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Show : SUES CMED DOWItJO DEATH Hotel in Germany Collapses While Guests are Seated at a Banquet. Hardly a Family In the Village But Has Lost a Member, and, From Rejoicing, the Community la Plunged Into Mourning. Nngold, Little Dlnck Forest, Germany. Ger-many. Tho Hotel Zum Hlrsch fell during tho' progress of n festive dinner on Friday. There wero 200 persons per-sons present, most of whom wdro bur-lod bur-lod In tho ruins. At least fifty were killed nnd 100 injured wero taken from the ruins, mnny of them In a serious se-rious condition. Tho nccldent Is attributed to carelessness care-lessness on tho part of thoso who wero making ropnlrs on tho building, which hnd been rnlscd five feet from tho -ground In order to give moro spaco for tho lower story. Tho work begnn early In tho morning nnd wns supposed to havo been finished nt noon. Tho keeper of tho hotel Invited tho work-mon work-mon nnd a largo number of townspeople towns-people to a grand dinner. Tho company com-pany assomblod in tho mlddlo bnnquot room nnd wns drinking tho honlth of tho builder nnd landlord, when suddenly sud-denly a crash was Heard above. A score of thoso In tho banquet room Jumped from the windows and doors In tlmo to escape when tho Houso came down. Tho town presets an Indescrlbnblo Bccno of horror nnd grief. There Is hardly a fnmlly but Hns lost ono or more members. |