The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-08-10
THIRTEEN BODIES
ARE RECOVERED.
MANY OTHERS REMAIN BuRtgu
IN The RUINS.
REscuERs ARE HARD AT WORK
But Toll Amid the Ruins Ia Difficult,
and the Progress Made ID slow
--several or the pesd
Are Identified.
scrIpra. .NIcRno Talerram.

Are Identified.
\
Scripps. .McRao Telegram.
Albany, N. ", Aug. o.--Up 10 noon
today twelve were known 10 bo dead
and "a seriously injured as the result
OF the Meyer disaster yesterday.
Among the injured "a Mrs. Wilson
Borst, OF Minnesota, whose condition
IL serious. She was shopping when
the crash came.
Among tho identined dead are:
Michael Fitzgerald. aged 40. mar
rIed.
Frank r. Leonard, aged III. cash
boy
Miss Anna r. WhlteDeck
| Miss Minnie Bullard.
Miss Alice L. Sharp.
Misses Whitebeck, BuIlard and
Sharp were in the casnler's gallery on
the main floor. They were crushed
out Of shape BY an iron girder ana
Identified by their cicthing and jewel
ry Another f'rl with them is mfss-
iag and supposed to be dead.
The fatally injured are:
Miss Helen Donahue spinal column
| fractured.
Miss Mary McEyoy,
The thirteenth body was taken out
at two o'clock this afternoon. Others
are gtlll in the ruins.
Regcuers Work All Night.
The volunteer rcscuers and nremen
continued the work until exhausted,
when their places were taken By
wrecking fpFee numbering 800 from the
New York Central and Delaware IL
Hudson railroads These delyed In the
ruins all night, but the work OF rescue
proceeded slowly when darkness
came, II was estimated that nearly so
persons gtlll remained In the ruins and
that not more than half Of these could
survive the weight pressing upon them.
Fortunately The wreckage ala not. talxe
nfe. Sofne 100 persons Aye Btigis Hnao@
counted for. bot 80 Of these are cash
boys Of which the firm has no record,
and the loss ~ the pay roll makes 1t dif.
gcult 10 got anything Ike complete
Iist Of many others.
Building Thought Safe.
The building which collapsed stands
IN the heart Of the shopping district.
Il IA owned partG by the company and
partly by the estate of the late David
Orr The loss 10 the company is esti-
mated at between 100000 and $1,000.
300, The building was very old one.
but until now considered perfectly
sound, ,~~-r1f NJ y .ga~4. ~
a" story Of the Disaster.
Caught in a chaos Of brick. plaster
and weOden beams, between 20 and 30
men, women and children met death.
Twelve hours frantic work on the part
Of an army Of rescuers disentangled 80
people, six Of them dead and many Of
the rest badly injured. Three bodies
we're IN sight at q late hour Tuesday
| night, but many honrs' work viii be
reauiEed 10 get th ,m out. Anything
| Ike a complete list OF the killed and
| injured will be una0tainabie until the
workers have made their way TO the
very bottom Of the mass Of wreckage.
| With few exceptions those caught In
the ruin were employees, large ma
j0rity Of them girls. The collapse oc-
Cured shortly after the opening hour,
when barely score OF shoppers were
in the store. The wrecked portion in
cludeg nearly one-half OF the store.
About 400 persons are on the firms
pay roll but some 30 OF these are on
their vacations.
Hundreds in Awful Plunge.
Three hundred persons employed in
the large store had just gone 10 work
Tuesday, when the whole center Of
the building collapsed from roof to
cellar Nearly 100 men, girls and
children were carried down, In the
wreck. The first estimate placed the
number of killed and injured al 40.
The catastrophe. which is the worst
of its Kind In the city's history, oc-
CURED shortly before nine O'Clock.
The Meyers estate mas been making
extensive repairs on It's building.
Tuesday morning gang OF Italian
workmen started 70 remove an iron
pillar that supported the main floor.
Evidently they had failed 10 brace the
floor properly, for scarcely had they
loOsened the post when down came all
three upper floors within a radius of so
feet from the fatal pillar The wreck
crashed through 10 the cellar, bury
ing the workmen and carrying down
those who happened ~ be working In
that portion OF the building.
Scene rs Terrible. @
The scene which followed the coli
lapse II indescribable. Most of those
injured were youDg men. The coli
lapse came withodI warning. The
walls and roof OF tho center OF the
structure fell into the building form
ing mass OF debris. under which we're
the unfortunate victims Telephone
communication was sent 10 the various
hospitals and doctors throughout ths
city. and within half an hour rs doc
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