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Show A IAIIIMI lrifH I ViJ lulil l'er-,,1 lillie.l libera I A - Meierelx leureil. ' W Hr. I'ltn, Dec. 4.-i:ight Intutnlly , fl killed, three litnlly injured.Aud four . 1 3f severely cut nud braised, It a record ' 1 3H which e-an to a large extent be crudlted I to the IlirMrd'a evrutlu Ihla city lo- 1 ;ly. A waII, alriAly weAkened by 'IM having thetupiort Inirned away, be- , !" came lop heavy when thu uiioitlng lJH tit l.rls wn removed from against It, t M nnd went oeerwltlincra.il before Hie 1 sfsTsTJ gale, with Iho litult ltate.1. Tlftreu i ll fai men were working close to thu centre ) tTsfsfl wnll lu ths burnicf out Hlujard build- ! Ing nu Knit Ililrd atriit, when the ll wall, without warning crtihed down !' niitbembe-neatli ihe ruins and killing ' orrluiiulng All. Not one esca oil and i all weiesu terribly inaeltstl and man- I 1 ' glcd, It was with much dllllculty they wereldeutlflod. , The list of killed la aa follows! lward Wilcox, contractor; John J I Adaniskl, Charlea Kalrltsttl, John Koltalslil, Frank Hewel, thus. Klles, ' Krank Marks, Titer l.ario. , Tbn fauily luureU are: Krank I I Ti shirr, Henry Murphy, John MAiier. 1 ! ' Injured: Irank Hlttir, Thomta ' .1 Marter, Allku McNainArA, Btephen 'i Ithoele. All tho 1 utrol wagons lu Iho city weru At uueu summoned And the llco I nilemtedtoorKaulethelalorri who U were not under the wall and get then It to work rruiovlngthodiaduud Injured. i' Thu men were wild with excitement, . however, Aim It wan a longtime befots ' mure than half Ail en could be In- ' uueed to go to work. Iu let than half ' I an hour tuemen had taken out ten of ( tbetr comitanlons, live of whom were, killed anet live Injured fatally. Con- ... tractor Wllcotwaa takenoutdeadand f j mangleel beyond recognition. Tho wuutided were removed to the city lie- " ( 1 pltnlAnd thu dead, with llieexcep'loii uf oue man, laid out In Hie Ureal Northern Nor-thern freight house. One uniu was Iden- ' j tilled n Cliarlew lnon. Lauer. fcro 1 . mauol the gang, was about theluild- Ing but was frantlowlth grief ond ex. I cite incut and could not give Ihe name of any of lbs meo, thojgh lie knew them nil. Neither could bu tell thu oiAct number ol men under the , ' wnll At Iho time It fell. The wall ap. , piared llrm and gave no sign or weak- I ; ruing. J.xcavallona About the base I had rallied It to tumble. Most of those t , taken from tho ruin were badly 1 crushed And bruised. Other were not so bndly uinnglcd b it evidently hail been killed by brlcka filling on their J brads. Oflhuso wounde-tj and tuke u , I to thu lios Ital ouly two will recover. j; I Thero were no groan or cries from 4 I Ihelnjureela the poor fellow wets j extrncted from the ruin by their lei- ' I low workmen. Not one bsd returned : I to ronsclousners. Ths most careful 1 i handling jiosslbln trcmetl to lie torture 1 1 uiost horrible, fur Ihe rescuers wira 1 If mtdrlllrtl to Iho gruesome task at the Ii I u outset and did not work together At Ll I m they did later. In their dlsconterled fcl I 1 -J elTorts Ihey stenii-d nt times to Lo pull- Ml.' Ing Ihe men almost to pieces. The II I . face of the wotkmen were almost a H i fr ghastly as It they hsd been dead them- J, V salvia. A majorlly of tbe men were It I'v under IheaoulhilJoof Die wall and If f ' ! hero the heaviest part of tho wall fell. I f 1 Only two were lakcu out from tho 1 l 4 north side. Sit |
