The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-17
TELEGRAPHIC.
A FRIGHTRUL ACCIDENT.
FOrd's Theatre COilapsrs aud Buries
Hundreds in the Ruins.

WAsHINGT N. Jun 9-B .een 81
ami 10 O'clock I rs morning the floors OF
the old Ford's theater building, Tenth
street, occupied bV the records and PEN
sion divIsI N of the surgeou-geuerai's of
| fee, tell 10 as though they had been
parts of a card house. On each floor
| warning thev We're carried down as by an
| awful cataract Th- Fl iDr was IN ade up
OF iron gird.rs &C trcetY strong enough To
| support the walls. but heavy enough to
stamp our human lives Walls of br OK
were he'd together by plaster long ag"
dried out, and OF wooden beams hat had
been in place too long There was no
escape from such a flood The guv-rn-
ment of great patton could not afford
TO provide a safe building tor Its faithful
employees, hut herded them together in
bni!dIng whose un>ouud condition whs
DoturI"us Ag4in aud again have The
Columns of the pr, SIS teen filed with the
story of ITS rotten watts There IS shame
and remorsr in the souls OF some men
who are res espoDsib'e for the state of things
hat confined men working for their
daiiy bread IN a building that everyone
in Washington kn-w was unsafe II Was
stated this al erpooD that several dav>
ago the clerks 10 the building cicula ed Il
petIIon protesting against this work
bting continued, as t"ey considered II
i'm peried he lives Gi ever, man wnrKiDg
in the hu ld,ng
AssEEN BY AN EYE wITNE
S. Dana L ncn u, wlo occupl, d RI n
in he A llsntic hul ding, facing the rear
OF Il the7;er huilniDg. gives this account
OF rh, scene: He WAS suing at his desk
a, tne rme Of the g wing away OF the
fl ,ors OF he building. He hoard Ense
a. Though ot the dumping OF bricks III
the aiey He ouked 0uf OF his office
window and saw clouds of dust aIisine
TO the top of the building Immediately |
at every window d. ztns OF heads protru
dtd Idly cal ny for assistance l
seemed 10 or 10 minutes before the fire
men appeared with ladders, which wer"
mmedia ely run uD tn the .Indows. In |
realitg theVime was only iew moments |
THE LAST LIVING MAN TAKEN OUT
The tiremcn re scu-d i those VINO bad
not escaped by jumping from the win-
doNs. The last man taken ou' OF tnr
huld rg a v. was Captain Dowd. o. In
diana He was found near the south
west corner of the IuIluing covered 20
a depth of two or three feet with brick
and mortar He had lain there for three
hours. But falling beam had lodged
near him in such position as to break
:he fall of the brick and fimbers. But
w hen lifted up he raised his hand show
he as conscious When be was lifted
into tne Garfield house ambulance the
wd saw he was alive and cheered him
sga'n and again.
TAKING OUT THE DEAD AND INJURED.
4 he ambulances were kept busy carry
ing away the de. d and injured The
faces of many of the victims were covered
with pieces OF cloth, an old coat g news
paper or what yer else may be had
Some of the maDgled bodies were carried
Dut with the faces exposed to the gaze of
he great throng surrounding the build
ing All during the long hours while
the workmen were working with all their
strength to rescue such as were no, pas
help, mothers sisters and daughters how
e red around in front OF the building, and
with streaming eyes, inquired of all
ghom they me, OF some tidiDgs OF their
lead ones. Some could scarcely be res
trained from pushing their way INTO the
buidlng A glance into the Interior
.old the sickening tale of how some were
iken Desks were seen half topping
over the brink of broken flnor, o her,
stood upright, but the chair which stood
beside it and it's occupant went down
with crash Records and papers were
every where. hut as fast as pos
Iblr they were gathered up and saved
VI any of them were Spotted wIrh blood
fhar anyone Shonld ESCAPE with their
ives seems a miracle. A. they were
,rougnt forth they presented spectacle
hat no one seeing it Will ever forget. In
many cases all sembance to humanity ,
vas gone. 1t realiy se med as ii the
leipsrs were carving out mere bag of
thy with dirt. The dirt was ground
nto them and blood WAS on their faces
AT THE CHARNEL HOUSE
At the morgue tn. signt was horrible
0 behold B nod from the ho1Ies formed
large pool onathe floor, and crushed s
kulls, broken arms snd legs made the I
Gene lndt scrihable. These were some {
i the victims who had. been crushed {
'hev had been smothered and the DIS c
oiOra,lons of the faces and necks gave S
is,hle evidence OF the cause of death
Prtsiden' Cleveland was informed of I
ha hso l.,