The San Francisco call., 1906-11-10
NINE men KILLED
IN COLLAPSE Of
A HOTEL.
Central Wing of Incom-
pleted Bixby at Long
Beach Crashes Down
DUE TO WEAKNESS
OF THE CONCRETE
Throngs of Volunteers Work
to Rescue the Living
and Take Out Bodies

and Lake Out Bodies
LONG BEACH, Nov. 9.--with mo-
warning save the cries of the worxmen
who first felt the floors sag beneath
their feet, Ave stories of the central
wing of the new S750,0o0 Bfxby Hotel
collapsed Mt 9;35 o'clock this morning.
of tangled wreckage. About $50 artf-
sans and laborcrs were scattered
throughout the structure at the mo-
ment IT fell, and of these nearly 100
were carried down in the ruins.
Seven bodies have been recovered
from the mass of debris in the base
ment, and one of the injured died late
this afternoon at the Long Beach hos
pitaL The last two victims were found
at 8 o'clock this evening, and the res
cue crews are still. at work in the hope
OF uncovering the body of another man
supposed to be buried there Nine In
lured workmen ere being cared for al
this hospital. but it is believed that all
will recover. All of the men on the
contractors rolls are accounted for
save one, supposed to be still in the
ruins.
The dead:
Frank Norton, aged 25 years. car
penter. Los Angeles
Alvin Deshaker. s5. carpenter, Los
Angeles
Albert Hartle. 81. carpenter. Long
Beach.
R. NJ Perkins. 2s. stripper, Long
Beach.
Carlton Brashear. 80. carpenter. Sig
nal HILL
Alton Bjanson. 40, laborer, s54 Cali
fornia avenue, Long Beach.
Lewis Phillips. 80. carpenter. Los An
geles (died in hospitaD.
B. A Hubbell, s5, carpenter, e12h
West First street, Long Beach
The injured E. P. Watson, severely.
lacerations, broken arm; F. w Schultz,
severe bruises and decorations; Alex
ander Bavay, crushed and ribs broken:
George Parker. Long Beach. shoulder
dislocated; F. H. INLAY, severely cut
about head; G. H Rinabarger. leg
broken; J. ]. Walsh, Long Beach. leg
amputated below knee; z, Nicholson.
Long Beach, fell five stories, sprained
ankle, released from hospital after in
jury dressed; Alexander zozay. badly
crushed.
SOLDIERS GUARD RUINS.
Immediately after the collapse Of the
structure hundreds of bystanders lent
willing aid to the work of rescue The
Southern Pacific, Salt Lake and Pacific
Electric railroads sent crews of labor
ers to the scene, and under the direc-
tion OF City Marshal Young, Mayor
Downs and Contractor Spalding the
task of removing the wreckage was
begun.
Company H, Seventh Regiment. n. q.
C., was called out and lines were
thrown about the building, all but the
rescuers being excluded
Pitiful scenes were enacted among
the throngs who stood outside the lines
waiting for news. An aged mother
sat all day long on the bluff overlook
ing the hotel, weeping and watching
for the body of her son. Five times
the stretcher bearers were called. and.
headed by Catholic priest, little pro-
cession emerged from the building to
where the undertakers' wagons were
waiting.
At the first call for help the women of
Long Beach began preparing food for
the rescuers, and established commits
sary tables near the building When II
became apparent that the bottom of the
ruins would not be reached tonight
lights were placed over the wreckage
that the work might not be interrupted
Late in the afternoon the Salt Lake
Railroad brought steam crane to the
bluff behind the hotel, where 1t could
be used to move the heavier pieces Of
wreckage.
CAUSE OFDIsASTER.
Conflicting causes are assigned for
the collapse OF the wing. and to investf-
gate the disaster a commission of archf-
tects and engineers was appointed this
afternoon. The commission consists of
Architects Morgan, Kremple. Albright.
Whitlesey. T. F. Osborne. Lewis Parker
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