The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-11
Pinned in Their Beds.


some of the occupants of which were also
injured, had on the ground floor the family
OF Michael j. McGuirk, consisting of five
people. all of whom slept in the extension
which was crushed in All of them, how
ever. escaped uninjured.
On the second floor there was the family
Of Joseph Brady consisting of himself
err. All of these were sleeping in the eX-
tension. They were pinned in their beds
when the crash came. All of them are
Joseph Brady, is the most seriously hurt;
His head was caught beneath beam and
crushed and his left leg was broken.
The people, as fast as they were res
cued, were taken into the Gramercy
school near by and attended by doc
tors from the hospitals. Those who
were most badly injured were taken
into the hospital where they could re-
ceiye more complete treatment. The
bricks and great wooden beams and
stones lay in one compact mass.
To add to the horror of it, there was
a constant cry of the people imprison-
ed beneath the mass, imploring the
men to hurry and get them out. In
the midst of the cries there came the
voices of children at times. Once
there was a weak voice raised in
prayer.
The first body, that Of Bertha Kar-
o'clock. Half an hour later the fire
men came upon S-year-old Alexander
Abrams in a cramped position in one
corner of what had been his sleeping
room. The boy could talk to the men
| and he said:
Don't mind me- My mother and
father are back of me somewhere"
but the men worked on, and in ten
minutes they had the little fellow free
and carried him into the schoolhouse.
He did not seem to be injured in the
slightest particular.
The second corpse recovered was
taken from the rear of what had been
the two-story building. 1t was that of
Mr.. Steinman, aged 81 Then the
body of Abraham Karoness, 8 years of
age, was taken out and an hour later
that of Mrs. Jennie Steinman was re-
covered Louis Abrams and his bro
Their, Maurice, who were dug out of
the ruins, told of their experience.
Louis said he went to bed a half S,ur
before the building fell He had just
fallen asleep when suddenly the crash
came.A He felt something strike him
and he tainted. When he regained
consciousness he found himself pin
toned to his bed. A heavy piece of
timber was over his breast. His bro
tHer was lying Dy his sue anu WciS
also pinioned down. They talked to-
gether until rescued by the firemen.
/ The injuries of the men are not ser
! ious.
! Louis Arorwitz, the owner of the
building, was brought into the Essex
Market police court this afternoon.
''Who is the prisoner and what is
the charger" asked Justice Hogan.
Gle is the owner of the building on
Monroe street that collapsed this
morning." answered the policeman.
1--WE had a pretty hard storm this
morning" said the justice. "Out west
when a cyclone blows building down
it is not usual proceeding to arrest
the owner. However, we will set the
prisoners examination for F riday, and
/ in the meantime he will be placed on
| parole"
Though the police have been look
ing for Peter ]. Walsh, the contractor
who erected the building, they have as
yet been unable to find him. 1t is al
legged that the mortar in the work had
too much sand to hold the bricks.