Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-11
IBLEGRAPHIC.
ENDED IN DISASTER.
IR,roust in Honor Of Visiting Elks
at Atlantic City.
HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED
n, BulIdlng Collap,es, Burying Men
and Women In the
Ruins.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.,July lO.-The
...I.i ,etslon tondcred by this Atlantic
INV lodge to tho Visiting Elks at the
p.itic Avenue Casino this evening
.nJ,j In a ffighliul disaster. Fully 100
re,.,n, were more or less injured. The
,,,.ion had just opened, aud only one
oithe sneakers had been heard, when,
vI,hout the sllghlest warning, the
hu,ldIng, which has not teen used for
,s,spl years, collapsed, aud fully
,bousaud persons were thrown 10 the
soor beneath. Many women, the
w,v,, Of tho visiting Elks, wont down
IN the ruins . 80. 49,.
srst floor OF the building anu immodi.
siely peneath the banquet hall, were
e,uab.d beneath the timbers and lay
The fact that all the electric lights In
ue building want out ut tho time the
luildIng gave way added 10 tho conIu'
,inn. An alarm was Immediately
turped IA and the city's force OF 200
apmen aud evorJ police officer IN tho
alty were called to the scene ~ n hos
pitsl cotps..rhe police nmbulances and
,,rrlares OF every description wefo
utlliysd TO convey tue Injured TO tho
hespilal and - tne hotels.
When tho police ana Htemon had nr.
rived on tho scene, the excitement was
% intense that ihoy scarcely knew
where 10 begin. An inmonsn crowd
of peoplo had been attracted to the
tlace BY tho noise Of the falling build.
ipg, and the groans Of tho unfortun-
Alea who were pinned beneath bricks
and timber. Tho streets for several
blocka were chokci. The air was full
Of anxious inquiries for friends and
relatives who were thought 10 have
been In the Building.
Within fow minutes tho police
,uecetded In clearing tho spnco IN the
Immediate neighbornood Of the build
ing, aud placed ropes around to keep
tue crowd back. In the meantime
tue nremen had ret to WORK TO
10 extrlcgle the wounded from
beneath the mass Of tlmbeTs, and they
were aided in their work by the hotel
kuppvfa and residents near the scene.
HuuickIy as the unconscious forms OF
ths wounded were taken out, willing
hands bore them TO the nearest place,
and everything that surgical skill
could do ~ alleviate their suiuTings
was done.
Tho excitement amidst The Assem-.
blud crowds was even greater than
that In the immediate nelghborhood OF
the building. All sorts OF rumOrs were
rife As II hal been generally known
that the social session OF tho order had
beeu In progress In the building, aud
that II would In oil Likelihood be IN,
largest meeting Of the session, almost
every new arrival upon the SCENE was
almost frantic with grief and anxiety
for some relative or friend, Their fears
were TO an extent quieted, however,
when II was learned from n good source
that no lives had been lost. In the ox'
element Of the disaster, IL was almost
impossible 10 procure accurate details
The first victim to buccumb 10 hi'
inIuriss was Frederick ClAproth OF Sit
KlmeE street, Camden. lilo died short
ly after midnight at n hotel to which
no had boon conveyed. He nad been
In the crowd on tho lower door OF th,
building when the crash came. 10 Il
now feared other details VIII result ant
Ills a matter OF wonder that more per
sons who wefO ON tA- under floor weri
not killed outright.
The nOws OF tho disaster spread will
such rapiiity thAt by midnight mrs
sagss were received from anxious rela
tIyes Of visiting Elks H. all paF,s OF tn
country.
James Armstrong, theatrical agent
New York CITY, exalted ruler OF New
York Lodge No. l., hal both leg
broken. Miss Armstrong, his daugh
ter, aged II, hRi AN arm broken,