Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-12
WALLS ALSO TOppLED AND FELL
..m,cd Yen We're Theodore Newman
AodV ~ Reed, Who We're Taken
to Their Homes.
VERY NARROW ESCAPE OF OTHERS
s,ooorls We're Not Strong Enough Tor
The Roof Which Cave Way Caus-
log the Accident.

log the Accident.
what might have been "a fatal ac'
,.5sot occurred at 1915 o'clock this
Earning 90 the Sixteenth ward amuse-
,,ort hall az North Temple a,.d Firm
v,s. street. That half o dozen or more
,osr were not killed outright IL due
"a hc alnovest kind of an escape.
Two men were badly injured. Theodore
Newman of rs West North Temple
street suffered badly fractured arm
and posshly some internal injuries.
lie was taken to his home IN an L,
. j. hospital ambulance.
The other man injured is w. w, Reed
o geS west Fourth South street His
rgbt ankle was badly fractured and
III. received half % dozen scalp wounds,
p. wee taken to his home by Dr. w.
T. Beer vho was SUMMONED imme-
duey after the accident
THIRTEEN MEN
There were 10 men working on the
building when tho roof suddenly swayed
n The west ana fell with a crash. The
..,..l..,, ,,,,sbcd tina bricl, walls
u's'l ".l l,, ,,,, t,,a,t,, caot Of h,,j,k
vu' a'1 ' ,i Ntrso,,s ,,orl,In ~, the
,". VA ra1,,y tin,bnrs begin In
wa" a sho,,tod warning Two
NV CIV r,sb fo,. tho ,9ali and
a." .'fat, but wave hu,Iod
a,'.,,,,J ,,,hon tho ,raiis c,vnd I'm
" t.o s,V"'' Nv, poed wore caught in
..J '''r r,,,,,a,. tbot a. wos tmnosslble
s Nan, to osca,,o unb,trt reed feIl
% Che ground before me crash came,
ns fliing roof Roth were buried un.
I, tons ~ lumber aud had 10 be cut
an Nora of the mon expected To see
bsv-ully-,r
WILD tUMokS AZ l'OAI.
l,,,psdi,fa,v. after the crash goine-
,e tsilrb,uod IA mo poiics station
,ts, n, KAN bad been kuled nv tho
mre.n Later The numher WAS reduced
ht.gbf Tbs pollre We're asked to send
gu me heip 'lIllanle, ne pauo, Mu-
pn, 10 fire station no. ?. The of.
l.srs and mon from that station hur-
rcd TO the scene, ana We're soon fol.
lowed bv Chic, Bvvater aud Assistant
lhief Workmln. chief Of Police vs.,
J. Lynch and several officers went
90 the place as soon as possible by
U,9i no S ,, ene sr G ,,sn n nou
lions and Newman. who seemed to be
Internally Injured was carried INTO
nearby house.
Reed declared that he was not bad
y hut bu' 10 WAS evident trom the
first that ha hal broken ankle.
,,t-,- r,1-rN uo,tr
The l.. D S. hospital ambulance was
tent l0r and soon arrived, followed
Shortly by Dr Beer Reed refused alb
solutely 10 enter the ambulance and de-
rIaIed that tc would not go to the hos
llal even 10 save his life, lie was
taken home iu q buggy, and Or Beer
reduced The fracture. Newman was
llken home n the ambulance after Dr.
sr n, o- .-n, injected cocaine INTO the
NOT yrrr sr,ppoprrD
"i'i'i' - o'i'i 1i''
me cause of the accident is attributed
70 out one thing The heavy roof was
nol properly supported. The carpenters
.lpaIntly failed 10 realize that fact.
Tx carpenters were working on and
Under The roof while seven brick ma
sons were ON the walls.
.c,vr, nm, 1,r,t
~ q '''''
suddenly the mass Of timber began
sdf westward Tom Birklnshaw.
,ne OF the brick layers, saw the danger
nd yelled for the men TO iump for
.he.i lives Then the whole roof fell
Win deirIng crash, buryIng New
nan and Reed under the wreckage.
ne carpenter work was being done
sieve Newman, brother TO the young
Hah who was injured. Ben Blrlxin-
nav had the contract for the mason
work The latter was IN no way re-
PnsIble 10. the accident.
me building the new amusement
.aL was being erected at coat ~
,ooul $1,000 The loss as q result If
"' accldeu win reach probably 81. 600
BURIED by DEBRIS.
u was ON the wall v,or,,i,r, 80, a..
, eag o .IS Is simply a miracle that
ow Newman and Ree ,S sscaGsa Ni ltE
n,F lives Us more than | can exnioin
snsy Eert buried under tons Of Inn.