Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-10

the onlookers all the bruised, maimed an
 dust covered bodies seemed bereft of life One man, whose face was covered wit
 blood and who was seemingly dead, sud
 denly raised up in the ambulance in whic
 he was placed, and swallowed e glass c
 crowd, and thereafter every rescue was ae
 companied by applause. All the carts an
 workmen that could be secured were presi
 ed into service to clear away the debris.
 The hairbreadth escapes narrated by tn
 survivors were numberless. One of tn most thrilling scenes of the whole sffai was the sight of @ dozen men who wer left in 8 coruer of the third story chamber ing down Q hose pipe to the ground. On | of these men, and the first to get down
 was MT. E. Baier, who worked in the cen
 ter of the third floor. The story can bes
 be told in his own words.
 "T was at my desk" he said, "when
 heard . great roar. There was no premon
 itory trembling or any kind of warning just q roar and crash, and the table
 seemed to rise up in the center. of the foo | and then disappear in blinding cloud O 1 white dust. sprsng for the rear window l and called to my companions to follow Those who were near me did so, and VI gained 8 safe place at the rear O the building near the windows. We wer | completely isolated, however, with no wa, | to get dewn. The floor had sunk beneatl us in front and the building was stil trembling from the shock. We did no know what minute the rear of the struc ture would go down, and we stood ther almost frantic. Then thought of rec of wire hose that knew was nearby. w. grouped through he blinding dust to this and quickly unwound 1t, until the ent touched the ground. Then~1 caught holt
 of the hose and slid down, alightipg safel, on the ground"
 Another man saved himself by jumping from the window into the awning of @ to bacco store next door.
 s. s. Baker escaped with a bad scslr
 wound. He was at his desk on the third floor front. Half stunned and dszsd hs
 found himself in the cellar pinned dowr
 by debris and covered with plaster, furni
 ture and chairs. He extricated himself as
 best he could and orswled out of one ot
 the windows near the front door. It wal
 fully half an hour before he recovered him.
 self, and even now can hardly account fol
 his escape. His coat was torn to tatters.
 The last man taken out of the building
 up to 12:30 was Captain Dowd of Indiana.
 He was found near the southwest corner
 of the building, covered to depth of two
 or three feet with brick and mortar.
 When he was lifted into the Garfield hos pital ambulance the crowd saw that he was alive and cheered again and again. Be- tween 10 o'clock and noon the ambulances were kept busy carrying away the dead and injured.
 On the front seat of one of the ambu- lances rode away one of those who had hands and clothing were covered with hl0nd a did m fo ha o1,, hurt, but the spectacle was revolting in the extreme.
 A look into the interior tells sickenipg tale of how some were taken, and who Is left. Desks gre seen half toppling over the brink of the broken floor, others stand up right, but the chair which stood beside 1t and its occupant went down with the crash. Records and papers are scattered everywhere, but as fast as possible they are being gathered up and saved. Many of them are spotted with blood and all are more or less oblitersted.
 The work of clearing away the debris continued until 5,03, before another body was found. The work was being done In the cellar in the extreme front of the building, when one of the lsborers an nounced that he "saw a hand" Shovels and picks were dropped and the debris was removed by hand. The body of the unfortunate man, who was evidently a clerk, was lying face down with one arm doubled under 1t and the other extended. The back of the head was badly crushed and the face was cut in several places. The body was removed with all possible care and sent to the morgue to await Several of the dead are al- most unrecognizable, and the names by which others were identified do not ap- pear on the official list of persons employ ed in the building.
 The following list of dead contains twen- ty-two names, business unknown. There are probably Implications, only twenty-one bodies having been taken from the ruins:
 Unknown man taken from the ruins at o'clock this evening. evidently 8 clerk; George A. Allen, Pennsylvania; George W. Arnold, Virginis; L. W. Boody, New York; Samuel P. Bsnes, Pennsylvania; John Bossius, District of Columbia; Arthur L. Dietrich, Kentucky; Jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania; James R. Pagan, Kansas; Joseph B. Gage, Michigan; David 0. Jordan, Missouri; M. M. Jarvis, Michi- gan; J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin,; F. B. Lof- tus, New York; F. w. Mseder, no state; B. F. Miller, New York; Howard R. Miller, Ohio; J. H. McFall, Wisconsin; E G. Shull, Kansas; William Schriver, Mary land; H. s. Wood, no state; F. NJ. Will Hams, Wisconsin; Dr. Nelson, no state.
 The injured, az far as can be ascertsined, are as followe: A. l.. Ames, Iowa, skull fractured, leg broken and internal injuries; 0. A. Black, Indiana, fractured cheek bone and arm; F. F. Calvert, Maryland, right leg fractured; s. J. Dewey, New York; Louis Dasapy; G. W. Davis, Missouri; Ralph Wounder, Ksnsss; Washington Fry, head badly cut; W. s. Gustine, Ohio, left arm broken; Dr. James Fl. Howard, Mary land, colored, scalp cut, internal injuries; 0. F. Hathaway, Ohio; J. Hammer, Ten nessee; George Handy, Colorado, slight cuts on head; Thomas Hynes, Missouri, skull fractured; J. G. Johns, leg badly Clifton Lowe, Iowa, scalp wound; E. Legsr, Missouri, head cut and internally injured; Frank Metcslfe, Massachusetts, dislocation of hip; G. M. Mclaughlin, Tennessee; J. P. Mccormack, Wisconsin, depressed fracture of the ribs; NJ. Ter; J. A. Miller, both legs broken between the knee and ankle; R. M. Patrick, New York, cuts about the head and face; Police Officer Pody, in jured after the accident; 0. T. Pruitt, Texas, scalp lacerated; P. K. Pennington, Alabams; 0. R. Robinson, Colorado, slight injuries on head and back; J. A. Stewart, cut about head; F. F. Sims; 0. D. Shad- bolt, Missouri (colored), dangerously in- jured; F. B. Smith, Tennessee; R. A. Smith, Connecticut, compound fracture of the skull; F. F. Sans, Illinois, cut about the head; William Smith; P. U. Sommers, Ohio, ribs broken and head badly cut; John H. Thomas, Sedalis, Missouri, arm broken; F. W. W. Test, Illinois, fractured ribs and other hurts; 0. P. Weller, scalp wound and confusion of the back; N. T. Morley, Tennessee, back and legs injured; J. A. White, Georgia, cut on head and legs; A. G. Yount, Pennsylvania. head cut and injured internally; 0. J. Moore, Co., lumbus, ribs boken and scalp wounds; B. F. O'Driscoll, New York, scalp wound.
 At the morgue tho sight was horrible one. The little building, in which was an ice chest and dissecting table, was not near large enough to hold the bodies brought from the wrecked building. At 12:30 o'clock the sixteenth dead body reached the little building. There was no one able to identify the bodies and go Superintendent Schoenberger tagged them
 with numbers as they were brought in.
 Along the floor they were arranged in
 numerical order and during the day thou
 sands of persons called and viewed the
 ghastly sight. The morgue was filled and
 the stable was then made reception room for the bodies. Blankets were spread on the floor and the bodies were laid out as respectfully as possible under the circum- stances. Blood from the bodies formed 8 large pool on the floor, and the crushed d skulls, broken arms and legs made the
 scene lndescribsbly horrible. There were lzI