The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-11

alloy wall had anything to do with tho
disaster. l,o said that some timo ago
Mr.. Hutchinson thought perhaps tho
building was overloaded on the upper
floors, and no got an architect to visit
and inspect tho building. Mr.. lIaller
was not Suro who the architect was. lilo
Iavo 1t rs his opinion at that time tina.
tho building was perfectly safe, and
said each floor would readily boar u
burden Of $4,000 pounds. On the top
floor there was a car load OF spokes and
nearly n car load OF rims, In all .oss
than 10000 pounds. There was no
heavy metal Btufl OH any OF tho upper
floors. Tho firm had always been eau.
tious about overlooking tho building,
and MIR. Hallorsaid no had no othor
idea than that tho block would DO
standing to-day II tho Chapman wall
had not given way first.
Yesterday strong cirdori wero taken
into the upper stories OF tho Rice & Co.
building, to DO uaed in bracing tho up.
per floors, weakened by the breach In
tho north wall. 1t was reported that
this building was so seriously damaged
that 1t would have 10 DO tori down and
rebuilt almost completely. The dam.
aged stock from all tho buildings was
nearly all removed yesterday and haul.
cd away.
THE WORK YESTERDAY.
Yesterday tho fire department did not
have as hard work as toe day before, al.
though the fire was.evidently still smol.
derins in tho ruins. Tho brick and
other debris wero removed from the site
OF tho ruined buildings by n large force
Of mo aud piled up oil Main street,
whence wagons aud carts hauled tho
stuff 10 the city property north Of the
p, W. x ny. freight depot. There are
thousands OF good brick in tho mass.
and these will no doubt DO utilized. The
work OF ox~cavating the mass OF brick
and mortar was necessarily allow. in
spite OF the largo force employed, and
the progress madefin the effort 10 roach
the three dead bodies still in the ruins
was scarcely pcrcoptible. Most Of tho
largo timbers have been pulled out, and
what remains Is mainly bricks and NOR.
tar, the removal OF which is necessarily
slow.
Last night work was suspended
by the tiremeu for the first time
since the buildings fell. The hose
was LETT attached to tho plugs for
use i'll the case OF emergency. but tho
engines were sent back TO their houses.
Late last night the ruins were still
smoking and there was evidently fire
among them somewhere.
IRE %coRoSER's JURY.
Yesterday morning County Coroner
Schulizs again convened the jury no
impaueled on Tuesday, and the NON.
bers formally viewed tho body OF Rev.
Father Parke, at tho Cathedral, and
that OF Harry Cow!, recovered early yes
{ terday morning. No testimony was
heard. and in both cases O simple YER
dict Of death by accident" was rem.
dered. This was done only to permit
the issuing OF n death certificate by The
coroner. As o o as all the bodies are
recovered Coroner Schultze will cali the
jury together to hear the evidence as I
the cause Of the accident, with a view
to fixing the responsibility for it, if
possible.
1t is hard 70 guess how long it will
take to reach the three dead bodies still
buried in the Hutchinson buildings
ruins. The story that Koran was able
to talk to the people about the wreck
ply ridiculous. His body, as well as
those OF Birch and Tincher. were
caught beneath tons Of brick, lumber
and mortar. The report that no was
able t talk to those outside doubtless
originated in the confusion resulting
from the accident, when Ford, who was
rescued, was frequently taken for
Koran. It is probable that death came
with merciiul promptness to all. The
position in which Rev. Father Parke's
and Harry Cowl's bodies we're found
would indicate that they had not more
than time to realize their danger until
all was over, and to those in the build.
ing the end must have come as sud.
denly.
THE INJURED.
Last evening N. J-Ford, who was
rescued from the ruined buildings two
hours after the accident and taken to
the North Wheeling hospital. was re.
ported to be getting along very we'll.
He suffered considerable pain, but con.
sidering the awful experience he went
through aud the narrow escape he had,
was in pretty good shape.
Mr.. T. 7. Hutchinson was also resting
comfortably yesterday. His injuries
are not at all dangerous. although ex.
tremely severe for n man OF his age, and
lie will probably be laid up for some
time.
Mr.. o. L Williams, one OF those who
was hurt by the falling bricks. proved to
bo more severely injured than was at
first supposed. He was taken from his
home on Thirteenth street TO tho City
hospital yesterday forenoon. His wors,
injury seems to be the spraining OF his
back, though his head is pretty badly
cut and he has many %enrions brnispq