Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-03-28
OLYMPIC WALL CRASHES
INTO FURNITURE STORE,
WOMAN IS INJURED

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and asked that = certain physician
he called ~ 60 ~ the Hnlilfium
With her, then r0llHrfnd Nho NJ ihn
daughter ~ 4 " Uorb.r n0s l'fro
street who IA onfprel Va M, ioii
sa'ate business late t,pns from
Tho hospital lndifpls that Miss gorh.
er N Improving AID there seums POO
DO no doubt NJ her recovering
Following the crash 0l tha ,n.Un
wall " the Olympic iulns thpf ~
Police Davis stationed men around
'ho hfenn n The rlilHrnphr ~ pip.
vent people from w. tins 10 loo nftr
and the fin q nuImtni lild two
lines 1T hnn lor nao IN risr the
building caught fine
,iun wall. lall
ohlv abort iWn'ihirdF ~ the NORTH
wall foll IN the flrll crash, drlklnF
The Green building about twenty fcr'
from the frori cnd ana r,Ina ~.
most the enthr south side ~ lti'
building IN Ahoui 10 0'rlnct a %
part OF The remainder ~ the toflh
wall fell under the pressure NJ 'hi
hlRh Wind, d0'ng Little damaV' col
Tho Green building and about five
minutes hior The entire rlu vail
fell over N" nllov ~ he toil hnl
onto the Lawn and ll,'mrni op M
rear ~ Tho lot occupied Wv ihD IHd
rml building Tho pmmld lits
northeast corner of me building liIi
stands
The Olympic wills wore thini
stories hieh and the Green hh'dlrr
" only two stories which made n
possible Tor the WI lu bll u,rr ..
a0.fooi loi md unto lhp latter uld
ma. Abnut 700 frni NJ llp tndtn
wall aud most ~ 'hn iouf NJ ~
Green building we're crushed ana
the northwest corner WI damaged
w the Impact traces were iul 90
This corner NJ the building a. Dr.
vent u from falling Ton of tn
twelve nlale'Flass display vin low
IN the Green bpildlnr we've hrnktn
folk ilopri Olf
Folk street from sixth ~ frNnnih
and Seventh street from f1yltr ~
Polk have been f0pcd oif and people
are forbidden 10 90 any clover 10 the
wrecked hulldlnRs 'han on the wes'
sidewalk 81 Polk street
The electric wires connected 20
poles which were struck nv tho eas
wall whcn n f.ll we're broken loose
ana tho CITY Light a water Com.
pany Immediately turned OF al
power and sent crew IT men IN
take them 40 and The current tgtned
hack on
city Englneer llp.Ionns fald ,es.
terdAy, IN reply 10 questions as 20
whether or not lhs walls ~ the
olympic huilding had hcnn condemn.
"a. that the only authority llal the
city has 4 10 protect people passing
The building IN the streets. ,llrvs
md on tho sldowalAs and mat lhis
has been done for some nunlhs ma,
by forlnf the Sidewalk AMI ale, Of
ife said thai the eiiY has ~ author.
i'y whatever a. con lemn Wtlls ant
that the only authority u has h ~
suggest hoN the wells NAV ~ hfaaed
10 prevent them from falllns
tssei rrorpinH ~ Ma'h
lie said that IN q rnnYrrlllnn
slih one n the ownnTh II ihe nuiif.
lns be had suggested lhai ihn walls
" pTnpped 40 ~ ii-fDrl po|rs nr
seeh side Ths Has dne BE- pllai
% eet bat later the uais NHfH
hTaesd b. ilnH them wth bifH
cables, uhlrh vnft ia usf al ihr nH.
The walls iall Nr lnuw 10 ihfi
allhensh ~ and rhff I, Grnh nH
q the pNnrgs ~ lha SEQ .eI bliH
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