The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1900, Page 1

The VOLUME iXXXIX—- O SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. VICTIMS NUMBER 18 D New Horror Is Added to the Catastrophe Stunned Which Has the City. Detectives Secking to Fix Responsibility for the Dread Accident. Roll of Seriously Injured Isi; Now Eighty-Five Men and Boys. most of whom will be maimed L R e s blame where it belongs. et AN FRANCISCO passed yesterday & day and a night of sorrow. The hor- ror of the dAreadful accl- dent on Thanksgiving day was upon the people, and | everywhers there was the sign of sadness and gloom. Hour by hour the terrible | roll of death was Increas- New homes were being stricken by ing stern personal anguish—the come 1ts of the calamity which had sch horrifying suddenness. & were crowded by anxious men and women. The streets in the neighbor- | of the Morgue were black with t masses of humanity, and in many vate homee hundreds of sympathetic eople went to give their sympathy to sorrow. The five men and £re the fam éead now number eighteer having died 4 The reoll ured has been In- creased to five. Many of these bave been 1| red for life; some will lose their ¥mbs and a few will probably die. The catastrophe was one which has iIn- epired the authorities of the city with a +- — + | | + | *momas PEDLER, A GLASS WORKS VICTIM, WHOSE | ®PINE IS FRACTURED. - + serious purpose to locate the responsibil- ity. The police and the Coroner were busy vesterday in the preliminary inves- tigations looking toward this end. The Coroner summoned a jury and went with | its members to the place of the accident. The inquests will be held next Tuesday morning, and no fact which may shed the slightest light upon the terrible af- fair will be neglectsd. The persistent rumor that men officially comnected with the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works recelved money to permit the men ‘and boys to enter the piace cannot be silenced. To all who have investigated the matter It seems incred- ible that so many people could have en- wered a private inclosure, have swarmed over the grounds and up the bulldings to their post of death on the roof without permission of the company which own: the bufiding. The unfortunate beings who entered the ! place took a great deal of time in doing #0. They could not get into the inclosure ver femces which are guarded by barb wire, rush through the grounds and climb to the roof in & few minutes. There is grave reason to believe, therefore, that some one permitted these men and boys The horror of the accident at the San Francisco and Pacific Giass Works has left a profound impression upon the people of the city. The dread roll of the dead has been increased to eighteen, five more victims having succumbed yesterday to their wounds. more men are so desperately injured that it is feared they may st any moment die. The number of injured is now eighty-five, The police authorities are making every possible endeavor to fix responsibility for the catastrophe. Three men have been discov- ered and swear that men and boys entered the enclosure in single file through one of the gates and acted as if they were paying for admission. Two boys declare that they did pay, one for admission to the enclosure and the other for permission to ascend to the roof. At the inguest next Tuesday every effort will be made to fix the . - . oot @i f lives, and new families were | The | e Six and scarred for life. | to enter. Believing this, Captain Seymour detailed four men yesterday to make a horough Investigation of the affair. De- eciives Wren, Dinan, Gfaham and Fliz- gerald visited the various hospitals and interrogated everybody who might throw any light on the subject. The officers went to the County Hospital and questioned sixteen of the victims of the catastrophe who were there. The majority of these crippied, suffering men and boys declared that they had entered through the Harrison-street gate of the inclosure of the San Francisco and Pa- cific Glass Works and that no one made the slightest objection to their entrance, Two boys declared that they, in company with twenty others, attempted to climb over the Fifteenth-street fence but were driven away by policemen. One of the most important statements obtained by the detectives was from Watchman Open- shaw who was on guard within the in- closure, He declared that he admitted two women and several men on passes issucd by Superintendent Davis of the glass works. Openshaw also sald that there were only two watchmen -besides himself employed at the Harrison-street gate and only one at the Fifteenth-street gate, William Meyers, a saloon man at Six- teenth and Folsom streets, declared that he had heard people say that men and boys had been admitted to the grounds twenty-five cents and fifty cents This statement, however, has not been verified. It is significant that the owners of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works had made an agreement with the man- agers of the football team not to permit any one to enter the grounds. In consid- eration for not doing this members of the company were given six complimentary tickets. Only two persons have thus far been found who declare that they pald any money, for admission into the inclos- ure. One of these is a boy, Clarence Ehat, residing at 709 Post street, who declares that he paid hailf a dollar to be allowed to pass through the gate and onto the | root from which he fell. The other is Howard Palmer, who lives at 299 Hyde | street, and declares that after climbing | over the fence of the inclosure he pald ten cents for permission to go upon the roof. In the police investigation several other | significant facts have been discovered. | W. J. McGrevy, of 708% Valencia street, | Geclares that In company with Willlam | Pomeroy and J. L. Duval he stood near | the Harrison-street gate of the inclosure | ana watched the progress of a most pecu- Mar incident. He insists that before the football game began this Harrison-street gate was opened just far enough to per- mit one man at a time to go through. A long line of men standing in single file | led from this opening, McGrevy says, and | one by one the men passed through, each | putting his hand in his pocket as if to pay some money to a person who stood | Dot see. | This statement is corroborated by Pom- eroy and Duval, both of whom have been seen by the police. Strong as this state !men[ is, it is not, however, conclusive evidence that anybody In authority per- mitted the unfortunate victims of the tragedy to enter the grounds. That the gate on Harrison street was open there seems to be no question, but that hun dreds of people clambered over the fences | is equally certain. The police complain that in their investigation to place re- sponsibility for the dread affair they have not been assisted by the management of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass ‘Works. g el el bt Al el oAl @ within the gate and whom McGrevy could i PRICE FIVE CENTS. IN THE DISASTER e — - | | | 1 R | [ 11 | | | | |1 | ‘ | 1 | | | | { | | i | ! [ B i | | [ | | | | | [ [ ! | [ | | | | | IR | {1 | | |1 1 e | | - e THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN, MOURNING RELATIVES, SADDENED, GRIEF-STRICKEN PARENTS AND MORBIDLY CURIOUS PEOPLE THRONGED ABOUT THE MORGUE YESTERDAY WHILE THE DREAD i SCENES WHICH FOLLOWED THE THANKSGIVING DAY DISASTER WERE ENACTED. - — e Every effort was made yesterday to se- cure interviews with any one represent- ing the company, but without result. For some reason not explained no representa- tive of the concern could be found. All persons possessing any authority in the company will, however, be summoned to quest. was among the slightly injured in the ac- cident on Thanksgiving day, told a straightforward ana circumstantial story last night regarding the payment of money to the employes of the San Fran- cisco and Pactfic Gless Works prior to the accident. The statement was made to a Call reporter in the presence of his father, mother and elder brother. The latter stat- ed that it was substantially the same as made to them immediately upon his re- turn home. Harold, his younger brother, Leo, 11 years, and a boy named Munroe, who lives on Guerrero street, near Thirteenth, formed a party of three to go to the game. They went out to Folsom and Fifteenth streets and walked toward ‘Harrison, where they found a gate through which tell what they know at the Coroner's in- | Harold Palmer, a 13-year-old lad who | building on some planks that were laid | after being rendered unconscious by a fall | there. | “Leo did not come up, but Munroe did. | I fell through on to a pile of rubblish and only had a sprained left arm. The man who got the money was a workingman. | He had on a dark shirt and his face was all “eovered with soot. Nobody tried to stop us going into the building.” Young Palmer did not know the exact address of Munroe, but said that they went to school together. The three boys, he said, saw the money paid and the mo- tions made by the man. All of the hospitals of the city which were called into service have now practi- cally completed their emergency work. Those victims of the disaster who were in a condition to be removed were taken to the homes of their friends and those some days to come. The highest pralse is being given to the splendid work performed by the physi- clans, nurses and students of the various hospitals. In every instance the work done was the best that could have been asked. Physiclans went unsolicited to the various hospitals and gave their serv- that cannot be removed will remain for | | | oS of forty feet. Fragments of burned clothing, clots of human blood and twisted inch-bars of iron railing showed too plainly. where the weight of the unfortunates fell after the flimsy wooden oraces which supported the open-sided veniilator gave way, permit- ting the corrugated iron roof to give way with its load of human beings. The police insist that they were not asked' to clear the roof. The only time in which the police were about to take ac- tion in the matter was when acting Ser- geant E. B. Riehl, who was In charge of a detall of men cn Folsom street, saw the crowd on the roof. He was in the act of | proceeding Into the lot just as the acci- | dent ccenrred. Up to this time both Riehl and the men undar bim had their hands too full to take In observations outsice ot their Immediate range. It Is poritively denied by both Sergeant Perrin ‘and Desk Officer White, both of | whom' were on duty at the Seventeenth- street statlon all the afternon, that Davis or any other person hed ever applied for police ald in clearing grounds or bullding VICTIMS AD ERDA TO DEAD DED YEST o+ B = ol o e [ | 1 | | I | JOHN BROUGH. s DANTE MONACO. | CORNELIUS McMAHON. K i | : o8 At R + o o SOBE 2 g "y a number of people were passing. They | ices fcr nothing. Cabmen put their cabs [ One of the saddest incidents of the walked through this to the rear of the |at the service of any one who needed them | tragedy has been associated with the building and then went up the incline leading to the room where the furnaces were located. | “We crossed over to the framework back of this bullding,’” sald young Pal- mer last night, “and saw a man standing | at the foot of the ladder. One of the boys asked him how much it would cost to get on the roof and he sald ‘Two steams.’ He was handed the 10 cents, put his hands to his lips and motioned to one of his companions as If he was drinking the beer. I did not have 10 cents, so I climbed up the rafters and crossed over to the #nd many private vehicles were contrib- uted. In an affair of such terrifying sad- ness these facts have merited the highest praise. Acting under hutnmflo'&l from Lieu- tenant of Police M. O. Anderson, there | were two police officers stationed at the glass works all of yesterday until the Coroner’s jury arrived at 4 o'clock and viewed the scene. Nothing was permitted to be disturbed,.not even the blood stains on the floor or on the guard bars which surrounds the retort where the unfortu- nates fell, only to be roasted to death name of Virgil L. Newby, one of the lads who was killed in the terrible fall from the roof. Young Newby was a student at the.Lick School of Mecnanical Arts and was considered to be one of the brightest students of the Institution. A few weeks ago, while the bulldings of the San Fran- cisco and Pacific Glass Works were in process of construction, young Newby was Instructed by his schoolmaster to visit the grounds, Inspect the bulldings and report upon the ‘character of their construction. The lad did so, taking a photograph of the incompleted bullding FHEE L PP P 1 PPt Pt H 44 404440444444 4044444040000 0 44444400 “000“00‘0,00’0‘606 Eckfeldt, H.. age 12. 19 H Charles, Hector, age 1 age 32, Mulroney. J. Rippon, Thomas, age 24, cently from Nome, Jones Mie Mon MeMahon, Cornellus, age 12, Crandall, Ellery, age 15, 1104 Market street—Compound fraeture of leg; fracture of arm. Cummings, Charles’ Henry, age 15, 1012 Page #treet—Internal injurtes: lung punc- tured; badly burned. Duggan, Edward, age 15, street—Fracture of skull. 514 Hermann Carolan, Willie, age 9, 1418 Mission street —Concussion of the brain: contusion of the scalp: severe bruises on head, face and P her ddark; wge- 8 a1 Birsenth dtrist l“:‘“ml of !‘n"‘.fljlkfl on head and hands Emith, Thomas, nue—Compound bruises. Bagnall, Percy, age 16, 707 Mason street— Both legs broken Clipper, Henry, age 19, 2014 Bryant street —Arm broken. Cheesman, bruises. Callahan, Harry. age 17, 15 Secott street— Arm broken. Dollard, Leo, age 17, 218 Chattanocoga street—Contused bead and left hand. Fulton, Charles, age 24, 3 Hermann street 173 Alblon ave- of leg; siight age 17, fracture Amos—Fractured arm and Jackman, Claude (colored), 757% Howard street—Wrist broken; leg bruised Holman, Eddle, age 12 $47 Valencia street—Contusions of spine and head. B+4++ 4444444430404 4444 upon which he subsequently lost bis lite. He drew a cross section, showing the sup- ports of the roof and of the ventilators He made designs from sketches of the timbers and the strength of their material and supports, and from the very place which he had sketched he toppisd to death. This ingident, so pathetic in its char- acter, has thrown the school In which the young man studied Into sadness, and many of the boy's schoolmates will pay their last respects over his body this morning. The body Is at the undertaking establishment of Peterson at 228 McAl- | lister street, where the rooms will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 1:3v o’clock in the afternoon. The boy's body will be taken to Dixon this afternoon on the 4 o'clock train and to-morrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock the funeral will take place from the Dixon Baptist Church. In sympathy = and consideration for the stricken parents of the lad the varlous Protestant churches of Dixon will sus- pend their Individual services at that hour in order that the various congrega- tions may attend the funeral. Most of the victims of the tragedy will be buried to-day'and to-morrow and while there will be nothing in the nature of a public funeral the days will be of gloom in San Franeisco. Never, pernaps, in the history of the city has an iIncident so shocked the people. ROLL OF DEAD. Passing of Victims Is Reported to the Morgue. Up to 6 p. m. five names were added to the death roll, making then the total num- ber of casualties elghteen. They were as follows: Robert J. Harrison, aged 15, a native of Kansas, residence 247 Second street. He died in the City and County Hospital at 2:55 a. m. About a month ago Harrison, whose father is said to be a prominent lawyer in Kansas City, Mo., ran away from that place with another boy of about the same age and made his way to this city. The two runaways were arrested by the police while wandering about the water front and were confined in the City Prison for a night, but were released in the morning, it being consid- ered by the authorities that they were old enough to take care of themselves. Har- rison’s chum went to the Morgue yester- VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY. PRI FIRST DAY’S DEAD. Barnwell, Talleyrand, schoolboy, age 15, 212 Utah street. ward street Flahavan, Edgar, age 13, schoolboy. 1507 Howard street. Girard, Leon, age 17, schoolboy, 765 Post street. Millcr, Robert, age 15. errand boy. 23 Glen Park avenue. . age 3%, miner, Newby, Virgil, age 135, 407 Capp street. Rothenstein, Moses, age 15. 023 Folrom street. machinist, S75 Haight street. Van Dyk Mckke, known as Mark Van Dur treet, hetween O'F Valeneia, Willlam, age 18, coppersmith, ADDITIONAL DEAD. BRrough, John, age 19, law clerk, 1835 Mission street, Harrison, Robert, age 15, lodcing house, 247 Second street. Lawrence, age 9, schoolboy. 3530 Tw , Dante, age 16, schoolboy, 301 Nolores street. PROBABLY FATALL SERIOUSLY’ INJURED. 4 _Contused wound of head; compound 4 tracture of thigh; arm broken. 4 Treadwell, Isalah (colored). age 1S, 833 4 Geary street—Thigh fractured and system 4 shocked. 4 Swain, Willlam, age 19, Potrero—Arms 4 broken: face burned. 4 Peterson, Andrew, age 13, 200 Shipley 4 street—Ribs broken. 4 Reed. Alfred, age 17, 1551 Howard street— + Arms broken 4 Parker, Henry, age 13, 1331 Fifteenth 4 street—Right arm fractured and scalp 4 Wounds. + + + + e DR e s ] 118 Mission street. Vermeont atreet. Wisconsin Heotel. age 46, miner, re- rell and Geary. 105 Capp street. ty-third street. «choolboy, 2611 Port street, INJURED. age 21 400 Mason strest— and internal injuries. Thomas C., age %, $465% Steven- Fracture of spine Hamiiton, age 11 street—Possible Woods, Thirteenth ekull schoolbéy, tracture 11 of Nordlund. Gustave, Howard street—Arm brutsed . ~Sleward. Walter, age 15, 177 Lexington avenue—Fracturs of both legs Baker, Theodore, age 13 2 Twentisth street—Broken eollar Lone, shoulder blade and right arm. age 23, satlor, 15 dislocated: body Tice, E. P.. Alabama and Sixteenth streets—Left thigh broken; concussfon of spine. McCauley, L Fractyred arm. A Leavenworth strest Morshead, George, §14 Jones street—Arm broken Forest, Hugo, age 21, 780 Hayes strest— Left arm fractured. Griffin, Walter, age 12, 924 Folsom strest —Leg broken Carroll, Peter, age 16, 497 Fourth street— 1 Fractured s Bowes, J. and ribs. E. 805 Leavenworty street— Dislocated sh T Peterson, Charles, 545 Folsom strest— Back wrenched: leg broken; nosggrushed Candage, Ed, 14B Fourteenth street Ankle broken Burns, Clarence, 14IS Ellis street—Pos- sible fracture of skull Freechie, V. llis street—Portion of bedy and hands Cohn, Jesse, D strest—Left arm fractured; face burned and lacerated; pos | sible fracture of skull Garrehty, Frederick, 104 Devisadero street —Broken leg: contusions of face: pe e internal injuries Rissman, L., 262 Harriet street ated and contused forehead: hands b R R R R R R R R R R R R R R e R R e S A SRS At e A A S R e R Y day morning and wept over the body of his dead friend. He refused to give his name. The next body brought in was that of John Brough, a native of Kansas, aged 19 years, who resided at 1836 Mission street He died in the City Receiving Hospital at 7 a. m. Dante Monaco, 1§ years old, a na- tive of Nevada, residence 301 Dolores street, dled at the City and County Hos- pital at 1:40 p. m.. The fourth body was that of Lawrence Miel, nine years old, a +* < FRED F. PROBABLY SUCCUMB TO HIS | INJURIES. LILLY, WHO WILL * - native of California, residence 3530 Twen- ty-third street. He died at the City and County Hospital at 10:05 a. m. The fifth victim to die during the day was Cornelius McMahon. who expired at the City aml‘ County Hospital at 5:3 o’clock. He was 12 years old, and his pa- rents live at 2611 Post street. A Defaulting Secretary. A warrant was secured yesterday from Judge Cabaniss for the arrest of Jacob Birnbaum on the charge of misde- meanor embezzlement. He was secretary | of the Bakers' National Mutual Proteetive Association, and it Is allege. he is short in his accounts to the extent of 347 .