The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-11

killed few days since. in Thirty street
Cd ct II O'Clock yesterday norniSg, ct tho coreasrs
once City Hall. The following jury was sworn By ccro
ner Ives
j. G Duncan, n. 3 Dash
" PsBkey, q d. Ward
u vLckefy W. Browne.
W q. Barnes, w. Aroher,
r. X. Sutton
Elizabeth Weber sworn-I xeside at llo Eighth street.
my husband George Weber, Vas engaged on the nex
Lexington avenue, the day fell tina; Tuesday,
the h inst ne boss carpenter 10 left ths house At
O'Clock in the morning and intended to be 81 the bald
ing At dinner time; xt OF him ct the Bellevue
Dead House identified the body BY his features and
drees.
Fielder; his foreman at the building IL was forty
by ff,y feet there brick partition wall It Was
four stories high it vas topped out ready for the root
tier tf grder beams from wall wall: there
three gders ut the cellar two ON the arst story OF
the brick work only on the second stcry and ono
this third 10 the top Of the brick work there
joint uprights supporting the gigders; how many
ray the front completed and the cornce on The
rear wall was aeady up; the walls were twelve inches
wall Of twenty inches thick; the stone ia the
Foundation good quarry stone; consider the NOR
good working mortar; do not know the proper
t,on OF lime used in it, have worked the trade
years do not know what proportion ct lne 60
Sand used in making good mortar the sand vas mixed
and the gable end the west side coInicg in;
every story braced the top beams and raftcr
all lying the top grder and the wall on the Lex
retcn avenue side four braces gable
END ON the inside; and five il not to the front
and rear; In my opinion the weight Of the beams
which the grder to give way; this drew the wall
with It: that the gTder TO the top story
NOT properly secured by uprghts and braces it hsd
properly secured 1t could not have tumbled have
the carpenters often to spread the beams but
they seud not have also tAd Mr. Fielder the Orders
the wall coming in nm out to the rear q tine building
Thirty third street, the walls !e In; assisted
in clearing away the beams found George Weber near
the middle of the gable end he taken out of the
and the police took hin away; found Georges
DcheTty the ruins also he apprensced brick
layer; he well Weber, was taken out dead there
were Ave others wounded it i've six weeks since
commenced the erection of those buildings; J. w.
Fielder had the contract and r. D. Fielder contracted
for the carpenter work
Pal rick Gary s.o,n-I reside at No. 153 avenue D;
am spprentcsd to MT r. Fielder; was at work in the
twelve inches thick the first tier Of beams do not
know the size OF the be ANS consider the mortar
fair it was good mortar the walls were ready for the
story to the and to each story above
it four story building every story was we'll bIaced
braoed them myself biaced them with val strips and
jos tho the upper story hoisted the
morning OF tho accident they had not been up more
than ten minutes when the building fell heard crack,
and Slayen told to run; it al fell in buryng George
Weber George Doherty and Eve Others in the ruins the
tao first taken out dead; believe that the weight
properly braced caused the walls to tumble I'M the bck
was rstfate; do not know how many uprights
placed under the sders there was bat one to support
the top girder. Upon q examination witness stated
that the mortar made with barrel to three
losds Of sand before Kidding Of the called sand
three fourths sand and one fourth oam the front
Of the building started story ahead OF the
D. Weeks being duly sworn, depossd-I reside q.
No. 70 Thi avenue !; am mason !; 1 engaged in
building directly opposite the of the building that
fell got there about twenty minutes afterwards; saw
the materials used in the building = progressing
and after it fell should think that the mortar used
good mortar. there is rule for making mortar to
M krosle6ge I do not know what kind Of lime was
general thing sharp sand is The best Kind Of sand used
in the manufacture Of mortar did not examine the
sand only at distance thought at sight that It was
good Sand: thought from the color Sc euld judge
from the mortar used that there sharp sand in 1t
examined after the building fell looked at the stone
founoaton wills they we'll laid should think that
the brick walls we're well laid also should think they
were twelve inches thiok the ground upon which the
building stood soft grounds cid not notice the tim
it fell should think that the timbers good yard
timosrs did not. any time. notice the manner
means Of judging, Of my own knowledge, what
caused the building to fall if there was but one upright
placed under the upper grder should think that the
Of the beams hoisted up and placed top of it,
would have caused the building to fall it the
trainers business to have shored up the girders tue
building progressed 1t makes difference what
teriEle used how the walls the weight
placed upon top Of the grdec without being properly
braced would have caused 1t to fall / cannot say
whether the sand in the mortar sufficiently to
warrant the use Of loan should think that mortar
made in the proportion OF one barrel OF lime to three
loads of saud. would make bad mortar barrel of
good lime will take from and halt to two loads Of
sand.
Thompson street; am carpenter and builder; have
examined the materials used the erection Of the build
the timber more particularly the timber saw thrre
three inches by nn and three inches by ten beams
they what is termed Eastern yard ,imbors except
the gIcers whioi Of yellow pine; the irders
eight inches by eight if there had been eirders all the
way up and upright posts under these Orders at dis
taDce Of feat apart the beams wod then have been
efficiently strong to have carried the building D. and
thVn after the pastn had been let in of opinion
it would have been sufficiently strong for dSeing out
Nome hal no Hr.ta lytr
The giTder been directly the upright think II
might have held it, but had it been placed any way be
tween the upright and the wall II would have broken
james Berien dspose6-I reside at Harlem; /
architect, went this morning and examined the ruins
Of the bu ding IL. material and tmbers seemed 70 Dc
wh,ch JAGGED occupied the grounds; that is If thu
building to have been used as dwelling, or as
factory for light business from the testimony, as de
tailed By the witnesses consider the fs Of the building
attributable to negligence want Of dsmeDt If
placing the mbers in pie and in aot causing
supports be placed under the giders should be tht
duty Of the original contractor to that the building
was put up in safe aud proper manner.
Mary Doberty sworn - reside at No. 40 Twelfth
street. the mother Of George Doherty the deceased
first heard Of my cons death little sitter three
O'Clock on the afternoon OF Friday last At about half
past four went to the dead house OF Bellevue Hospital
recognized it the body Of my his age about
nineteen years; he was born in New York no was ap
preutced to Mr Fielder.
James Observation-Disclosures the timbers that were
hcbted up 10y Ia pile on tho gable end next Lexington
and Thirty second street about twelve thirteen
ites from thc Festeu emu ON
der and the OIL the LIE xngton gable cad
feT remember the uprghts under tine centre Of
the glider.
At this point Of the inquiry Coroner Ives adjourned
the nyeecaica until nine O'Clock this morning when u
will be resumed at the same room (No 81 in the City
Hall.
We wish to state that In our report Of the fall Of this
buiio Dg emitted 20 notice the gallant and huma
eKeitons of The members Of Red jacket Hose company,
NO 49, for tbs recovery Of the bodies and the relief OF
the survivors This the eorpsny may attribute entirely
to the great confusion and excitement prevailing when
our reporter arrived upon the spot Tie conduct OF the
men was most prsisenortby
THE MURRAY STREET CATASTROPHE, IN NOVEMBER.
Coroner Ives has concluded his investigation as to the
cause of the late dent in Murray street. where by
the flirg Of the cofnice stones of building two
men named hcIntaggt received serious I'M uries, Of
which one Patrick died in few days after TIE inquest
was commenced at the residence Of the deceased
No q Mulberry STREET upon the I'D ult and ad-
for want Of the at ndance Of witnesses 1t has
been frequently postponed since, owing TO the illness Of
one OF the jury Leland Thurston foreman Of the build