New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07
rYz BUILDING CASUALTY
,,rpn1cr OH TIE JURY.

Ar Cd mat va, concv led on Stbutoa! U! No'"
Usu,hs at he Ninth Precioct S;stion'Aouse' result
nc n tbe jury bringing in verdict OF cen'are agn''
s spsiructor Of the building, FOR having taken upos
t;n,eF task for which 10 was not conpsten'-
TIA following is pat Of the proceeding . they
uscip;red before the Coroner;
Mathew White, residing at No; 20 christopher
,,rest being daily sworn, deposes ana ssyo P'o,
LOO Of the bpi ding at the norta'ease corner oi
E..huns and West streets; il is used 81 a 10 Mnng'
honse, wa sell the malt 70 brewers me Ouli'i Is
moi entirely completed JJhn heily Tue ooge 1Seu nas
been in my employ a. lab sno0 "a & on TO
Nshon. oscesstd came to work NJ my pace on 'ne
o. &c, h,y Yelling erain; Cd the I'd Inst John h sly
vas $40 cling gain the fret h0or ana ioter hseon
nm be fouth deer; they were getting the gram on
,ss son,tS floor frola he first was ia the building
III dsv. shout twenty minutes before O'clock P. m,
Ivss stand ng BY the eleyat r. on the ct Dor, when
IheMd cTssb, and was struck on the les oy falling
timber; vas not conscious enough to examine 10
the pnsttsr at the time; / went hOms; returned 10
,bout twenty minutes found that the f))rs from
he 6st to The fourth had fallen through for space OF
,bout foty VI sixty feet; heard that Kelly, the de-
ceased was in the IuOs; had my men to work Gu
Sssyoring TO e1.ricste him; bis body vas taken out
,e1t mcsErg; did not know at the tune ct the acci.
dsut that Mshon had been caught by the falling oors;
bis body was not recovered until twenty-five hours
xfer the accidents the carpenta end mason Work
Of the BUILDING 6O.e IN Ter my Tn supervision;
wss done by days work; the boss mason WAS
hr. DerbJssre, ara the carpenter Daniel S1arns;
here were specifications for the bulldog; they
Ue now in Albany; ! am not PRACTICAL ouliaeri II
not nv profession; think am as Competent TO su'
per1!erd Buildings as most men @h Ise profession us
col slider tie beams and girders good timber and SUI
fcie bly strong; the posts are not a. good as tney
ought 70 have beer there wa; mistake 10 putting
them in; it vas done by my direction; hemlock was
the tiubeg useo running from grder TO guder; CON
der heAoCk good if not better than any 9th n tim.
Der could have used the flooring of the second aud
third floors was brick aod cement; there were one
hundI nd atoht o
hOor; this quantity oier buted over space OF one
hundred by eeveny oet; il was not deeper than four
snd ahef Feet st any pOdt; have examined the
building since the accidents the walls have not gwen
way; It would have made difference Of from 800
p$2100 to me- to have pat p ne in pscs of he MOCK
ImAsn that there was so much saved the dimensions
Of the building are as follows Length on Bethune
srses, 100 feet; West street so feet ) iuclss;
hight a. feet inches; tue dimens MS OK the hsmlock
beams were by IL inches; Henry l.. Jams Is the
name Of mp engneeI; he had cha &c OF the laborers
a the time OF the acldenit the pressure OF grain IS
more dhect than lateral; manufactured grain would
not DO more than half the weight OF raw grain;
sho ud have put GOO tuns weight on the four.h Dor.
Denris Hennessy residing at No lR Esss Nine,
ieen'h street being duly sworn Opposes snd says
On master carpenter; at the Instance OF Coroner
uambe made an examination OF the BUILDING corner
Of West and Bethune streets yesterday; me oedlng
a far as ths plan goes, ia quite good on leaving tue
hsseU ,nt thought there sone setting previous
IA fbn accident; the posts ia the basenfnt were Vi
sood material aud sufficiently strong; the poss ap-
ss,ed 20 be good throughout the wnole ou'oosi Tue
hut found In the BUILDING was tue preseLce " ne
az beams; Iiy ex oerence 10 bu diog heavy stores
has taught n that pine beams wilt yleld 70 Bfes'
usjebt especially 10 the kind of weight IN 'he ouiu
ne corner OF Bethune and West streets a1d when Tue
veight il removed they come back again, nav sseu
ns uootly in heavy paint stores; consider spruce as
,ropc as pine but hem MOCK look upon as lnsuoieh!
nv opinion is that the cause OF the fsnnSS' IN Ou
Inc corner Of Bethune aud West streets was the psd
Quality C the door beams; beInlock umDer VIII MOI
oxs,,a and ar1a hap
n lS pes cent more weight than hemock; fas Sis
nd qua ;,y of the beams used in toAt oulins were
positively inefficient the size Oh fhe Deans was
b. 10 inches. 49,.
Wism Tucker. residing at No. 3! Mscdoug d street,
kiry dnIy avon epoees and saysl am builder ~
Nolssslon, | have examined tho buldng corner oil
bethupe sad West streets; l first examined the eA-
terror walls and found them good the waus ID .ue
hs.ue, are rs inches thick there was no settlement
more than usual the glrders and floors seneIauy ap
pead to be level ano thoir proper places tue pes
the basement are red Cedar; tue 8fuefS arc aooss
II inches square; the posts hst hoor Sie OF pno,
hnhes and the grders the came as in the basement;
Ne red CEDAR posts were full OF knots they are .e,y
dsrabe; On making inquiry FUND that gfest ~egu.
laid on the fourth foo about - ieet rom Tue uou'
val; one Of the posts under the weight Vi broken
of about one third Of the way from the Top a"o ai.
loved tee glider 30 come down; am sausned toat
lie cause OF the falling of the floors was tue breaking
Of the pcss on the third hooI ana tn@t ths posts
were insicielt don think the beams has aoy'hiog
10 do with the disaster; do Lot conelder that Tue
posts ussd IN liza, building were all sutheent lot Tue
purposes inter deJ; l think the henloek bSauis were
good enough for the use intended; agree visa nr.
ernessY no. the opinion he expressed In regard to the
difference cf wight which would DO sustained ny plne
and reu,scck.
Jacob IL Valentine, being duly sworn, says-l an
mastcr carpenter; have examined the bulldog sor,
nsr Of BtihuDe snd Wet streets, and ain satsiIed
a. the posts CT the third floor andtae hemock 0ea9,
we're irsnf cieIt; would moi have used deadlock II
had been getting up such building
Svysnss GedIey, beiog duy sScrn, says am
ps,ter builder; | reside at NJ. 80 Leroy street;
hsya ersmiped the building corner Of Be.hune and
West streets; have heard MIR. fuckers statement
and fully concur with him. my hfst haPtessi0Gs
we're that the falling Of he floor was caused oy the
beams beng insufficient, but upon further e@Anina
don bSleye that the fault lay IN the postsi :,
JOIN Eercuson NJ. d., being daily sworn, says-l
have exam Ted the body Of the man lying dead at No.
rs Wst Nineteenth street; fund fracture Oh Inv
vertebis; the rjary was sufficient ~ cause dsstn'
ghe case vas then given to the Jury, when, at'er
due eelteiatio0, they rendered the following
VERDICT.
"Thst tie 6eceesed c .me to bis 6esth by fracture
VI the o0rss and cervos verebra, caused by tne ia
ing OF the boors os q building Owned oy naoaew
White on the north east corner OF Bethaae ana Wes
portion ef tic vertical posts IN ssd building insult
Gent toI the purposes for which they ere az he'd AMI
We cepss1e Mathew White tor hsviog takoL the su-
peryision OF tie constr cton Il said building he being
rco., bet mt "a an archi;sC; and builder"
Upcn the rendition Of lbs above verdict Coroner
Garibie examined Mr. White upon tao charge pre-
Eir.d against him, when ne stated tea he was p
years OF sse and native OF Abany 10 reference to
The charge preferred against bin, be said: az cac
"prcye that am capable of constructing tbs building
on tas oorth east Of ethune ana ost streets
did not know that the post which gave way was
- had enc
COfoner Gamble required Mr.. White to enter into
bonds for his appearance before the GrG.pd JarS.