Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-08
800 EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE.
had lust Gone to Work Whau the BIZ
Crash Came Buryiug Numbers
In Ruins
\wORKMEN MOVED IRON PILLAR.
Dead and Injured are Now Being
Dug Out Of the wreckage
Is Rescued.

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Albany, N. Y, Aug. Sup to 1880
three persons had died in the hospitals,
90 we're injured and sent to their
homes or the hospitals and it was
estimated that fifty still remained in
the ruins,
Up to o'clock the only identified
dead was Miss Bertha Cunningham.
The number of deaths is now gener-
ally estimated at from 40 to 80.
Thirty one laborers who were sup.
posed to have been buried in the ruins
have been accounted for.
So far as known all the injured are
local people except Mrs. William
Bors, a shopper whose home is said
to be in Window, MINI.
The known death list now numbers
FIVE.
Albany, n, T., Aug. S.---Three hundred
persons employed IN the large depart
ment store OF the John G. Meyers es-
ute At Nos 3S-al North Pearl street.
had just gone TO work this morning
when the whole center OF the building
collapsed from roof to cellar. Nearly
HUNDRED men, girls aud children were
carried down In the wreck The first
estimate placed the number Of killed
and injured at 20. Up to 1890 there
had been takon from the ruins 70 per-
sons. half Of -yhom were seriously in
jure1. The manager Of the store at
that time made the statement that
there were 80 more underneath the
fuIna
Up 10 II O'Clock one dead body had
been removed There is no doubt that
when the rescuers reach the bottom
Of The heap Of debris they viii hnd
numbe' Of dead,
enlNi~ bA1pS w plNN ME
The catastrophe, which is the worst
Of rs kind IN the cty's history. occurred
shortly before O'clock The Meyers
estate hod been making extensive re-
pairs on its building This morning n
gang Of Italian workmen started to re-
move an iron pillar that supported the
main floor. Evidently they had failed |
TO brace the floor properly. for scarce
" had they loosened the post when |
doWn came all three upper floors with !
IN radius OF 80 feet from the fatal !
pillar The wreck crashed through to |
the cellar. burying the vorkmen and |
carrying down those who happened to |
ne working in that portion of the build |
iug
NUMBERS ESCAPED.
The fire department was called out
ana tho work of rescue began NJ once.
considering the nature Of the accident
me number Of persons who escaped
win only slight injuries IL remarkable.
The scene which followed the collapse
Us lnlescribable. Most OF the injured
were young women. The collapse oc-
CURED OF 8:i5 o'clock without warning.
DOCTORS SUMMONED,
Telephone communication was sent
70 inc various hospitals and doctors
throughout the city, and within half an
'ouF 70 doctors and four ambulances
ware on tho scene, The various stores
N Tho neighborhocd we're turned into
emergency hospitals and mattresses
"ero brought from various department
stores for the care OF the victims,
ne work Of digging the victims out
Was conducted by the members of the
nre and police departments and city
iahorers,
PITIABLE SCENES.
inc scenes about the building we're
~ ptlable as those within. Several
Iutdred relatives Of employees were
49, and their applications az TO the |
,,l,aare OF the loved ones were heart
II nalng' II Is reported at this hour
y WI ,bo robert s NJ Chalmers, a member
y lne nrm was missing A clerk with
Nuonl ne was talking when the crash
me and who escaped, said:
nc was AZ my side and then there
~ rs ne crash and saw him no more.
mere Is now absolutely no way to
N, udings Of those In the building. II
!, take several hours to dig out all
y The Victims,
sroRY.oF THE CRASH.
D., Edward ], Horaine, one OF the clerks
ue mems furnishing counters. was
,mnong the fortunate ones TO get out
,nnout scratch He assisted In re-
n S'!9s about 30 girls to neighbor-
b, All happened In a minute" said
I, was engaged In getting my stock
|, snape and there We're not 4 half doz-
-, \, customers In the store within my Wis.
=" =. mat time. heard a roaring ana
n , sesrlng sound and then the crash
a 'n w. me shrieks that followed drown ,
ir, ~. every other sound. Many of the
~ sank behind their counters and
ona,, 20 De dragged out in a falnting \
WORK OF RESCUE. s