The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-10


sufficiently to have lossened the girders, |
This caused the pulling apart OF the
iron work in the centre of the building, |
and the crash followed.
William r. Funk, contractor and build
Ell. saws he thinks the wreck was caused |
by the faulty manner In which the work |
of under pinning was conducted.
George W. Dant, the contractor who
had the supervision of the work, stated
tonight that the work was being properly
done and was perfect in every detail.
How the calamity occurred he was una
BILE to tell.
THE DEAD.
The list of the dead is as follows:
Unknow man, evidently clerk.
GEORGE I. ALLEN, Pennsylvania.
GEORGE w. ARNOLD, Virginia.
L. w. BoopY, New York,
SAMUEL p. BANEs, Pennsylvania.
JoHN BUssrUs, District Of Columbia.
ARTHUR L. DIHTnIoTK, Kentucky.
JEREMIAH DALEY, Pennsylvania.
JAMES R. FAGAN, Kansas.
JOSEPH B. GAGE, Michigan.
DAVID G. JORDAN, Missouri.
NJ. NJ. JARVIS, Michigan.
j. BOYD JONES, Wisconsin,
F. B. LoFTUs, New York.
F. w. MAEpER.
B. f. MILLER, New York.
HOWARD s. MILLER, Ohio.
j. I'll. MCCALL, Wisconsin.
G. SKULL, Kansas.
VIM. SCHRIEvER, Maryland.
II. S. WooD.
F. M. WILLIAMS, Wisconsin.
DIR. NELSON.
C. Fl. Miller, reported killed, is proba-
bly, meant for C. r. Miller, who was sup
posed to have been killed, but will re-
cover. The names of Jordan and Paul
are attached to an unofficial death list as
taken out dead, but their bodies cannot
be located.
THE INJURED.
The injured as far as ascertained are:
AL AMEs, skull fractured, leg broken
and injured internally,
G. A. BLACK, Indiana. fractured cheek
bone and arm.
F. F. CALVERT, Maryland. right leg
fractured.
G. J. DEWEY, N. Y, Louis DUsAPPI,
GEO. w. DAVIS, Montana, scalp wounds
I'll. B. EsTERLINe, Fort Scott. Kansas,
seriously injured.
WASHINGTON FRYE, head badly cut
w. S. GUsTIN, Ohio, left arm broken.
DIR. JAMES II. HOWARD, Maryland, fool
ored) scalp cut and internal injuries.
g. F. HATHAWAY, Ohio.
J. HAMMER, Tennessee, injured in the
eye.
GEO. HANDY, Colorado, slight cuts on
head.
THOMAS HINES, Montana, skull frac-
tered.
j. q. JOINS, leg badly cut.
w. KUGLER, New Jersey, scalp
wound.
CLIFTON LOWE, Idaho, scalp wound.
E. LEGER, Mississippi, head cut and
| injured internally.
VIM. LECTURE and G. FRANK METcALF
Massachusetts,, dislocation of hip.
| /. G. MCLAUGHLIN, Tennessee and j.
| p. MCCORMACK, Wisconsin, depressed
| fracture of ribs. e
NJ. McLAcHEN, leg broken.
| @. r. MILLER and j. A. MILLER, both
legs broken between the knee and ankle.
r. M. PATRICK, New York, cuts about
| the head and face.
POLICE OFFICER POLY, injured after
| the accident.
| G.. PRUITT, Texas, scalp lacerated.
| p. K. PENNINGTON, Alabama and ]. A..
ISTEwART. cut about the head.
/ F. F. SIMS and G. d. SHADBoLT, Miss
ouri, colored, dangerously injured.
| F. B. SMITH, Tennessee, and II. A.
SMITH, Connecticut, compound fracture
of the skull,
IF. SANS, Illinois, cut about the
head.
NJ. SMITH, ribs broken and head badly
cut
JOHN a. THOMAS. Missouri, arm
broken.
F. W. TEST, Illinois. fractured ribs and
other hurts.
l5sgn % VVrYYrp eoayv mound ,nd oor
fusion of the back.
N. T. WoRLEY, Tennessee, back and
legs injured.
| JAS. A. WHITE, cut on the head and
| legs.
| A. G. YOUNG, Pennsylvania, head cut
and injured internally.
/ CHAs. ]. MOORE, District of Columbia
ribs broken and scalp wound.
B. F. O'DRIsCOLL, New York, scalE
wound. leg injured and injured internally
A list Of the employees in the building
gives the following as belonging il
Maine:
Geo. E. Corson, Geo, W. Pratt.
BENJAMIN nj ". Browne, Gustayus A. Whit
lewis s f. aooers H aGns " p seah
G Gaear f. Wc oaant & , r wSSS a1yisr
Geo. F. Daggett, Horace Piper,
Augustus B. Tolman.
The examination of the official records
shows that the insecurity of the building
was brought to the attention of Congress-
; in a pointed manner as far back as 1885
Attention was then directed simply tc
the safety of the army and medical Ii
brary and the museum. The protection
of human life was not brought il
question. Congress acted to the exten
l .~r
, the structure to new and safe building
: When Secretary Lamont returns t,
washington steps will be taken to thor
oughly Investigate the cause of the disas
ter. The calamity at this building has di
Z ERECTED attention Ito two other grea