Building Collapses in McKinney, Collin Co, TX Rains County Leader Newspaper ~ Jan 31, 1912 Submitted by Dr. Barbara Allen ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.org/ *********************************************************************** The following was abstracted from the Rains County Leader, dated Jan. 31, 1913. McKinney's Catastrophe Claimed 8 Victims "McKinney, Jan. 24 - McKinney is a city of sorrow. Our people are broken in sorrow because of the fatal collapse of the I. O. O. F. three-story building and a two-story building adjoining at 3:40 p.m.yesterday. THE DEAD: Miss Mary STIFF, clerk, Miss Eva SCAREY, clerk, Miss Kate MILLIGAN, McKinney, customer, Miss Rosa WELCH, McKinney, customer, Miss Bessie WADE, telephone operator, Russell HEIGHT, age 4, R. M. PRESSLEY, age 35, clerk, Leslie W. BUSH, aged 65, of Allen. THE INJURED: John THOMAS, clerk, Mrs. Hugh A. KISTLER, customer, Annie Graves KISTLER, aged 4, Mrs. Wick GRAVES Mrs. Belle McWILLIAMS, clerk, Mrs. W. M. SHIRLEY, wife of County Treasurer, Mrs. Jessie BARNETT, Miss Lyda MOORLAND, Miss Stella RUSSELL, Farmersville, badly hurt, Miss Sissie SEAY, McKinney, slightly hurt... ...it was believed no other bodies would be found."