New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-23
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s,+npoRTEp-THE CONTRACTOR HAS LITTLE ~
To- the transformation of the old-fashioned
,o,se INTO the tall tenement now going on III ainios'
very street of the city, the builders u"s
tno month of May came upon dwelhng az
No s2i West EeveDthst. 1t was "
Of extraordinary frontage, over ~ Iee" o.,
having depth OF IS feet. Back Of the mousse sn~
ward intervening, stable, approa0noU -
passareway cut through the south sac Oh INC a.
INC bricks covering front, which was threo
hight, gave no token OF decay anu '"' 49,
,Dr t,sel, was in good state OF repair NeNei
theless the owner, p. j. Hozberber, a pork
No b75 Hudson-st, ordered its destrucuoh, anu s
contract for the covering of the entire pio' oi
,,h douhle enement-house of great Size In tue "a"
ter mart Of NAV the work was begun ou' 'u'i0 49,
orlt few laborers employed, the destruction VI %"
r,i,,,os has heep very slow. The stable was nrS'
pnlled down, and upon its sue H-'ou" 60
the construction Of what was lhVenu
no an extension Of the proposed tehoinoNV'
A, Tho hecinping of the present month more "oIAon
-. en0ooed and the destruction of the mont puolnE
was carried forward with greater rapdity' INC iD'o
was gradually stripped Of its contents inc nool'"e'
Stairways ioists ard beams here ana theFe ulsaP
reared untn the building literally she'll
One who PASSED by yesterday morning would nave seen
tho ain perfect front Of an evidently doomed building
and barren interior crossed here and there by slender
beams The roof gone, letting In HOOD OF iign'
upon the interior As looked through the saShess
windows Of the second story great breadth OF SKY ana
cloud could he seem revealing the fact that every beam
of the third story had been removed Above the second
story there was rotten wall II feet long unsupported
by any beams.
FAIL OF A HOUSE OF CARDS.
few moments before noon, yesterday there were Az
work within the building % men-masons, faHlere ana
laborers The rnasons were standing upon platform
IN the second story and at work upon the south
vail Of the new building while the trainers on the same
Moor were adjusting beams, and the laborers In the
cellar were gathering up the fragments OF the ruined
building and carrying them INTO the street. Several
Iaborers however, engaged IN bringing long beams
into the building with which IT was intended to prop mp
the walls which were thought TO DO somewhat weakened
by the great rains OF the past week crashing sound
rs OF falling beam attracted the attention OF all IN the
building at 1850 a m and looking toward the tier OF
beams in the second story the workmen saw that
several OF the beams had snapped into Fragments
beneath the pressure and tho remnants had
fallen upon the beams Of the first story. Then, rs
they looked up the laborers the cellar saw 70 their
horror the entire front wall OF the building above the
second story slowly lean forward and fall within the
building. The ponderOus Of brick stone, and NOR
TAR fell to the very cellar breaking the beams as IT
they had been wisps OF straw and burying deep
beneath their cruel weight every aborer. The masons
and the trainers on the upper floors thrown into
the cellar at the same instant through the sweeping
away of the platforms by the fan OF the wall. The
mortar dust poured like thick mist out Of the windows
wall, two stories in hight also fell within the building.
THE SEARCH FOR LIVING AND DEAD.
The masons and trainers were overwhelmed by the
fall Of this last portion of the wall and II there was any
life left those already buried, it now crushed out
Again a cloud Of mortar-dust above the build
ing and for moment hid it from sight.
The noise of the falling walls had been
quiet street,
and now men and women out from every house.
intent upon the rescue of the wounded. PatrOlman
Gallagher OF the fintn Presiuct rUnce
tumble into ruin, and the first TO reach it after the
catastrophe. Before the dust had settled that he
could his way the officer in the ruins, and after
moments cropping upon the apparently hieless
body Of Lifting up the man, the officer dragged
him into the street. and then discovered that
insensiOe. Brought to consciousness the proved
be the foreman Of the sborers Frederick Hewlett Of
Hudson City. He severely bruised the face and
about the body but beyond this had received
injury. Patrolman Gallagher again fastened into the
runs and Joined by Patrolman Malan. Both
officers worked with energy for several moments,
carrying out wounded and dead persons whom they
found in the ruins This deed OF courage.
asmuch as the side walls Of the buildings showed ind
cations Of being very weak and ready fall. At last,
finding the task too great for their strength Patromsn
wsllan to the Cbaresst. Police Station and gave
information Of the accident squad of police,
the command Of Sergeant John G. Croker, at has
tened 10 Eleyenth-st.
The members of No. 8 Truck Fire Department hear
ing of the accident in body proceeded to the spot and
under the command OF Jacob Van Orden their foreman
rendered most efficient service in the of
wounded and the recovery Of the bodies the dead
The police formed guard around the ruined
building, and kept all mere spectators at
distance while the fremen worked with
untiring energy in the ruins The search was
prosecuted with the haste by all from the hope
that those who merely wounded would be saved
from the greater horror OF death from suOcaton An
OF material was carried into the street
tha drile cd IN h,,pd
In the rear Every few moments OF the rescuers
would shout that had discovered OF the persons
buried, and with desperate haste would drag away
abe bricks or fragments Of timber beneath which the
man was hid. The others would join in the search and
soon an arm would be uncovered then leg and finally
the entire body would be dragged out into the light
Surgeons had come from Bellevue Hospital, and each
body recovered the pulse examined to detect
any trace Of life. Most of the dead found be
the laborcrs. They were all clad in blue over
Alls and flannel shirts, white with
mortar dust Nearly every Of them had been
crushed 10 DEATH and with their bloodstaned faces
they presented most lghasty spectacle. The fremen
worked steadily for four hours, and during that
It believed they recovered all the persons buried
beneath the ruins. finding in all 16 persons Warden
Brennan Bellevue Hospital early at the scene Of
the accident with four ambulances and IN them carried
nine persons who were wounded to the hospital
THE DEAD
Tue dead were placed upon stretchers and taken TO
she Chares-st. Police stationhouse. They eight
An plumber and were first unknown, but during the
AFTERNOON friends identified six Of the deceased Their
names are follows:
John Foster aye H. a laho,s- n, M ia West Vbir
teenth-st. " "
william Fay ny! age and residence unknown
Martin Fahey, age Is, Of No Horatio-st
~ r aSeU ~ Oh Sky eghthst and Tenthave.