| SHMLBY, N.C. Aug. 28. (INS)—
Bis, persons were killed, 15 injured
and an undetermined number are
missing In the colla of the First
National bank building during a
ri our today.

 Thh daath toll may rise az three
hours after the crash workmen hed
teen eble to clear away the debris
at the edge of the bullding.

‘oon ead:
3 0 EAHTRIDGEH, secre-
the bank president.

WF GREEN, bank clerk. .

ALEX BOYD, bank clerk.

BLANTON, & farmer.

CARL BLANTON, his gon.

An uniientified white man.

Falics estimated the death toll
would mount steadily as rescue
crews dug deeper into the debris in
the search of wodles.

Ne accurate checkup could be
made of the missing persons, but It
was known that a dozen or more
had not been accounted for.

Rarly thie afternoon the crews
had searched ony the adiges of the
huge pile of debris, and it was
feared maszy more bodies would be
found thee center.

Xt waa feared that a crew of 17
negross who were working in the
counter % the building were all
killed. The rescue crews had ngt
been abies ag yet to gat to the place
where the negroes were Working. I¢
wae kuewn thet 15 persons were in
jurst several of whom may di

oy tyero ai) taken to ea hospita
ate an they wore extricate? from
the fallen structure.
avation work at a nearby
me was generaliy assigned a
aune of the collapse of the
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Dozen Persons Unaccounted for—Fear Many More
Bodies Will Be Found in Ruins—Believe 17
Negroes Working in Center of Building were
All Killed-——Several of Injured
Eynected tran Me,
  

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SHELBY, N. C., Aug. 28.—(INS) —Collapse of the
First National Bank building here during a rush business
hour this morning claimed an undertermined number of
dead and injured.

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

Police estimated the death toll would mount steadily
ag rescue crews dug deeper into the debris in search of
bodies.

No accurate check-up could be made of the missing
persons, but 1b 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, secretary to the bank president.

Guy, Green, bank clerk.

Alex Boyd, bank clerk.

Deb Blanton, a farmer who was in the bank.

Carl Blanton, his son.

Aw nnidentifiead man
 It was feared that a crew of seven-
teen negroes who were working In the
center of the building were ail Filled
The rescue crews had not heen able
TO get to the place where the negroes
were working at an early hour this
afternoon

It was known that fifteen persons
were injured, several} of whom were
expected to die They were all tak-
en to a hospital here as they were
dragged from the fallen structure

Excavation work at a nearby bulld~
ing was generally assigned as the
cause of the collapse of the bank
puilding It was known that several
persons were in a grocery store and a
tailor's shop which were a part of
the building, but it was expected to
be nours before that part of the
Structure could be searched thorough-
jy

The collapse occurred during a
Tush hour on this little town's main
thoroughfare, and it was beheved
that several persons in the street be-
low were trapped under the ze-
ecunding deluge of stone and timber

The entire fire and police forces
of Shelby, referred to as ‘the sum-
mer capital of North Carolina," were
taaed to the fullest in controlling
the crowds which gathered around
the scene of disaster

Many volunteers aided in the res~
eve onerstions _
 