, 1875-02-28
CASUALTIES.
Detailed Account of the Church Calam.
ity in New York City.
~..,~--- THE NEW YORK DISASTER, >s:
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED, AND ABOUT FIFTY 4

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htto Fork Horfd, fsb. rs.
4 little more than six weeks ago the innaeus
brick f1ye.story crockery warehouse fronting q,
nnonn .,d ch.+h.,, .+-oot. 80 ,..,.~;-~Gc
nay,s 4n+s, 1,no,, 49, ao~,s. 49, s"n.-. o"1e :.
neys aotst upon the corner, WAS destroyed b
fire. The west wall WAS left standing at nearl
| its full height oyerbanging on it's west side 81
| Andrew'n Roman Catholic uhuroh +. n.rro,
alI.v- .v.vr :. rnrn,n. h.tu,s., +h.>, ~,
49,, "@ o1ntIs po'~een 'ne"' 1n'
Church stretches back from Duane street abou
swo-sh'rds ~ Tar rs the wall did, and beyond tn.
| church tenemeut-house fronting On CITY Hal
piAoa il next neighbor 70 the ruiu. The nigh
after the fire in the warehouse the wall va.
| YVES omptied- Since then work at rebuilding tho
! warehouse On the old wall has been begun,
/ The wall fell last night over upon St Andrews
I Church, where EerYices we're going on. and
breaking through the east side OF the roof, from
the middle toward the northern end, crushe5
it down upon the east gallery, where from
! 100 to l50 people we're sitting. killing
people and iniuring many more seyerely.
The Lent services had crowded the church
more than usual, although the Weather sas yary
Slippers were present. Father Currao. the pas-
tor of the church, was acting ao ceiebrapt. and
with his boys occupied his placa near the nn1n,t
on the east side: Father Carroll, Of St. Ste
phen's, preached tho evening sermou, taking
:. Now is the accepted time for bis teri
He had not been speaking Iour when tho
crash came In tho bieh wind tbaf nreva;Jel
during the first unarter of an honr aftar o'c1nc
The wall, = eakeaed by the frosts and tI,sws ~
tha 2ast month had g;vsn vsw TLa ra;.a y.
accompanied b. stifiinr and hind dnst ,rono
the shstternd nlsstcr ~ tha c.,l,ne .od ~
time il Was fmpossihle for thoaa 1ho h,d ~ - .
capped the ruin to sea what or how nreat at tha
dia,sfrona TJ,a horsa w. E,,aa T.. ~" s.eA. sue
shriekinp Of the terTihlv fTiohtene crr hse sne
Father Carroll .nranU frono tha z,,1ns, .sa Nv.
lost in The crouj nnon t1a mo. ,1;, sa1 - ".o @
united rnsh for the throa dnnrrars nran;r oao
Duane street. Asis usual in a chnrcl cnnera. ~
m tfon TIA wo1,sn ~ a,,.na,tanIg ssu aL sons.o
and tl1onrh the door. vii srhan raetanag a u.e
emnty Tia chnrch ~ fvo minrtss - ",,ai Speu,
so strong that Il 1aste1 1frsar ~ +1.a"t. "t1
Tu;nuf.a and wsa A. oreat .sIar,;t. ~ -. t"en
of tho wall iteeIf ''''"@A'1 40 -oe 4a'1
The crowd from tbe 14oor. ne,n,o,cat, hv t,vo
streams from the galleries fnuc, sor t1.a 3,e~s
he throe doors open inwnr,ls Two NJ thenn~
the main door aud the ea.t door--Inckiiv rara
fastened wide open before tie crowd reached
them. The thru door, which was hasas TIA
more stroup}g hacanaa tha d;sos,sr ~ ~ ~. aast
side Of the Church had ANT n 49,, es ess
pie hurrying over to the west side had ona ~ ;fs
two leaves shut and left onfy very narrow
exit The police outside. gathered In some forra
by this Ii ,e, endeavored to Force onen ths other
Leaf Of tbs door, but the tllrust Of the crowd |
against it wss 50 crest that tha nttamnt t;xo ~ |
three times repeated snccea1ed onIv wham +ta
other doors had relieved thn cb1rch of ia Az
treme preasure.. In the terrible or11s;, within
women and men faiuted am fell and we're tran,-
Piled upop Tho breath was fairly cronntf ont Moi ~
others, aud they were ltftad along insausihiv N
the prees,
Blinded aud choked with dnst and ecrea,nin.
NTH fright aud ns1n tha 90o ndT naonIa rI,o
we're able to move found rI1omse,Fes i, ths
,treet, min1i1nr with a crowd ~ horrar1str,os
Ipectatorg AZ frirhtaned 40 ,nvnod1 tan,;t,ss
Ieparated. o}idren Iost ~ ~ .e~ta;r a1aaos
It indiyid1aI safaEv IA N ons E,,a1r;rs, 49,
reat Or how 1ittfe 1ha d;s.a,ar n1m 1a;rh; ~" ba
CheY ware n TN hr,;asJs .,a Eia.a;" ~.
rowd whom tia no1;ca hod ~ c1aa- t.s,e p,aeuh ~
aos viii, fha otheF crovd 1ha+ {,,iaJ 4 sae
rotu sidewalk to sidewalk anJ VS. n-ass;n ae o.'9vs 90
o See what hid hanneneds Withont tha cS,,r.s,
bowed no e1ens nf the I;;a,ster Th'a Tro,,t "si
Ias min iure1 When ia croEd ,..s asr asors "at
company OF 6remen and not;camen Forcad ths;-
Fay in. They found The nis]ss 1ttare1 VIII. VIZ
leeyes. cloaks.. .coats. hats. and r.rs torn ~ N
ae struggle, and found also A fev man srnnnd ~
,aersi},fn h,,<1jos ~ . ,,,+,.. 80 L..Ns