, 1869-11-22

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eoudutGn od fhs oooEtux x-sts Dssn t3oos. WA0s
totfe I Looked up: NC FEW tho oeilI1g begin 70
nusxe; and teald SNAP and tho materials began
t 10 ~ and rnshsa our into the stees, wnen sns
bu1ldtog begin TO salt
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h1,61. IL =. L soans3. .so x.s e work aaoss o.
abb tfnieed about t4e faee and body, and whxa
we mH M1a II IL ohrsoet. sid be NAs feeling mts-
ts1 We. no~e1eS. sqasz.sd I oss q - lin % sae III @
loRmH statement which II more posas!Te tha1
th.t q aEy W wrrc aale to ohsz1n:
! fell near 6AuxeE. heard the izun map Wills
the AcfEN va being pded. and stAsted with
SNiiztr to run for tne street ladder IN 'front.' when
On top of each other. The tlmbe1s where fell
~ero .ouee. and ! c1zHisd up t1d nooE1nR, made
u eAc1Pe, aLd Immediately returned and ass,ste4
~ the 6rtt root had nothing to do with it. tecause
1t Has the fron beam III the noor aboye tnas hfpke
n!st. We we're a WORK In lie cellA1. Tbs bese
u the column cad gtEcn EAJ. and we wera Insert.
LEG j.ck-scltws under the Eiat door, 70 that the
felIdat1on cocld be c1ed. Then The iron columns
o. en-. ne second 10Y aAve way: The Iron
colInn NAa bent thfee.QnAfte1n OF m inch
week aSo. and E*4 dot sale. When the ct4ah cane
Kew what had happened, and told them 10 AKA
care Of themtelye* Lad the trou work been suf-'
1clent the accident would not hare occurred: the
sfon plate gave WAY bec1ufo the a'nue work was
Lot suGc.eIt; eyety iron Plata In tho haudsnx Il
bet be- 4 Saa n .ae c,ntse q tae building waea
everything. l thought n hei1 thought Of
eseF5 thing that hs d eser happened in ny Ifa
ieet non tas area Ts.i aad sixteen isxs iEoa m
VAIL We hAd X en- .: work snoring up tor tes
d4It We roEked a,o1 atit. Tna toints ID the
mud On waicn lhe columns wete plaoed. Wh;en
s sooE7 Ind to b ra!sed % get q saii foa1dst;os
VIC we're n1.nR the centre column, and the mo-
Een' "e eased 1t up u asoke,
Everybody was lot tsa lie nd iuaoleut e{ep II III.
croHd did K2pe ro1Ld Will thelr hands In their
pockets, and Tor Elk mortal no11s ot1icials van.
deseo around, IKE los: stars. consulting lth Tom,
tctiof. Tlc!e Wos ono m01, = poor MAJ, q plain
man, NoittIg nau, who threw aelaaanesa, Ike
pn!.lc, TO tae uoxs aaa. dlsrsRardiDg Al! caro- for
5:s5s, {: ill.,, = i: 'nsiy "a Ss: ss4sia aea q
sls fsiloxs1eatuisa A. nox a5ksa the cor
Who, when lnportuned b1 tbs men It wotk, SIM
pr stood Ike marble stntues, and wauted to know
Who ~ gong to PAY them. Different too fEom
ltg, nbo left their WORK AID homes, aod braYed
the ~ihd water aud weather. and rescued the
living, and brouzht Athore tae dead. Some OF the
1senc burned The man We tpcak Of deserving
e:ch pfaisc was James Namli, porter for Z. G.
ketchum co. We EtEa bis statement just a& he
nen-
Inn . porte, n: 'taE keie5nm ainud "a. .,on.
O'Clock yesterday morning MAS taktDg out lAd-
cera from the alley, aud pn.t1G them into tue cell
la1 south Of she bIlldlug tnat fell heard slight
a $4t1! !11N irat
ran o1t into the aleI: then she crab came, a.
though the Mho1e building was coming down. /
then rsn through ,ns dust md slley 70 olive
went N On the 1sst noor Jlst auose the cellar,
ana heard u noantng-a great moaning
ice !Se t.ore Il Gang f1om one tne front part q
and ran to where tue fallen rubbish was
u ne centre Of The building. saw M one, but
head noaninF; l Looked un and about the taitd
head: went for him, md he was tying on }oist,
4 d stieE Sas Wedg1nS him fast 10 tue toist. The
:.k xas s; s1,een = % q seseniesn Zee; ioEs There
feet VIE wedged tn. ! climbed up the brick where
thc5 had fallen and tputeA the stick on, Apl
onf, and the man put hts arm round my neck, ami
Martin Hines came anf We TWO carried him to the
Health Office. heard he Is dead.
The iron wnrk was done hy Messrs- ThomAs
HoRa:d i Co, Of tbs CITY. The Iron work Of the
building consisted Of non fronts, iron gruers and
4uH " lnkEf1Qf H1ll3 AUD
neors, TIE gtrders were each about twenty feet
The5 were Two feet DEEP sairfesa % inenss s1ae 1,:
with heavy angie iTou Il he sdes fos ] snpporsnE ill.,
the ends Of the IelstA Tsese g1ruers were stIopg
enongh to carrJ Or support any weight The col
~ aiametsr. and the metal was one aad i half
=, Iss:s sirser'. four u3u, IN number, were
innfed nnpe. spd tac1 fsn ,e59EPe nv Two T.
walls 81 the lsb. snatt esaa I'D tie a1a;on ws
Of the .nppsr ps.t q tnc building. The Egat mi
high. The division wkH WAS thirteen inches Ia
tncfness lor INT atst two stortes ana c,ne inches
for the balance Of the distance. The g1rders were
ne!fet on 10 the couInna By wrought 1rou boits
antl rested on stone foundations The stone foun.
da:lon1 were E!he feet square, 1nnheddeI IN the
earth @ ne fees deep. and capped N,.a = CAST iron
Plate three feet squire and TWO and haN tccnes
thict. The gtrders were What ts known u tnhu-
lar etrders, and made III the form OF square
n, .ues, aaa a5e tne strongest gt1deFs made: and
Was not broken
WERE TIE MEN WE'RE At WORE,
=. TIC nsne unfortunate Tork1nen we're woEk!ng NJ
the est front OF the building and tho wall Of the
Light shalt. The building y divided into two
pasta one PAT nosth and On Olive street, and tho
steord Part on south side It WAS On the south
part ttSt the accident occurred.
DRAGGING THB RE1Ns-
For s.1 mortal hours no sJstcm3t!c EFFORT was
standing ronnd eaptnR-plentJ Of Important per-
sonagea lnslde the ropes relAtioR their e1perl.
enees aud ad!ning Tits measure and that
was Captain and YET nobody was Captain,
TIE police were the Only orvan.zed body about
re ssl snd WIS as 81 sas p 70
nine hours Of consultation. pasavtrtug, dectorlna.
advl4lr9, and IIudlbrt,c twisting Vi hairs, It waa
Wall nhlch xas considerably hulgea. and At i
O'Clock two *aGon loa1s Of long poles arrived,
AID the front Fail Was thozel Or siayed, 20 that
now stayed - b. the Rrea, anG sopernuman e1-
erttons OF m i1ea concocted In some intelligent
c'ttzent brain, which, after utne hours Of fracu-
Who should have taken ehatQr, nobody exActlJ
knew. but certsin It u that IN This RreAt CITY Of
~, ,0t0 louis hall dozen or dozen men were
buried IL the ruins Of building, md no effort was
naee 10 remosc the rims &afc ~ halt dozen
watkmen. But At . O'Clock, after consultation
acts adytcc hsd worn Itself out, sornesninR WAS
It d2wneu upsn the visions Of some OF our enlef-
rr!s.nR citizens that II was Just possible, perhaps
PRO! able, that thezc might be bodies buried %.
meath the rains, and thai It would be good ldes
10 remove the fallen ttMo-rs- btlcks, &c Brill.
tant itea, happy thought, volunteers caught Il
E!ih eagerotss. and psil msn pl;ched into TIC
building, and close down iu:o The cellar, and Ta5
over the still standing noor. and scrambled up and
Tne5 .o;ked!n goo4 sataest. oa. u . disorder.
- -. :so9sSody .a Dc tsa,;" i =, Gone asss.
ssa sooa dss ,s.s @ sss ar4sng aaS fas
ins work was heenn 1t O'Clock. But where tners
say. They tel ropes tn 70 the ntsc trsuers, and
al. sc!zinE hDs. eGave1 to, 2nl brought them out
They brought together wheeIbaz.oxs, and, plllnG
On the bricks, cas1.ed them Into the .l,ey ana u
the work went On SONG grew tired a:d other,
played out. fer the weather Wa cold 2ni the at
lesa ,n eutt,ns ~ st iast Re e5y sataor,.s
lar CAcq1 Of workneD. who will work n, night
xnd he relieved y fresh gangs, till the baitcs ar'
| al ont
| Tuf ar1Ss.
Athuge rasa Of brick and mortar, ly1cg ueAt III
south and nor.h walls Of tho southern portion 0
the hu!!ttrg: frnu the sides pieces Of toornS ac,
tsr. IT, tic led depth q ne store " neee.stsfea ID
lighting Of the lover stotJ By stJllght. Ina
! skyrght Il constructed OF o,,ck walls built upo
q ss ne .eeona Tsesc sae ase NJ
iss o.sement so,. .. teona,non s% - ~ wns
@ iient III through II ii Of the csc s.os!es. Il
walls hare undoubtedly been setting for SON
tlre pa1t The land wss R1d 10 be nAde.l1nt
sha building vest md south of the styi,Rnt IS !
rufnP, except The front WAL, which Ia bnlgc
.oxala Fftsa s:rses SIX Or essa; .aeaes The Iaa:
holes Upwards Of ~, DO nE!cE must hare fal1el
THE BrLpNa.
The building was o. 'a3d leased nur1 Ge7er
Bernard Fsa:te, OF twentE. .se7en-y rear lease, II
which I company OF gentlemen, seeking I lncf:
tire investment and h:Gn rates Of interest, aETes
TO PAT III, ,odo year ground rent and taxes a.
irauyAuce amounting 10 5laoOo more The iowt
door WIS 70 be used for ktoses, the upper nacs Il
otlces ADD eleeptuz-foo SeEer1l Of The slore
were Eected: bat tenants will. probably. now
from haunted hocse; even one tenant q
cl11ed thai ht ahould throw Up his !ease. III
| cheapest thing thEu tho pw1tGs c1u d. u TO tel
down AID build up Anew the block, not thAs II
not vel built and III taat sort Of thtnF, not TIL
Sne cert!oc4tcs OF al tie Architects In the ci,
cannot be pTocUed 70 my 70, not tint any snoul
. CT people canT he found to dec,art tha. uobot
wa1 TO blAne, aud That the real cause o. the ~