The morning times., 1896-10-23
BURIED IN THE RUINS.

BURIED IN THE RUINS.
Immediately after the collapse cries II
hepi We're raised by the four men who We're
CaUEht under the downfall The cry was
taken up by their fellow workers and a
large crowd soon surrounded tie building.
one man ran 10 the Fifth precinct police
station at Fifth aud l. streets southeast,
two blocks away, and in few minutes
tie Yatrul wagon with Lieut.. McCathrau
and the reserves, was at the scene uf the
accident. Safety ropes were stretched about
tie Iartly collapsed building and the four
wounded men rNlrlCUtrd from beneath the
mass cf debris. They were:
William johnson. residing on Fifth street,
between i and Il streets northeast, face
cat and badly bruised all over lis body.
His condition is serious. although no tones
were broken. He is being treated al Provi-
dencc Hospital
Abraham Lee, No. 1915 Fourth street
'lca>t, ankle sprained and bruised about
body.
samuel Brown. No. 420 D street south
Gust. back hurt and face laCeratcd.
Alb. W. Dangerfieid. No. 3OS street
southeast. bruised on head and body and
Cud Of nose torn off.
George Douglass. cut on wrist.
JOHNSON THE WORST HURT.
TIE injured men with the exception of
Johuson We're removed To their homes and
treated 10y nearby Phys lCians. johnson was
uucUu>gious and McCathran ordered his re-
IEoyal 80 Providence Hospital.
After the injured men had been cared
Tor Policeman Bum investigated the cause
ui the accident. The rpOfof the church was
torn off by the hurricane of September
90 and the walls and roof tree weakened
To such an extent that the building in
Specjor. after an examination of The >truc-
Il al.
Contractor Perry'> men were carrying out
this order yesterday afternoon when the
accident occurred
They had removed portion of the ceiling,
which was directly undershe roof. and While
hauling down the rafters a large Cirdcr.
which had been doye-tailcd and patched
when the building was erected. gave way
at the patched place and precIitatGl the
mass of dehris and tiInb.rs OH the worknrn.
This de IL. We ssrdCr was directly over
the center OF the big room III winch the
| church services are held. and the wonder
is that it stood the strain so long. The
congregation OF the church numbers rearly
200 souls, and the attendance ranges
from 700 to LOCO persons being larger
during revlyalS. Had the patched support
given away during one of the meetings,
the loss of life would have been heavy.
BUILDING A DEATH TRAP.
The framework OF the roof and other por-
| tons of the edificC, exposed to YieN, shows
| tito have been a veritablc dcathtrIp. How
| il stood 50 long without cOllapSing and why
| II WIS not RACED by the hurricane the police
| say is a mystery Rotched Workmanship
| is in evidence on all sides, while the IoistS
| Of Virginia pine are full OF knots. ana frail
| looking affairs and smaller in size than tie
! authorities would row allow to be Used
| in the construction OF tvO-StoTy teneircGts.
H.. ~ frt
| afternoon was section of the main ccii!iE,
| fifteen by twenty feet in size. and a large
| section of the ceiling, roof tiinbcrs and wall
| on the north end OF the church. AT me
| moment of the collapse Alb. Daugcrficld
was sitting aluft on the gallery rail welding
| an immense crow bar which weighs about
| forty pounds He was knocked from his
! perch by the avalanche OF matcrIa and went
| down with the debris, crow bar in hand
Had the big tool fallen upon him he would
| have probably been killed outright. As
| il is his escape from instant Deaths regarded
| as marvellous. While descending the SHARP
| corner of joist struck him on the nose
I.tearuG off about half uf that member and
leaving it hanging 10y a shred of skin
| He was quickly taken to PHYSICIANS ieSi
dencc. where the organ was scwed on.
HOW JOHNSON WAS HURT.
William johnson, the most seriously in
jurcd Of the workmen, was caught squareiy
| under the timberS and piaStering, and
whcn dug out was unconscious.
Immediately over the altar appears thu
| inscription in Semi-circular form and colder
letters: THE Lord is in His Holy Temple
These words remained Undis; urbcd, al
though part of the falling mass came di
recuy from above and injured the sur
rounding wall.
"Old EbeneZer," as the church is ia
miliarly called, is one of the old land
marks in East Washington. The congre
cation was organized about sixty year.
ago, and up 10 the commencement OF tht
war many Of tue worshipeIs were slaves
The original building was a frame, ont
story high.