Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-20
Fourteen People We're Buried by
Tons of Brlckaud Mortar
In Cleveland, 0.
EIGHT WERE TAKEN OUT DEAD.
Many lnjorcd--Fircmen We're Soon on
The Scene aud che Work Of
Rescue Began

Minneapolis. Dec 2O-The side wall
Of the O. " Peck building In Firth
street. south, which was left standing
by the great FIRE Of last Tuesday night
TOPPED over IN a high gale early today
onto the Croker hotel a three-story
structure adjoining The tons Of brick
and mortar crashed completely down
through the building carrying floors
and al into a mass of debris in the
basement There was no warning OF
the disaster and the "a persons who
we're sleeping Int he various apart
ments were caught IN the crushed
structure, Eight Of them were killed.
THE DEAD,
Hans Anderson, employed at Ronners
livery
James Hamilton, employed at Rom
ncr's livery.
G. NJ. Kenyon, foreman Daniels Lin
seed on mill
Mrs. Maggie McCalre, cook.
William Emmermon, laborer
William Braa, contractor
Joseph Violet, coachman
THE INJURED.
Mrs, Carrie Boyce, cut about face and
body bruised
w. j, Croker badly bruised and suf-
fering from exposure
Mrs. Jennie Murphy, chest injured.
Mrs, Evelyn Williams, face cut and
badly bruised
Mrs, Anna McNeylns, face cut and
badly bruised
Some Of those injured We're In the
Belmont hotel adjoining the Croker
and were hurt by the debris that forced
through the walls Joining the two
buildings The persons I'm the Croker
house who escaped were Mrs wv. j.
Croker, wife Of the proprietor Han
nan Crocker, her l5-year-old daughter;
Willie Crocker, her S-year-old son;
Baby Williams, four months old her
granddaughter and Miss May Richie.
A passed-by who heard the crash
promptly turned IN a fire alarm and the
department arrived In time TO check
an incipient blaze from the wreck and
the hremen and policemen al once
turned their attention 10 roscung those
still alive and recovering the dead.
This work was carried on under real
difficulties In the darkness and the
danger from falling walls. Nine. Anna
McNevins had a wonderful escape. She
was on the second floor when the crash
came The hremen took her out Of her
bed m the basement The debris had
arched over her In such a way as to
preserve her from serious injury
Hans Anderson. who was on the Sec
ond floor was pinned down by beams
across the lower part Of his body He
pleaded pitcously for help. The fire.
men worked desperately through
the wreckage fearing every mo-
ment that they might dlslodge
some beam upon him IL was Ike
playing jackstraws with death But
they could not reach him. His sem
fences became fewer and with less Of
the note of pain IN them. At last his /
voice was stllled and the workers knew
their efforts had been In vain w. ].
Croker the proprietor, was found
pnioned beneath a radiator and was
taken out more dead than alive, lie
will recover
Mrs Carrie Boyce. who was on the
second floor was one OF the first taken
out and was not seriously Injured Jen-
ME Murphy was on the third flooor d.
rcctly under the wall that fell but
somehow escaped serious injury. The
first body recovered was that OF Lilly
Blade
The responsibility Tor the accident
will be the subject OF a thorough in
vostigation J. G. Houghton, the
building Inspector had made an in-
specton Of the standing walls only
yesterday but had given no orders
concerning them. He had earlier order
cd the demolition OF the other parts
OF the walls that threatened to fall.
The inmates of he hotel had been
much worried at FIRST By the proximity
OF Peck's wall and had moved else
where. But as nearly week had
passed ana ,he wall stood apparently |
firm, they had come back,