Evening star., 1925-07-04
REVELERS BURIED
AS BUILDING FALLS;
NINE KNOWN DEAD
Eighteen, Badly MangIed,
Taken From Ruins of Bos-
ton Dance Hall.
VICTIMS SCREAMS LEAD
RESCUERS IN SEARCH
Seven Die Trapped in Fire at Sara
nae Lake-Another Re-
ported Dying.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 4.-Nine persons were
known to have been killed and proba-
bly, a great many more lost their lives
when a wall of the Pickwick Club,
we'll known all-night Chinatown resort,
collapsed during a might before the
Fourth" dancing party early today.
Eighteen persons were taken to hos
pitals after they had been removed
from the wreckage. Some of them
were not expected to live. Police and
firemen believed many more bodies
would be found in the debris, although
hope was held out that some of the
victims would be alive. Voices, mostly
women's. that were heard calling from
beneath the wreckage during the early
hours became silent later. More than
a hundred persons were in the club at
the time and many others had been
turned away just before the crash.
Many, however. were believed to have
escaped unharmed through windows
in the walls that did not fall. Esti-
mates of the number buried beneath
the wreckage varied from 80 to more
than 100.
Bodies Still in Ruins.
Not all of the dead bodies had been
removed from the debris early this
taken out it was decided to abandon
this work until hazards that made the
work precarious had been removed.
Plans were made to tear down part of
the remaining walls 30 they would
not topple on the rescue workers.
After lying pinned beneath pieces of
metal roofing and heavy joists for
nearly nine hours. Mrs. Edith Jordan
of Somerville. a suburb, was rescued
by the firemen about noon. She had
talked to them and had been given
water through a rubber tube. She had
scarcely reached the hospital. how
ever, and asked to see her husband,
who had escaped from the building,
when the crash occurred, when she
died. She was the ninth person
person known to have been killed.
The other two bodies recovered were
those of an unidentified girl and an
unidentified man.
Firemen had concentrated their ef
forts of saving Mrs. Jordan. She was
the only person known to be alive in
the wreckage.
Relatives Frantic.
Frantic relatives of persons who
were away from home last night
crowded about the police lines, many
of them striving vainly to push
through the guards and assist in the
rescue work.
The dancers caught in the collapse
were on the second floor of the five
story building that once was the Drey-
fus Hotel, well known meeting place
of the sporting and theatrical frater-
nifty. On the second floor of an ad-
Joining building today, at luncheon
time. an orchestra blared forth jazz
music. while others danced alongside
the scene of the disaster.
The bottom of the basement was
found to be sticky clay and one man
who was brought out was found lying
on his back almost half buried in the
mud.
Workmen I'm Danger.
Work of rescue proceeded slowly
Only one wall, which stood next to
lot where excavation was in progress,
fell, but others were expected to totter
at any moment. Heavy beams and
rafters of the roof dangled over the
workmen's heads as they dug through
the debris in search of victims.
Screams of those caught beneath
the brick and wood could be heard
by firemen and doctors as they pried
From a hole, about 20 feet deep, in
the basement of the building could
be heard the cries of women's voices.
One man was taken out alive only
after physicians had amputated two
of his fingers in order to free him
from his trap. He laughed and
smoked a cigarette while they oper
ated. The cries of woman sent
firemen to three other men, but they
were unable to find the one who d.
rected them. Another woman was
heard screaming, but before she
could be rescued firemen said 1t
would be necessary to remove the
body of another woman, believed to
be dead.
The wall of the building crashed