Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-18

man was k1lleQ ana lo III JUI6O,
The dead
Ezra Taylor. 35. 1906 Bradbury street; ;
SERIOUSLY.
Ed Neff, 81, of 923 Lexington avenue,
fractured skull.
William whitIocl, 2S. negro, lives in
rear OF s25 North Pennsylvania street,
conclusion Of the brain.
Don Evans. IL, Of 2T20 Gale street,
1 lacerations about head and deep cut in
right side.
George O'DeI. AZ. of S16 Euclid ave-
nue., chest crushed and injured about
head.
LESS SERIOUSLY.
Robert 4. Smith, So, of T07 Main street,
! Shelbyville. scalp lacerations.
Cyrus Rudy, a, negro, of 81 Blake
street, injured about body.
Charles Fields, negro, 1907 Lafayette
street ribs fractured and sprained back.
John Bureau, SO, Of 1741 North Illinois
street slightly injured about the body.
Chryst MoItau. 81 OF 500 Orange street,
injured about chest and Jaw broken.
Frank Gary, negro, 1121 Hiawatha
street, legs bruised
4. c. Wcener. 1925 South Keystone ave-
nue., legs broken and face cut
z. w. Alley, 1402 Lexington avenue
four ribs broken ard cut about face.
| Charles Johnson, 40. negro, legs
crushed, taken away in automobile be
fore address could be learned.
b. II. Kepser. Oaklandon, cut ano
bruised.
! James Van Meter, 721 North New Jer-
sey street. cut and bruised.
John Carter. negro, l716 Boulevard
/ Place.
d. w. Mcclure. 80. of 171s Central ave-
nue.. head end legs cut.
A. G. EmmeImann, 50, Of 121S Cottage
! avenue, cut about head and legs In
| jured.
John Sparks. address unknown, cut
about head.
David Carroll, address unknown, IN
tured about head.
BUILDING OF FOUR
STORY DESIGN.
The building, Of four-story design.
| brick, concrete and steel, was in process
of construction for the indianapolis
school board by the Jungclaus Com
pany. contractors. Hetherington *
Bernsr had the contract for the steel
work.
The greater part OF the frame work
was in position and the various crafts
were engaged in shaping the structure.
large derrick was In operation in
the center of the building and steel
girders were being hoisted.
One workmen, who escaped from the
crash, said the derrick seemed. suddenly.
to topple toward the south. and a moment
later the whole structure veered that way
swaying slightly as It settled with "a
rush on the men who were at work.
Rescue work by the police, fire de-
partment and others was started with
no definite idea of how many men were
caught in the wreckage.
The first to be freed were not seriously
injured, but it soon was evident that
there were dead and dying in the wreck
and desperate measures were taken to
reach them.
SAYS BUILDING
STARTED TO FOLD.
A B. Sutton and J. A. West, en-
ployes Of the Spacke Machine and Tool
| Company, we're standing In a window Of
the Spacke factory, across the street,
when the huge structure collapsed
"The building started without warn
ing to fold from the north to the south"
Mr.. Sutton said.
"It looked just like row of dominoes
falling down one after the other.
"The big derrick, which was in the
middle of the structure, crashed among
the ruins as 1t fell"
The steel work was not completed on
the north side Of the building, where
the collapse started.
One witness had it that a large steel
BEEN was being hoisted Just as the crash
came
LoG3s LIKE
TANGLED STRING.
The south side Of the building. where
the full three stories OF structural steel
had been completed, was described as
looking like It had been tangled by a
mighty hand as string would be tangled.
As soon as members Of the fire de-
partment and the police department ar
rived, it became apparent that expert
assistance would be necessary to remove
tho dead and injured from the wreckage.
Acetylene torches were brought as rap
idly as possible and the work Of melting
the heavy girders which pinned down the
injured was started.
Every available lifting device was
brought into action rapidly as possible
to remove the beams as they were melted
into pieces.
Immediately after the reports Of the
collapse of the building was circulated
over the city parents of students in the
high school became alarmed and made
repeated telephone calls to the school
board and newspaper offices
No pupil was injured in the accident
The building is across the street from
the building now used for school pur-
poses and was not near enough to cause
any damage to the latter.
The new building was to be three
story brick, and was to be connected
with the present Manual Training High
School building by bridges at the second
and third floors.
GYMNASIUM ON
SECOND FLOOR.
The first floor was to contain a large
auditorium. with a seating capacity Of
about 1850; lockers and showers-the
auditorium to be two stories in height.
with a balcony and large stage.
There was to be gymnasium on the
second floor, 90 by SO feet, with specta-
tors gallery. The entire third door was
TO be occupied by q lunchEoCm snd
kitchen, -!