Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-26
This Determination, Together
With Prospective Damage
Suits Aggregating Million
Dollars, Are AftermathS,
NUMBER OF DEAD HAS
REACHED THIRTY-FIvE
Officers Guard Wrecked Pier
Collapse Of Which Caused
Horror Until Thorough In
veStigation Is Made,

fsY MORNING govssAL srecisl LEASED ~ossl
Long Beach. Cal. May 25.-Pros-
pectivc damage suits aggregating
probably st.OOO.OOO or more. and a
grand jury investigation engaged the
attention Of city officials today as tho
most imminent outcome Of the disas-
ter yesterday, when thirty-four per-
sons lost their lives in the collapse Of
a portion Of the municipal pier just
after the close Of the British empire
day" pageant,
Tho list of dead. which numbered
80 last night. was added to by the
death Of Mrs. f.. c. Bush, 20 years
old, Of Long Beacn. VINO succumbed
TO her injuries this afternoon. Miss
Ethel Wyyel. / 6. who died at her home
near Los Angeles today. Her mother
was among those instantly killed. The
list is expected to be further increased
before tomorrow by the death Of Miss
Marguerite Reed, aged IL. Of Long
Beach. whose back was broken. and
Of William Copper, OF Pasadena. one
Of the two veterans Of the Crimean
war, who We're in the van Of the en-
pirc day parade
Following Is revised list Of the
dead:
MRS. AUGUST BARTz, Long
Beach.
VIRGIL BAYLEss. aged :. Los An
gelcs.
DAVID scoIf BLACK, 10. Glen
dale.
MRS. MARTHA J. BURNETT. Long
Beach.
MRS. ISABELLE BUSH. Lons
Beach.
MRS. GEORGE sHAFER, Long
Beach.
MRS. SARAH J. SHIRE. Los Angc-
les.
MRS. RICHARD GEoRGE
DOWLE, Pasadena.
MRS. ANNE l.. EALEs, Los Ange-
les.
GEORGE EARNEST EALEs. Los
Angeles.
MRS. MoLLIE GATES. Oak Park,
ILL.,
MRS. ARTHUR c. HELPS, Long
Beach.
MRS. A. X. HILL, Orange.
MISS LILLE NJ. HOLME. Denver.
MRS. IDA INGRAIIAM, Pasadena.
MRS. c. p. LAWRENCE. wife of
Rey. G. =. Lawrence. Los Angeles.
MRS. WARREN c. LETT, Long
Beach
DOROTHY LETT. Long Beach.
HARRY LETT, Long Beach.
MISS ANNA LONGFELLOW. Pasa-
dena.
MRS. FRANK MATHEWS. Los An
selcs.
MRS. NJ. r. MDoNALD, Compton.
MRS. FANNIE PACE MGHEE.
Long Beach.
MRS. D. NJ M'sPARRoN, Long
Beach.
MISS FRANCES HARRIET NEW
ELL, Kenosha, Wis.
MRS. JAMES NIcHOL, Long Beach
MRS. EMMA PR1GMORE, Long
Beacn.
MRS. w. RICHARDSON, Orange.
MRS. FRANK SHAW, Los Angeles,
MISS ANNA STONE, Long Beach.
MRS. T.. c. VALENTINE. 70. Long
Beach.
MRS. D. r. WALLACE. 10, Long
Beach.
MRS. JANE wYvEL. 10. Long
Beach.
ETHEL WYVEL. 46. Los Angeles.
While City Attorney Stephen Long
was occupied with the legal phase of
the disasters aftermath today, Mayor
7. S, Hatch, members of the city coun-
ell and of the board Of public works
conferred with District Attorney John
D. Fredericks with reference to the
grand jury inquiry which will be start
ed either before or just after the cor
oner's inquest Tuesday. The object OF
the Inquiry is to fix responsibility for
the condition of the pier. a section of
which on the front of the municipal
auditorium, went down under weight
Of human beings which has been esti-
mated at less than $50 tons.
on the order Of the district attor-
ney, two officers were placed on guard
this morning, over the ruined section
of the pier. They were instructed to
keep watch constantly, in twelve-hour
shifts. until relieved by the grand jury,
and to allow no taihpering with any
part Of the structure. that collapsed
and dropped several hundred merry
makers down funnel Of jagged tim
bers and boards to the strand within
few feet Of the ocean tides. Several
broken timbers. which are expected to
show the general condition of the pier
and thus aid in developing evidence
of negligence, If there be any, were
taken out Of the. pier today and locked
Up under official seal.
The weakness Of the pier, which
was built eight years ago. and never