI, mag but he is neither
| an architect nor civil engineer.
OTHER UNSAFE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
This frightful accident has called to tho at
tention OF officials the condition Of other pub
| lie uulldings which are said to lie more or less
unsafe. An officer OF the Treasury Depart
ment, whose duties require him to be much Of
| this afternoon that the weight resting upon
man Of nerves. The building was constructed
| for ordinary business purposes: and was for
| some Il me used by the old Freedmans rank.
| Without having been strengthened in any
way It was transferred to it's present use. and
the weight OF accumulated books and records.
| packed with an enormous weight Of books.
The Widner building opposite ths state it1 De-
| ment and Second Auditor OF the Treasury. has
| frequently been criticised. and thesclorks who
snildinG 10 an old one. OF hrick, all cracked
! and scanned; and is six stories high. with q
have been divided. and the whole inteTIor
| have been cree cd. and in every conceivable
| way the area has hcsn increased. and In every
| a norlS hat hnA an