The New York herald., 1850-05-02

day; ther. VA. variety Of opinion - 70 wAsth.r n.
wall would fall; did mot selisvs IL would fall
| asksd II IL could not be taken down, commencias
frop the top; did not feel authorised thro~ tn
wall down. inasmuch ID in charge OF the iremeu
Samuel b. Caldwell sworn-Resides In Brooklyn; AN
in the employ OF Centre CO.. they had - no worth
Of cotton In 81 Water street; WAS directed by my
employer TO superintend the removal Of this cotton
on Saturday had seven men In No 81 and ak IN Al
In the heard no apprehension Expressed OF the
wall falling my imp ression that there WAS
danger; Mr.. Noble went up with mo and viewed the
wall he ssid the wall could not bs thrown over; it
could be removed only by picking OF the bricks from
| the top; I was in the building No 81 Water street
when the at work; was at work under tn.
wall about two minutes before the wall fsll; som. o'
| the men In my employ killed; looked At the
wall Monday morning and could p'rceiv" no a't
ference In its appearance ut that time ana SA'urd
night Iii.
sworn-Op Monday morning about half psstl o'clock
was informed that the gabl" end OF the oohuea wiro
house Rad fallen and buried several persons o,
meath the ruins: immediately procrrdsd thith,r
with reserve Of police from the station house for IN
purpo.e OF removing he bodies from the ruins: en-
poy ed number Of men for that purpose hut nr-i-
tntcd 10 set them at work account OF the various
opinions expressed to the dangerous position OF thc
shi. end ~ No 81 Water street. sent for the Chisi
| of Police usasurrs were soon taken to secure thr
| gable end Of No ~ and II was done; 'he w"rkm'n
then proceeded to remove the remains: fve d'ad bo-
dies were extrcsted from the ruins at that time two
had been previously taken out alive and dr'
soon after; was taken to the hospital aud on"
| died in loft Of store near the ruins.
Thomas Holmes NJ d sworn-I have made m "x-
ernal examinaton OF the bodies OF the deceacd tny
prescnt many fractures of their various homes ard
many decorations OF the heshy portions ~ the noiy
he injuries sufficient to cause death M donbt
death cnsued from the effect Of hard substances falling
upon them.
CoRorER's CHARGE.
The witnesses In the case having all been examined
Coroner proceeded to read the testimony TO the
The Coroner said he did not deem necessary to yo
into an elaborate charge. The jury had heard tho
testimony from the mouths of the witnesses them
selves. Ie did not see that positive blame could he
charged upon any one. The N ayor. 1t would seem
RI lied upon Mr. Whitneys promise that the Wall
should he secured: while Mr. whitney seems to have
left all TO Mr Tucker his builder One fact however
seems TO appear-viz. that the fears of the Mayor
were allsyed by Mr. whitncys promise to attend to
the matter and hence the authorities did not
the course they otherwise would have done But then.
IL msy be said that the Mayor allowed too long time
to clapse after this promise made to him This
his honor explains in his testimony when he states
that the property having been given into charge Of
the insurn companies the city authorities ceased
TO have control over il. The Coroner recommended
t. the jury that they should include in Their verdict
'hc passnge Of an act making 1t legal for officers OF the
police fire department to give directions for th-
removal of walls or buildings. in cases similar to the
now under consideration.
Tho jury retired and after absence Of about half
hour. returned with the following verdict.
VERDICT or THE JURY.
"The Jury find hat he deceased to their deaths
~ he falling Of the south wall o the store No 30
Water street while engaged in clearing away the ru
ins from No 81 Water street The jury cannot attach
blame any Of the city authorities the Pirc De-
psri the parties Interested Id the building
or the goods contain. d herein"
Thus ended the two days inquest. The proceedings
all before the public and 1t Is part Of the
pcIter's duty to comment upon them But the public
will comment upon the subject eight lives being lost
under circumstances such as are here detailed The
Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department the dan
gar ard ordered his men of. 20 ~ not to endaneer
their lives Tie also recommended the unading Of the
bonded warehouse and then the throwing down of the
hanging wall His orders to his obeyed and
accident happened to them from the falling Of the
wall But his suggestion (he could not order i To take
The goods out of the store and throw the wall over
was not complied with: and hence the sad result.