The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-24
DIRIGIBLE ENTERS BANK KILLING ELEVEN i
BIG GAS BAG SAILS OVER CITY AT HEIGHT OF
FIVE HUNDRED FEET AND SUDDENLY
BURSTS INTO FLAMES DEAD

Chicago ILL.,, July 22-Eeven dead and 26 injured
was the final count today Of casuas in Chicagos most
skyght of metropolitan business building late yester
day. 100 foot drgble fell blazing through the count
ing Of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank Two
of the bank among the dead Most of them burn
ed when the gas bag with heavy fusage broke through
the steel and plate glass and spread burning gasoline in
attorney began today Seventeen men, most all of whom
employed by the Goodrich Rubber company of
the "Wngfoot are held for examination The dead
! Jacob Carpenter 16, bank messenger
| Helen Berger, bank stenographer.
Earl H. Davenport publicity mand aboard the Blimp.
| Maria Florence, bank clerk.
Mary Gallagher, bank stenographer.
Irene Mills, bank sten0grapher.
| Evelyn Meyers, bank telephone operator.
Edwin Munzer, bank clerk.
Carl Otto bank telegrapher.
Joseph Seaman, bank messenger.
Carl Weaver, mechanic dirigible from Akron, O.
The dirgibe sailed over the city at height of about
500 feet The course Of the big bag watched by thous
of flame the rear Of the bag then four black dots
dropping over the Sides then the crmbng and twisting
of the drgbe sliding down after the dots and
crashed into the building
Of all the buildings in Chcagos business district the
craft chose the most likely victim for such accident
The bank building two story structure squatted among
the giants of Chcagos financial center and the only
one with skyight of such proportions The heavy
chnery of the drgbe brought the bag down with such
force that the steel supports OF the bag snapped like
matches.
Two hundred clerks bent over ledgers, thinking of
nothing but their daily labor boys rushing back and forth
with books and papers, shadow floating the big
skylight two floors above, smoke cour perhaps then
binding light and crash that shattered wallis and
hummn when the fsilage of the Blimp struck the
was hurled through the building onto the marbel floor
it was mans body. Heavy machinery followed and
beans of the client counting room The motors were still
humming when the furlage of the Bimp struck the
Men and in the gallery looking saw the flames
leap up and flow along the rvules of gasoline Mysteries
broke loose and the frightened of arose
above the shouting of There rush for the two
main entrances of the gallery Workers eaped from the
window, it long jump to the street but the women
took it. Only girl paused to gather her skirts tightly
about her ankles before eang Some of the 10000 spec
tators attempted to catch the jumpers but succeeded only
in breaking the fall Only few were injured in the
leap Inside few remained too terror stricken to move
too slow realize the danger Some dived into the big
vault and closed the doors as far as they dared Within
moment the pillars black and the doors were cover
ed with blood prints where the scared bodies had rubbed
Those who died in the bank pinned underneath the
mass of machinery The forenen were called when the
dirgibe first burst into fame Rushing into the building
at they dragged back those who had fallen at the edge
! of the blaze.
| Some Of those who rescued were so brown or
black that they could not be recognized 1t was matter
of minutes from the time the shadow 0aed the
skylight until the bank turned into furnace in which men
and women pershied The chemicals quoted the flames
and the bodies recovered The girls were readily
identified their hats those which remained in the
cloak room unclaimed
SOLDIERS BURN CITY HALL IN ENGLAND