, 1869-03-16
FALL OF 4 BUILDING I'M PHIL.
ADELPHtA.
A NFeMau 7 tYo Chtldteo nnd HorAe
k,ft.d-On7 Nan Bxo1y Iutureo.

From tie Pt1tada.LhiA Evt1Icv Telegraph.
luis morning, at hall ps 1 o'cl.ck, nu acci-
dent ha.Feued, ~hicn has not had It's parallel
10 this cit5 Ia many Sears. -hc residents In
The v1ciujty nf Hfoad aud Shipper Stree =, 1T
tho carly hour above mentioned, werr aroused
from 1nclr sleep BY heavy cra-h, Is Of l4il-
iEE t!mbtrs-
A German named John Lutz, suspec.ipe
that so1nc acsitent had occurred, spfaug
trt m hts bed, ant, On loIkiug through his
btdroom widow, s AZ that 4 ANAL twu-st,ry
bT!ca aud stene boa.e IN the rear OF Sbppen
nnd LoIl streets had fallen ard lay 10 ruins
on the ground. Dressing himself hastily he
instantly hurried to the house Of the & Htrmo-
~ Fire Ens.uc Company, and aroused the
u.emberA who We're sleeplu2 there
Thc party returned = the scene Of the dis.
ssteF, aud on their arrival were grs cted by
The groaas and crirs OF some one beneath tho
deofIs. 1he:e, 1t Vas subsequently, ascer-
ta'ned, came from Gabriel Kidd. IN Irish Ia
t'oref, who. with his wife and two children,
tss occupants ot the house, were all buried
OF The building. The men, reinforced by
ilcsh arrival: {for the news spread tasr eycn
~ tta1 caiiy lcur}, worked e1ersetica1iy and
tlc.
Alter half an hour OF iuccsslut labor
tht nfst BODY Was reached but the cries
having ceased, il Was feared thAt life was ex-
t1nct. When, however, the supposed corpse
was removed to house near by 1t Was iouud
10 &c The husband as d iasher, Gshr,el Kidd,
YET alive though dangerously Injured. 4
further search exposed the lf'elcss body of
Ills son, Thomas Kidd, = lad nioe1cen years Of
age. lie had evidently been sntToca,ed. From
the neighl.ors 1t was a.certa,ned that two
more persons occupied the house with
tht t"o aiteaty rrscued. ard alter another
hall hour The bodies OF /. = wife OF Mr. Etdd
and hs* dsuE hte1 Margaret, girl al sixteen
yeat.' s.re dragged cut. II both Of the lat
.et 'ae a,so W cs,ioet. aud. aa in the case Of
The hysta1 dess then at-rrltd the work
men that lo the adjacent stable, which was
crushcd BY the failing hou.e, a hJrsc was
Iept, put alter the Irmov2l Of The rubbish
ne animal ~ss found iyirE dead, with uae Of
The reporter Of the Ttt,9-oph visited Mr.
Kidd At The Psnnstlvania Au. pItai hrd found
him in great agony lIum BIZ Injuries, aa4
quito unable 10 give any lucid cxplsna,isn
Of tie disaster lie states thai ABOUT 5
o'clock, as near as be can i1dse, Ac was
awakened by sound resembling lhs rum
md then ie1t HIN eli sinking doxnwArd.
He; became sensc1e<s. but soon revyet, 10
thd h.nseI ID III. b. d l.inncu down b. bcivy
j.tlsls nnd only ah1r - NOW. his head.
lie Sd. IieL for help rs lnr9 ss be w4s able,
and Shen nxn1n became sepkelefs nu,il n
uloSeo oy thc 1rcunen aud beie hbors. He
ais. sta Is that E. Knew the hou-c to b. "a
m uusn:e c II d!tion and ,lad dir. .ctcd lis wife
to request the owIcr. widow LADY named
O'Hak all, 10 lave It repaired. hut pot xlt h.
standing her promises to comply, she had
tatlrd t. do this.
The house ,1ouline on Lo,l street., south
Of the ruiz cd building. Is kerionsly dtmasrd.
and Iuhss torn down 1t Wi. st,oo iall.
Ar. Kidd Is MAI Of Qtty years Of acc.
ht, wife Was OF The tAlc spc, aud his son