The New York herald., 1873-08-24
THE wREcXEQ TENEMENT
The Scene Of the Ninth Ward Horfor-..All tho
Bodies Identified.
A Startling Rumor<About q Miss.
ing Ioy.

The neignoorn sod 0f the sc$yle OF the terrible
building cras or Friday was visited yesterday by
q large nuIAber OF the curious. Situated as was
tne 0iockiRl West Eleventh street, between WASH
Ang'on sud Greenwich, the region was separated
s'om tVe usuA routes Of travel, and those who
were drawn there yesterday had to puzzle their
PrSins for mode OF reaching 1t. The story OF
Meath and OF suffering had been fully tod and the
silent crowd, which were yesterday kept back from
thedebris by few policemen, merely summoned
tAe aid Of their imagination to depict
Aho scenes OF the day before. TNe
sruns told their sad story of death. The women OF
the neighborho0d shuddered as they gazed at the
wreck and rejected upon the present state OF
mind OF the wives and mothers OF the eight poor
fellows who lost their lives through the careless
ness OF contractor. Among the crowd were also
20 BE- seen the faces OF men VINO claimed to have
been the
FRIENDS OF ,ffE DEAD
or the wounded, and who were describing with
great accuracy the exact manner In which
their acquaintaDces had met their fate.
II is not q prepossessing neighborhood
1t best the building which has brought
30 much sorrow and suffering upon the poorer
class OF the city Inhabitants No. S2i, stood be-
tween the two tall dwelling houses. Yesterday
the blinds Of these were tightly closed,s and no
sgns Of life were perceptible within their wallis
The rear wall Of the wretched structure is still
standing but the front wall on Eleventh street has
crumbled down to the top Of the basement door.
The open space between the front and rear is q
mass Of broken bricks and timbers
WHO is TO BLAME?
There is no question in the minds OF any as to
where the blame will rest The Superintendent of
Buildings will, it is alleged, give his opinion
qualiAedly against the contractor who was erect
ing the building, The careless manner in which
tenement houses are thrown together has long
been matters Of comment throughout the city for
years past. In this instance an old building had
been raised and an addition was erecting the
whole intended for a habitatOn OF the poorer
class OF human beings. The work was done under
contract, as is generally the case with tenements,
and large number of men were employed upon
#. The ram undoubtedly weakened the walls
which were not Of the strongest. The men were
experienced in treading scanolding and should
have known that the ram was calculated to BRING
danger. The Department OF Buildings Is not
wholly blameess.
Coroner Herman will impanel jury and insti-
ten O'Clock.
Al an early hour yesterday morning mis- deputy
visited the Morgue and the respective homes OF the
unfortunate lab0rers who had been crushed to
death and gave certificates of death in each case,
as the relatives were anxious to bury the rapidly
'decaying and mangled remains;
DR.. Cuspman kindly furnshedthe press With
A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VICTIMS NAMES,
their ages nativity, homes, nature of injuries and
other particulars connected with them. Subjoined
will be found the list referredito:-
John Foster aged seventeen years, born in New
York, residence No. 443 West Thirteenth street; ap
prentice fracture OF skull and ribs and commissions
Sssss! SsSss aged ,eEsy years. born Ireland
wife end five children; concussiOn OF brain and
fracture of right shoulder.
Ireland, seventeen years in country, residence No.
i25 Greenwich avenue; laborer, married, no child.
rem; compound fracture OF skull and COMMISSIONS
Martin Fancy. twenty-five years old, born in Ire
land residence No Horatio street; iaborer, smar-
riod fracture Of ribsand c0ntusi0ns-
asnce, sixty-fourth street and Tenth avenue; mar
Francis Donnelly, aged thirty.nve years. born in
Ireland. residence Elm West Fifty-fourth street !;
Michael Mullen, aged .ierty years born in Ire
!and; found at the Morgue; residence unknown ;
jeremiah Croain, aged thirty-nve years, born in
Ireland, residence unknown; died at Bellevue
Hospital four hours after having been taken from
the ruins; fracturoeO( the akull and left Ibia and
INDIGNATION OF FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS.
Some Of the friends of the deceased yesterday
expressed the utmost indignation againstthose in
charge Of the work where the poor men were sacri-
should suffer the extreme penalty OF the law.
Coroner Herman will give the matter most
moned several experienced builders and other
experts to testify IN the case after inspecting the
Below win be found the names OF
THE JURY
sworn in by Coroner HERNIA NV II. Rose, No.
street, James Dergth, No. ass West Tweith street
James Greer No. 247 West Fort y-nghth street; G..
Christopher street; K: s. slml ,son, No. 10 sixth
avenue; stephen o. Ryan, Charles street; @. G.
= washington street; William. Morton, No. lis; lis
Greenwich street D. Cunningha am, NO. 2s6 West
a ROW MISSING ANN ruprurp SrARcu opnrppn
About two o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr.. j. E.
TO believe there was the body OF boy, some ten
years Of age buried under the ruins as the lad
not been home nor seen by ANY one. Mr. Halsey
wanted permission to make iurtner search IN the
60 to work II they only had the authority 60 to do
Accordingly, Mr. John T. Toal, clerk of the Board
Of the Ninth precinct, requesting t that Mr.. Hase1
oe granted ne privilege to continue the search for
= Il subsequently appeared. however that Coroner
Herman, who visited the scene OF the disaster at
an earlier hour in the day, had heard the report
Patrick Denohue, and called on his grandmother,
corner Of Twelfth street and Eighth avenue. from
whom he learned the boy had not been at home since
seven O'Clock on Friday morning. Coroner Herr
man thereupon directed Captain Washburn to en-
search among the ruins. and said some means
would be devised to pay them. The work Of
CLEARING AWAY THE BRICKS
and was then recommended with vigor, and,
should there be any more bodies, they VIII soon be
found.
BY request Of Coroner Herman, Captain Wash
ourne VIII make inquiries among the families OF
those killed and dangerously njuredby the Eleventh
/, street calamity, and should any OF them be In
pressing want the attention OF the generous pub-
nc Will be called to them and their necessities re-
heved.
Action OF the Society for the Relief or
Destitute Children.
While the earliest readers Of the HERALD were
pouring over the account Of the disaster published
IN yesterdays Issue, the superintendents Of the
various divisions Of the Society for the Relief OF
Destitute Sick Children were In hurried action,
visitors we're summoned and hastily despatched to
the homeso the dead and wounded workmen. Even
tnese gentlemen, accustomed "a they have heen