The New York herald., 1850-04-30

Falling Of the Bonded Warehouse In Water
street, and tho Old Chemical Bank
Building I'm Broadway.
EIGHT SONS KILLED,
&C., &C., &c.
&C., &C., &c.

day OF Hague street cntasrophe the day OF
the falling Of the church in Brooklyn and on yes
terdsy occurred two terrible dissster which, though
not of tho same extent are st sufficiently appalling
1t will DO recollected that Friday last called
attention 10 the dangerous condition of the bonded
warehouse In Water street, next to tho FIRE that
Cured on Wednesday night. Our warning un-
needed, ct least not acted upon, and the conse-
Quence Ia most fatal.
Tho gable end wall OF this building, next to the
store that burned down. projected out partly In
consequence Of the excessive weight placed against It,
and partly from Its losing the support OF the wall Of
the store which fell with the exception Of the front
wall which stands. 1t swsyed to and fro in most
frightful manner SO much did the Chief Engineer
spprehend danger that he would allow the Aremen
to go under to play the hose upon the burning ruins
and completely extinguish the fire. We think the
Chief Engineer had authority enough to pull down the
wall have often him order walls to be pulled
down after Ares when they endangered the lives Of the
passers by He applied to the Mayor. The Mayor, the
Chief Of and the Comptroller went to the ground
on Friday; and 1t suggested that the floors in the
bonded warehouse being oaded of the goods
should be removed An order came from Mr. Maxwell,
the Collector not to allow single thing to be removed
and surveyors had examined the building and pro-
nounced 1t all safe though the peak Of the gable pro-
jscttd from fifteen to eighteen inches over the ruins
also present ana Mr. Tucker the builder and xider
man Smith, who is also builder Both OF the latter
gentle men, We understand declared the building itself
to be safe but thought there danger Of the
peak falling. II was then agreed to pull the peak
down. have secured and in the meantime to fence
the ruins in. that nobody could be endangered The
Mayor relying upon the good faith of this arrange
ment and fearing after the decision Of learned arch
tects and survey ors that if he ordered it to be- pulled
down the city would be mulcted in action for da-
images. allowed the matter to rest In this think,
he, as well as the Chief Engineer was in error The
wall pulled down. at any risk. jury under such cir
cumktances would have given very small damages, IL
any Mr. Tucker states that he proposed pulling the
peak down Saturday though he had no authority
from Mr. Whitney. but that the insurance companies
danger OF men walkins under the building All warn
ines dcspsed just in the Hague street tragedy
and men whose lives were valued less than handful
Of coton-were set to work for Center Co. to
a few damaged bales Until Monday men could not
be got to work under the impending danger; but,
fortunately. twelye-and know not how many
more-were induced to risk their lives; or probably
they told the danger the learned sur
yeyors spd architects had said So Thus they
brought like sheep to the slaughter Totering to its
fall it the rain Sunday night and yesterday
morning made II so much heavier that IL came down
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon wih tremendous crash
burying at least eight under the ruins Three were
taken out mmc mcdia,ely namely Edward Mcshane, 6a
Cherry street, dead John Driscol both Of whose legs
w,re broken. and who died In the City Hospital in
very short time after his remoyal and Thsmss Leahy,
who was taken out slightly hurt Hugh Meshane, the
nor and John Harvey, escaped, simply becsuse they
side out of the range Of the falling bricks
fixing the bales Of cotton that the other men had taken
the ruins. OF those that buried beneath.
therc was hope; and, consequently, there no
mmc diate effort made to extricse them. But there
Was another reason why there delay In getting
the bodies 1t observed that the gable Of Work
brakes store No a. at the south side OF the ruins OF
s. snd exactly corresponding with the gable that had
just fallen pro citing eighteen INCHES; and
would not venture their lives under Il I'LL in
degree secured The Mayor Chicfof Police. Chief
Engineer Capt Wiley ofthe First ward police Assistant
Capts Fulton and snodgrass were In attendance and
rendered every assistance. The Chief Of Police and
Mayor In ascending the different stories of the store
ofwotk aud Drake commented severely upon tbs I'm
prcpreiy of that store and others being left with the
hstohways insecure, not only without covering but
milling around them TO protect persons from falling
down. The Chief Of Police remarked that his mon
In constant danger from this as they went
into stores In times Of fire to protect the property and
the Mayor snid clause ought TO be inserted in every
policy OF insurance rendering the insurance void II
the hstchwsys in every store and warehouse
properly guarded.
and MIR. Mat,ell, Chief Of Police, Mr. Tucker then
caused the gable TO be held by Of iron clamps
with chains attached and run into the inside. and
there made fast But II very far from being
dered safe by this operation for the top projected as
much ever, not more and II was agreed to take II
down this dsy The workmen, however believed II to
be all right and they commenced removing the bricks
and searching for the bodies. In the meantime the
spectators and especially the relatives of those who
were known to be under the ruins were in state OF
painful excitement. Al length. the worst apprehsn
sions we're realized, and dead body after dad body
taken out mangled and mutated In the most
shocking manner and conveyed to the First ward sta
tion houss Five were recovered besides the two ~e
have already mentioned. namely John uour,gan. Pat
rick barry. John Hsyes, william Pratt aud John
Lavery A. this made eleven names In all. and only
those eleven were returned By the engaged
in the work, the search was given over about
O'Clock. But n woman, With tears In her eyes. the
wife Of a man named Riley, residing IN Washington
street. sprlsd for Information about her husband.
who che stated worked 1T the rufus on Saturday aud
lett the boase ON that morning cionday). With his
dinner kettle to To work nj the same place IL was
then eight o'clock aud bs appearance up to that
time lsrt doubt upcn her mind that be. too. was
%ops hs % .a 1nI sSns s,, s's s.s srsS ans "a
b. stl urdrr the ruins u question that remains 20
he solved The following Is the list Of the dead the
WOUNDED and the living as far as ~e have been able
to ascertain Ia -
John IIourigan ~ oliver street IS years native Of
1relnpd-dssd
Patrick Barry 10 Cherry street, q years Of age,
native OF ireland dead
EDWARD neshans, "a Cherry street 20 years Of age
native of If,land-dsad.
John Hay,s 10 Front street, 2s years Of age native
OF finisbo,oead' n,
Jebn La,ery. 81 oliver street, 2s years of sge,
john DriseoIl, water street, . native OF ireland
dead
John Riley. Washington street, native Of Ireland
Thomas Leahy wounded.
Huth Meshsne--escspcd unhurt
Michael tonnor- safe.
John Hsrv.y-safe.
The maDglsd remains of the dead In the foregoing
lt preeenfed sight arnost too horrible for humanity
90 t.ar Lavery's head and face made perfectly
fat others had their vtas crushed out, whlr their
heads and faces appyar,d uninjured whie the faces
in addition to injuries a which doubt they would
have toon dhd The face 81 John Hayes was rendered
white ~ " IL painted, the Hour having been
in b, dds iLto u he buried under two or thrse
ea,ls ~ -four Pratt also. crushed aud mangicd
beneath cnsks Of -four These with the agOn-
~ moth aud wives. and sisters. and daughters
weeping. and refusing to he cofnfortsd becsuse the
d,srsi OlJ,ets Of th,ir affections more exhi
tnsd tc, that feel utterly unable TO describe.
The torouer was 40 engaged With other inqnests
thai he unable to attend yesterday. and most %
the bodies perrottsd 20 be taken 20 the re- idcn
~ their ffiends Ia the evening An ioq viii be
held to-day and " 90 b. hoped that thorough In
rptgsiOn will be instituted into the cause this dire
calamity aud the responsibility placed upon the right
fhculdsrs
ACCIDENT At TIE OLD CHEMICAL BASK-NfNB Bo-
pps HrREp UNDER THE RUINS.
About haIfpast O'Clock yesterday morning a. the
~orkmen engaged In pulling dcwni he old building
formerly occupied by the Chemical Bank, the floor on
IN. third story suddenly way In consequence q
the eide supporters being cut away and fell carrying
with II the aoora below to the baetment eruhing un-
dn,sth several lsborrrs and earpenters The follow