Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-17
Walls TALL ONCROND.
Brick Walls Of Burning Building
Fall on the Crowd Of
Spectators
Nine Injured in the Crush and Panic
That Followed Lightning
the Cause.
Building Was Filled With 800 Tons
Of Broomcorn-Aads .
Hot Fire.

Of Broomcorn-Aade
Hot Fire
Chicago, July 17.-Nine persons were
injured, one, fireman, seriously, IN
the collapse OF a burning building last
evening owned and occupied by II. r.
vehmeyer, 2os to 30 Michigan street,
dealer in broomcorn. In the rush for
places Of safety the thousands Of spec
tators were panic-stricken when the
brick walls fell crashing to the ground,
and many were thrown and knocked
down. The fire was caused by Light
! ming.
The injured:
Evans, James, captain of engine NO.
4 10: left ankle sprained in jumping from
me roof of the Dreyfus building.
Kelly. John, driver of engine NO. ",
4 hit by falling brick; stunned; remalheo
at work. ooo;
kilgore, Agnes, living in a fiat flat at zoV
/ Michigan street: arms and pach N
4 iured by the crushing of the vans any
1 floors in the basement at that nuhlpe l
treated All a drug store and taken 70
1.-The home of friends.
Lacey, Martin. captain OF engine 40 70
i ~. ,humb mashed by a falling prlck,
4 remained at work.
Maeney. Patrick, pipeman OF Nngine
A No. III: injured IN jumping from the
4 falling roof; takento Alexian brotners
\ hospital by the ambulance of the East
Il chicago avenue police station.
Murray, Blanche, living in the Hat al
3 900 Michigan street; struck by the falls
5. ing walls: hurt about the shoulders and
Il hack: treated at drug store; taken TO
4 the home of friends.
Manley, c. H, engine No. !; back
slinjured.
Il Nolan Patrick, lieutenant OF engine
I, No. III; shoulder cut.
i, WALL Joseph, engine No. 8; jumped
q from roof of the Dreyfus building; In
Ijured Internally: taken home.
LIGHTNING DID 1T.
y Just previous to the alarm being
turned in for the fire persons in that
4 Vicinity saw binding flash of light
j, lining, followed by loud clap of thun-
]. der. The first flames came from the
liiTOOl Cl AOaSS,
/ where 500 tons of broomcorn We're
Z building at the time was Edward
brother of H. F. yehmeyer,
I lawho is superintendent of the establish
4 l4ment. He notified his brother, VINO left
the place shortly after 9 o'clock in the
afternoon to go TO his residence. 1862
: Forrestville avenue. of the fire.
Sn1i 4,
4 box call and ALI alarm was given as
) soon as Assistant Chief Musham ar
: rived. The fire rapidly spread from, the
top floor toEthe rooms below. until the
: entire building was burning from base
$ ment to roof.
i The first alarm was given at 6:2s
: Eo'clock AT 7:25 the walls collapsed
I falling outward. the fire having been
g burning four minutes less than ono
! hour
PANIC AMONG SPECTATORS.
With the falling of the walls came q
panic among the spectators. The po-
= licemen who were holding the crowds
back were at first powerless in the rust
! to stop the people, who fought TO gel
away. The street was filled with muc
y and water, but the hundreds of per-
a sons were not stopped by that ant
: hurled the weaker to the side TO gel
: back Within minute the walls were
!, down and the crush was over among
the sightseers.
The cry was raised that many of the
fremen must have been caught in tht
/. ruins. Chief Sweeny, who was stand
ing in front OF the building, shouted L
his men when the falling walls wer,
: first noticed and all escaped w.thou
s serious injury. The property lying Yves
5 was damaged. Directly west OF TIL,
I. Nehmeyer esta blishment was small
:, blacksmith shop owned by Michac
: Ray. Across the alley west the fla
: building occupied by Miss Amy Gordon
200 Michigan street. lay in the pathwa.
: of the falling mass and the tons o
y brick and burning broom corn tore it
. way thru the roof of the fiat 10 tn
7 basement. The parlor alone escaped
= There We're a dozen in the house, blu
- only two We're hurt.
z LIST OF FIRE LOSSES.
= The total loss by fire and water an,
as result Of the falling walls wa
'e $4,000. divided as follows:
= H. F. Nehmeyer. building, $4,000.
i-l H. F. Nehmeyer. stock. S128 900.
y j. Dreyfus. stock. $4,000.
= Flat building at 200 Michigan stree,
e $1,000.
= j. H. Moray building, occupied b
= NJ. Kaufman. $1,500.
= Blacksmith shop. occupied by NJ. Ra
$1,000.
: Faik, Wormser & Co. brewers sup
= plies. $500.
toS Roosevelt stops in chicago.
p Chicago, July 17.-President McKin
ley's running mate arrived at the Au
dttorium Annex yesterday afternoon q
4:30 o'clock. en- route to st. Paul, wher
he will address the national conventio
n OF Republican League Clubs. He wa
II met at the depot by Graeme Stewar
n national committeeman for Illinois
. George r. Peck, T. n. Shevln, nation.