Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-09
SOME rHRILLINo STORIES.

accident that ever occurred in the city e
Washington.
SOME THRILLING STORIES.
Tales Told by Eyewitnes.cs Of IN. o.s..-
J. c. Mack got out OF the building vftA
but scratch. ~ was standing" h
said, about three feet from the vsulS
where the valuables are kept. Near NJ
were three othen-spencer, specker ana
Edwards. There was hardly a second,s varni,s.
heard the rumbling. felt the building falling
about me and leaped into the vault n
other three came behind me, and whom u
ruins ceased to fall about us we cot ont Wa
were not hurt, but the eKperisncs was friehA
full"
Joseph Fought was standing near the wsn .
the fourth foor and escaped by way Of . win-
DOW. When he felt the bricks and mortar fall-
ing about him he made . dash for the window.
was but few steps away, bus d
seemed to take him an hour -
reach ii. The jar knocked the window dsvu
and he had to break through. In that way h
got the only scratch he received BE sAeushs
that s. F. Hamilton, A. N. Elliott, Dsnaaa.
DIR. Douglas and A. P. Willie escaped q hs dsd
He could not see far enough to tai much. bat
thought there might have been nearly q hun
dred persons who fell
Z. C. FoRD.
T. c. Ford, who escaped almost unhurS ~
ON the second floor. The only warning. h
said, was just crash and q cioud of dust "a
bricks II was near the side entr,nos." -
said, land escaped py . rush do not know
how it happened, except that was IN q rood
position, and was fortunate enough to b very
quick"
ID. TX. Street escaped without injury. he ria
that for days they had heard the workmen ham
mering and working about the building. ~
dio not think OF its being unsafe.
The only warning I had was the fAu
Ihe thing came down with q crnsh
There were cries and groans and an svful
noise, and about all knew was that I v.s ncS
hurt. sat far enough away from the osnssr
OF the accident to escape. There we're Nv.
Webb, Williams. Ballard Anil and Jonas sitsias
near me, who also escaped
c. C. MARsa.
c. c. Marsh, who escaped from the thfrd
floor. was among those who bad to be got down
by the fremen with ladders lie said dat q
great many went down w7th the c-.sA
from that floor. A large nunbss
Of others escaped - he did, ths r
break not extending over the whole room
An taoss ius. where the break oee-rred, /" be
said. fell The floor dropped out from under
them and the ceiling above came dov.
on them. left great hole in IA
floor. was abort ten feet fran
the edge Of this hole. There xer. many othars
on The part Of the floor left Some were rsshs
on the brink and the edges we're falling Oh
more and more every second Every
one who did not fall with the ara
crush rushed for the Window ana
tried to make sure Of the remaining foothold
There was . terrible panic, but no one trsmplsd
over his neighbor and there was no one hurs
because Of the rush for the Window Il must
have been ten minutes before the hrsmsn goe
ladders up for M. It seemed an hour, for ths
ledge on which We stood was getting narrower
every minute.
81 saw the chief Of the neor, Yaunt, 70 dsv.
with the crash, and his assistant, Mr. Chapman,
also fell"
great many patients were taken 10 Nsrtus
drug store. where they were attended b. DrA
Hammet. I. '. Hammond, Robin, SEWN, NM,
caster and J. A Mallory
DR.. Howard. colored. Of lth end Pomsroy
streets was suffering from ssvsrs scslp wounds
and was seriously but not danesrously hurk
Mr.. Girrault of los 7th street was very hsdly
hurt about the scalp and back, but ths i.Suxan
were apparently not fatal
.. Il. THoxAA
]. 81. Thomas Of Missouri was on the fAird
floor and fell the whole distance 70 TIE bottom
He suffered . compound fracture Of the arm.
but was otherwise uninjursd. He ~
apparently free from nsrvousnso
when seen by STAR reportsr,
though he was suffering pain. 81 did not know
about it until got to the bottom I
did not know anything had happened until
I felt myself going through The air.
had taken my watch o6, and
attached to IL was . school medal Of
which thought great deal They we're lying
on my desk and was writing busily. guess
the first thought that got through my bevild-
cred head was Of that watch and medal
Ii was but Fash before I realized
what had happened. Then the whole
came upon me and the feeling wss
dreadful could see dimly through
the dust people struggling about me. Some
were free and irving 10 hnd their way out
Others were partly buried 90 that they
could not move and the voices Of
those out Of sight could be heard calling for
help and grooming. There were cries Of dis
tress all about me. man fast near me asked
me to aid him. Then I found that my right
arm was useless Il was broken and
could not lift ii. Ny left arm vss
20 braced that could not reach him with IL
turned around, however, and gave him
nv left hand and drew him out His name
was Smith, but do not know his initials.
Near him was . man buried up to his belt,
but could not help him. II was dreadful
TO hear the groans and feel the movements OF
men struggling about me TO get out An
through the mass Of injured people above the
yroans and cries could be heard the voice Of
hose less hurt crying: Steady. boys. steady.
Keep your courage; take Il easy; and they were
trying to help each other"
y. n. SMITH.
F. b Smith was on the second door and fell,
receiving severe scalp injuries He said hat
be landed about two feet from . window and
,rawled out by himself. Re could hear The
cries about him and feel people sonnbling snA
struggling TO get out
THE EAsrERLISe BRoTHRRa-
c. s. Easterling and H. v. Easterling, tive
brothers, were in the building. The ART was