The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-06
nto tie pit below. very few Of whom escaped

into tie pit below, very few OF whom escaped
injury.
The front wall of the building remained
practically intact, but the east side wall
hulged and buckled threateningly. Notwth-
standing the latter danger the work Of rescu-
ing the injured and taking out the dead was
rushed, and good progress was made until
8 10 p. M, when the upper portion OF the east
wall fell, shower Of bricks striking around
the crowd OF laborers, officers and newspaper
men, eXtinguishing the temporary electric
lights and causing a stampede for the street.
Fortunately none of those who were struck by
TIE second downfall were seriously injured,
although several were precpitated into the
basement through the steel joist over which
only few loose planks were laid.
Mayor Haybury and ether city officials
who were on the scene thereupon decided
not to further imperil life in order to
dead bodies, and work was suspended until
tomorrow. When the second crash occurred
two more bodies were visible in the debris,
but they were abandoned for the present.
The dead:
AUGUST SALLACH laborer.
GEORGE w. WHITE, timer.
THEO. MERTENS, laborer
MARTIN SHAFER, painter.
CORNELIUS M'CARRIN, lather.
JAMES GEGERSCHKE, laborer.
AUGUST JANUSCHOWSKI, laborer.
JOHN CRESZELSKI, lahorer.
Two other bodies had been discovered in
the debris at the time of the disastrous
crash. The missing
Peter Connors, lather
Jacob Lewen, metal polisher
Frank Wolse and = Belts, metal cornice
makers and o. Mullin.
Injured: Charles Cross. arm badly cut and
bruised internally; Oscar Robinson, severely
bruised about the lungs and internally IN
jured James Mcbride, ankle terribly crush
ed, two scalp wounds; John Duchinsky, ribs
broken; Jacob Polke, nose partly severed and
bad scalp wounds; Joseph Ferguson; seri-
ously injured about head and face; Edward
Fisher, leg broken and badly hurt internally,
may not recover; William Grossheld, scalp
wound and arm injured; Paul SkozkoWski-
spine injured and body bruised; j. w. VII
son. eye-lids bruised, elbow broken, two ribs
broken. badly shocked, may die; Louis
Schmidt, foot crushed. bruised, will recover;
and Peter Pfeffer, Louis Schmidt, oscar Mier,
- GrossfeId.
OF those injured only two are considered
unlikely to recover
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
=! The cause of the accident has not yet been
fully settled. 1t seems to rest, however, be-
tween too much weight in the roof and
faulty steel beams used in its construction.
The top of the roof was of cement, about
eight inches thick, and many builders lean
the steel work. Others claim that the fault
lies in the steel work, which, they a!lege,
YVES of poor quality Several of the beams
snapped off sharp instead Of bending.
The workers in the building say there was
no warning given of the collapse, the II st
thing heard being crash as the roof fen
Most of the debris landed in front of tee
stage and, looking from there, was a. perfect
? hill of bent and twisted iron beams, split
pl9nks and big chunckS or cement. Ihe
lower balcony held firm, which doubtless
saved the lives of number Of the work
men, who were under it. The instant the
crash. occurred the fire department was called
and the fremen rescued a number of those
who had fallen top of the wreckage.
The board of public works soon had all
its available employees at work AS fast as a
mangled workman eXtricated he was
tenderly carried to one of the waiting ambu-
lances and the usual sad scenes were wit
messed at the morgue and hospitals. 1t is
impossible that any living person is still in
the debris