The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-23
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!, IN |'MINNfAPO
lwlatellsGsH r'ssavr1 sepI sy,lp.
ING CRASH DOWN ON CROCK
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FEM AfE6FEEE ARE MISSING
e9o'tss eA I'm s|'y,,s11GossD 4o.41s;
y BURIED in RUINS or THE ~
WRECKED HOTEL.

l'7it iSSS II - "a <1s - NC StSSASl
hotel Is tel Fifth street, between First aSndS
second avenues south, was wrecked
"a about OF | o'clock thisgg morning by the
falling )of tho sonth wall Of the Peck
building which was Quilted by the big
hre in Minneapolis. last week.. 9
Nearly score of people are sup.
posed to have been killed or injured in
the disaster. Ten people, are missing
at the present writing 5and are sup
posed TO be buried in the wreck. Sew.
EN- badly injured have BEEN removed
from the ruins and taken to the hos
tpitai.s s%f}F EN " ff.S 'fG'%}fs
The wall was blown over by the
wine, which was Glowing a gale, fall-I
ing on the roof of the Sfour-story brick
hotel building. The fire department
responded to an alarm. when 1T. was
found that the wall had carried the
entire interior of the hotel building'
INTO the BASEMENT The cries, of Hhe}
I Unfortunate Victims III HS1
could BE! heard calling for aid and the
firemen and others who volunteered
their assistance at once began the
work of, rescue -, = e. 49,, -,
After a few minutes work they sues
ceeded in finding the first victim, who
was badlyinjured and was Immediate
ly placed in an ambulance and sent to
the hospital. Within the next fiji cen
minutes four more of the victims
were IS, trecoyered.. and sent to hospitals. .
Injured Cry for Help. .,
Pitiful cries for help we're heard,
and the firemen worked with frantic
lieartbreakimg energy to reach the s,lf-
fering victims pinned under the ter
rife weight of the fallen wall and the
floors Of the hotel. Means and shrieks
came up from the black depths Of the
piled debris, and it was, with great DIFF
| ficulty that the rescuers succeeded in
locating the. persons they were, striy,
ing so, brayely. to reach. ..... AS each of
the injured that the firemen succeeded
in digging out was e carried to an am
bulance, a sigh, of relief. ran through
the. gathering crowds. !. With each
rescue the possibility of an appalling
death list was 1essened.S As soon as a
flimp, almost :lifeless form was ibroug int
out it. was hurried to- an ambulance,
which was rapidly driven to the h os-
Whole Interior Carried Down: J.
The structure ruined BY the great
mass of brick was a four-story brick
building. It was built, many years
! ago. The, roof reached to about the
feeling Of the third fioorof the Peck
building The south wall of the Peck
building, which fell upon it. was prac-
tically intact after the fire last week,
and when, it feil it carried the whole
interior of the hotel With it into the
basement: III, ,..,:.:fa..i 4 & Il "
1.-The building was a black chasm CT
ruin, land the. work of.theatlremen MAS
extremely difficult: A small blaze Vas,
located iii tie. ruins and. t; streams of
water: We're turned ont before the fire
had a chance to spread. b. ih:,.s !;
/ The fare department arrived on the
Fscene ,arfeM: minutes latter the collapse
and the: work Of 'rescuing, the victims
was jmmediately begun. Within q few
minutes; the fireIlen began to brinH
oft the bodies of the Injured: Hosp
tai iambdlances were son hand Ito. take
Them to, the hospitals without delay
II information yeassto the number of
|iguests2iM the house. was very, .meaEer
Eand,eith extent Of the disasteri could
only be eonjecttufrl !7dis. BY, the lh{Ggror-
| stricken onloollers-