The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-09
WRECK OF
MYERS STORE
Number OF Deaths viii Be
0vefaSeore
MANY INJURED WILL DIE
kofkmen Have Recovered IS
Bodie, and the Ruin, Must
Contain Others
MANY INJURED WILL DIE

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l~aa iakrR from uis sruek ~ ihs tnhn
q Myers sianr un HrAFi e..
Hos mAay mars ars 0nioHibsi In ihs
mass - debris siii oct bs khssn 90,
al she uJFsngn, Dos searching ths
rglhs have made their Say D. ihr lot
iom - ihs cellar. Already thsrs arc
bodies In sight that cAhhui b. reached
Il il believed iaai irom SEQ b. tsuniy
Bore bodies arr 10 ibs vreCs bat these
agu res may b. doubled forihs rvasot
that Ia ihs excitement IL IL impossihis
~ iocais many % she employees. They
may have sscAprd' thsy may cave gons
donn 9Th The building.
~ he lniurcd. . numbs- are - bad.
iy hart that ihsy cannot live aud Tho
record ~ iAillltl-s cannot fail o. b.
decreased siih a morc eomplcis knoui
edge Of the accident.
The catastrophe occurred shortly aft.
60 tho opening hour. when barely a
srufu % shoppers were Ia the store.
The bat account Of the event that
probably caused the ruin l. given by
~. bead % the crockrTy. glass aud
drug department. which occupies tiis
basement.
The workmsn were saving ~
wooien floor beam" said be. which
runs underneath one OF IN. central oil.
lar. Ia IA, m,.idl. 81 m. store E.ea.
yation for the cellar was going on
ai.out IA. base Of this piilar. and
lelieye that Earring Of the b.am b..
meath IL displaeed "a. foundation ~
the plllar. The fr., thing I knew two
Of IA. counters near the place where
the men were working hegan TO SAG.
and seysral pieces Of giasswar. sid
on ON 20 the acor with n crush
YELLED 10 my CLERKS % rim for tho front
~ tbe Store M. wor,ls wer. uot our
Of fnr mouth when th.r. came N cr.ak.
ing. and everything around Ms b.vnn
10 fall. The wreck came slowly. how.
ever. and I think every one In nv de-
partment escapeI. AZ well as IN. work.
men
The pillar which gnve wav unmarried
the ends OF two giant girders. and
when IL fell the main support of the
central part OF the building WINS gone.
With a noise that could be heard blocks
away and which shook the adjoining
buildings like an enrthouake. nearly
half OF the great structure. from cellar
70 roof ard extending from one side
wall 10 the other. came grinding down.
Into this cavernous hopper slid scores
Of employees who were working on the
floors above and lacked the warning
which enabled those in the basement
10 escape. Many. however. were ap-
prised OF the danger by falling plaster
and saved themselves by rushing 10
the front of the store or TO the fire
escape In the rear
Clouds Of dust which shot out of the
front entrance caused those outside to |
believe that the store was afire. and |
fire alarm was Immediately turned In. |
When the fire department arrived they |
mad plenty to do In rescuing those who |
we're pinned under the top wreckage.
they were Joined by scores of volun-
.eer rescuers. and within an hour IF.
teen or twenty persons were carried
,ut. none of them fatally injured. In
short time the city's entire hospital
md ambulance force was on the scene.
lided by half n hundred doctors from
III parts of the city.
The volunteer rescuers and the fire.
men kept up the work until exhausted.
rhan tbair nIooac .,ara +aton hy N |