The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22
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BUFFALO. n. ". May gi.-The four
story brick building, to 10 Seneca
street. part OF 1t forming portion OF
tho Brown building recently vucated by
tho Western Union Telegraph Conn
pnny, collapsed to-day. while q largo
number OF men were at work in Inc
building, remodelllng 1t. The falling
wallis went down upon u couple OF
smaller brick buildings adjoining on
tho east side ana practically demol-
iShed them. Schncrt'S barbcr shop,
next door TO the falling building, was
crushed nB II It had been an egg shell.
1t WIS full OF barbeCS and customers at
tho time, Quickly responding to an
alarm, q force OF hremen went to work
to clear away the ruins. Their zeal
was quickened by. hearing the agoniEed
cry OF mon beneath the debris. The
walls on the west, north and south
sides stood nearly intact. The front
wall having fallen out gave the ruins
the appearances OF q hollow square.
From the third story OF tho wrecked
portion Of the building an immense
piece OF ceiling and floor seemed to
hang above the heads OF the rcscuIng
party. The wall to the south had
broken ut the top, ind portion OF 1t
had been carried away by the roof us It
caved In. This wall, from the second
story up to what had been the third,
stood unsupported, and was regarded
as the chief danger to tho rescuers and
those sdll beneath the ruins.
After twenty minutes OF hard work
the tlremen reached and extricated one
OF the victims, manEled and bleeding,
but still alive. He was taken away In
an ambulance. a little later. directed
by grolnB proceeding from a mass Of
beams, lath, brick and plaster, the flre-
men reached q second sufferer. He
was young man. Though he had been
under ten feet Of debris he was. able to
stand when once he was eXtricated. He
Is not dangerously hurt. He is Robert
easier, steam litter, who was in the
cellar and heard the first cracking
warning OF the impending ruin. He
looked UP and saw the rafters and
Jolsts give way He sprung quickly IN
to the part IT the cellar that Is under
the sidewalk. A moment later tho
whole structure was about his ears
He was tightly penned in, although he
could breathe easily. He said thOre
were two steam filters and two helpers
In the CELLAR, and he did not see them us
the building fell.
He thinks they may have escaped in
jury, us they were in another part OF
the cellar. Up'to noon only ono Of the
dead had been recovered, though 1t Is
believed that there are ten or twelve.
George Metz, the man who was first
discovered by the 6remcn, died on the
way to the hospital. Following Is
list OF the injured as far as is now
known:
S. L. Hawks, a carpenter. address
unknown. married, severely bruised
and cut about the body, not seriously
injured.
James Adams, n Chandler street. a
carpenter. severely bruised, cut and In
jured internally. Has a wife and one
Michael o'Brlcrs a carpenter. living
at 2S5 James street. His back is
broken. Is a married man, and has
four children.
Miss Jennie GrIffen. cashier in Jones'
barber shop, is buried beneath the
ruins,
Herman J. schlntzek. one Of the bar
bers, who escaped unlnjured, said that
as he was rushing out OF the shop he
saw the walls and debris fall upon her
Nothing has been heard Of her, and the
flremen are working hard at the ruins
to learn the truth OF the rumor,
An iron column has been found in tho
debris which Is so full OF sand holes
that 1t can be crushed with little effort
The district attorney has taken some OF
It for use before the grand jury.
At the hospitals the surgeons said
that all the injured whose names nre
given above Will recover.