The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-05
APPALLING DISASTER
WALLS OF FouR-sToaY BUILDING
COLLAPSE At MEMPHIS.
Ten PEOPLE BURIED BENEATH RUINS
All Of Whom M~irseuicusly Escape
Save a Negro Porter, whose Life
Was Crushed ou,-Huildirq in the
Heart Of the City, and the Crash
Witnessed by HUNDREDS Of People,

Memphis Tenn, Nov. with a
crash and q roar Of ~deafeniug volume.
the fourstory building, situated at
No. 10 Madison street, this city, col.
ispsed yesterday morning, There
we're a number OF people IN the build
ing At the time. All escaped with
slight injuries. with the exception Of
the negro porter OF the Bank Saloon,
who YVES entambed in the debris.
meeting death almost instantly.
The catastrophe was spectacular in
It's sensational suddeuness and In ifs
awful environment. The collapse was
due to the weakened condition Of the
west wall, caused by the withdrawing
Of the supporting walls which had
sustained the building through so
many years.
The building was occupied by the
Continental Savings Bank. by stotts
g. Dean and Hugh II. li.g0ee. real es.
tate and rental agents. The loss To
the owners is sweeping. OEly a heap
81 d~ast-eoTeTed ruins marx the site OF
the building,
The wreck Of the building was in
6 measure anticipated. The walls
showed systems OF weakening some
days ago. 4 crack etched itself across
the northwest end Of the building and
attracted the attention Of the owners
OF the same, who gave warning to
Seats d. Badeneli. who had leased the
building, and they In turn took every
pTecRution to warn their tenants.
The crack grew in length. aud Sun.
day became alarming in its dimen-
sions. Yesterday the tenants were
again notified that the building was
unsafe. and they were TO this extent
prepared for the accident which oc.
II was $40 when the frail fabric
gave way. The street was crowded
with people. The building itself CON
many human lives. There was
a grinding Of torn tmbers. a wrench
asunder Of supporting beams, a
OF falling brick. and the crash
followed.
The Dead.
Winter Parker, negro cook in Bank
Saloon; crushed by falling falls; lived
AZ 46S Shelby street; body turned |
to Thompson & Gustafson, un. {
iertakers. I
The injured. t
John NJ. Dean, Of Stotts, Dean 4 '
20; received scalp wounds; taken to s
lis home, 1853 Spring avenue; will
Barney Earle Kyle, Office boy for
,totts, Dean Co; escaped with only ,
night bruises; taken TO his home on \
3arton venue in ambulance; was
in a few hours after mirac
tlous escape,
Clarence Henochsberg, teller Of /
continental Savings Bank; severe g
'ruses on shoulder, right limb and :
orehead; under care of physician at =
lis home, 1865 Vance street: win be l.
Die TO resume duties in a few days. P
Rescued Uninjured. d
Frank d. NJ. Schas, president OF y
Savings Bank. =
Frank Baum, cashier of Continental r
Bank; lives at 1893 POPLAR =
treet; although caught in the crash. !,
e crawled out without sustaining a "a
cratch, and spent remainder of the "
ay at the scene Of the tragedy, look G
lg after the banks property; re- y
scores of kilograms during day h
ON other banks expressing congratu- u
lions at miraculous escape, n
j. W. Stotts, president OF Stotts. -
It Co.; was on second floor of
ullding; heard the wall cracking and
ave the alarm; lives at 235 Union l.
ALBEIT kornick brickmason from
Louis, Mo; caught in cellar un. ;,
Or bank; smashed three partition ~
alls In fight for liberty; his life was Al
wed by means of his hammer, VI