The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-18

SUNDAY MORNING
FR6h1Ful ACCIDENT N WILLIAMSBURG.
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Caving m or an Enaap kmsnt-vu~ Persons
Killsd-Elaarbrssdth Eseapss-msianenosy
Scenes, Etc.
most melancholy accident sasnded win Ian OF nss,
occurred In the ww OF Nss. 20 and 81 Rsnssn street.
between Union and l0gimsr avenues, WksusSuYg yes-
serday fosnoca. rsw psEsoas wsrs, wAous .he Sigh.
81 vasBos launched mo aesuiU, and the hearts Of
many psr people wsse aads rad end gloomy in ooase
quence Tns victims were aose naseas, vbo we're en-
psoyed upon IN extensive lager htr vHult which IN
onurse sf erection st TIE rear Of tbe Shove mentioned
place, when heavy naass d earth fell upon thess frcn
The embAnkment above producing ruccaSon and dessa
The building wAs being erected by Sebastian Schnsder
heok wine merchant Ia tba. neignborhood, aud 81 the
time Of the accidsn nj no less thar iwcry FIVE
sayeS G work. The foundation ~as being laid abor
forty fces below the eve ef sbe street. and had
raised xhOs ak feet wssn tho Aoodes On the
west SIDE Of the sxosvslou, aoos 30 feel sbove the
gos wnsss the wmkmsn were engaged, aAads ham
Acr1e Daring The rain the previous night TIE earth
forming tne edge Of the enbar knent upon which III
housc stood had become icosened unnown 10 he worx
men. Ancut II O'Clock A. u while tho Scu mssca.
George Bercky, and some str otAsr Germans,
were engaged In the erection Of the Foundation, ,nne
dhsey under the frame nourc already referred TO- the
Icose esrtb, rising peperdiculary sbove them to the
height u 80 feet more suddenly gaze wy, nsisa-
h. sousIy four or The poor fellows en.cmbed beneath
mass Of sand and stones weighing at eas ten fneen
tors Thst side Of !hs vault almost entirely choked
up saa he sc.diSg upon whoh the mer were stsndng
oovsred 0g to the pin Of nearly Twelve feet
1efpg any atte, nj prompt oct OF the Qnesuor
re 'secres and other mascns who engaged
the huditg immediately gsve the alarm 70 the police and
precssAtionS made 10 dig ont the voraer, but
oeriGson great tha8 much delay wss experienced
r :be eSr, 70 those who were enombsd nsr.sa
sse mas Of rubbish. The excitement xmCus The psrre
living in the neshborhood iDtense espc7aliy among
the Germans, hcse Eympaahy for their corrsry was
manifested by loud wailing and shoutns The police
being unable 10 erect order among the excited pse sss
fire alarm for The sixsh distrir sounded whsu the
fremen promptly arrived upon the spot ana ccmmenoed
The morrnal task Of dsg Bg oct the bodies or those who
were ensombed. Tne work wa prosecuted with vgor,
and In Vie course Of half hour, hs crowd who
bed about the spct electrified by be
that the rrst body had been icnnd LIE ives Of coare
| EXTINCT Soon another body wSs rescued, and in
few minutes Afterwards . thnd cne wss dh-
| covered. The vioims were much bruised aboui
The face, xpd bore evident or severe inay One
VI INC Hea NA iounu WIN pmnk SoSoSs NE D00y Wnt6
another ore was cruthsd With an iDs nae bocdes, and
had probably been killed instantly The third had his
legs broken, and slhsVviss bruised and Injured.
Al. II their power resu,sss The - men s :Sod sSy ss H.
dence Of remaining LIE be manifest but their assissnce
usee o had become extinct In each case many
mnuss before the recovery Of ine bodies .ss srsOsod
Tho boz ies were removed from she vault 70 frame
house sndiDs on Ne ground vnsrs hsy were viewed BY
was ,usPendsa ana eli fusths. sssron vas discontinued
The presence OF an excited German woman upsn me
ground, who loudly prooiaimag Aa her hssbsna was
With renewed eIey,ebs After IN hour hard labor ths
body Of fourth victim wss discovered, TOE wcan VIC
.se pre- q =: sus .o.. asa
erief stricken and distressed IN mind thss dsemed
adys.ss y remove ssy fven Ne sssse Of DEAN.
ih. me sosies IN q Se aSiSssass, vssss ksS ssss
recovered rhe dead ssss tAss rsagfd sde hs ds. sni
~ resting psss p,ors ~ . q s sss @ Sss s. ne | saesoiy
chracer prcscntec, ADD such ., speo.ao.s
bsTrovbr one indeed. me nsmcs ., he unfortunate
\ sufsress Se ~ solIovs;-
No j. 6eorse 5ecklcy. the bo~ nssop. rDs deceased
bad hi leg broken and WAS consdsYsby bruised shoe!
the fesd He leaves uife and family 10 lament hs
| No I.soh Rsveler, lea ororen DECEASED wu q
married man, ard loaves large family MORN hh loss
No. :; B.r.l'a a'-so, ro ding :. 10 l3i sArg sseet
sbou. . month His BODY vks horribly mugA.ed, and
| presented shocking spsctacEe
|
ceased wss .sou. 25 years Of sse and vss Of medium
si1e. DE was dnk compstsorsd and wore . goatee
hrfw the boss mason only ssd be- rcor fellow vas
rnsre 70 give the iuorrston. Hiin9a were sealed; he
Two or three Of the wosrmen had hsrnresdtn e. spos
with Sef hves ose o. ,hem named Mclean, escaped in
IRE most ntraculoas nsupcr. lis was nsneing on The
Platform within few feet Of Bcckley q. the tine OF the
accreni rhe earth and stones struck side Of the
nmse,s and threw him into tho hollow whore Bcchiey
fell ihe chcr sidc Of tho platform roroed lbs on
tombsd end out o. the sand ssd Nnos kcIea, WHO hap
s,d = 30 On On s. @ end Of ne p..'m "a. ..sd ou Of
scsond fall Of Garth and thrown distance ont Of dan
ger BE escaped from What appeared "a be IN inevitable
Another Of bc worfmen. named Phiup ransrbsnk, Who
was s.asdus beside he psssor escapet IN shs most
powerful .pr,ng snooeoesd IN e,esrne .ss spo when
proved 90 fatal TO poor Bcchey and bic feDov vokmcn
house asaSy referred 70 projects cvsr ,Ss src.vauoo
several fses. and In dapgsrsus ooDdwon We usdcs-
hiding N The nsssSorsccs o. y. socide., wssnsS sss
sseslsd i.s ..ass S iSss Ssa':s :pus 'ss- .s
coHorER's NorKsr.
me following jury vas sm sssnsnsd before Corssx
| Isaac X. ssn
| O. +. esyr.sos, Jsrss aos~su, james Austin, VIM.
rniss, sesle-sv, A =. Dysen, A. SosensArsu, Isosb
NO ry, sfsy viev,ps NE bodies oS The deceassd, Cd.
jorrnei 70 Desheerns houe, vsere Inc following sssn
aa0Ly vas taken -
John Kupr gwoYp-Residg n l36 Boeru~ street; hare
ossr work, a me p'sne II NJ sc Bsderbes about fve
veeks Henry Bschky se eonsFNcr ard N~ss wsscs
wss cssaEed ~ sub cont stov 70 DO he escsvatcn
ve had dug about 80 feet deep We e1osvAyn v0 made
pretty wuch svash down the nature of the ground
pey much sold except about foo n the bottom, which
wss sand eyamiued this moysus TO Gee there any
0seEpe q ne Ercund sbcye and Rand none u vas not
my custem 70 ssaminc evevy day. did nos apprekend
sny danger bad toh the rasous often that the
op vss 'eo steep and there might Be danser ,he ban.
tkr a. A~A
Told tho boss that be ght have dus the smbNnr
meni about three feet wider han the fcundstos n he
rope wall pec of earth have broken Ell or fallen down
since We oDrcsces digging lhe house Of " sobnades
beck ~n siraed on the edge Of the bank here might
Lave nd thc hsn~a wcn npuA ~