The Washington herald., 1908-06-10
THE DEAD.

THE DEAD.
LEMUEL KING. stsamnttsr,. hsip-- ,-,-.,S-.,,
yeaS old: lived at I722 ThirtyEourth street.
RICHARD WEST. labors. twsnty-uins ys1a oldl
lived At sSl Missouri avenue northwest
THE INJURED.
William G. Miller. eighteen yoarn old. ot TSAom.
Para. bruised about body aud LEGS; taken 70 En-
goncy Hospital Not serious.
George CFayton. negro. thirtyfour yea-s Old oe
10 Madison alley. bruised about chest and bodv,
taken to EmsrEenC Hospital and later sent horns.
Roy Downs. Of SO Twenty-hrst street northwest.
bruised about head and body; sent home IN vssou.
Not serious
Thomas Bassy. tWenty9uur yeArs Old. Of Cl.r,D-
don. Va.
Ellsworth King. q lf2 Thirty-Eourth street. AID
RichArd Wheeler. a nrgru. of llH Lingeru court
were slightly injured By flying debris, but refused
medical attention.
A canvass OF the casualties resulting
from the collapse Of the apartment
house, in course OF construction AZ
Twentieth and P streets. yesterday morn
Ing. showed two deaths and one nan
seriously. but not fatally, injured. Sew
eral others were slightly injured bur
only two received hospital treatment
Inc disaster was caused By the fan OF
the concrete floor on the fourth story
As it dropped. il carried with # a sec
ton OF the northeast corner wall. Tbera
was crash as the material went down
that was heard blocks away.
Lemuel King. twenty-four wears ol5
a steamftter's helper. OF 1722 Thirty
fourth street, and Richard West. a negro
twenty-nine years old. OF Ssl Missoy-i
avenue northwest. were crushed benasrb
tons Of twisted iron and shattered cement
blocks.
Fell from Top Floor.
William c. Miller. eighteen years old
living in Carroll avenue. Takoma Park
ieA from the top floor OF the wrecked
building, and was picked up in an nm
conscious condition and sent TO the Er,s--
gency Hospital He, was at first believed
to be seriously injured. but at a late hour
last night It was said his injuries CON
sisted Of bruises and contusioDs about
the body and legs
George Crayton. negro. thirty-four years
old, OF l6 Madison alley was on q lower
noor when the mass Of debris tumbled
into the basement He was struck nv
pieces If falling iron and wood. and wa,
taken 70 the Emergency Hospital. where
an examination showed him 10 be suffer
ing from bruises and contusions about
the chest and body Later. he was re-
leased and went 20 his home.
Roy Downs, OF so Twenty-first street.
was slightly injured by flying debris. and
was sent 10 his home in wagon after be-
Ing attended by Deputy Coroner Glaze
brook. Thomas Basey. twenty-four years
old, Of Clarendon. Va; Ellsworth king. OF
l722 Thirty-fourth street, brother Of Lem
uei King. who was killed; and Richard
Wheeler. negro. Of Via Linger's court
We're slightly injured. but refused medical
attention
Coroner hewitt announced last night he
would hold an inquest at the rnorgue at
II o'clock to-day. Il is probable several
days VIII be consumed in taking testi-
mony before a verdict is reached BY the
jury. The coroner has determined there
shall be a rigid investigation and dozens
OF witnesses will oe heard at the inquest
Hundreds on the Scene.
The accident, which occurred at lO:25
O'Clock. attracted hundreds OF persons
TO the scene. The morbidly curious push
ed forward for sight Of the Injured
and dead, and hampered the efforts OF
the rescuers and endangered their own
lives. until reserves from the Third. Sew
enth. and Eighth Precincts stations took
charge and established a line some dis
tance from the wrecked building. Rv
order OF Deputy Coroner Glazebroo}
who was on the scene a few minutes
after the accident, the police refused TO
allow the cars OF the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company TO pass the
building in p street. The cars were Ftop-
ped at Dupont Circle and Twenty-second
street. IL being feared the vibration OF
their passage up the street might cause
portions Of the walls, which hung In a
dangerous position, 20 fall and crush the
rescuers or the spectators.
Besides the police, No. 9 Engine Com
pany, No. Truck Company. and the
wreck wagon of the fire department
i2ATc hurried 10 the scene, and, under the
direction OF Chief Belt and Fire Mar
shal Nicholson. did gallant service in get
ting out the dead men and in tearing
down the tOttering walls on the northeast
corner Of the building
The apartment house is being built for
and by T. H. Pickford. The actual work
Of construction is being done by fndl-
vidual contractors. The building was be-
gun only a short time ago. and work
has been hurried. The four walls and
three floors had been put up and the
men were putting IN the concrete luinc
on the fourth floor. Without a moments
warning. the northeast corner OF the
fourth floor gave way, and went thuEder-
Ing down into the basement.
The weight Of concrete and iron car
ried with II the third floor, and with the
increased weight tore the whole corner
out Of the building The corner 1ell with
crash that could be heard for blocks,
and the shattered cement covered the
debris with a pail Of gray
When the building gave way Lernuel
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