, 1870-06-19
4 paFtlnu Of tho Rear Wnn OF tho
E;vcrctS House Gives WAY-Nobody
Killed or Wounded.

4 PaFtlou Of ah1 Rear Wn11 OF tho
Everett House Gives wAv-Nooody
Killed or Wounded.
ltu.. fhs 81. Lora Etpub1laan, Jkna 1s
the rear wing Of the Everett House fell With :
terrible crash, earring do4n, also. sna!
two-sta.y brick structure adjoining. occupiad
- Kitchen Fortunately no lives waro lost,
nor Vas any perBon injured. About foftJ
pcssous were seated At the supper tahie
Warning in time to effect thsr escape, as Also
did the wai,ars md parsons employed in that
nnrtion Of tbs building. The pAnie crcated
xas, Of course. general. and was heightened
By the auecessise czaeEnsh that we're heaFd
Tho portion 81 the building the *.l1 ot s1s3 rhlsh
fepS SsScbi n Al 'aS se + rooms 1soF in ''oss e.
pat nf the eatablishmea. are exposed
slons the entire width, and thair contents,
| iove1 story was used in connection with the
| Kitchen; the second snd third sso1tee wern oc-
| cupied BY the watelcloseta, and the upper
| story vss devoted to sleeping Apaftmenta for
l The se,yants. Ihs two-etoy brick building,
I which WIS crushed by the fail Of tho main
tie Despdteh Office is located, and be-
logged to Mr.. Charles G. Rarnsey. Tie build
iEE Was 1essed by Captain G1deraleve, pro
u&tctor OF the Everett HOUSE, for ESQ : y,sar,
and the lower portion contained The Gtcoen
f. 17ntn room M over tie GtcSen vss used ~ ser
] wants sleeping apartment, and contained four
OF Eve beds. Tie wreck Of the building, To-
grther with the fallan wsn Of the wing, fnzms
q larse heap Of det9ia. among which are seen
furniture, carried down ID the crash. out Of
! The nile OF deh1ie \ emoko was seen issuing1
nroLably from the cooking range. but tbs IN.
| cipieut conhag1ahon Waa coon e1tinSuAhed ny
stream Of water from one Of the fra er@3: :,
| which we1s promptly called out.
AiT. Casper steh1e. who was il the hotel ~
| The time Of the accident, states that about tan
nsiuutes after O'Clock bio vas standing at the
end Of the dinipg-Foom next to the pantry.
and hearing something c1sck, he dlscoTe!Ed
the uuaiu val opening on the east end. = He
| noticed the easiug giving way, and some Of the
doors lp,eing out, He then went to the ofios
\ 10 and ihe contractor, and hasti1y notified The
| servants xnd parsons employed in tho building
| ot the danger. It vas soue tine after this ths
Tho accident resulted from repairs In tht
| foundation, which weEe commenced abo1s twt
Yeeks ago, Ar. Gugerty, ! carpenter, bein{
/ the contractor. Those repa1a WeEo uecesn
I tated bY the ioeecurity Of the foundation
i sens Of the new wall had been put IN order
: and a portion w.s showed up, lssge beam e1
| tending under the end wall. The wu1kme
Z I suspended work about 6 Q clock, xnd soon ate
3 | the ctaeh occurred.
+ Il ia probable that too much OF the 1ounda
I ton had been removed Il once, leaving thz
i portion Of the building without eudacient sut
( port. -.
+ raated at $4,000. Tbs original hotel, SIT.
), four feet front, belongs 70 the iiee estate
/ d.. Bircher owns the adjoining portion on u
4. north; while the marble front portion l. oSns
:, br Meesrs, Mcpherson L 6hepley:
y The loss to NJ. Ramsey'a building Is aoo'
+ s:C0, while Captain Gilderaleye's loss in furn
x ture wil rsach e2,ooo. The Kitchen range GO
IS 500 A new kitchen rnnRe WIS procured
% once and set up, 40 that, with the exception
the dilapidlted wing, the botel is in Is good
q condition to accommodate lts patrons rs oeio
- the accident.
H. The announcement OF the accident Great
ss Considerable excitement along Fourth Btres
Is. wL,ch WAS Increased by the appearance Of :
Is t.re engines, when it WIS aeceEtained, no
~ ever, that no person had been injured, !
-, The hotel, - viewed from Fourth street.
xs -, tanning iss wonted appearance, the popu
~ alarm eoop subsidized. --.
Is Yesterday tho Evc1ett House changed p
III psictors, Mr. GIdersleye selling the fu!n&tu
re ic., 10 l11. Charles Wilson, who Will tako q
~ session on the 1st OF July. The hotel bulid'
3 Yas erected il 1856.