Louisville, Kentucky
Grain Warehouse Accident
August 30, 1871
A CRASH AT LOUISVILLE, KY
The Floors of a Grain Warehouse Fall
Thought to the Cellar - Three Men Killed.
Louisville, August 30, 1871
About ten o'clock this morning the fourth
floor of Whitney, Brown
& Co.'s grain warehouse gave way under the heavy
weight, and the large quantity of grain crashed
through the floors into the cellar, killing
three men, one white and two colored. Two
prominent Main street merchants had just stepped
out of the building when the crash occurred, and
were blown into the street by the concussion,
which burst off the doors of the building and
shattered the glass in the windows.
New York Herald, New York, NY 31 Aug
1871
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