Daily camera., 1900-11-30
They Foil |0
Their De0tl
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate of Young Boys At "A San
Frnncisco Football Game.


francisco Football Game.
San Francisco, Nov. 2o-As result of
occurred IN San Francisco, ten people
were killed and FULLY fifty badly injured
by the collapse OF the roof Of the Pacific
Glass works on Fifteenth street
About Is people fell through the roo'
upon the red hot furnaces and glass vats
below. All were horribly burned and II
is feared that in addition 10 the ten deaths
already reported there will be several
| ore.
Two hundred people, all men and boys,
had gathered on the sheet ron roof OF
the glass works to obtain tree view
the annual football game between Stan
ford and the University OF California.
About twenty minutes after the game
aad commenced, there was a crash,
plainly audible from the football grounds,
lad.a a portion OF the crowd on the roo
ent down to a horrible derth below
be ires 10 the furnaces had been start
"A for the first time today and The val
were full OF liquid glass.
II was upon these that the victims fell
Some were killed instantly and others
were slowly roasted to death, The few
who missed the furnaces or rolled OFT
-,.a,ha,,y,,h uvnrk N, 90, IN ne ui,s < wrY I q
; wed the lives OF many who lay uncon
| sclous by pulling them away from their
horr bic resting place.
The police and hre department werS
soon al hand and every patrol wagon
| ind ambulance IN the city were sum
| MOI ed There ~,re not enough ami
xpress wagons and private carriages
were pressed into service to carry OFF the
| lead and wounded. Many OF the InJure d
were UNCONSCIOUS while o hers were
| raced. shrleklng with agony, to the hos
pitals
h Southern Pacihc railroad hospital
was oa!y tv'o tt0cks away and was
quickly filled. About forty wounded
were taken there. Others were sent 10
ST. Luke's hospital, the city receiving
hospital, to private residences and other
places AT the hospitals there was soon
a shortage Of surgeons and some OF the
wounded had to wait until help came
The roof OF the glass works was moi
200 feet away from the football field, bu
the 10000 people watching the game
were 100 intent upon the contest TO notlcs
what mad occurred. 1t was only wher
the ushers went through the vast crowC
calling tor doctors that II became known
there had been an accident.
Eightyiwo persons. more or less IN
luIed, have been taken to the varlou.
hospitals or removed 10 their homes.
Most OF those killed or injured wert
boys between and 10 years OF age
fractured or limbs broken and sustained
serious internal injuries. The ortion O
the root which collapsed was merely tLs
covering over the venlliatot bars at th'
apex OF the building and was not con
structed TO sustain any heavy weight
The horizontal tlmbers IN the center
corresponding to the ridge pole OF an or
dlnary structure, broke near the cente
and the light frame underneath, with
covering OF corrugated iron, turned IN
ward, forming shute through which tn,
men and boys were precIpitated into th'
furnaces beneath. Only few ere actu
ally burned to death, the m jority being
killed by the fall.
Several OF those injured are in pre-
car,ous condition, and the list of the deat
may be increased 10 score within "a,
or two.
A number who were only slightly hur
went to their homes unassisted. lnClud
ing these, the list of casualties may safel'
be put at I3 killed and 100 injured.
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