New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-15


voked. Capt McLane had been grossly denounced by
tie Press at Baltimore and had acted under the belief
that Col Roberts and Capt Hardcaste had acted in sn
unjust and prejud.cial manner toward him II is in
prooi that Capt Hordcastc four lete-s on this
subject, intended for publication 10 an active parti
san III Baltimore Col Roberts had also ,ou.ly acted
TO hs prejudice He had not sought them to create
airsy, as was charged although smaing under sense
ofinjury TO his honor
The Judge Advocate replied briefly to Mr. Barroll
and after private consultation by the Court for short
time it was decided that the decision wosd be an-
nounced at 10 o'clock, A. H., to-day.
TINE Proves ALL THIsGs.-Se7eral months
ogo the Commissioners OF Emigration were the best
abused men in the country, and or Of the City
journals tecmed daily with the most reckless assaults
upon them, in every shape tina; malice could dsvise
Among other things, they charged with making
clinical school of the Wards leland Hospital and per
uniting medical students TO cut and the unlor
tunae inmates at pleasure. Since the opening Of the
Presidential canvass the assaung papers have turned
their poisoned arrows to other game, and the Commits
sioners have gone undisturbed nrd now, when the
enemy i ready TO return 10 hi work. he nis before
him the Report Of the medical year for Wards Island
Hospital, under the management fthc Commissioners
of each year II appears from these statistics that
during the year ending astAugust, nearly four thou
sand surgical patients were under treatmen, for diseases
which ere classified as General, Ophhalmc and
SyIblitic On this number the rsto Of desth- less
than two per cent. result considering that many
capital operations performed and that The diseases
generally Of an acute character without parallel in
the history of Hospital practice In fact this per csntage
is less than that on the entire population of the City
(Which is about four per cent including both the well
and the sick
Patients remaining in the Hospital Sept l. 1851. s16
Admitted during the year ending Sept, i, 1852.
Total under treatment. ...............3 1895
Discharged during the
Ded ............'........ ~
Total ........................3Ja j
Remaining in the Hospital Sept l. Is52........... $40
Per centage Of mortality cases treated, 90
TERRIBLE AND FATAL AccIDEyT-The VII
lsge of stapleton Staten Island was. Friday after
noon, the scene of a rost alarming aud fatal
catastrophe. At about o'clock, the immense feed
store of Messrs Wohlrsbe g. Widmayer was Oh.
served to totter from the roof to foundation for
moment and Immediately fell with tremendous CRASH
buryng eight persons in it, ruins The greatest conster
nation prevailed among the surrounding inhabitants and
the cause The most generally received opinion seems
be that the late heavy and sudden rains had caused the
soft ground beneath the building settle down and that
the weight OF the house. with that of the large stock
stored in it, forced the front wall which, it SAID
not properly anchored to the tiwbcrs.
The front wall dragged the roof after it, thus splitting
open the rear and side walls that they fell the same
instant The front wall fell first and say that the
brick piers between the doors sufficiently
strong others that the sandstone heads the doors
Cracked by one letting down the brick work. and
thus demolfhng the entire structure From Whatever
the calamity the result was terrible; eight
persons were buried in the heap OF ruins and after.
ward found, two were instantly killed.
There i'll the store and upper part Of the building
at the tines woman child, and others having
most providentially gone out-the following persons
Mr. WohlTabe, of the parties in the irm John
McMara, aged % years; John Lacy, lG; James Nc.
DemCtt, 20 John Irwin, (colOred) % John Dunn,
(colored) 20; Jacob Ktner, German, so and another
person, name not known, who escaped with sliyh.
injury, aId went away,
The escape of two OF them almost miraculous
Mr.. Wohlrsbe upon the second floor standing
he Of the building when the floor above fell upon
him. He knocked flat upon his back upon pile of
iced in begs, and the floor above which loaded with
bale hay, pressed upon him, pinon his and
legs firmly and bruise his chest dreadfully ExtrnOrd
nary to tell his head came between two huge beams
and he thus breahcd freely until he was rescued He
Jay in this narrowing and dangerous position two hours
John Dunn also standing the second floor, but
the descending one from above crushed him down be
tween the two Ills head and shoulders got also between
The beams ind other parts Of the oor that his life
saved. While the men were employed in clearing
away the stuff from the upper floor, some feed 90
lco.e and rolling ebout his face nearly smohcred him
Justice Frcan promptly ran down his hand aud felt
the mans face; he then kept the feed away from his
face and nosris to permit him to brsstha until
rescucd
John McMara, single man, ostler in n livery sta
bic opposite, aged 25.
john Lacy, con Gf a widow, in the employ Of Lee,
Morris & Co., 6ged TO-
WOUNDED.
Mr.. Wohlrabe, badly in the right knee-2ar.al
DEDICATION Of right wrist, and badly bruised boiy,
head chest, and lower extrcmities
John Dunn, left arm fractured in two places, and
badly bruised in limbs and body
James McDennot, fracture OF collar bone, with very
bad Commissions.
Jacob Ketner, of large family badly woun led
on the head and bruised upon the arms
As the west wall of the building fell, it destroyed
a bakers shop which udjoined, burying up the entire
building. young man named Amor Letz, asleep
in it at the moment and dreadful anxiety existed
10 his fate. After great eNerton he got out
having sustained fracture of his colarbone dsoca-
ton OF the shoulder joint and dreadful bruises 1t
was reported the next morning that he had died during
the night but early hour he rather easy and
doing well
There also existed rumor that woman sni child Law
yet beneath the crumbed mass bu, i, is now satisfac
torily ascertaned that they had left the store few
moments previous TO the disaster.
The inhabitants are loud in their praise of the con.
duct Of Justice Frean upon this sad occasion lie wa.
upon the spot with Constabes Giles Blake and Silva in