Big Building Collapses

Evening Star, Issue 19994, 11 October 1928, Page 4

Big Building Collapses

Catastrophe in Prague Sixty Workmen Missing Waterside Strike Still Unsettled Dangers of Excessive Smoking by Women

Prew Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. PRAGUE, October 9. An iron arid concrete building of seven storeys, which was being constructed in one of the- most frequented thoroughfares, collapsed during the afternoon. Out of eighty-seven workmen engaged on the btfilding sixty are missing. Twenty people who were passing at the time are also missing, and they are believed to bo beneath the ruins. So far twelve dead and sixteen seriously injured have been recovered from the debris. Two thousand soldiers, in addition to all the tire brigade, are feverishly working to reach those imprisoned in the building, Ihe cries of the injured can bo heard continuously. , Tho missing include the architect _ol the building, which was on the point of completion The head and the limbs were found of a woman who was wheeling a perambulator when the building collapsed, but there are no signs of the baby. The President closed the Senate when the news was made known. The mayor has ordered that all new buildings in Prague shall be inspected within twenty-four hours.—Australian Press Association. ARCHITECT COMMITS SUICIDE. Pnu Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. PRAGUE, October 10. Rescuers are working on the collapsed building all night with the aid of searchlights, it is feared tnat the death roll will be heavy. A welldressed girl was crushed flat on the pavement beneath a massive concrete pillar, every bone being broken. . The collapse is attributed to interior material. Tho architect committed suicide.