Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1889 — A DISASTER AT GLASGOW. [ARTICLE]

A DISASTER AT GLASGOW.

Fifty Women and Girls Killed by the Ci ushing in of a Carpet Factory Roof. During the high winds which prevailed at Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, a gable of a building in course of erection, on the site adjoining Templeton’s carpet factory, on William street, was blown down. The falling debris crushed through the roof of the weaving department of the carpet factory, where fifty women and girls were employed, and all were buried beneath the broken timbers, etc. It is probable that forty cf the inmates of tho weaving room were .killed. At midnight seventeen bodies hud been recovered from the ruins. As nearly as can be ascertained, thirty-three women aud girls are still missing. The wrecked building was 300 feet long. It is rumored that the foundation of that portion of the building which fell was over an abandoned coal pit. Survivors relate that a sudden extinguish ment of the llgthts in the weaving department was the only warning they bad of the disaster. All of the occupants rushed,with one accord, to tho main exit, where most of the bodies of th 6 victims were found. At 1 o’clock Saturday morning seventyfive.- bodies had been recovered, and the number missing ones is now placed at thirty. The search for the remaining bodies is nowgoing on as rapidly as possible, with the aid of electric lights. The disaster occurred shortly after the workmen engaged in the construction of tfle new building had ceased work. It is now stated that there were 140 females in the weav-ing-room when the wall fell. The latest estimates place the loss of life at fifty. One hundred and fifty persons were at work hi tbe building at the time of tho disaster. The pecuniary loss i 5575,000. Tbe tremor resulting from tbe fall of the building was felt for a great distance. Many pathetic scenes were witnessed among the parents end other relatives of the victims. '