Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-15
A DEAD FALL.
Collapse Of Historic Building at
Washingto
The Old Ford Theater, Used by the Gov
eminent Pension Office, Goes Down
While Filled With E1erks--More
Than a Score Killed.

eminent Pension Office, Goes Down
While Filled With Elerks--More
Than Score Killed.
WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The historic
Ford's theater, where Lincoln was as
sissinated, now used as branch of
the pension Office, collapsed yesterday
morning, with awful loss of life. The
accident was caused by undermining
for an electric light plant, though the
building had been condemned a good
many times. The government is great
1y blamed for allowing so many en-
ployes to work in building admitted
to be unsafe. Exaggerated estimates
prevailed at first as to the number
killed and injured, as it was thought
the whole force of 475 went down in
the ruins, but this was mistake as
many were in that portion of the build
ing which failed to collapse.
Men who were in the building say
the crash came without warning. Those
on the top floor were suddenly precip-
itated to the floor below and the weight
of falling timber and furniture carried
the second and first floors down. For
tunately only the forward half Of the
floors gave way. The outer ends of the
floors and the rear part of the struct-
ure remained intact and the walls did
not fall Within an hour the news was
known all over Washington and hun
dreds of anxious relatives and friends
swarmed in the vicinity of the old the
alter. Women appealed anXiOusly to
every bystander for information about
some particular person. Men with
tears in their eyes besought the blue
coats to let them through the lines that
they might obtain some knowledge of
their friends and relatives. A general
fire alarm was turned in few minutes
after the crash and then all the ambu-
lances in the city were summoned. AS
quickly as possible the police and fire.
men formed a reserve brigade and
ready hands assisted them to take out
the killed and wounded. In less than
an hour about twenty-five people had
been taken out and every few minutes
thereafter some still form would be
borne on a stretcher from the building.
The following list of dead thus far
reported, with the name of the sta te
from which they were appointed, con-
tains twenty-five names, including one
unknown and one proba BILE duplication
taken from the ruins:
Dr. Nelson
George Allen, Pennsylvania
George w. Arnold, Virginia.
L W. Woody, New York.
Samuel p BAnes, PENNSYLVANIA
John Bossius, District of Columbia
Arthur L Dietrich, kentucky.
Jeremiah Daleyo
James Il. Pagan. kansas.
Joseph Gage, Michigan
David G. j rIan, Missouri
NJ NJ Jarvis, Michigan.
j. Boyd Jones Wisconsin
r. b LOTUS, New York
F. w Mac der
Is. F. Miller, NeU York.
Howard Miller, OHIO.
j. H McFall, Wisconsin.
e. G. Shull, Kansas
William Schriever, Mar land.
II. =. Wood
+. NJ Williams. Wisconsin
THE INJURED.
A L. AmeS. Iowa, skull fractured and Szl-
1ureu INTERNALLY
F. +. Calvert Mar: land, right leg fractured
=. j. Dewey, New YORK.
Lewis Dusapr.
Geor-c w Davis. Missouri. scalp wound
b Es'erling, Fort Scott. Kan, seriously
injured.
Washington FRYE head hurt
w. s Gu-tin. Ohio left arm broken.
DR. james II. Howard Mar iland (colorea),
scalp cut and internal injuries.
C. + Hathaway. Ohio
j. y. Hammer. Tennessee, injured in eye.
George Handy tcolored). slight cut on head.
Thomas Hynes- Missouri, SAUL fractured.
j. G. Johns, leg badly cut.
W. kuc!er, New Jersey. scalp wound.
Clifton Lowe, Iowa. SCALP wound
William W Lecture, District OF Columbia.
internally
G. NJ Mclaughlin, Tennessee
j. z. Mccormack, Wise onsin, depressed frao-
ture of ribs
HI
r. NJ Patrick, Slew York, cuts about head
and face.
Pody, police officer, injured after accident.
G.. z. Pruit', Texas, scalp lacerated.
p. Il Pennington. Alaharnl skull frac, ured.
Charles Robinson, Colorado slight injuries in
head and back.
j. - Stewart, cut about head.
F. F. Sims.
= C. d Shadtolt Missouri (coIorcd) danger
ously injured.
F. b. Smith, Tennessee.
Il a Smith, Connecticut, compound fracture
OF the sku /
F. F. Sans, Illinois, cut about the head
William NJ Smith.
2 Z. Sommers, Ohio, ribs broken and head
badly
John II Thomas, Sedala Mo. arm broken.
c. X Weber, scalp wound and confusion OF
back
N I. Morley, Tennessee. back ana legs in
jured
James A White, Georgia, cut on head and
leg.
a. G. Yount, nsylvania, head cut and in.
iured internally
A C. Black, Indiana, fractured cheek bone
and arm
Charles j. Moore District OF Columbia, ribs
broken and scalp wounds
b F. Driscoil, New York, scalp wound leg
injured and injured internally.
ID A Mil'"r District of Columbia both legs
broken between the knee and ankle
The general opinion is that the acct !
dent was caused by directly weakening |
OF the already weak structure by rea-
son of eXcava tiOns made beneath it for
an electric lighting system. 1t was
stated that several days ago the clerks
in the building circulated petition
protesting against this work being |
continued, as they considered that |
it imperiled the lives OF every man |
WHO was working in the building
Complimentary Ia West Point.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-Representa- |
tive Cocl1rell, of Texas, who is u brother |
Of the Missouri senator of that name. |
has failed to appoint any candidate for !
admission To West Point from I,;S dc !.