Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-30
A HORROR At FRISCO
Collapse Of Roof Results in Ten
Deaths and More Than Fifty
Injured.
Disaster Occurred While $50 People
Were Watching Foot Ball Game
From Roof.
Some Of Victims Of the Accident
Fell Into Vats Of Molten
Glass.

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San Francisco, Nov. 30.-It is now
known that fourteen men and boys We're
killed in Yesterdays accident at the
Stanford California foot ball game.
Eighty -three were injured. Several of
the latter can not survive.
Nearly all the dead sustained frac-
lures of the skull or fatal injuries to
their spinal columns. In only few
cases was contact With the furnaces the
immediate cause of death, for ready
hands quickly dragged into the open
air those VINO We're III danger of being
burned alive. Some of the men and
boys we're terribly burned. They were
drawn away from tha retorts! with the
long iron pollers used in testing glass.
The managers OF the glass works state
it was impossible for them to keep the
people off the buildings and disclaim ali
responsibility for the accident. 1T is es-
stimated that over 300 people We're on the
Nentilator when it collapsed.
San Francisco, Nov. 30.-Ten people
We're killed ard fully fifty badly injured
by the cola pse of the roof of the Pacific
glass works on Fifteenth street, while
it was crowded With men and boys
watching football game on the field
adjoining.
About eerenty-fiv people fell thru
the roof upon the red hot furnaces and
glass watts below. All We're horribly
burned and it IS feared that in addition
10 the ten deaths already reported there
Will be several more.
The dead:
William Valencia.
George EAteli.
Edwin Flailaven.
N. Nandigina.
j. A. Mu!roony.
Thomas j Nippon,
Thomas Cakes
w. II. Hachefelt.
Two Unidentified men.
The injured:
Walter Greentin George Campbell,
George Miller Lewis Cooper John
Lane. L. E. McAuley, ". Frechtler,
Jesss Cohen, Clarence Burns. Harold
Palmer, Martin Traynor, John Brough.
Fred Clarity, r. E Essnan. William
Hauech Leon Gerard, Clarence Burns,
F. Frechier. John Doyle. Fred Bewinkle,
George G. Miller. Arthur Olsen. George
HenRer Fred Hartman, John Houser.
Theodore Baker. George Pelle. Ed
Horns. James Bowen, Carroll Harold
Palmer, Albert Gerke, George Campbell,
Albert Loux. George Morshat, William
Conway. -- Darcy. w. Grant and Otto
I8Bermeister.
Two hundred men and boys f,a d gath
cred on the shee. iron roof of the glass
works to obtain free view Of the an
Inual football game between Stanford
land University OF California. About
4 twenty minutes after the game COM
4 .aenced there was a crash, plainly audi
4 Bile from the football grounds. end a
portion of tie crowd on the roof wen,
down.
The fires in the furnaces had been
1. started for the tirs, i,f7s Yesterday. and
4 the watts were FIJI! aid glass i,
i was upon these tina, victims fell
! some were killed IN 81. q ,.,fy. and others
4 we're ssIow.y 8roa cd IN death, The few
Il who mi sael the Furnaces rolled OFF anG
4 so2 sther with workmen in the glass
4 works saved the lives Of many wna Ia,
4 uncnn scious BIZ pulling them ava,
Iron their horrible resting places.
The police and FIRE departments were
l4s9on nj hand. and every na,rol wage,
Il land ambulance in the CITY was sIn.
y noned They we're NOT enough and az
4 urers wagons and nr;yat.- carria oe
,
.tlle dead and wounded: many Of the in