, 1873-11-23
SHOCKING ACCIDENT,
Tho Chicago Ma1leahlo Iron-W FORKS
- the Scene of The Catas-
tr0phe.
The Roof Of IN Unfinished Building
Suddenly Gives Way.
Two Workmen Killed and Three
Seriously 1njuyed..-Narrow Es.
cape Of Several Othera.


capo OF several Uthera.
--
Hhlle depression IN financial circles, and ap-
rrohension Of foreign difficulties are casting
dark ehadovs In many homvs Of the poor in this
citv cn),m,t;es TINT nntoi, dooror c1oam aro am.
o.sn4,., su's =. oatan aoopot sIoo aso oon.
n.ansls occurring IL was o"t lew weeKs ago
that an explosion at tho North Side Rolng-Mills
threw fivo worls1nen into mass OF motion iron,
reducinp t1roo of tber, m
' .s -. ..,
oShIcooSl1"nss ., e1SpAA0. .
and causing the death Of Tho remaining TWO.
But week previous, nn.oxploson at pork-pack-
men and q boy to fraC1ucuta which
.na., .w;t,, ,;os,,,,t,, oo,Iooto1 t,oothor Ara
"oao VIII u,nsus s.st'I.;s. uu =. W.. s,aa.
nov tic shuudeging Honsib'itlca OF our SUNDAY
morning readers Ui1 bo shocked
II THE RELATION OF ANOTHER pGr1oRAp1E
u.,n,, ,,..a - o o,a1oa,. ,.a.4ora.,, ,,.,rn,o,
"huu oeousoa ~ e.ooA scs'o,o"S .''oAnooat
resulting III tue lmnooato acatn OF EMO mon,
and tho wounding Of throe othcrB, two Of whom
,,ar.. W." ~ tno nh;oaro a,o1,aat1o Irnr co,nr,nr Nv
"otAo ~ -, oAso 1a'I'r"oe u.sas -1on oFAA,,
!ocateu NJ tne corner OF "cete1n avenue aau
Twcnty-sixth atrcot. Tho construction OF these
association Of CAPITALISTS. moatlv oItizons Of
T..,,,,;i,a ,,15;,.,, .s,;,,, 40 ~. ~ .,,nt
LonlsVlte. Iho buildings Vnlch afe 1of inc moBt
part OF brick, With Fronch roof and cupolas, will
cover, when completed about
THREE ACRES OF GROUND,
and will employ not less than 1.O0O men. It will
bo tho largest establishment Of itu kind in tho
West. and will contain machinery Of the most
nearly completed, tho principal work to be done
Dcinc the stating of tho roofs md extorior
DECORATIONS. rho construction Of tho bui]lince
has boen attended with much risk to limb andl lifo,
because Of the stecpncts Of tho root aud tho con
gtructiou Of the cupolas But until yesterday thoro
lad been no accidents Of any importance. The
uccidont yesterday did not result from tic
peculiar CONSTRUCTION Of tho buildings, but from
tIo tile 0'''''' 'e''0N@ ~' '''0 '~''~
min ~, 7,,anrvrc,rvr arpponrs
If n c1nn1a of nnc IT thn iarrcat bn;f,iinre ami
Tia c.wsc nf i mov In tracsJ dirnctlv tn tho
orchitert of TIM worlr 'rhc vict;mn hv fho ncrir
1o.t 40 - . E;i1o;; N;,I,n1o. Tnnio - NJ x
Wnnt.xorth nvenmo . Antrav 1'ol5;!,ear ~ NJ
% Wrout Gov.n+aar},, nt~aat o,,3 ~ IN; ;rraI
cro Gl,nrIaa Mur1ov ~ NJ 1nn 1fn,r1,cr strant.
Mani. 1rclun whn raz;daa ~ ta cnrTar ~ I1rior
aud Seventeenth streetg and joseph Patton. OF
to be fn,aliv iniurod intornajy. When the acct
dcnt oronrrcl thn rong 1rhic1i fo11 swnrmnd with
huay s1atar" md ~ fho wonier n thnt sn manv A..
cancd ,,n;nirrad anf' I'm fort,nntc resnlt nm
on1s ho occo,nto1 ~ Nv Tia fect th,t ifn rnof
hcnr t,nt nf n cnno1. tho man wore affordcd
fnoana of enfotv bv s]idinr off to tho main roof
~ cr,en;nr in fha;r dcacant nnmerons roftore'
r. ~ cnnf,s;on rhicl, fnltowef Tho onta stTonbo
It was almost impossible for ollr reporter to as
cijont' Int It annonroI tint It wax
oecasioned bv tho parting Of tho tio-
Leans Of tho roof of tho c1pola, which wore