Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-10-28

CONF anied by her child. Yesterday
the remains were removed from GilPs
mOrgue to the home of James Nc
Cormick,. is East Miff1in street. the
Mccormick and Logan families being
friends The funeral will be held this
morning at 8 o'clock from st. Ra-
phaels church, Father Joseph f.
Kroha officiating. The bearers will
be Edward ]. Damon. Otto Scheer
and Frank Bliss, fellow employees OF
the deceased. and Martin Cullinane,
P. J. ONeill and Nicholas Egge, rep
resenting the local ,bricklayers and
masons. Burial will be made in Cal
vary cemetery.
President J. A Coyne of the brick
layers and masons, requests all mem
bers of the organization to meet at
labor hall at s o'clock this morning
for the purpose of attending the fu,
neral
A large number of friends of the de-
ceased called at the Mccormick home
last night to offer their sympathies to
the SIlSl-SIlcken WIQOW.
Recently the Logan home at Chi
cago was burglarized and considerable
articles and clothing were stolen.
Nine Deaths Chronicled.
In the building of the original capt.
toll, or the main part of the one now
standing, save the north and south
wings, there were no fatalities or SER
iOus accidents, according to the rec
objection of MadisOn's old residents.
| Good fortune seemed to attend the en-
| deavOrs of the youthful state, but as
soon as wealth began to make notable
the affairs Of the commonwealth and
the public necessities demanded more
room and the proportions of estab-
! lishment, iIl-fortune seemed to swing
into line and several disasters have
/ followed.
BY far the most serious of all was
that which occurred on the Sth day OF
| November, 1888, when five lives were
lost and score of persons injured.
As that happened some 20 years
ago it is apparent that there are many
citizens OF Madison who were not born
at the time, and many more who were
100 young to take cognizance of it.
The south wing of the capitol, which
was then being built. fell with an aw
full roar at $40 o'clock in the after
noon of Thursday, November S, 1888
All who heard the deafening crash
stood aghast. 1t told its own story
InstinctiVely everyone felt that death
and destruction had come, and inyes
tigation proved that the worst fears
were fully realized.
A terrible havoc presented itself
The entire massive roof of the inner
walls, the iron pillars, had all gone
down. A great portion of the front
wall and the large iron columns were
i'll a heap-a mass Of ruins. But the
cries of the dying and injured, while
heart-breaking to listen to, at once
aroused the manhood which stood
there, and the manner in which the
work of rescue was carried on was
praiseworty in the highest degree.
The first man taken from the ruins
was Barney Higgins, mason's laborer
of 1872 West Washington avenue. He
was instantly killed.
William Edgar of the fifth ward, an
Old Scotch mason, head crushed.
Michael Zwank, Of the third ward
badly mangled.
William D. Jones of Milwaukee
boss mason, badly injured and died
the same day at $50 p. m.
James Kelly, who lived on Dayton
street in the fifth ward was so serl
ousIy injured that he died at 9:2l
the evening of the same day. This
list completes the number Of those
who were killed as a result of the
crash.
Those who were injured and taker
from the ruins had broken legs OF
arms, and bruises and cuts to the
limit They were James DoWeIl, ma
son, of the fifth ward; Patrick
OLaughIin of the same ward, Willis
D. Rose OF GIenbuelah, ShebOygar
county: Edward Bowen Of Sank; Ar
thur Lynch, Chicago; Edward Gleason
of Chicago; Cyrus Schenck OF Sho
pierre, Matthew Zwank of Madison;
Miles Maxwell of GAINESVILLE; Edward
KinseIla of Milwaukee; NJ J. Burke
Madison; Edward Leason Of Chicago
John Clark of Milwaukee; Nelson
Bolst Of Sun Prairie; Patrick Carey
Madison; Henry Diedrich, Milwaukee
and Dave Memhard Madison.
All Of these workmen were hurt
some most seriously. Mcdowell LIVED
about six months and O'Laughlir
about Is months, but both died as
result of their injuries.
The next tragic event which fate
had in store for the capitol building
was the fire of February o. 1904
which practically ruined the centra
portion of the structure and made the
erection Of the new capitol a neces
sitv. The fire broke out about
o'clock in the morning and damages
to the extent of $3,O0O,OOO on building
and contents was the estimated loss
at the time.
On the % of January, 1908, Charles
T. Pugh was so seriously injured II
the capitol tunnel by falling dirt that
he died the following day.
This makes a total Of nine deaths
which have occurred during the con
struction Of the several parts OF the
capitol building Of Wisconsin.
It is earnestly hoped that we have
chronicled the last fatality in the
erection of the new and magnificent