New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-31
FALL OF 4 GAS HOUSE
THREE MEN KILLED.
ELEVEN PERSONS BADLY WOUNDED.
NAMES OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED {
crLpaBLn >KGLior.cR or Tnr BUILDER.

About o. clock on Saturday afternoon last the nhab.
ants OF the lower part Of The City startled by IN;
grcvous intelligence of fearful catastrophe IN the neyh-
bsrhood of Fourteenhst. by which some forty or fifty
persons had lost their lives and many Others been mmi
nently eoparded Fortunately the report enormously
exaggerated though it proved hat at least three persons
were hurried uushrvcd ato eternity and some twelve or
thirteen others cariuly uta;ed OF them IS 10 he
feared TO q fatal degree.
Tho faots OF the case are abou. year ago the MN
haitian Gas Company commenced the erection Of eNteR-
.ive buildings the foot OF Foureenth-i East River,
upon what is termed mode ground or hled-in water
lots Thee bu dings occupied the space between Four
,oonth and Fiftoenth-sis., and noary block in
length Tie materials of which ;hey were composed aro
brick and IRON In loun they three oblons hal.-,
running parallel with Fourocuth-s:, each hall being COW
cred with peaked roof The three buildings were ls6
feet in width and PAS feet III length The r0Oi frame
composed of wrought iron with truss and diagonal bra
cings The main girior raior were bo!ied INT" nugo
cutters Of cast ron that the three peaks were in reality
but ono reof and any defect would overthrow The
whole The roof was supported on the ends ny 10 inch
brick wall and 1T the outs.dcs by p columns OF BRICK
ON both des. each Of which were 20 feet IN high ami
feet nv u inches th;cS. The confer cutters were
each upborne by iron pillars. In thj. extensive
roof were O0o pounds OF wrought iron who the cast
iron qutier and pillars ghed 900 pounds more Tho
roof OF the building toward Feon;hst. had been onrely
slated the center about twO-,his finished, and
the roo Of Inc building neat 10 Fonrteenh-st hal ns
been touched. The aggregate weight oi slate upon the
two roof amounted to 200 tons.
In and abou, ,hs building were employed some one
hundred aud twenty men together with horses Soon a.
ter the workmon had returned from their MONDAY meal
the accident. if such il be termed, occurred The
frst indie alton was the falling OF scaToldng that had
-. f.I al cOndeH-pg end oil
which res ed On Tue slated roof then tie center roof
observed 10 suddenly twist around fa and drag me two
outside roots in upon IT, throwing the Of center ?
ars ip oppose directions the outside brick pillars, sn
each side toward the and prccipitains the end
walls inward upon the roof frame.
The noise OF the fail is dee -ribed by eye-wnesses
ssmbing the sudden escape OF large yslumo OF steam
instantly followed by the Groons, shreSs and mpresaeHs
Of he wounded End dying As practicable aisef he
stupor which such catastrophe naturally produced hal
worn Of promp. measures we're taken to the su
ferinq nom the wreck This however, was 10 ordinary
tack The great iron bars had ;Ei-od Themselves into
every conceivable conyou,on and in many places pro
.ented the imprsctcace mazes oi IRON 70 Is
Beneath these men we're sBering IN incvtcabie agony
while IN other places tie falling br,k walls had caught
those who had escaped the mesie OF The ron syalssche
In one direction cErinGn whose humanity Tor .!s
hors- prevented him from securing his o"n safely "hle
enleayong te the poor animal he hn-e sustained
fracture OF Lie thigh and while his Efforts in 6eh al
Of hi. horse were futile, heavy mass Of metal ha'n;
broken It's c causing the bone - p.OtTuae through TIE
sku. In an-her place ieborer standing unharned
IN sspud horror bet .een the iron rods h- wlecibafow
dashed from MS hands and traDxed By grter Another
man. engaged in stating the middle roof fell With IT, sls-
tang no Other damage than tine earin- Of % the lee his
trousers And 20 we Nigh. enumerate incidents and
escspes 10 an unlimited extent
or those taken from the ruin wee
KILLED.
PArsicE SHT. labJrer. residing S-xtseathsi.. be
~ zen Avenues = and b. The deceased wa a married
man wears OF oyc. and leaves q vile AMI family
COENGlI> NlthoFf foreman OF the bra Saver, We
,aken out alive hut died in half hour alter Deceased
resided in Williamsburg D, WAS ~ years oi age anu
O. vile ard children. H. was literally crushed 20 death
ard pre ened melancholy spectacle when tken ron me
ruins. On being conveyed 20 his home, No. ~ Norm
sixth n WILLIAMSBURG il thought tia; h. wa per
ectv unconscious Of every thing about him but he re-
coen7ed his wife ard friends innCdiai'Iy. KNOW my
pcor wife sad he and that she feels sorry tor me
jaws GltIHooLEr, blacksmith was iaaen oli awe
but died Of HE injuries shortly Ser'
WOUNDED.
Roman Jr>S, carnaI p years Of 9-e ana rnm3rred.
Tbs mn resides in Feurieeniht His thigh amt am
4re fractured and b. received severe wound III tnf
scap Junk Wa the extreme end OF The budding "i'h
his bore ana cart unC might himself nave ready csc @
but in ,r, in 10 save lis horse the brck wall ana large
mas of cast.iror overwhelmed both Ills animal 2. 20
badly injured the c. being broken and The bone SIC ing
out thar i deemed Necessary 20 XII IT, iHe
IA t r, IN fe.l IL own tjuries but paved away with
n, nund foo, 70 e1ricae iis master The man not eK-
pected 10 survive. MI, s
Tuoy,> Ft,Slc,s. laborer single aged p compound
ro,tur of the le, IT., was conveyed 20 The CRY hos
ptGl , -. FINAL .r;,-,s
H. r.,idenr. WAS in Iventy-frstst between fir,av.
sn5 Av,rue A He was taken TO Bellevue Hospital
THeNA> KELLY AGED -. severe wound IN The hsd ana
compound fracture of the thigh. He was conveyed 70 me
S,NYorS Hospital Ills situation l. deemed very critical;
TYov,- G,-IRy. aced 81 both thighs fractured and
other severe injuries He also conveyed to the New
York Hospital where he lies IN al exceedingly cfi's'
situation.
WILLIAM SYNIs. leborer badly bruised.
Mus Burns slater, seriously injured.
GEORGE WHITE, supposed 10 be ia'any u ~ -
J.srs MAHosrY o YEAR old wound OF the scalp ana
fr,trr,d ann He conveyed 10 hs residence ooFer
nf Fiplt,,ril.,i arc Terth-av.
I.vrs >ttInis. halt injured tH' iH' ecu Il'' ~
r..-. \ ttt.f thD severed. -fAf'4 -..+ 81