Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-07-17
THE FLOORS FELL IN
Disaster During a Social Session
of the EIks.
MANY PEOPLE WERE INJURED
Baltic Avenue Casino. AfIantle City,
Gave Way Under the weight or
Thousand People.

Atlantic City, N. J., July lo.--The 20
ciai session rendered by the Atlantic
city lodge to the visiting EIks It ths
Baltic Avenue Casino this evening eud-
ed In a friehtfui disaster. fully 100 per-
sons being more or less injured. The
session had just opened. when, with
out the slightest warning, the build
ing. which has not been used for rev.
erai years. collapsed. and fully Z thou
sand persons were thrown to the fioOr
beneath. Many women went down In
the ruins Fully 200 persons who wers
on the first floor. Immediately beneath
the banquet hall. were crushed beneath
the timbers and lay helpless
The fact that all the electrice lights
In the building went out At the time the
building gave way added to the confu-
sion. An alarm was immediately turn
ed In. and the city's force Of 200 nre-
men and every police officer In the city
corps. The police ambulance and car
riages OF every description were util-
lied to convey the injured to the hospi-
tai and to their hotels.
When the police and firamen had ar
rived on the scene the excitement was
30 intense that they scarcely knew
where to begin An immense crowd OF
people had been attracted TO the place
by the noise of the falling building and
the groans Of the unfortunates who
were pinned beneath the bricks and
timbers. The streets for several blocks
were choked. The air was full az snx-
ious Inquiries for friends and relatives
who were thought 20 have been In the
building. Within a few minutes the
police succeeded in clearing the space
In the immediate neighnorhod Of the
building.
In the meantime the sfremen had set
to work to extricate the wounded from
beneath the mass OF timbers. and they
were aided in their work by the hotel
keepers and residents near the scene.
Every house was thrown open Tor the
reception OF the injured Meanwhile
the physicians were ON the scene and
were doing all in their power TO aid the
unfortunates. Almost every new ar
rival upon the scene was frantic With
grief and anxiety for some relative or
friend Their fears were Co an extent
quieted. however. when IL was learned
no lives had been lost. In the excite
ment of the disaster. It was almost Inn
possible 10 procure details. The list Of
injured can not be fully complied 10
night. but the following are the more
seriously injured:
james B. Armstrong. New York. both
legs broken.
Mayer Wolfe. Atlantic CITY. injured In
ternaliy.
Charles Tolweu. Camden. N. d. legs
broken.
Antonio clapworth. Camden. N. T.. les
broken.
P. Eckman. Camden. N. J.. leg aud arm
broken.
Frank Bolton. Atlantic City. shoulder
crushed.
Charles w. Foote. Minneapolis. nains0
and bruised.
Detective James Doyle. Minneapolis.
badly bruised.
James Armstrong. theatrical agent. New
York city. exalted ruler OF New York
lodge No. !. both legs broken~
Miss Armstrong. arm broken.
w. Lumbard. Boston. leg broken.
Horace Arndt. East Orange, N. j., back
broken.
William varnefl baseball manager OF
Baltimore. injured Internally.
Mrs. Fseisehmann. Philadelphia, both
legs broken.
=. NJ. Foote. arm broken
Nathaniel Duke. bruised.
Charles w. Farweil. Minneapolis, nose
broken.