The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ISLINGTON.

The Superintending Architect (Mr. Vulliamy)
presented the following report :
"Fall of House, west side of Islington-green.
" I have to report that an inspection of the pre-
mises has been made on the 27th ult., before the
ruins had been much disturbed, when the fact that
the front wall fell upon its own base, or perpen-
dicularly, and net inwards, as represented in some
of the newspapers, was clearly discernible.
" The building was for a public house on the site
of an old one, and was being rapidly hastened
to completion before the cattle-show on the 7th
of December. From the district surveyor's
clerk, who was present, the following particulars
have been gathered :—Mr. Mosely received notice on
or about the 22d of October, so that in a month and
five days the building was completed in carcase, and
some of the sash frames were being fixed. The
frontage is 36 feet, and the wall which fell went up
through four stories. It was 18 inches thick in the
basement, and had piers in the ground story sup-
porting brestsummers 14in by 12in, with a flitch of
iron in the centre. These brestsummers had five
points of support, and they were built in cement."
Mr. VIILLIAIIY, the architect, proceeded to state
that after a careful examination of the circumstances
connected with this unhappy affair, he was de-
cidedly of opinion that over-haste was employed,
not only in completing the building, but also in fol-
lowing up the other works, which would necessarily
cause a great jar upon the unset and green brick-
work.
A letter was then read from Mr. W. Mosely, the
district surveyor, in which he attributed the failure
to the want of a due and sufficient settling of the
mortar and cement, from the state of the atmos-
phere, the rapidity of the execution of the works, or
the vibration of the scaffolding, or perhaps the whole
combined. It is only fair to Mr. Mosely to state
that he claims to be exonerated from all blame in the
transaction.
The whole subject was referred to the Streets and
General Purposes Committee for a report.
The Board then adjourned.

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