The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-28
FLOOR GIVES WAY
AT WEDDING.
TWENTY GUESTS AT GREEN-DAv-
is NuPTiALs ARE INJURED.
SAD BINDING OF GAY EVENT.
Ceremony Had just Been Performed
and Couple Were Being Con-
graduated When All Were
Hurled Into Basement.
Special to Daily Herald.

Special to Daily Herald.
Knoxville, Ia, Feb. %. Nearly
twenty people were hurt, many seri-
ously, last night, when floor at the
home of c. X. Davis collapsed during
the progress of the wedding of his
daughter Miss Bessie, with H. o.
Green of Hope, Ark. Nearly eighty
people were hurled into the basement
and but few escaped without a
scratch
The accident happened Just after
the wedding ceremony mad been fin
ished and while the guests were con-
graduating the happy bride and
groom. They were receiving their
many friends in the large room where
the nuptials had just been held ami
some eighty of the 125 guests were
crowded into the place, when without
warning the entire floor gave way and
threw the entire party into the base
ment nine feet below
The joy of the occasion was turned
in the twinkling of an eye into sad
confusion. Darkness added to tne
terror and above the cries for help
could be heard the means of the
wounded. Those on top were taken
off from the victims underneath as
soon as possible and the work of res
cuing the injured was begun at once.
Doctors and carriages converted into
ambulances were hurried to the scene
and the unfortunate ones cared for.
BY strange providence the bride
and groom escaped without injury,
though in the very middle of the part
that cayed in first They were stand
ing in the center of the room and
were surrounded by pressing throng
when, in an instant, the floor began
to sink.
The family had just finished con-
graduating their children and had left
the room when the crash came.
The snock to the elderly people is
EseyeYe and may prove serious The
house Is two-story brick and was
built by Governor Stone. 1t was al
ways considered substantial An ex-
animation showed the joist was brok-
en- clear in two and that the support
to the floor above was not very strong.
G. X. Davis, the father of the bride,
is prominent business man of Knox
willie. The bride is prominent in So
ciety and fine musician. TIE groom
is a we'll known citizen of Hope, Ark
Their wedding journey has been post
poned owing to .-e tragic ending OF
their nuptIals.
Those most seriously hurt, all of
whom reside at Knoxville, are
Lille Jones, leg broken, back in
jured.
DR.. C. F. Garretson, head and limbs
hurt.
Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass, back seri-
ously injured
Mrs. T. v. Hart, back hurt, internal
injuries.
F. j. Brobst back, head and ankle
injured
Miss Jessie snodgrass, ankle sprain.
ed.
Mrs, Elizabeth Momyer, badly
uTuiSeu dIlu shocked.
Miss Margaret Everett, back and
side hurt.
Miss Grace Curtis. ankle spraiaed,
face cut.
Miss Etna Anderson, ankle sprain.
ed, limbs bruised.
Mrs. A. ]. Hanna, badly shocked
and bruised.
Mrs. j. S. Collins, bruised.
Mrs. ]. S. Hignberger, injured in
back and limbs.
G. K. Hart, head hurt
DIR. Garretson, Mrs. Saodgrass, F. ].
Brobst, Mrs. Momyer, Mrs. Collins,
Mrs. Hanna and Mrs. Highberger are
all elderly and are suffering most from
shock
doctor Garretson named above is
brother of T. B. Garretson Of this
city and is well known nere.l