The Washington times., 1906-08-05
1. c. EBERLY,
Chairman Auxiliary Com
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party succeeded in Hberating him.
He is the most seriously hurt.
List Of the Injured.
The injured are:

LIST or the injured.
The injured are:
Thomas II. Myers. 1861 II street north
west: scalp lacerated and contusions Of
body.
Lieut. Edward IT, Eaton. No. Il Truck
Company cut about the hand.
Emory Whitmeyer. 2o2l Gales street
northeast; cut about the left arm ami
head.
j. +. Spaight. 535 L street southwest;
slightly injured about the right arm.
William Wye. colored. 1891 Cedar
street. cut about LETT arm.
Robert Payne. 2l23 Seventh street
northwest, foot crushed. hand cut and
scalp wound.
James Harris. colored. L street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets: injured
about head and body.
Lawrence Morton, colored, 2262 Ninth
street northwest; slight injuries about
body and arms.
William Harrod, colored, Bcnuiug:
left hand mashed.
Emaziah Thompson. cul0red. 1881
TWsHJy-siXth street northwest. crushed
about both legs. condition serious.
Pinioned Under Heavy Beam.
The accident occurred at a time when
Seventh street VS. crowded with shop
pers. When the walls began % crumble
and fan through the upper stories. the
men working on the first and second
floors dropped their tools and made
dash Tor safety. Many succeeded IN
gaining the sidewalk before ,he final
crash came, but two were pIuIoncd be-
meath the massive iOists. Thompson.
Pm F.r III.
lar. heard the cry of warning from the
IN IN ou the upper floor aud made Il fran
tic effort 20 crawl through a cellar win
dow into the alley. lie had just man
aged 10 get his head through he open
ing when the entire building crumbled
into "a chaotic mass The man was
thrown 10 the ground and one Of the
iarsr joists pjuioned him down in such
Sd manner that he could rot move "a
muscle.
Tons and tons of debris crumbled
about the ent0mbed man and almost
crushed the breath from his body. 4
portion of the cellar door which. Wien
the final crash came. fell directly Ger
the body of the man, probably saved
his life
Imprisoned for Hours.
For three hours he Law in his lrac.lri-
Gus position. gToauing and sumrrsaU OK
cruciaung agony An hour after the &C.
cia5ent one of the workmen managed 20
pun some of the debris from over the
door and carry on a converse Ion Nh
the injured man.
Thompson was almost dead from
weakness, and, after speaking few
words 90 the man. lapsed into uucou-
sCi0Usncss. When his limp form was
dragged ont, hours after the accident
occurred. his face and body were COW
cred with blood and his lower limbs ap-
peared 10 be crushed into a pulp He
was hurried 20 the Emergency Hospi-
tai in the ambulance and given treat
ment. II Is the opinion of the physi-
clans that he may pull through. al
though it is said he Will be crippled
for life.
Harris. another Of the labOrers. was
working in the front OF the cellar and
had almost succeeded in gaining the
front pavement when the falling wall
of the Hudson building partially en-
tombed him. He was eXtricated some
minutes later only slightly injured
Women tainted in Street.
pedestrians were passing aionS lhe
street at the time the walls began TO
give way. Women within a hundred
yards OF more Of the building uttered
wild shrieks and fled in terror down
the street. Men ducked and dashed
hither and thither to avoid the flying
bricks The noise of the collapse was
terrific. The rumbling sound preceding
the final crash was heard for blocks
Employees Of adjacent stores dropped
their work and stood still In horror.
Several young women employed in the
. and 10 cent store Of w. WOolworth,