Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-10

Of his legs. Several jack screws were
procured and an effort was made to
raise the mass of timbers with them,
but they had little effect, and big
force of men was then set to work to
clear away the mass. This was neces-
sarily slow, and it was not until about
a quarter of twelve that the body was
finally eXtricated. Mr.. Pritchard, who
was the youngest brother of Mrs. j. A.
Woods, of this city, and a member of
the hardware firm of -Pritchard Bros,
OF Buckhannon, came to the city Mon
day evening to buy goods. He met
Mr.. j. A. Woods yesterday morning
early, and that gentleman pressed him
to go down TO the planning mill with
him. Mr.. Pritchard declined to go un-
til he had attended to the business
which brought him to the city, and
went at once to Mr.. Hutchisson's store,
where he
MET HIS FATE,
as has been recorded. He was in his
thirty-ninth year, and leaves a wife
and two children.
Benjamin F. Pritchard had recently
removed from Buckhannon to Clarks
burg, and with Mr.. Edmund Hugill
had rented the carriage shops of the
late Daniel Fordyce, and they were
preparing to go into business at once.
His errand here was to purchase the
necessary goods.
The remaining two casualties Oc-
CURED in alley nine between the
Hutchisson and Rice buildings. Rev,
L ! oh 1af Of
De Chantal came into the city on the
early b. & o. train, and coming up
Main street, started up that alley on
his way TO the Cathedral. He was
caught under the falling wall, and
instantly killed.
FATHER PARKE'S BODY RECOV-
Erred.
About ten minutes after six o'clock
last evening the body of Very Rev.
Father Parke was rescued. 1t was dis
covered in a partially upright posi-
ton, about fifteen feet from the cor
ner of Main street and Alley 9, where
the unfortunate victim had been
iammed against the north wall of the
Rice building by the force of the
bricks and timber which fell into the
alley from the HutchissOn buildin.
His head was badly crushed, many of
the bones of the body were broken,
and even his shoes were torn and cut
by the heavy material which over
whelmed him. AS soon as the body
was taken out, it was carried across
Main street and down Alley 9 to
Friesmuth's barber shop, where it
rested until the patrol wagon, which
was at once summoned, could arrive.
When q wagon had been backed up
to th jewalk on Main street, the
body vas placed on a stretcher,
wrapped in a blanket, and carried
by officers and blackened and grimy
fremen to the vehicle, and the re-
mains were then taken to Friend &
Sons, escorted by several of the Cath
olic clergy and quite number Of
citizens.
THE SIXTH VICTIM
of the disaster was Harry Cowl, a
Western Union messenger boy, and a
son of John Cowl, of the Island.
At eight o'clock he received a
call to Kraft Bros. & Rosenburg, an
swered il, and started back to the tel
egraph office with a message, intending
to pass through the alley. He was
caught by the falling walls, and his
body will probably be found not far
from where the mangled body OF
Father Parke was discovered.
This completes the list tof dead.
Rumors of other casualties were nu-
merous and were insisted upon by
many, but in every case an investi-
cation by Register reporters proved
them to be false and unless some
stranger was caught beneath the fall
ing walls in the alley, the list of dead
will remain at six, as above particu-
| lariZed.