The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
BIG BUILDING (llLAPStS.
SIXTEEN BUTTE PEOPLE GO Down
WITH PILE OF DEBRIS.
TnSnrses Sustained in No Case Are
Likely TO Prove Fxtal-Seme of
Escapes Border ON miraculous.

BUTTE Mat. Sept .ss-Tls York
Aaock. q s@rse-ste~y srick ssrarszra n West
Park street. collapsed ahou. - a'cIoek t1-.s
asorrsnz. carrying down ssxte@n peo9-s.
hg-y9ng SINE % them. bs2. 50 far can -
learned. killing 10 cas. though many pro-
sess % believe = search 6. Ire debris vii
reveal tie presence OF some oodsez- Tie
t-4i1srg zaS uss6 to- stores CT The lover
s3or and .o- lodging roo-ns above T5a
lower aoor was being renscte,eG 10 IL use9
As big dry goods stere. Tie froat g sRs
arst story hzG been tern olt. and ths walls
ahoFs were being supported ~ <a-se ~&rk-
preparatory 10 pnIrias n -1e g1rdsrs and
posts q iron. TIE partition through "a
Center, whAca helped 10 support the floors
above had beeE .orn cut. LaGs weakening
ne upper part u the building.
Suddenly me whole building was felt .
CULVER, and then there we're e1l-a94s cTacE-
sngs. The xoFaneu made 3 aasE fer safe
u hs.. seyse Ct them were caught The
fran. val seemed 10 give way All al ozce
ard came down Ike beard on edge, psi-
ing I'D IL tie cellar. TIE ao7rs ard reef
from the front 20 within twenty 1esf CT
TIE rear came down g heap
Tie fire department. a-21 CITIZENS went
20 work On the wreck a. once and every
AEE144Z41 team IL GDE- vs. s3af@~(1 %es--
servi1e % carry of the debris a. sass IS y
was removed OF tbs fourteen wovku2eG-
F. G Yseger. William Barker. Jamzs Ny
ers. saugue. Corksli. John ZeIlasr, Henry
Shading=r, +. s. Woo6coek ana John Foots
were injured their hurts consisting pin
cipaIly Of bruises and CUTS. Johnson had
miraculous escape He fell beside Pile
os debris just high enough 20 save hin
from the falling f.oor above. He eraw!ss1
-eF sr~S ~sz [f~{-ze7-fGys
rad charge % the third 1oor lodging. was
on the second floor at the time. She went
down clear 10 the bottom u the wreck
She crawLed out from tie wreck- Her
shoulder blade was broken and size vas
badly bruised by a beam Her own room.
which was *. the rear OF the 5uildlng-sae
TART that did not fail. was net disturbed.
and a gasoline stove vas found burning as
she had left IT.
Miss AolI.e Kuhn, her daughter. occu-
pied roora on the third aoor near the
middle CT the building. When she feIt the
building rock she rushed cut and 70 the
rear and escaped 70 the roof Of an adjo.n-
ing building. Every thing II her room was
completely ruined.
Mrs. Annie Be:isch ard hsr sister. Miss
Mary Sullivan were in the rear OF the
building. They jumped from the rear win
dow 10 the roof OF the next house and
escaped without 4 shock. Col. p. K. Dali
maa was On the second floor, near the
rear and the rush % ar threw hin, back
into the uninjured part OF the building.
Policeman Shea roouled IN the building.
After the crash ne found himself standing
on the edge Of the wreck. His room wall
had fallen out. He calmly dressed and
made his way to the adjoining building.
1t viii be several days before the wreck
age can DC cleared away.
The people ii charge OF the house say
IL T<s- *
believed the search VIII reveal some
bodies Had the affair occurred At night
al leas; fifty people would have gore down
In the wreck.