Evening journal., 1900-11-30
SeTCTaI More Deaths Are EX-
peCtGd to Follow
EVERY AMBULANCE SUMMONED
Express Wagons and Private Carriages
Pressed Into Service to Re-
lieVe The Distress

San Francisco, Nov. 30-Fourteen
people were killed and so badly in
jured by the collapse of the roof of the
Pacific glass works, on Fifteenth
street, yesterday. About 75 people fell
through the roof upon the redhot fur
naces and glass vats below. All were
horribly burned, and it is feared that
in addition to the nine deaths already
reported there will be several more.
The victims were watching a foot
ball game between the Stamford and
University of California teams when
the roof beneath them gave way, pre-
cipitating them to tho floor of the
factory. Some of them fell upon the
furnaces, and one man was burned al
most to crisp. The crowd was gath
cred upon the roof of a building di-
rectly over the furnace Of the glass
works. The fires in the furnaces had
been started for the first time yester-
day and the watts were full of liquid
glass. 1t was upon these that the vic
Tins fell. Some were killed instantly
and others We're slowly roasted to
death.
The police and fire departments were
soon at hand, and every patrol wagon
and ambulance in the city was sum
moned. They were not enough. and
express wagons and private carriages
were pressed into service to carry of
the dead and wounded. Many of the
injured were unconscious, while others
were hurried, shrieking with agony, to
the hospitals.
Fully forty were seriously injured.
Seven of the dead are boys, ranging in
age from 10 to 10 years They were
found lying in a row, and most of them
were badly mangled.
There were 200 people on the roof
when it collapsed, and Of these "a went
down. Those who were fortunate
enough to be on a solid section of the
building hurried down and helped re-
move the injured The heat around
the furnaces was so great, however,
that to many no assistance could be
rendered, and they slowly roasted to
death. Not 200 yards away were 90
900 people watching the football game,
and when the news became known
there was intense excitement among
them. The ushers went through the
crowd calling for doctors, and many
surgeons hurriedly left the game. The
living victims Of the disaster were
taken to various hospitals. Many pri-
vate carriages were waiting outside
the football grounds. and these were
pressed into service to take away the
wounded.
A high fence surrounds the glass
works grounds, and thousands Of peo-
pie attempted to get inside the en-
closure. They were restrained with
difficulty by a large force Of police.
The manager Of the glass works real
lied the danger before the accident oc-
CURED, and had sent for the police to
compel the crowd to leave. Just as a
squad of officers arrived from the city
hall the roof went down.
The dead are J. A. Mulrooney. W. II.
Eckfeldt, Edgar Flarein, T. ]. Rippon,
William Valencia, M. Vandna, Tally
rand Barnwell, Carroll Harold. Frank
Newly and George Fox. Four bodies
have not been identified Most of those
killed or injured were boys between 9
and 16 years Of age Nearly all of the
victims had their skulls fractured or
limbs broken and sustained serious in
ternal injuries.