The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-10

were brought out, groans and outcries
arose on all hands. One man was found
sticking head first in the debris. His feet
were seen first. Soon his legs were I'M
covered, and were seen to move feebly,
showing that he was still alive. AS fast
as human hands could work these res
cuers did, and soon they had the unfortu-
nate man out. He was alive when
brought into the air, but died before
reaching the ambulance in the street.
This was but one of the many shocking
scenes attending the most horrible and
lneXcusable accident that ever occurred
IN the city of Washington.
The general opinion is that the accident
was caused directly by the weakening of
the already weak structure, by reason of
excavations made beneath it for an cleo
trio lighting system. 1t was stated this
afternoon that several days ago the clerks
IN the building circulated a petition pro-
testing against this work being continued,
as they considered that it imperiled the
lives OF every man working in the build
ing.
Al HE MOtG Y T..
At the Morgue the sight was horrible
to behold. Blood from the bodies formed
large pool on the floor, and crushed
skulls, broken arms and legs made the
scene Undesirable. Then there were
some of the victims who had been
crushed. They had been smothered, and
the dislocation of their faces and necks
gave visible evidence Of the cause of their
death.
President Cleveland was informed of
the sad event just as he reached the
entrance to the White House by one of
the clerks, and at once interested himself
IN relief measures, learning with salts
faction what had been done by Assistant
Secretary of War Grant.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
Following is list of the dead thus far
reported, with the names of the State
from which they were appointed. 1t
contains twenty-five names, including
one unknown man and an odd possible
duplication, only twenty-one bodies hav-
ing been taken from the ruins. The I'M
known man was taken from the ruins at
O'Clock this evening. He was evidently
clerk: George Allen, Pennsylvania;
George w. Arnold, Virginia; L. w.
Body, New York; Samuel p. Barnes,
Pennsylvania; John Dossius, District OF
Columbia; Arthur Dietrich, Kentucky;
jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania; James
X. Pagan, Kansas; Joseph B. Gage,
Michigan; David c. Jordan, Missouri;
NJ. NJ. Jarvis, Michigan; J. Boyd Jones,
Wisconsin; F. B. Lotus, New York; Il.
w. Maeder, New York; F. B. Miller,
New York; Howard S. Miller, Ohio: J.
IL. McFall, Wisconsin; E. G. ShuI, Kan
sas; William Schrymer, Maryland; H. S.
Wood, Maryland; +. NJ. Williams, Wis
consin; c. P. Miller, reported killed, but
probably the name was meant for C. r.
Miller, who was supposed to have been
killed, but will recover. The names OF
Jordan and Paul are also attached to the
unofficial death list as having been taken
out dead, but their bodies were not
located.
THE INJURED.
The injured are: A. L. Ames, Iowa,
probably fatally; Z. F. Calvart, Mary
land; S. J. Dewey, New FORK; Louis Du-
sapy, George w. Davis, Missouri; H. T..
Esterland, Fort Scott, Kas.; Washington
Fry, w. S. Gustin, Ohio; DIR. James II.
Howard, Maryland; c. f. Hathaway,
Ohio; j. n. Hammer, Tennessee; George
Handy, colored; J. G. Johns, w. Krug-
Ter, New Jersey; Clifton Lowe, Iowa;
William NJ. Lecture, District of Columbia;
E. beger, mississippi; Frank Metcalf.
Massachusetts; G. NJ. Mclaughlin, Ten
nessee; j. P. Mccormack, Wisconsin,; NJ,
McLachon, r. NJ. Patrick, Kentucky: C.
Pruitt, Texas; P. X. Pennington, Ala
bama; Charles Robinson, Colorado; FL.
Stewart, +. +. Sims, c. D. Shadbolt,
Missouri; +. P. Smith, Tennessee; r. A.
Smith, Connecticut; f. T. Sims, Illinois;
w. NJ. Smith, p. U. Somers, Ohio; J. Fl +.
Thomas, Sedalia, Mo-; F. w. Test, Hi
nois; c. k. Weller, n. T. Marley, Ten
nessee; James w. White, Georgia; A. G.
Yount, Pennsylvania Robert Smith.
Only a few will die, according to the
surgeons.
UNSAFETY OF THE BUILDING
An examination of the officials shows
that the insecurity of the building was
brought to the attention of Congress in a
pointed manner as far back as 1885. At
tention was then directed simply to the
safety of the Army Medical Library Mn
scum. The protection OF human life was
not especially brought into question.
One workman, a colored man employed
in excavating the cellar, and who escaped
with only slight bruises. says: II told
them yesterday that the archway would
fall, for every time one walked over the
floor it would bend"
Contractor Funk thought the wreck WAS
caused by the faulty manner in which the
work of underpinning seemed to have
been conducted. He said he noticed it
several times during the last few days.
DR.. Ainsworth, Chief of the Bureau of
Records and Pensions, who has been Sc
verely criticised in connection with the
calamity. tonight said: The work be-
ing done was simply extending the cellar
in the rear of the building through to the
front. There was very little excavation
and no sign of weakness. The building
had never been condemned to my knowI-
edge, and as far as l know was consid-
cred perfectly safe. have no theory to
account for the collapse"
Arthur Dietrict, whose name appears
among the list of killed, was not among
the injured. The dead man is supposed
to be G. F. Doggett who is missing. NJ.
T. Mulledy of Louisiana is still missing.
TWENTY-FOUR DEAD.
WASHINGTON, June 10-2 A. M.-Tbe
number of dead known at A. NJ. is put
at twenty-four, and the injured, so far as
ascertained, %.