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Show 'DEATH AX D DESTRUCTION. I Another Terrible Disaster. tii'ttcu .lien CruitieJ and j Mau-leU. HeurtreudiuE Scenes. Architects or BulMtrs Utility .! Jlurdrr. Chicago, 11. A Tribune tpecial from liockfurd, Ills., saya: A pall has f a 11 tin ovur whal this morning was a happy community. Tne Winnebago county court bouse which, thia morning, morn-ing, when our citizens commenced ih day'a labor, was the prido of their lie.irts, is now a desolate ruin, a monument mon-ument of criminal incompetency. Some families which bade adieu to their loved this morning, received their corpses to-night diefigurtd by the ruin from which they were drawn piecemeal. The building was not yet under roof, and the massive stono cornice which preceded the roof, wa.) to-day being put on. Just as tho keystone was being placed in the dome ot the main pavilion the briuk work between the iron and atone gave way and the entire dome and tho interior walls of the structure came tumbling down with a terrible crash that was heard nearly a mile away. A brief description of the structure will aid in understanding the accident. The style of the building in Freuch Venetian ot the Renaissance, designed by Honry S. Gay of Chicago. The contract for building was let to W. D. Richardson of Springfield, who, in the spring ol 1870, began the work. It has two pavilions and a centre domo over the front entrance. Too two pavilions on each side riso about thirty feet above tho level of the cr-; nice. Tho dome is 119 feet from the ground and supported by the front walls. On the north side of tlieso are columns from ton to twelve inohes in diamuter. On the inner side these columns rest upon a brick wall going up from the ground floor to tho floor of the court room. The walls were about thirty feet high, and it appears were entirely inadequate to hold the immense im-mense weight of the iron pillars and the massive masonry of the dome, 1 which rested upon tbo pillars. Upon the top of the iron columns was a wrought iron girdle, upon which was laid the veneer and brick of the dome. It appears that the lower brick walls were crushed by tbe weight of the upper masonry, and crumbled like 0 much rotten mortar, bringing with them the entiro interior of the building. build-ing. All the rafters and the corrugated corrugat-ed iron eeiliug of every room, with its concrete filling, the iron joist, the scaffolding, came down in one terrific mass, bringing with it nearly all the workmen who were operating upon tho top of tho building at the time of the accidout, Thero were from twenty twen-ty to twenly-five men at work. The accident happened at exactly 1 11. o0 a.m. The whole massive stone top of the dome fell with a terrific j crash toward State street. A man named Timothy Fiannaghan, who was Must putting iu the keystone of the hnt cornice, jumped for the guy rope of the big derrick iu front, but missing his aim fell the distance of 120 feet to the earth, and was dashed to pieces. At this tirno but few persons per-sons were upon tbe Bcene. Tne mags of human beinus, with the exception ex-ception ot four or five who jumped from the windows, fell inside the tottering walls and were buried in the debris. The whole structure struc-ture looked as though it would fall,l and those assembled were appalled and knew not what to do. To go near enough to the structure to rescue those maDgled and bleeding in the ruins, was hazardous in the extreme, ex-treme, but brave men went fearlessly to work before the dust cleared away, and commenced to intricate the dead 'and dying. Indescribable horrors I ensued. Men lay terribly mutilated beneath these rocks, shrieking for assistance, that was only rendered at the risk of the bystanders' lives. One unfortunate man named, Win, Gloss, was extricated, but one of his legs was left beneath a ponderous stone. He soon expired in great agony. As lie lay upon the green sward in front of tbe court bouts, a negro jumped from a window sixty feet from the ground, and though badly injured, will probably recover. Within ten minutes after the disaster no less than four bodies were recovered by the almost superhuman efiorts of the immense im-mense crowd that quickly gathered. ine city surgeons were promptly on hand, rendering great aid to tho wounded, who were carried on stretchers to the nearest hotels, A Swede Darned Andrew Hildahl had his head split open, but the wound was closed, and the victim taken home and may live. The anguish of the living was heartrending. Workmen's wives and mothers were soon on" the spot; the air was filled with sobi, wailing and moaning, and the looker on was eickencd by the sights en every hand. Up to 7 p.m. the following list of the victims has been obtained: Fred Haugb. dead, remains yet in the building; A. Haugh, dead; A. Lucas, engineer, leg broken, badly injured; T. Hayos, engineer of the lower tlaor, badly hurt, may recover; Wm. Mclnnes, leg broken, eloow injured, scalp wound; J. P. Peck, mortally injured ; J. Pipe, dead; A. Hollen-beck, Hollen-beck, remaim in the building; George Smith, badly hurt; J. Warren, missing miss-ing and probably dead; George Gojs colored, dead; Hugh Eldreds, hurt iu the lea and face; Timothy Flnnna-Uhan, Flnnna-Uhan, dead; Lindholm, dying; J. W. Lawsen, colored, reported dead; A. Beldahaf, badly injured, may re' cover; H. W. Ames was working on the southeast corner of the building, the left ratter gave way, and he leli down to the first storey, but escaped from the secoud storey window, head badly hurt; Beujamin Brown, colored slightly hurt; Inaiah Donnelly, two severe scalp wounds, and cut in head; Hugh Eldreds, contusion on the leg and face hurt; Georire Smith neck, aud head hurt; Cicero Dixon, contusion on the thigh; Donne'Iy is seriously wounded,' out all those 'wounded will probably recover. C. Harries, of Dixon, a carpenter, car-penter, is injure.! internally, and so badly that bis leg must be amputated, and he will probably die. Hollenbeck, whose body is in the ruins, leaves a wife and four children, wbo depend on him for support. W. D. Richardson, contractor, and F. E. Latham, superintendent, had a narrow nar-row and thrilling escape. Tbey were both on top of the dome of the building build-ing before it fell and were talking ot the probability ot it falling, when tney heard a crash aod'rushed for the west wall, whore Uey stood when the 'dome went down. Had they boen a moment later both must have perished. Wnen the dust cleared away both were standing on the wnil. ' j A cry of fire was raised, but no fire , broke out. At S.oO p.m. the excavators had just taken out the dead body sf War-rm, War-rm, the negro before mentioned. It is terribly mutilated. The old raurt bouse is turned into a morgue, and sad scenes are constantly occurring there. Relations and friends stand weeping over tbe bodies of tneir dear ones, and children look mournfully at what they formerly ' knew as their fathers. A coroner's jury of respected citizens has |
