The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-05
REVISED LIST or VICTIMS OF THE
LONDON (0Nr.) DISASTER.
Many of the Injured Not Expected to
Recover-Tan of the Floor Caused
by Break of Beam.


sufferers are concerned, as many are able
to be about, though suffering bruises. aches
| and pains as a result of their terrible fall.
Following is a revised list of the dead:
| BENJAMIN j. NASH carriage maker.
JOHN TURNEA. carriage maker.
| JOHN BURRIDGE, shoe maker
| FRANK ROBINSON. plasterer.
| CRAWFORD BECKEI., contractor.
| EDWARD LUXTON, farmer.
| w. II. DELL baker
r.. s. LEIGH, plumber.
ABRAHAM PHILLIPS. -four dealer.
| VENJ. JACQUES painter.
| STEPHEN WILLIAMS, iaborer.
| w. G. SMITH, gardener.
| l.. w. hJRKE, insurance agent.
| JOHN FELLOWS.
JAMES HARRIS, molder.
| WILSON CARUTHERS, farmer.
| w. j. BORLAND woodworker.
! NOBLE CARUTHERS, son of Noble
| Caruthers.
| FRED HEAMAN. son of w. Heaman
| " F. TALBOT. young son of w. Talbot.
OSWALD BRUCE, son of w. Bruce, shoe
ALLEN TOWE. son of f. Towe
| JOHN BURGESS, laborer.
| HERMAN HILBERT, peddler.
| JAMES MLEAN, young son of James
| Mclean.
The injured are: Fred Il. Fry, Louis
liam Durnion. Moses Miners, Alderman
Charles Taylor. Charles Garrett. Albert
Joyce, William Stone, Edward Marshall,
! William Cox. Joseph Murray. ]. C. Nc
| Naughton John BARTLETT. D. S. Sweeney,
| w Elwood, Charles Kidner, Maurice Bald
! win. Alderman Neil Cooper, John Drom-
| COLE. Fred Ward, James Sussex, William
Baker, Sidney Glendenning, - Schofeld,
James Dean, - Johnston. Moses Mines,
Albert Joyce, Michael Morkin, son of James
Mattinson, and Ed Barrett.
City Engineer Graydon states that the
cause of the accident was the breaking oe
a heavy beam which ran beneath the tioort
almost at the center of the space which
gave way The beam broke in the center,
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| large space into one mass. The engineer did
not consider the hall dangerous and says
that the tremendous weight simply caused
The coroner's inquest began this after
noon but the proceedings were purely
formal. One of the bodies viewed by
the jury as a legal prerequisite to the in
| quiry and the adjournment was made. The
! whole point of the inquest will turn on
| the liability of the city to the relatives
and friends of the deceased. A number of
| local architects will testify that the build
ing was unsafe and should have beer. con-
demned. Thsswill be the basis of the claims
| that will be made against the city.
Mayor-elect Wilson is much more serious
| ly hurt than he permitted his friends to
| observe last night. when he worked until
| nearly / o'clock among the wounded. He
| visited both hospitals, and with the other
| sufferers although he himself was suffer-
| ing greatly from the wounds he received.
| His left side was badly bruised and cut,
| and so. too. We're his arms, legs and back.
| He is now confined to bed. Alderman-elect
| Cooper is reported to be in a serious condi-
| ton, being injured internally.
| A meeting of the City Council was held
] this evening" when measures We're taken to
| relieve any temporary financial distress
caused by the accident ana 10 see thai an
| funeral arrangements are carried out IN q
! proper manner, the city guaranteeing all
| Reni. + Nash. whose body was taken
| from the ruins badly mangIed, was one OF
| the most prominent citizens of London, be-
ing at the time of his death president OF
| the Conservative Association and of st.
| Georges Society. John Turner, another or
| those killed. was also prominent In civic
| affairs having served as alderman for
Two newspaper men who were hurled into
| the deadly pit at the City Hall disaster
| have given their stories of the tragedy
6sitv Editor Rosie. Of the Advertiser. says:
| 1.-THE writer was hurled backwards into the
| pit and underneath the falling timbers.
| When the air cleared of the dust and the
| bright chandelier Immediately overhead
| shone into the death pit CHASTITY sight met
| the eye Faces gashed and covered with
blood were everywhere TO be seen Inc
drawn countenances of those who suffered
| internally and were in the throes of death
| were also among the number. Old men with WITH
| gray hair and boards matted with blood lay
| pinned in the heap along with small boys
| distorted with pain. The clothes and faces
| of all were ashy with the dust of plaster
| and added to the horror Of the scene. The
| greatest number of fatalities occurred
where the iron safe crashed through the
| floor"
Harry M. Passmore, reporter of the Adj
vertiser. who was at work when the crash
| came was seriously hurt and had to be
| taken to his home. He said to-day: The
| crowd was packed like herrings In barrel.
| and the reporters found 1t impossible to
write We implored Alderman Carrothers
not to call any more speakers, feeling in
| danger of being injured by the constantly
| Increasing Jam Alderman Carrothers
seemed to coincide with this view as the
| crowd continued to sway forward in front
| of the platform. But the previous speeches.,
| in which threats had been made of how the
| new Council would undertake TO undo the
work of their predecessors, seemed to so
please the crowd that they called Tor other
| speakers. Suddenly there was an omiRous
| cracking of smashing timbers. Back slid
| the reporters chairs. There not time
| to move q limb There was a tremendous
| crash and the end of US all seemed to have
come There were three of the reporters
| writing at the table when the crash came
| and carried the floor platform ana mum
| dreds of citizens down with it.. cannot de-
| scribe nv feelings when ! found myself
| mined down beneath seetning mass or hui
| manfTv damned together amid tons or TIM
| ber brick, broken furniture and an once
| safe | never heard more heartrending
| cries in my life than those OF the Dying and
| wounded as they lay all around above ana
| beneath me. The prayers the groans, the
| entreaties of my fellow-sufferers seemed to
| continue for ages while willing hands set
| about rescuing us. My chair had turned
| completely over. the legs were straight up
ing crushed by the table at which we had
| been sitting and which was completely
! turned over From above me blood from
| the killed and wounded began to trlckie,
! and that with the cries OF the dying LOT
| deliveranoe from their pains, made an inn
| preston on me which shall never forget.
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