The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-17
W%ASHINGTON'S DEAD.
Scenes Around the Wrecked De-
partment Building.
A Jury of Business Men to In
vestigate the Affair-Twenty-Three
Dead and Many In n Crit
ical Condition.

Drlcks ana broken tlmberS from ord $
theater building. and this morning the
old hulk looked less hideous than
when the scores of lead and broken
bodies were being carried from it A
hundred or more broken desks and
tables were piled in the rear on each
floor. and the litter of papers and
books had been gathered up. and such
as were of any value taken to a place
of safekeeping. Broken and twisted
gas pipes protruded from every part of
the wrecked section of the building.
BY s o'clock. an hour earlier than
usual, the old clerks began to arrive at
the building. and every new conner was
greeted with ELUSIVE welcomes by his
comrades. And then they told tales of
marvellous escapes. and each was again
and again questioned as to where he
was at hat awful moment. Tears
filled many eyes as each told of his cN-
perience. and how he had seen one
whom they all knew and loved dashed
down To death.
Many of the clerks. with n view to
not losing any time. knocked on the
door of the annex building adjoining
the ruined theater. and { o the officials
within reported for duty. But no suit
able building has yet beer secured. and
it will probably he some days before
the force is again put 10 work.
The ~coroner's inquiry will commence
Monday. The jury empanelet this
morning consists Of practical business
men of high character. investigation
by the war department will also he
had. The stories of suffering and dis
tress growing out of this calamity are
heartrcnding.
II TwESTy-THIRD VICTIM.
The dcath-roll received another ac-
cessiUn this morning. when \. VI. tie
rault. a clerk from New Jersey. gave
up the struggle which he had main
tanned against awful odds for nearly
t~wenty-four hours. lie went down in
the widest of the wreck and sustained
injuries frcm which he never rallied. |
One arm was broken. his head was cut |
and the shock produced conclusion of
the brain. He was taken to Merits
drug store. the temporary resting place
yesterday of many of the injured. hut
his injuries were of such Il serious ma
ture that he could not br removed. and
he died This morning m,kinr ,bc tyvep-
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'H-'hir" man "" '"t iSt' VII ''thni'
left a wife and married daughter. The
former was at his side throughout the
night. and was with him when he died.
The body will I've taken To his old home
in New Jersey for burial.
IN A VERY CRITICAL CONDITION.
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of n division. died from his injuries
last nipht Tho report * incprrect
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de,d.
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