The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-16

room and sent 10 the morgue where
they shortly expired Charles ;. Miller
and j. Brad Jones were among them.
while the other was a young man about
a6 wears old The first two Were hor-
ribly mutilated but the last one did not
bear an apparent trace OF even an
abrasion.
At the other hospitals and in the
drug stores adjacent To the accident
similar scenes were being enacted.
An incident of the day was the num-
Der of clergy, who. on hearing Of the
disaster. locked 10 the scene. Utterly
regardless Of their own safety the.--
entered the building. the rear walls Of
which were warningly bullying out. and
ministcred To the dying and injured.
Ministers of all creeds were present
The hairbreadth escapes narrated by
the survivors were numberless-
The last man taken out Of the build
ing alive up to 1880 was Capt Dowd.
of Indiana. lie was found near the
southwest corner Of the building.
covered To depth of two or three feet
with brick and mortar. lie had lain
there for three hours. but a beam had
lodged near him in such a position as
to break the fall of the brick and tim
beers. and when lifted up he raised his
hand showing that he was conscious
When he was lifted into the Garfield
hospital ambulance the crowd saw
that he was alive and cheered again
and again.
Between 10 o'clock and noon the am
balances were kept busy carrying
away the dead and injured
All during the long hours while the
workmen were using all their strength
10 rescue such as were not past help.
the mothers. sisters and daughters OF
those that had gone down lowered
;e-ound the front of the building. and
with streaming eyes inquired of all
whom they met for some tidings OF
their dear ones. Some could hardly be
restrained from pushing their way into
the building.
4 look into the interior tells sick
ening tale Of how some Were taken and
Others left. Desks are seen half top
pling over the brink of the broken
floor. Others stand upright. but the
chairs which stood beside them and
their occupants went down with the
crash.
The president was informed Of the
sad event Just as he reached the en-
trance To the White House by one of
the clerks. and he at once interested
himself in relief measures. learning
with satisfaction what had been
done by Assistant Secretary Of War
Grant who came over to the White
House before noon. Surgeon-Gencrai
Sternberg went at once to the scene of
disaster upon hearing the news. a. did
DIR. Ainsworth. who is the chief of the
records and pension division. One
company of troops was placed under
the direction Of Chief of Police Moore.
The second company was intended
for fatigue duty which meant they
were to assist in the work of
rescue and in bringing out bodies
Gen Grant received reports from time
to time and on those he based rsse hope
and belief thnt the calamity would
prove to be less in extent than lad at
first been feared He says that the
rolls showed that the full force en-
ployed in the building numbered 5lA
persons. A numberof these were alb
sent on leave because vt illness. so that
probably not more thwn 400 or $50 per
sons were in the building when the
crash came. Then as only half Of the
a r. Al. - H..
went down was further reduced and
bv those who actually escaped with
slight injuries or without isarm-
shortly after midday Maj Moore
chief Of police. notified the snrgeon in
charge that all Of those taken from the
ruins from that time forward would he
sent tn the United States naval hos
pitnI. where three wards had t~en pre-
pared to receive the injured.
Dr. shannon. of the personal staff Of
the surgg-on-general. was put i'm charge
of all the government medical officers
and every such officer was prom ply or
aerrd to the scene Of the accident VI IL
the various hospitals. The ambulance.
Of the Red Cross society rendered. esn
spicuous service
At the nnmvue the sight was ore ia.or-
rihle to behold. The little building
| in which was one ice chest and dis
secting table. was not near larg,
enough to hold the dead bodies brnig h.
| from the wrecked building. At i.-.s
o'clock the sixteenth dead body VA
brought in
| There was no one at the morgu'- Shs
was able TO identify the bodies. ADD :.
~upt. ~chonterger Jagged them Will
numbers a they were broughs in
Along the floor they were arranged il
numerical order. and during the da,
thousands Of persons called and visve'
the CHASTITY sight The morgue wa
sled. and then the stable was t7zrse|
into reception room for the bsiisr
blankets were spread on the fioo-E M
the bodies were laid out as respecta bl
rs pr~sibie under the circumstances
Blc~ui from the bodies formed zlarg
noel on the floor and the crnshe
skulls. broken arms and legs mact tin
scene indcscribablcy Then thers. weF
some Of the victims who had nos b~e
crushed. They had been smothor.d I
death and the discoloration os the