Frightful Crash One Hundred Persons Injured At An Elks' Social Floor Of Tee Chamber Collapses Letting 1,000 People Down To The Story Below On Top Of 200 More--only One Fatal Casualty So Far, But A Score Seriously Hurt--a Miracle That The Loss Of Life Was

Atlantic City. July 11.- The social session taudered by Atlantic City lodge to the visiting Elks at the Baltio Avenue Casino last evening ended in a terrible disaster in which fully 100 persons wero more or less seriously iujured. The session had just oponed, and only one of tho speakers had been heard when, without the slightest warning, the building, which has not been used for several years, oollapsed, and fully 1,000 persons wers thrown to the floor beneath. Many women, the wives of the visiting Elks, went down in the ruins. Thoge Most serlouily Hart . The followin ara among the more seriously hurt: James J. Armstrong, of New York. both legs broken; Mayer Wolfe, Atlantic City, light house engineer, injured internally; Charles W. Tolwell. Cti inden, leg and arm broken; Frederiek Claproth, Camden, leg broken; P. Eckman,Oamden, log and arm broken; Frank Bolton, clerk of Hotel Traymore, this city, shoulder badly crushed and otherwise injurod; Charles W. Farwell, of Minnoapolis, maimed and brulsed; Detective James Doy le, of Minneapolis, badly bruised and injured internally; Miss Armstrong, dnughter of James Armstrong, aged 11, arm broken; W. Lumbard, Boston, leg broken; Horace Aruilc, East Oijange, N. J., back broken; William Varney, base ball manager, B.xltimore, injured internally; Mrs. Fleischman, Philadelphia, both legs broken; C. M. Foote, arm broken; Nathaniel Duke, body bruised; Monroe S Wainright, of New York, and a number of the membors of Jennings' band, of Caraden, N. J., in ternally injured. One Oeath so Far Reported. The first victim to succumb to his injuries was Frederick Claproth, of SU Kimer street, Camden. He died shortly after midnight at a neighboring hotel to which he had baen conveyed. It is now feared other deaths will result and it is a matter of wonder that more persous who were on the under floor were not killed outright. The list of injured nuinbers three score others, all from eastern points, and mostly from New York, Philadelphia and Pittaburg, except Miss Guring, of Detroit. Fully 200 persons who were on the first floor of the building and immediately beneath the banquet hall were crushed beneath the timbers, and lay helploss. The fact that all the electrio lights in the building went out at the time tho building gave way added to the confusión. Help Wu Abundant and Prompt. As soon as the alarm was given the police and flre departments hurried to the scène, and help for the imprisoned people was abundant and prompt. It was supposed at first that hundreds had been killed, and the auxiety of those who had friends present was agonizing until it was kuown that no one had been killed instantly and that the disa9ter was miraculous in the comparatively few cases that were serious. In two hours all the unfortunates were released and under the care of physicians.