Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-03

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Aoffiblo Accident Sudden Dc1lrucuono OF
lLon-aLH end L.ll..

4efrlblo Accident Sudden poatructlonol
Property and Life.
a sudden and most calamlouo accidents alien
ded With The lce5 Of three lives, occurred yesler
day Afternoon nj The extensive gps woikaol me
hlanhailon Company situated 1t HE icpi OF fonF-
leenlh street, Boat tlYeT, 10 ihiscly
AT Quofloi past one O'Clock, the lnboicla nnt
Others employedi In the works returned ilom diu-
|htr, and hadonly been few nlmuiesin Tho yald
whenfhe brick walls which aiislqlncd The new
land extensive iron roofs OF tls building ZEN 20
fhe ground with crash, carrying fools and slp
porting pillars viii Them anapntylpg many nep
and horses inthe ruins
The calamity was Roaudlen and the RUNS 80
eStensive that, when frsl observed, 1t appettd as
M mo nefsun could have escaped, and tllemost
acknowledgements weie Immediately lorwaided over
lhei cilys regatding tbc lumber killed ant wnunls
sed. Some said dlly had blen ihkenout dead ni-
ifeady. and an nsTetd mi asserting that AZ least one
hnndfed ln1iviunls were eericusly injufed
curfeponels Immediately visited The wotAs and
found HAT the new brick walls bounding the
yard on the line of Fourteenth street on one eide
Avenue h ia font andao tue gas generating
works on,the opposite side,et Fifteenth street,
and the eaet wall on avenue q had fgllepiin,
These walls were ofbllcki about sixteen inches
k.audappatenty he nbuiltinasubsanliala
manner. Frey were divided by brck ppltllionsof
equal thickness, and supnotled'upon ttellis work
iron footsI of legitimate but great extent, which
was PROCESS fbeing SLATED fIonlll e side gest-
ling on Flfleenlh street. The supports of these
roofs were two atclesi starting from HE centSeo
The building 10 the SIDES of The yard, and mum.
iberoi iTou pillnfa,
Y on eulefing The ruins our reporters found ~ AL.
most dessIledS but labor They atcellaiDs
.eti' tfatthIee NEIL brick Layers mpchin.
iiured that tteydled ih iewnllnutesaftefbeing
taken 6ul, and thifseenwete mogeug less wounded.
No one would attempt 70 olIeEnny opinion as To-
theiplobabie reason of The CALAMITY nor did any
person hbpIt The bul ding SCENE esifcusof cpnyeE-
sing with Tie fepofteFso the press. ~ Is, how
evef, ptesumedg that the wallis Had been shaken BY
The sudden gust Of "wednesday night anil pethaps
cracked 5by the vibration Of the roll, induced NJ
All eleclHo induenta The lion skelelon ofs The
roofing NY 81 Tie ggolnd alet ID accident, In the
same shape os II Iealel on th6 wailsI and 10 Iris
citcunslance nny be attributed the esehpe ,of SHo
many pefsoes, for es ihe iIon bars eliot bro
they sci on the gtound on end iu HE Shape ol
large IRON undsl Which nmanmigli NJ easily
walk.
The entire structure intasnfed one hiihdfeland
eighty feet long Ny ore hundred and fiiy. To
every appeafnncej was sold and stlbslhpsiAl,
bHck bnilding, the brcks having ~ Deei cafeiult
ly selected IL eonloinea successive toofs,
formed Of iron work elpng The Whole sDtse OF
which ran AM iron supporter, on tielfooi lehwas
pronpet up by iion elupins on The insile and Dy
brick pillars on the outside the iofnier being
twenty 1--we ieet high and eight inches 10 daine-.
ter mud the latter OF tile same height but Two feet
byleiehleeninch In thiokresa twill be seen
|ihetelofeS tbalihe isht Of 4he fcol sle1
upon THIS teTod and ihe pillats, and that eilhel
lof shese giving NAY would cause Che eecldentw we
Tie sccident occurred abont half pat lwoSos.
clock, r and those who were upon tho spot
say that thenoise was like ihe h6sing oialeAni OF
tie Splosonofa boiler Thelosition Of thefsia