The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-09
DEATH LIST
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man street, She was found lying
across the body of a woman who was
later identified as Miss Anna Cash.
man. Miss spannbauer was lifted
out first and it required considerable
effort to get at the body of Miss
eastman.
AT two O'Clock this morning, the
body of Miss Eta X. Sprinks, anoth.
er woman, was found near the place
where the remains of Misses Spann.
bauer and eastman we're located. The
remains of John f. Powers, aged ff.
teen, a cash boy, who resided at 30
Bassett street, were found shortly
after 2 O'Clock under the southern
portion of the ruins, almost up to the
elevator shaft. The body was identi.
fed by his uncle. Thomas E. McAuley.
The body of Miss Helen Malone, of
f27 Greene street. was taken from the
ruins at 5:55 A. NJ. She was identi.
fed by her brother.
1t is expected that the list of the
missing will be considerably reduced
today while the death list wifi grow.
There is little probability that any
one beneath the ruins will live.
Manslaughter, second decree, Is
charge that will be preferred against
any person who has been crfmfnaiiy
negligent in connection with the dis.
aster. but no arrests will be made.
according to Mayor Cause, until an
investigation has been made and the
responsibility placed where 1t prop.
eRly belongs.
Stories of Suffering and Heroism.
Many stories of suffering n hero.
ism are told by the victims in the hos.
pitfalls. From the time of the accident
until two P, NJ, Miss Mary McAvoy
was buried under many feet OF deb.
iris. Then she was rescued and taken
to st. Peters Hospital. where she
died at 1920 this morning. Miss Nc.
Avoy vas conscious during the long
hours that she lay in her living tomb
and heard her rescuers, as they work.
ed with all their energies. After long
hours they succeeded in freeing the
head and upper part of Miss McAvoy's
body. 1t took another hour to extri.
cate the legs, when she was taken to
the hospital. Before her death she
told this story of the horror:
My parents have been dead since
was four years old. Since then |
have lived with my grandfather. l
worked in the neckwear department,
and was arranging the counter when
looked up and the ceiling seemed to
separate and then l felt a great weight
on mevand knew that | was going
down. and when l reached some place.
| do not Know where, things kept
piling on me until ] choked, and
~strangled and called for help. Then
lay there. ! thought of everything
a ever done. ! prayed. Oh, how
| prayed to God to help me. If 1
could only have moved, but l could not
stir, and 1t went so for hours and
hours.-it seemed to me a lifetime.
Then ! heard some one chopping and
called out. Oh, they were all so
kind to me-and the fremen-Ill
never forget Arthur McAuley, or how
he worked to saw me. Then they
brought me here. 1t seemed such a
long ride, but the doctors were SO
very kind to me-"
Contractor John Dyer, Jr., who had
charge of the work, today made a
statement in which he has had men
at work on the building for over two
months. I'VE were charging the
basement and building a cloak room
for the use OF the employees. There
was excavation but ! could see moth.
ing that would weaken the walls.
None of our work gave way, and l can.
no account for the accident. The
building is Il succession of old build
ings, and has been remodeled and
changed from time to time. The loss
OF life probably would have been
much greater had the east wall and
the side walls given way. But fortu.
nately they did not. c. l.. Daggett,
a competent workman, was supervis.
Ing the work for me-"
That the thirty men at work for Mr..
Dyer escaped from the basement of
the structure'1 considered almost mi.
raculous.
The body of Winifred Kelly, of PA
Hamilton street, was taken from the
ruins about 10 o'clock. This makes
thirteen victims.
At II O'Clock all the girls employed
in the store had been accounted for