The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-12-24
OCCUPANTS OF MINNEAPOLIS 10.
TEL KILLED OR MANNED BY
FALLING WALLS.
INTERIOR OF STRUCTURE DEMOLISHED
BUILDING ADJOINING HAD BEEN
Quilted BY FIRE IN THE RE.
CENT BIG BLAZE.

Minneapolis, Dec. 21.-Eight per.
sons are believed to have been killed
and as many more were seriously in.
jured by the collapse. shortly. after
midnight, of the south wall of the
Peck building on Fifth street.. which
was Quilted by the big fire last week.
The wall was blown over by the
wind, which was blowing a gale, fall
ing on the roof Of the. three-story
Croker hotel building, burying the
sleeping occupants in the w%reckage.
The fire department responded to an
alarm, when it was found hat the
wall had carried the entire interior Of
the hotel building into the basement.
The dead and missing are;
HANS ANDERSON, frozen to death,
. livery employee.
JAMES HAMILTON, frozen to death,
q livery employee. -.
G. M. KENYON, foreman Daniels
linseed mill, crushed in the ruins.
WILLIAM LILLYBLADE, employe
Daniels linseed mill, crushed by tall
ing wall.
MRS. JENNIE MURPHY, ,crus!se4
and died during the morning at The
city hospital.
WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, laborer,
crushed by the falling walls.
WILLIAM BRAY, contractor, killed
while he slept.
JOSEPH VIOLET, coachman, killed
while he slept.
The following were rescued in an
injured condition:
James W. Croker, proprietor, in.
ternally, may die.
Mrs. j. w. Croker, badly cut and
bruised.
Hannah, their daughter, aged nine,
slightly.
Howard, their son, aged seven,
slightly.
Mrs. Evelyn Williams, daughter OF
Crockers, cut and bruised.
Margaret La Claire, ribs broken.
Mrs. Anna McNevin, internally.
Lottie Kruger, unconscious from
fall.
Fire Breaks Out In Wreekase.
The falling walls broke loose gas
Jets and overturned stoves and when
the fire department reached the scene
the wreckage was ablaze in several
places. Quick work subdued the
flames and the work of rescuing the
imprisoned victims was begun. In the
course Of an hour eight injured were
taken out and sent to hospitals.
The recovery. of the dead was much
slower work, as the bodies were bur-
led under tons OF debris:., Search for
the. dead and missing still continues !
The walls of the Peck building,
which was completely Quilted of all it's
floors in the disastrous fire of Dec..l3,
were built of brick, two thicknesses.
Building Houghton looked
them over and while It is said that he
had intended to condemn them he had
given no specific directions. The NOR
tar was weakened. by. the heavy fire
which it had withstood.
y The Crocker. House was situated
over three store rooms; and occupied
the two stories above the ground floor.
1t was a fimsy old place; the .parti-
tons cracked and caved in like so
much paper-they were only lath and
\ plaster; and the whole structure
&eemed rotten to the core. When it
wsNpt it vent with an appalling crash.
TfSe occupants of the hotel were, as
aGlassApeople in medium, even poorly,
circumstances. They were employed
mostly inS the linseed oil mills, in
livery barns and in restaurants and
department stores.
Phil Carlin, business agent for the
Building Trades council, refused to
let the union bricklayers go to work
on the Peck building. the day proceed.
ing the disaster, as he considered the
walls in a dangerous condition. He
stated that the walls should be pulled
%fnsnast Eat1 H eaelss an rafv wesn to Sa aeeede
to his. request he refused to let the
men 60 to. work, !.