The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-06

Three BOYS Fatally Injured In the Crushing
Mas. narrow Escape Of LabOrers.


Since Monday morning nine men have
been tearing down the fou--story brick house At
2li Division street, near suffolk. The old build
ING was crumblns to pieces. Residents Of the
neisbborho ood say It had attained the age OF 1fty
wears The brick was rotten end could be
ground into fragments with ease. Daniel W olr,
the owner, was finally notified by tho Depart
ment Of Buildings to pull down the time-eaten
structure. The workmen who have been razing
II have been very cautious about II. The brick
work shook at every touch, and they feared IL
might come down about their ears. They re-
moved tho top story successfully, and stacked
the crumbllns brick in the street. Day before
yesterday they tried the outer wall Of the third
story, and attempted to remove the windows.
but the wall trembled so that they let 60 for the
moment, and continued the dem ohtion Of the
interior.
Last evening at o'clock the men quit work,
and took their way out OF the building. At the
same time some boys ran up 10 the place from
the neiehboring tenement houses and around
the adjacent street corners, TO pick up Tor fire.
wood the spltnters and other fragments that
usually lie about the lower floors at the close OF
every days work. A wagon was also driven up
from John Triplers wood yard to get the larger
pieces Of timber. Before the lahorers were en-
the boys had time to come up, down tumbled,
with terrific crash, the surface brick Of the
whole 'front.' bearing along with II twelve pom
derous stone window sills, each a yard long and
half foot thick. and the iron fire escape that
traversed the front from top to bottom. The
sidewalk and half the street were covered with
the ruins, and half buried beneath them were
three boys who lay motionlcse and bleeding.
Two other boys were less seriously hurt, and
one Of the workmen was struck on the head,
but not badly injured. The iron hre ladder fell
across the lumber wagon, brushing the driver In
its descent.
The bystanders drew forth as quickly as posi-
BILE the three lads who had been struck down,
and they were sent to Bellevue Hospital in police
ambulances: They are pronounced fatally in
jured. Their names are william Savage. aged Q,
OF Hester street William Schell, aged o, Of
Hester street and Jacob Abrahams, II, OF 8
Hester street. Superintendent Walling arrived
at the place within a few minutes after the ac-
cident, and sections Of police came immedi-
atcly from the Tenth, Seventh, and Fourth Pre-
cincts.
No. 2ll has been disastrous house Three
years ago II the scene u FIRE, by which
nine persons were smothered MIR. Wolf the
owner, lives at Ss,s2 East Broadway. 1t has been
his intention to erect in place OF the old house
| at No. I'll. a hye-story double tenement. MT.
Michael Mcmahon keeps a liquor saloon next
| door. in 2D0 which he owns. He expresses great
indignation at Mr. VOLTS plans for the new
| house. II Is to he erected upon the party wall
| Of MIR. McMahons house, with only an eight
inch lining, aud is to bo raised two stories above
| the party wall, with sides SO weak and supports
| so precarous that MIR. McMshon says IL will en-
danger his house, and will be liable some DAY TO
| topple over and destroy more lives. He says he
has demonstrated, but that 1t has done no good
| that Superintendent Ad ans has given his sanc-
| tion, ana that Mr.. VOLTS architect is employed
| in Mr.. Adans's ONCE.