Shelby, N. C., Aug. 28.—
Collapse of the First Nation-
al Bank building here dur-
ing a rush business hour
this morning claimed an un-
determined number of dead
and injured.

At 12:45 this afternoon,
when excavation operations
had been under way only
three hours, a check up re-
vealed six known dead, 15
known injured, and a num-
ber of persons missing.

 
  

   
     

Police estimated the death
toll would mount steadily

as rescue
bodies.

No accurate check up
could be made of the miss-
ing persons, but it was
known that a dozen or more
had not been accounted for.

Early this afternoon the
crews had searched only
the edges of the huge pile
of debris, and it was feared
many more bodies would be
found toward the center.

The known dead:

Miss Ora Ethridge, secre-
tary to the bank president.
Guy Green, bank clerk.
Alex Boyd, bank clerk.

Zeb Bianton, a _ farmer,
who wag in the bank.

Carl Blanton, his son.

An unidentified white
man.

It was feared that a crew
of 17 negroes who were
working in the center of the
building were all killed. The
rescue crews had not been
able to get to the place
where the negroes were
working at an early hour
this afternoon.

It was knwwn that 15 per-
sons were injured, several
of whom were expected to
die. They were all taken
to a hospital here as they
were dragged from the fall-
en structure. |

Excavation work at a
nearby building was gener-
ally assigned as the cause of |
the collapse of the bank-
building. It wag known that
several persons were in a
grocery store and a tailor’s:
shop which were a part of
the building, but it was ex-
ected to be hours before
hat part of the structure
could be searched thorough-

y. |
_ The collapse occurred dur-
ing a rush hour on this lit-
tle town’s main thorough-
fare, and it was believed
that several persons in the’
street below were trapped
under the resounding deluge
of stone and timber.

The entire fire and police
forces of Shelby, referred
to as “The Summer Capital
of North Carolina,” were
taxed to the fullest in con-
trolling the crowds which
gathered around the scene
of disaster.

Many volunteers aided in,
arse operations.
e building was located
in a busy district, and was'
one of the largest in the’
 
Wagiington, Aug. 28.—(AP)—Con-
tinuing conferences with republican
campaign managers in the east, Her-
bert Hoover today as assemblying
information upon which to base a
decision as to the extent he will par-
ticipate personally in the presidential
| fight there.

William WH. Hill, chairman, of the
New York state standard bearer to
supplement the advices given him
yesterday by Charles D. Hilles, nat-
jonal committeeman for New York,
‘and ‘Daniel FE. Pomeroy, vice chair-
man of the New Jersey committee.
| Reports received by Hoover since
{his return from the west indicate
i that the eastern situation is one re-
| quiring attention and his advisers
lare urging him to go into New York,
Massachusetts and New Jersey for at
least one speech for each state and
more if time can be found for them.

Before mapping out his campaign
ihe very probably will go into the
middle west, speaking at Chicago and
some other cities, and also into the
i border states, but these addresses
are likely to follow those in the east.
Some of hig advisers think he should
| Speak in New York and nearby states
{not later than early October.

i Should Hoover decide to make a

Labor Day address next Monday, it
| will be in Washington, with a radio
i hookup, it was stated today at his
office. However, the candidate thinks

the time is too short for the prepara-
| tion of an address,

 

 
 