Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
FRlGHTFUL DISASTER

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He had evidently been crushed about the chest
and had fingered for some time in agony. The
legs were twisted and distorted and appeared
crushed and broken
| CLERK MALLS.
! The body Of Clerk Metals was brought ont
at 1926. Metals was appointed from Wis
consin and has been employed under
the government for many years.
rs was married and was said
to have large family. He was lame in the
right leg. The body was so covered with dirt
and plaster as to be almost beyond Identification.
The head was not mashed, but there was hid
eous wound on the right aide of the face The
flesh was cruelty torn and blood had clothed
around it and well nigh concealed the features
of the victim.
More About Arnold's Death.
One ct the most pitiable sights of the catas-
frophe was that presented by the crushed body
OF Col George Arnold. the well-known
coiored man and prominent in Grand Army
councils and leading man in Sumner Post.
When the creaking and swasing of the
third floor announced tine coming of dis
aster Col Arnold climbed out on the sill
OF one Of the third-story back win
dows and dropped to the alley be-
low. This way is rudely paved with
cobble and Arnold struck head foremost.
His skull was crushed and he expired with q
single gasp. 1t was said by one Of hisfriends
that the body was removed to tlae home. He
leaves q widow and children.
GEO. y. DAaGErr.
Mr.. Geo. F. Daggett escaped without
scratch. His desk was directly in the line Of
the falling floors, but at the time the crash
came he was, though by Providence, out of
the room. His desk and chair went down
IN the mass of falling material, and had
he been in it would surely have
been in the wreck He got out,of the building
by the back way. P. 8. Lowrey had the desk
next to Mr.. Daggett, and a. nothing has been
heard of him since the fall BY his friends they
are very anxious. Mr.. Daggett's home rs in
Strong, Ne.
Superintendent Covert Talks.
The superintendent of the building, Mr..
Covert, tolda sTARreporter this morning Shat,the
contract for e1cavating and underpin' aing Was
given out on bids regularly advertised " the War
Department. The award IVES made + o first-class
workmen, and it was being don ain the.best
manner. The excavation was onfined to q
space beneath one Of the brick arches in the
basement. Atthe front Of the bui ding the cellar
space was only about four fee. high and
The earth had been dug out 0 the additional
depth of about four feet, the walls supporting
the brick arch being under PINNED with solid
brick walls as the work rogressed. In this
space it was. intended to place new boilers.
The span Of the arch was about
twelve and half feet an. it was built years ago
and was solidly constr acted. The earth had
been removed from the Supporting walls in Sec
tons, and there il sti' 4 small section Of the
earth that has not bee = removed
Mr.. Covert said lat he could not believe
that the fall Of & - building was due to the
work that was in srogress, as great care had
been exercised.
Hear ssntiing Scenes.
Later In the Or y many heartrending scenes
occurred arounf do ruins. When the news OF
the disaster spr I'D through the city the rela-
tives and frier ds of clerks working in the build
ing hocked to the scene Of the catastrophe in
search OF tn 40 in whom they were interested
Agonized women. wringing their hands and
crying, pr shed against the police ropes and
begged TO news of husbands and sons.
One p or woman, almost overcome with hor
ror, ruf Aed through the lines, tears streaming
DOWN } er face. She begged piteously for her
husba II and several kind hearted men started
nqu mrs. for him.
1t sasdound that he was safe, and then the
poo woman broke down completely and
TAI aasd.
MR.. J. d. MARX.
location favored Mr.. ]. D. Marx. as his desk
sas ON the second floor, the second desk from
i'fhe front window on the north side. As it hap
pened. the section Of the floor along the north
wall did not fall, and Mr.. MARKS desk
showed back toward the wall when the crash
came He was unable to see and did not see
what had happened and turned his face to-
| ward the wall in order to breathe. After the
dust had settled he made his way along the
wall to the rear of the room.
ONE WAS TAKEN; THE OTHER WAS LEFT.
The familiar verse in the Bible about two
women who sat at the wheel, one Of whom was
taken and the other was left, was sadly illus
Grated TODAY. Mr.. ]. R. Pagan and Mr.. 8. v.
Peck occupied adjoining desks in the
center of the front portion OF the second story.
When the disaster happened they both went
down with the debris Of the third floor cover
| ing them. Mr.. Pagan taken out dead
( and Mr.. Peck was found to have