, 1865-08-15
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
Fall Of RuildIne At rfuclunatf and
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AiAS0A LIE AIuClnnAu N3kefte. HILL
The peop's In the usighborhood OF Nos
and Liberty streets, were aroused on Sund.v
morning about o'clecs. by the crash of
falling Fa}1s, the creating and rastliur I
falling timhers and b:aIde, aud the shrie{s
Of terrified men, women and children. O.
looking out into the street, it WAS discovered
By the nelghbors that the three story brisk
building numbered IS above, had fallen to
inmates were appealing for help to eItrt:atc
them from Its RUNS. Very soon number Of
perscrs, women as we'll as men, clau5ered
upon aud into the prcstrate house, to eItzt-
cate their suffering + l1ow-creatu:es. The
.e.se Stories had been crushed together, and
oSeuted height no greater than ore, 10
Wh1en tas tallen bricks and boards offered
IN easy asc-~t, The building was oc-
cnpied az 1ene enf>~t house by SIX famtllcs,
since bsen condemned, = IL so notice hsi
been given to the owners. At ~ L. tiu,e Of
the accident 1t Was undergoing repa1fs the
upper font portion had zen takt out down
to the second story, the roof being sustained
By props. There we're eleven PERSONS in the
house at the time 1t fell, one of whom was
killed and seTezol others badly Injured, Sew
etal Of the inmates who were buried In the
rains were rescued without sustaining serious
iDJu,y. Two Of the lower rooms Of the buIld-
Ing W.re occupied BY Henry Kampe "a a. a.ro ero-
Gerry se1e, and Charles kaufmann as drink
Ing saloen.
The rotms Of the house were oecup;ed by
SAMUEL Rose snd family, Nathan Goldsmith
aud family, Mr. 4. Kahn and family, Henry
kampe and 1amily Charles Kaut mann and lam
t1y, ard Mr. Braun and family, as tenants. the
latter OCCUPYING the third story. The IN
mates were Tnpped in eleep when they were
first startled by fhs crushing In Of the walls,
which sent ono of them into eternity, In
,jured some Of the rest, and buried others In
the rubbish. Mrs. Rose, wife Of Samuel
Rcse, Waa instantly kil'ed By the falling
D.icls and timbers. ii a shocking:y militia.
ted coalition. blr. Samuel Rose was badly
cruthed under the falling msss. snd il se.
rIously Injured, having both hIs shoulders
broken and his back badly hurt. He is In
rc1y prcca,ious condition. Mr. Nathan
Goldsmith bad both hls legs And arms &C.
ANY bones being broken. Mr. and Mrs. Kahn
we're badly hurt by the fallng walls. bussus.
taincd 20 permanent injury l. younger SIS
ter of Mrs. Kahn, who was living with her
at the lime, WAS also hurt on the arm. Mr.
ard II 8. Braun, who occupied the third
story, wcra tcund IN bed. pressed fast to
their positions By the falling root and,
strange to say, were extsi:ated "ish,ut IN
jury.
Charles Kaufmann's family was luckily On
a visit to the country at the time. Mr. Il.
WIS himself In the building jnss before it
fell, tut escaped without Injury. The gro
cery and fixtures, and ths saloon and tixku:e',
werc tn'ally DESTROYED. Mr. Kampe estl-
mates his loss at 81 .50), while tbs lo,s OF Mr.
Kaufmsnn was perhaps near the same
amount- The entire loss OF furniture and
fixtures belonging to this te, ants, whi:h were
demolished by the crash, amounts 10 seyerll
thousand dollars. The building was the pre-
petty Of the heirs Of the late Nicholas Long
worth, and, az befure stated, has long been
pronounced unsafe for occupants.
Thousands OF persons vlsited tho scene Of
the accident during the day yesterd4y, at
tsacted thither f'y tils various accounts that
calamity Of the kind we have had to ch-ons-
Gle :or come time, and wc trust 1t will be
long before it becomes our duty to record
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