New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-21
TERRIn,E CALAMITY IN TROY
Fifteen Wen nre Hurled In u Seventeen Of
Them Probably Killed.

FfIr. III Troy lIiGrs. Get ~
One q TIE most trfIh.c ani Startling accidents that
lf. oodngrcd n Troy ior many years took place a,
ca inmates before noon to-day The large deep trench
wl.h IN process, Of excavation Jacob street for
sewer. wac tho scene OF the Casualty. The workmen
day hid reached point On line with King street
where H., cutting 4. exceedingly heavy. accom-, II
TIE fi,c II ground. lmmcnf piles ~ earth had been
henped mp each bank while tie trench Vas protected
by tldlng- Of stout plank firmly bracod.
ln spite 81 these precautions. the pressure OF ne
earth proved much for the sdngs thus erected and
few mnuir, before the hour for going 90 dinner, the
worn men IN the trench the nne of King street for
dstnncr % lfy feet suddenly buried by AN ava.
lanohc ~ dirt ard gravel Those digging on each oi
t two forms as well those laying brick nc The
bottom were alike cnyclopcd by the tuns OF earth that
filed up th. ditch. The trsi evidence Of the disaster 10
thOse Above ground Was sharp report. caused 10y the
snnppine Of % brace and plank. Another gave way
tca followed BY tho duh roar Of Tie ground as
10 swallowed is victims.
M,ssfs. jacobs 4 CnsSoll contractors FOR building
the sewer Who were both present, immediately Ret 10
work with nll their force II men. and host Of willing
volunteer hands o. rescue the sufferers one or two
men WHO were near the surface hoped out at once
uuiutured. Others wcro Rescued 10y little digging,
bat when crowd had collected and the painful facts
~ the disaster noi.cd abroad II was found That
nneen men lad been buried IN tie landslide and that
dcn or living they could only be brought 10 the surface
by painful nhorious toll. But oh how chccrnlly the
sueelntos took shoscs snd picks To- assist In the work
end tnycfiug thcr own lives by standing on Tie portion
Of the bank That remained cuilfe.
Hundreds Of people cOngrcyacd IN the sircets-wecp'
ing wives ngonl1cd friends. and strong armed citizens.
Mnyor Van AlstSnc took command Of the cnuatnhlea
and policemen WHO assembled promptly and by his cf
frts prevented a second avalanche. nom the anxiety
and curiosity II spectators soon head was brought
t. light and he WAS found To be- living \ drink Oi wa
ter was given him and he was slowly uncnrthcd. a
heavy rain storm began 10 fall but stil tho work went
the soft earth rising from tho trench by shoycsiu
and being wheeled back by others, and every possible
effort being made to rescue The men Men were attend
Ing Ia the gaslo which chained UP AT the time o
the accident and gave way when the earth that sup
ported II was removed. such an exciting scene We
have fufely witnessed In Troy.
Up to O'clock none of the men who were deeply
buried had been rchcuei John ShauFhncssy. well
known lnborcr WIS reached with every prospect OF be
ing saved. He reported that there two
him, dcnd-onc Of them named John tolopy. of West
Troy Three brichlayers. named Burns farley and
refuge IN the completed part of the sewer and mad,
their way down Ia the river city Surveyor Fuller was
near the trench, and had 10 for his lie. MI Akin
looking over the boards and estimates that there
were over twenty men nj work. Jacobs & cnswells
foreman estimates tho number nj fifteen or these onl,
five blk are known 10 have been saved Ii Is hoped
that the siding fOrnd f0rt ot roof that night protect
ihom. Collopy found at q O'Clock dead. Another
body reached when tho bank again slid away. and
further efforts put forth. -Four bodies and VIo Nv
Ina mon LQye been XVI WI