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Show H TO ASK FOR BIG DAMAGES Hi 1-ong Ileach, Cal., May 2G l'ros- H, pectlvo dnmngo suitB aggregating H probably $1,000,000 or moro hnd a H grand Jury investigation engaged tho H' attention of city officials today as H , tho most Imminent outcomo of tho H disaster Saturday when thirty-five H persons lost their Uvea in the collapso H of a portion of tho municipal plor H Just lifter tho close of tho British H "Empire Day" pngent. M ' Tho Hat of dead which numbered H 35 Saturday night, was added to by H j the death of Mrs. E. C. Hush, 70 B , years of Long Iloach.who succumbed Hj t' to her Injuries yesterdny afternoon. Hj The list is expected to bo further In- H creased by the death of Miss M. H iteed, aged 12, of Long Ileach, whoso H back whs broken and of William Hj I Cooper of Pasadena, one of tho two Hj. veterans of the Crimean war, who Hj were In the van of tho Empire day B parade . H Ilectlficatlon of errors made Sun- day In the list brought out the follow- BB ing names: H Miss Frances Hhrrlet Newell, Ke- B noshn, Wis. H Mrs. Mollle Gntes, Oak Park, 111. Bfl Miss Llllle M. Holme, Denver, Colo. ft Earnest E. Kales, Los Angles. H Mrs. Eales, his wife. HT Mrs. M. P. McDonald, Coinpton, Cal. B Hales was the man killed and his BB body remained unidentified until late yesterday. Doth he hnd hlB wife BBj uere dead when taken trom tho BK death pllo. Mrs. McDonald, an aged BB- woman, died lata Sunday. H' While City Attorney Stcpnen Long Hj' was occupied with tho legal phase of B-i tno disasters aftermath, Mayor I. S. BKt Hhtch, members of the city council HK, and of tho board of public works con- H ferrcd with district attorney John D. Hh Fredrlcks with reference to the grand H Jury Inquiry which will bo started BB either before or Just after tho coro- Hf- ner's Inquest Tuesday, Tho object H j ot the inquiry is to fix responsibility H I fw the condition ot the pier, a sect- BB ion of which in front of the municipal kJhhhhm. auditorium went down under n welgnt of human beings which has besn estimated esti-mated at loss than 750 tons. . On the order of tho district htty. two otllccrs were put on guard over the ruined section of tho pier. The wcro Instructed to keep watch con-! con-! stantly In twelve hour shifts until relieved by tho grand Jury nnd allow no tampering with any part of tho structure that collapsed nnd dropped several hundred mcrry-mhkers down n funnel of Jagged timbers nnd boards to the strand within a few feet ot tho ocean tides. Several broken timbers which aro expected to show the gen-I gen-I crnl condition of tho pier nnd thus aid In developing evldenco ot negligence If there bo any were taken out of tho pier and locked up under official seal. Tho weakness of tho pier which wh." built eight years ago nnd never repaired re-paired In that particular portion Is believed to havo been duo to decay cnused by tho nctlon ot salt air on wood nnd Its iron fastenings. However it was declared that n i much stronger structure might have J been wrecked under tho samo circumstances circum-stances ns tho participants in th.i big pnrnde marched on the pier In step. Military men pointed that tho rhythmic rhyth-mic vibration created by tho measured meas-ured tread of thousands ot feet caused caus-ed a tremendous strain upon tho supports sup-ports which already had been heavily heavi-ly burdened by tho crowa thronged about the auditorium doors hwaltlng admittance, Tho grand Jury investigation was demanded by tho officers ot tho United Societies of Drltlsh-Dorn residents resi-dents and visitors whoso celebration of Queen Victoria's birthdny n'nniver-snry n'nniver-snry was interrupted by tho tragedy. City Attorney Long answered reports ot the prospective damage suits with tho statement that in his opinion tho city could not bo held responsible for tho uso of the municipal amusement amuse-ment pier. All but tbo most seriously injured injur-ed were removed to their homes in Los Angeles nnd neighboring cities yesterdny. Tho totnl number of Injured probably prob-ably will never bo known. About CP however, wcro seriously hurt, most of them still being in hospltnls here nnd In Los Angeles. |