Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-22
LOCAL NEWS.


NUMBER OF woRKMES INJURED.
Yesterday afternoon, ABOUT 2E o'clock, as n
number of bricklayers were engaged AT work
III bn ldlrg The Freedmen's General Hospital.
situated south of Howard University, III the
grounds about a hundred wards northeast of
Park Hotel. portion of the wall fell, pre- cipi-
tatIng number of wOTkmen 10 the ground, 4
distance OF about forty feet, and some Of them
We're covered up III the debris and were all
more or less injured, several of them seriously.
Those who Were ~ work on other portions Of
tie building al once fastened TO the relief of
the sufferers with Lieutenant johnson, S.r-
gpant Poole and Officers, McDermOtt and
Morgan, OF the Second Precinct Police, and
Others. and az fast as they Were recovered from
the ruins tl-y We're removed TO Campbell Hos
pItal, near ty the place of accident, where Drs
ReybuTn GlennIng and Wheeler, with Drs
>othCrCn, BTennerman and Hagner did all in
heir power 10 relieve the 0unded men.
Lieutenant CONAN, OF the Sanitary Police. w ~
ais soon on the ground, and aided in the re-
muvai and care OF the ID lured.
benjamin Wheatley, (colOrrd,) laborer, had
MS leg broken, and y mains IA the hospital
Joseph Nlmsatt, bTIcklayer, OF Georgetown,
vas severely injured internally, and was re-
moved III an an balance to his home. Albert
II. Hllery, hrICklayer, was quite badly IN
lUfed internally, aud was taken away by a
trieTd. Andrew Ferguson. bricklayer, was
severely injured internally, but was able, with
assistance, to reach his home on " street, near
ith. johnson G.. Donoho had his lett leg bIdiy
bruis't 9. and is supposed 10 be- much injured
nteTnaily. lie was taken to his home OH g,h
K
morteN, John Reed, and VIM. MahOn"y, cJl-
oIrd, were more or less injured, nearly all Of
hem internally. With but one or two ex-
ceptions, the injured persons were Seat from
The hospital TO their respective homes.
The building is OF one story granite, and two
stories OF the new material known as the build
lnS block and one story under a French roof
foI which ~ was nearly ready. At the tine OF
the accident those named above, with several
others only slightly injured by the accident,
were at work on the central portion of the
1a-lr a
til bottom. short lime after portion of the
wall Ctbe centre OF the eastern 'front.' tell and
subsequently, other portions gave way. The
news OF the accident spread rapidly over the
city, and in very short time quit a large
mum ber Of persons were Al the scene of the ac-
cider and about the station anxious 10 learn
the part iCulars.
There are various opinions as 10 the cause OF
The accident, some persons ascribing 1t ~ the
defective character of the materials used t.he
new patent building hlocks,) while others
thInk the action OF frost on the mUrtIces IN the
blocks DESTROYED them by expansion Will.
Freezing, ard others again charge the accident
upon he giving away Of III" foundation.
During the IISh1 portions of the walls con-
tinued 10 fall and this morning only the wings
al Standing.
TIE MARCT or IMrRovEYvNT IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON FiUtterriHJ AtoaJ the Rir.r
Front The programme of street I'm pro yements
Il South washington, AS orig naily foreshad-
owed IN the STAR some time since, has been
rapidly pushed for ward under the superin-
tence of Commissioner unnell, OF tn Seventh
Ward, till now many Of the streets have been
completely graded, graveed and paved, and
most OF the others are being operated upon by
The corps OF employees AZ work in this locality
Anticipating an early completion of the i'm
provements already begun, the Commissioner
Is about preparing for the lost i'm portant work
confided To his charge, to wit: the opening of
River street, running along the river front
from Seventh TO Fourteenth streets. Accord
lngly, this morning, in company with sanitary
Officer Patten, he notified the owners and
lessees OF property along the line of the pro-
posed new street, 10 have removed within
twenty days from date the heavy mass of tim
ber, wood, coal, &c, and the buildings and
sheds which have heretofore obstructed the
same Embraced IN the property to be re-
moved is the following The offices, building
piles OF lumber, coal, and wood at Messrs. :.
Il. Brown d Sons wharf the Office, iron ware
house, and Government hay sheds, and wood
and coal piles at T.. l.. Fay's 18th streeD wharf
portion OF the large building al FowIer's (iOth
street wharf, and wooden sheds running
along TO Riley's office, (inclusiye,) at the foot
of lltn street. IN addition to which at least
nine feet OF the ancient brick tavern,
kept by Mr.. T.. E;senhant, at the northeast
corner OF IIth and River streets, As per
new plan, will have to be taken
away. In order TO allow the street to be run ard
graded according to the line OF the new sur
vey. BY this arrangement the condemnation
of at least ten thousand dollars worth OF pr-
besides the trouble, expense and incon venience
incurred in procuring suitable sites and having
removed the immense quantities OF lumber,
coal and other obstrucIions which have been
permitted 70 remain in the street. Mr.. Brown,
we learn, protests against being compelled 10
remove his Office, &c.
The Commissioner states that in few
weeks steps will be taken TO remove the sea-
wall running from 7th TO 9th street, about
seventy feet further out to the channel, when
the intervening space will be filled with the
dirt which will be dug from the banks in the
course Of the construction OF the new (River)
street This will, when completed, give a
great deal of valuable landed property to the
city, as well as afford some protection to the
already fast. filling north channel Of the Poto-
mac.
TBI SrKAMKs E. G. KNIGHT, with a large