The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-12
Marvellous That the Loss of Life
Was Not Very Large.
TWO HUNDRED WERE WOUNDED.
The injured We're Those at the Bot
tom of the Heap of People.
Hotels. Hospitals and Cottages Fun Of
the Victims The Grand Lodge to
Extend Financial Aid-Asiopgion ot
New Ritual.

Atlantic City. y. j.. July iI-No deaths
nave Yet resulted from the disaster LASS
night at the Baltic Avenue Casino. all
though in other respects the details oc
the occurrence have not been eNagger-
ated. A conservative estimate places tho
number Of wounded at close To 2aa of
these only one IS in immediate danger.
Frederick Ciaproth. Of the Jennings band.
Camden. y. ]. The report taat both
Claproth and Miss Jennie Rockwell. oc
Philadelphia. were dead is untrue Miss
rockwell was only slightly injured.
The accident was caused hy the COLLAPSE
OF the second floor Of the building imnae-
diately over refreshment room. Pre-
vious 10 the crash Jennings haad had
begun 10 play for the Elks. and the MA
Jority of the people were thus attracts
ed 10 the upper floor But for his there
would have been great loss of life. \
party OF New York delegates fingered be-
low, but they heard the alarming cracklo
of timhers and escaped 10 the board walk
outside. not. second TOO soon. Tho
great weight or the crowd was the pri-
mady cause af the accident. but there is
talk Of fixing the responsibility. IL hav-
ing been generally understood that the
structure was old and dilapi8ated.
The Casino building fronts the ocean
from the board walk at the head o6 Bal
tic avenue. II is two-story frame strnc-
ture. built about three years ago by tho
unoccupied for the past two seasons
When the pillars supporting the upper
floor gave way the floor collapsed into a
funnel shaped gap forming ~" open
at the apex TO the lower floor. which for
tunately stood the shock. Those sitting
in the middle of the room were at tho
bottom OF the heap of humanity which
filled the space. The cries of the women
and the shouts OF the men added to tho
confusion. As soon as possible willing
hands assisted in the work Of rescue. and
the injured were conveyed TO hospitals.
residences and hotels. Every house was
thrown open for the reception of the In
jured. and every available conveyance
pressed into service TO carry them
TO their hotels. Meanwhile the physicians
were on the scene and were doing all in
their power 10 aid the unfortunates who
had been caught In the crash. The ex-
citement among the assembled crowd
was even greater than in the immediate
neighborhood OF the wrecked building.
The people In iured were those who were
so unfortunate as 10 fail beneath the
mass.
Among those injured these were taken
to the United States hotel: G. NJ. Foote,
Minneapolis. collar bone and arm brok-
en-: c. II. Lombard Boston. feet mashed
and arm fractured; j. n. Duke. Joliet ILL.,.
badly cut on the head and about the
face.
The injured at Schaufeiter's hotel are:
James Long. Philadelphia. injured about
face and nose broken: Tile Lee. Camden,
internally hurt; Charles Folweil CAM
den. leg broken: George ]. pechin, Cam
den, leg mashed.
At the Hotel Majestic lies James Arm
strong. exalted ruler OF a New York
lodge, with internal injuries. His 10-year-
old daughter sustained some injuries
about the limbs. Irs. Japa and her
niece, Miss Prudential. OF New York.
are also at the Majestic. suffering with
internal injuries.
Those at the Alhemarie hotel are: Mrs.
C. Myers Philadelphia. leg fractured.
Mrs. r.. A. Llyesley. East Liverpool. o..
leg mashed. and NJ. e. Wells. Liverpool.
o., spine injured
Others injured are. Miss Directing, De-
troit, collar bone broken and legs sprain-
ed: Mrs. Dofsps. Illinois. broken nose; w.
B, Rice. Detroit, sprained leg; Edward
Youngman, Fremont, o, mouth cut. W.
Baxter. Lma, o.. leg and arm injured:
Bryan W. Orr editor Social Session. Chi
cago injured about head.
The scene of the casualty Is being WIS.,
tied by thousands today. who declare it
remarkable that at least one-half Of those
In the building at the time were not Kill
ed outright The Injured. who are scat
tered all over the island In cottages, ho-
tells and hospitals. are doing well as far
as heard from II Is understood that tho
authorities VIII institute an immediate
investigation. with view not only to as
certaining the cause OF the mishap. but
also to provide against the possibility of
a recurrence OF such a catastrophe,