The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

a ,knife grasped firmly in her band, as if about to perform
some culinary operation. The next sufferer got out of
the ruins was a young man, Mr. Taylor, jun., the son of
the builder. Although not dead, his injuries were found
to be of so frightful a character that his entrails were
protruding, and but little hopes are entertained of his
recovery. It appears that a heavy beam had fallen
across his body, crushing him in a dreadful manner, as
in so peculiar a way that the beam had to be sawn in
two before he could be extricated. He was at once con-
veyed to the hospital. The workmen were unremitting
in their labours, but it was not until nearly 2 o'clock in
the afternoon that they succeeded in discovering the
bodies of the two carpenters, Turner and Garnett, both
of whom were frightfully crushed and mutilated. They
were got out and also conveyed to the hospital.
Mr. Hughes, principal in the carpet department of
Messrs. Maple's establishment, gives the following ver-
sion of the affair :—Hu states that he was aroused soon
after 6 o'clock by the knocking of the men, who were re-
moving the brickwork for the purpose of underpinning
IVIr. Hunter's party wall. He went into some of the
rooms, and called upon some of the young men to rise,
and about 7 o'clock be saw the cook, Ann Briscoe, with
a broom in her hand, sweeping out the young men's
breakfast room on the second floor of the house num-
bered 146. He then went down stairs to sea what the
men were doing to the wall, and in going down
passed the two carpenters, Turner and Garnett, who
were at the time working at their bench on the second
floor. On reaching the ground fl ,or (level with the
street) he saw, Mr. Johnson'e men, with crowbars,
knocking the blacks out of the party-wall in two places,
at each end of the wall; and, to the best of his judg-
ment he considers that the holes they had then made
were each about five feet long and three high. There
were some of Mr. Taylor's bricklayers at work on
Mr. Maple's side of the wall. He had been looking at
the labourers at work on .the brick work about two or
three minutes, when one of Mr. Taylor's men celled
out, "See how the duet is coming from that wall—l
don't like that ; " and instantly after the same man ex-
claithed "Run, Mr. Hughes! Run for your life; the
wall is coming down !" He (Mr. Hughes) and the
three men ran backward towards the carpet department
of Mr. Maple's premises, which is detached from the
front houses, and had only just passed through the door
when they heard the most frightful crashes, one after
the other, and felt no doubt but that the houses had
fallen. His fright and alarm for some few moments
were so great that he did not know what to do, but he
followed the other men out by the side door, which leads
into Tottenham-place, and lent his aid to rescue the
women, who were at the time the houses fell, in the
sitting-room, and were creeping out of that portion of
the ruins apparently but little injured.
Soon after the occurrence a messenger was des-
patched to Mr. Maple, who resides with his family at
Hampstead. He was much affected at the sad occur-
rence, and informed our reporter that he estimates his
loss at very little short of 10,000/. That portion of
the establishment which is crushed contained about
2,0001. worth of costly furniture. The loss of Mr.
Hunter will not be so severe, as he had no furniture
or any other property in the house 148, which was at
the time a mere carcase. When the bodies of the two
poor fellows Turner and Garnett were discovered they
were found one over the other under their bench,
which was crushed in upon them.

The coroner has appointed Wednesday next for hold•
leg his inquest.
The following is a list of the sufferers :
Fre:ierick Byng (suffaAted while in bed) —dead.
Ann Briscoe (cook)—dead.
Richard Turner (carpenter)—dead.
George Garnett (carpenter)—dead.
George Kevil—dead.

Joseph Taylor, son of the contractor, received a severe
gash in the left groin, about six inches long, completely
severing the bone that unites the thigh to the general
trunk of the body, and exposing the large blood-vessels
in that region. He is likewise severely contused about
the bead; has been perfectly conscious ever since the
accident ; suffers no pain ; and although in a very pre-
carious condition, yet hopes are entertained of his reco-
very.

George Eaton, cashier to Mr. Maple, is severely
bruised about the chest, but, though hii lungs are slightly
inflamed, his chance of recovery is favourable.
The housemaid and a boy were likewise brought to
the hospital yesterday, but were only slightly bruised
and left ►hortly afterwards.