, 1870-12-08

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few m'nutes latter, probably balf.p,st 2,
I tremendous force Of wind hurled itself
against the rna>s Of trick on the west side;
yielded; in that brief space OF warning two Of
TIE men BAw. or felt, the awfnl danger, and
spsaug 10 whst proved safety. II the others
saw tho top OF the wall leave the line it had
been marking on the clouds, and sweep down
toward them, it Was only to know that death
Was upon them, and to have that appalling
experience Of the crushing Of 4
thousand thoughts into second OF time that
comes to IA only when the breath OF the de-
st1oyer freezes the cheak aud sets tho brain ia
above Tub stt RMS noise. in vornhopa on Sec
ond etreet, in the City Buildings; and ~ far
cast as Vine street. Above the ruin a whir1-
wind caught tie dense cloud Of yelloHish dust
There were but few people il thst vlc'nitS
when the wall fell. but in = few minutes hun
dredn had gathered Around. What had or- |
Cured could not be made ont from Fousth
street, and hardly from ptum. From the rear
yarus Of the boarding houses on the wsst,
however, could bo soen the big gap, forty feet
In length, the wreck OF the ttilr1 Aonr joists.
and tho course Of tho debris to tue cellar At |
the southwest corner OF the building, Z tsu
angle Of wall seemed ready to fall Out toward
The lif11e knot Of frightened men who hid
gathered under it, or uoon the roof Of the un-
occupied budnlng Oh tho south. This inpenl- |
Ing danger was 70 undermined that it seemed |
Impossible tbAt it should rc.ist any OF tho |
sht cks OF witd that Wtro being constan'ly
hurled against It, For sons tiUe the extent
Of the calamity waa not kno~p. The Handyb
and workmeu who had escaped knew that
men mnst have Gono down with the wreck;
but how many, and Who and whare were thoy,
aud Here they dead?
Ore Of the fl1-t men N thc,bui'ding Was To-
lie, man Hussv. who was followed BY Dr. Tb-
bill and A E. Culver: cling,Og TO = ladder, at
which he bad srasped rs 10 fell, thaS found
carpenter named Pierce rlum, who lives at 615
Msin street. THIS mzn bad been badly ornised
and was injured Internally. he Was helpless,
save 10 bold to that ladder, with the grip Of 4
drowning NAL He was taken down, led out
aud cared for in u store opposite. until con-
bown iu the cellar the policeman discovered
the legs OF man whose head aud body vera
covered br timb rs and prick; and close os him
t, ere eet m+d to be zuuthor. These men were
Henry NellioghoN and John D2Bcr, carpen-
te.e, crushed 10 death in a fearful manner It
required nofva to tAke there msu out. Tie
stone front on Plum etrcet hadbeen bulged out
l several inchcs, by tie joists, and there waa
danger Of othez port,oiia OF the wall falling
| In the half story below the fatal hall, were
Jaeob -ste1aineer, foreman Of the c.r7enters,
And apother carpenter, Frank Jonas, whose
Ives we're fast ebt Ing away: SterrinGcr had
two or three hours to live, and Jonas but few
| mir rutea. .- -.
CHARLES Hoon, James McLaiu, Wm. Stacy,
/ Mr. Andrews. aud u DR. Hoss, and two or
! tltee other daring men whose nhmea We conla
! not learn, ycusufed within the building, with
ripe and tAekls and ladders, 10 dig out and
takers wagon, from Sullivan's, anda hack
The crrehcd remains Of .Daner and Welsing-
l,oG. with heads, limbs. and bodies b1oken and
aAtteued (t1e faco Of the former vas cnsheA
down from the loAd two or three inches) we're
taken to the uudertaker's stable and 1hd out,
side by side. Junas gasped once Of twice after
| ho was taken ont and expired, and soon WIS
laid out By the eide Of the other two.
that Of the otho1s. brought out covered With
blood from head TO foot, with arms aud 11os
. broken, limbs, BODY and face gashed w1thdeep
cute, and get. with tremendous T1fahty. cllng-
irH still to life for an hour or tTo. he sat efect
, in t}e hack, with clotted blood oozing from
mouth, moro, and eyee. and WAS taken to
. Sister Anthony's Hospftsl. in the hope that
there might be chance for his recovery.
| Vain hope ha lived hut two hours.
Large c,owds Of people hung & afoana no IN. 1ne
dertnle1s place. until dxrk, aud even atte1
or Inc three bode. laid out ut the latter place
only that Of Jouan had been claimed By relA
! tivce, up to 6 o'clock. Probably the SAD newt
net broken to the,s =, las
b aud swore in the foa]oFing 3urore: hsf
a Center, James u. Natters. Il II. Cot1le, a. Il
Il Cox, r. s. Mcconnell, and IsaiAh Jones. Tb'
= ]urors Waved the maDgl"d renAno, ssaschet
II measures, tobaeco-bo1ee. and about $40 Y
IA morey. After hearing the following te8ti
Il mony Of Frank W Handy. they continued tn
al investigation to o'clock this afternoon;
n tThe wall wah up to its full height feso
-, for the truss roof 10 30 On, md the mon wcs
y; framing thu roof. It WIS twenty-five fee
{ from tie third story to the top. The wall to.
:. fell xaa four bricks thlck-sixtsen inches, w
10 an inch Of morsAr-and it had two iaIfe ",
-. do9E. seven 9eet si1 inches vide and sh'fsee
r. feet ejz il ches high, with wooden lintats. At
ys tl,e arches turned. The wall ha1 been sian
~ ing that way eincc last Thurrd2y-
W Anavcr to 1uestion-The1e v1s no nece
ud sity for braces. ac It Was sesenteeu.sne
fo | wall. There might have been braces int
eir aeainet it, but We saw no nsceteIy 1ot r.. ~ .
N, ! Ahout forty feet Ut the wall fell IN. Ihe
liz we,e aschors on every floor.
~ | Arnwer to gnest,oa-Yee, thtt wal y,
Ia well tied in; only ftrty feet OF s.xty Afe ao@
;rh tv minutes before il fell, knd remarked to
.ra foreman that he must Look out for tho beam
I'd don't krow CT any mau refusing TO VIC
N. there: tho Wind Was blowing IN 9uiItes.
sir something Ike the one that took on Tho II
M Of tho CoIan,fTe.nl ofioo buildiu1
-. Answer TO smother question-1es, II IA
oe, ~,1nnr luild,ne: it wna being built Ter
II. y. 0sr Company, that wanted something u
ing los IN dol 1,rsty this ACCIDENTS eetima
on 2taoool Slao"' c.r.n = C,vsnn arn the u
lie; AID cs1pentet. .S.a,Eas 9 xrort and Schnoii
the cont 3csnin - -, wy -. =. ~ treestone.
Ths loas Is therefore divided a1,onE u =
lrA r f1ms. Fully third Of the east wall VIII y
tho to oe Ie'to. x;ys and four daughter
now ]cnat Ie .rt,,a He lived At tba col
acre txo ot then ,Tarnd s.rr, ts, He was 48 =
Of age- ., ,:- ~ 81 Woody
By S'eInnsc1s AA'A"'
been eiIeets ~ .ce 1esyes family
Ian: Danno!- w 49,. r..r IaureI
l au- leg on lan1a e'Aeest 1..ra. a II
Vice. welliI Rho1, ~ yeate oae' Cn,,ny,nr.
ju.t living on TniladelplhA Iee.' e ~ nnnAr
the Alsout o'clock last eFeha6' tno ;sEH ;nsEH -,
M OF | ,io,, If the ueEt wall Of bo" oo''o5
After W,rrins estate, Water street, "esl y. !,
vas blown down. making greas Ks etaSu III,
/ sairirg big dust, lint, isltohA'e's' t'''