The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-11

Fall OF q IHousa-A woman, Two Ch,l.
dren, AND - Borse Killed OutrSwhs-A
Man B"sssy Injured - The Attending
Evaafeunaun

Man B"dsy hnjuFed - The Attending
Excitement.
This morning, at halt-past O'Clock. an aoo,.
uens Dappeneo which has not mad its parallel
IN tnlh CITY IN many years. The reaida ia IN
ne vicinity OF Broad and 5hippen streets AZ
lheeally nour above mer toned. were arouse1
umbeTs. - " ''AA'Ns
A German named John Lutz, suspect,ng that
some accident nal Occdrrod, spranx from hIs
otd, hEu ON looktug through his bedroom wIn-
uow sAW mat small two story brick aud stona
@ @nosse IN ,he Ie.f OF Shippen and Lpil sLresCs
nbd fsIlen and lay in ruins ON the ground
DrtseinR himself hastily. he tustanl ly hurried
10 the house of .he Hsrmony Fire Engine Oom-
Csny. hbd aroused the members VINO were
sleeping there
The party returned to the scene of the dlsas-
ter. ana on their arrival were greeted by the
grCshs snd cri's Of some one neueath the de,
biis. Thee H. Was subseq qusntly asoertainei.
c8me from Gahr,el Kidd, nu Ir,sn E,norar ,Unn'
with his vile aud two cnildren the os,un ans
OF the house. were all buried la the masssa ~
ne hflck, stone. aud lumb Of the builiing.
The men, reinforced ny fresh arriyAis for the
news spr, ad fast even NJ tina early nour, worked
entIgeticaliy. ana with tue determina Ion 10
Afer hair All hour of incessau ut labor the CrSt
bCoy was reached; but the cries having ca ave l.
however. the supposed onrnse was removed q,
n house hear by. ~ WIS found to he zoe nus.
band spd father, Gabris X dd yet alive though
dangerously injured "A furtner sesrcn exp DSsd
me liieiess oody of his son, rho mas
Kidd. ,ad nineteen years OF age. He
the ns'geoors It. Was ascertain I'd tnat
two more persons occupied the house
win the two alTea1y rescued. and after another
ha'f hour the bodies Of the wife of Mr. Kidd An 1
his daug hter Margaret q girl OF sixteen We ars
were dragged OUT In both OF the latter Ire nj 80
was extinct, and rs In the case OF the son, bot
had died from suffocatiOn.
The bystaDders then in formed the work men
that in the aCj AGENT stable, wnich was orusued
by the falling house, horse was kept, but al er
The removal If the rub osn the animal was
found ly ing dead, With one of its limo broken.
The reporter OF THE TELEGRAPH visited Mr..
Kidd at the Pennsylvania Hospital and fou ad
him In great agony y rom his IT, juties, aud quite
unable 10 give any lucid ex xpianaJiou OF tue
diss sier. He states that about O'Clock. as near
as b e can judge. he was awakened by " sound
resembling the rumbling of great number OF
wbeelbsrrOws, and then felt himself sin king
downwards. He became senseiess. but soon
revived to find himself on his bed pinned
Gown by heavy Joisls, and only able to move
He shouted for help as long as he was able.
ami then again became senseiess uutil removed
by the firemen and Eeighnors. He also states
that he knew the house 10 be in unsafe con !.
dijioD, ana had rected his W. fe to request the
owEer, a widow lady named O. Hagan, TO have
itIepalre0, but Notwithstanding her prOmi ises
to comply, she had neglected o DO this.
The house fronting on LDil street south OF the
ruined building IL seriously damaged, aud un.
less tom down will soon fall
The excitement In the Vicinity is very great,
large crowd still remaining around the scene
OF the terrible disaster.
Mr.. Kidd is a man of fifty years of age his
wife was of the same age. and his son aud
daughter were aged respectively nineteen and
sixteen years. An inquest will be held to-
morrow,