, 1860-08-17

Another Derrick Fal,en---A Public
"eaknea'' ETC.
About TIRES o oc'oeA yesterday afternoon
largo derrick IN use oS mr. bn'son' tue coa1fae-
tor on the new Acio1mlek building On the cor
ner OF Dearborn and Randolph street, fell with |
4 great crash, and much to the peril OF passess-
By. The aeeide1t WIS caused By the rotten
state OF the spar lashet to the top OF the frame
which gave way Just u heaSy windowcaP
was being put IN paaee over one OIL tha th:d
atory WlndoWB on hanuolpn Street.
Everything came dom in general wreck,
the window, cap breaking through the massive
stone flags Of the sidewalk, and landing the de-
bris il the vault beneath. Most fortunately no
one Was irjured, though people were Just be.
fore passing alocg beneath the derrick. 4
horse aud wagon in the atreet had narrow Cd
cape. Two little girls who we're picking I'd
chips in front Of the building, were sared from
injury by tie daring Of Mr. Buttoa, uho seeing
the stick give way rushed towards them and
bore them away in safety, though his own hat
Was knocked oil by falling fragment.
Ha7ing thus disposed of this little incident,
which, fortunately, has no worse result thaa a
loss Of about 800, 10 bs borne By the contrac~
tor, the time seems good one 10 allude to an
auia5le weakness ct the public that is sure to
come sharply cus oa sueh occasions Of disaster.
railway train rushes down IN embaakment,
acd It il taken rs prima Jaea' evidence that the
Company have no care or thought but to pile up
rolling stock md passengers in just this uau-
ner, or, as in this instance, down comes der
rick in street full Of people, and the public
mount the ruins and the contractor at the same
time.
we hao prepared q 'ery sharp pencil 10 d.
jas''ce 10 ar: bu:ton's reckless disregard for
lie and l'mo, MS own as we'll as those OF 9TH
crs, especially as ne were shown an inner 'fag-
ment oi 'he pile which had about tho density
ana tcnae'ts Of ola eoeeae. Notten' sud tue
Puonc' Anu LIZ Aae" ougnt 10 DC nneo'
ol COURSE perhaps a''o"eo 10 nn:sa ILLS build
ing and &c. 'ae ssfeet cleared OF rubbish, md
.hen take turn II 'ne fenl1ent'afy iof hacg-
ing heas5 cap stones on rotten Sticks plumb
o'tf Tue heads OF taepaoAc'
bat we Sne'' Ar- sutton 10 De IN experience
Gu builder, aad 'aas ae haa h'nsell stake IN
Tue Strength o. Ills aerf'ek spars' 30 We look
Gu ~ ue tsagnen&s o' tae sa!'sn pole ana pom
oered 1nefeupon: u should Dc Men, hefeai'
ter WIN everybody, ,not to 10 trust ASH polcs nor
externally LOOKED weather r'oeaten' sure enough
and IS "tcugh as nut, we tried tr'ed 1t With
aknile, and tbs th'n ahaVlngs "ere as horn. II
"As" case u o's ~" 4ne een!te el 'ae AeeA
Was of little more s'feng'h than l1psc:ed mea''
1t Was the 1he norn'i'ke sneil saas oecelsea Af.
Button and made him believe that derrick No.
was the strongest IN use On the building,
Just so pe'p'e get deceived When young
man comes tumblin. down from place OF high
confidence ia the minds Of community. bring
ing With lis fall heavy freightage Of parental
| pride and hope. Lie was sound and strong in
| apparent honesty yesterday; to day is fe'on or
an exile. It WAS case Of dry rot There are
far too nau5 OF these Thin shells Of fair pre-
tence covering core Of dry ret, and when they
fail The public rather and marvel as they did
yesterday over Mr.. Buttons derrick on RAN
.,,n1 stTeet but tt;c ron, m,rrc] IL o1d as tbo
agencies that will destroy the strength OF NJ
ber, aud sap human morality and integrity
chr,c, :, ,,;rt, " n,t,on v;,, nrohn,,r a.,
eat'ee III s''cAs' ALL oastou Will PFopaolf ap-
jure sh'po1es for pine hereafter, and the public
will guard peaiust the evils of its own dry rot
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oas @"e n"ia'ng h'a'e''@4 ana tte oetf'eA 'ote
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Frem'n'ff Alst OF tse 'iechanlcs Fair.
The following is the Premium List nnourced
by the Mechanics Institute for their forthccm.
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as aoun''ess Will eau our much eompes1non
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