The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-17
THREE TENEMENTS FALLING.
CRiCRTvG AND SHIPPING ron nouns
BEEORE 7DE IINfL CRIsH
! The Inmate. Driven from the Buildings IN
| Time 60 save their Lives Narrow Escape
by tomc of Them- Negligence Some eNNhere.

The Inmate. Driven from the Building. IN
Time 60 save their Lives Marrow Escape
by some Of hcm-Nculigence somewhere.
In Twcnty-third street between First and
Second avenues, is n long row of nvc-story
brick toncmcnts. erected nbout twcu,y vcars
ago by Henry Hand. They are n continuous.
narrow pile ofbuildnrs. closely ioincd to,,other.
Eight years ago. in the middle Of the
night. one of the buildings suddenly
cnycd in. md many ncrsons wcro killed.
The insurance companics. the Department Of
Buillipcs. and he Fire Department then do
oi,t,1 ,Lo, ,io ,,h,l, 80. si,,l1 H., ".i,,n,,
cNed thht ,ho WhVe row shouiu pe shorcd
up" white star over the first story OF clch
h,usc ebova finn. ,bo eh.rir,, ,,.os ion. rlo
whole row was thirbly n"pnIo,~d. co~b houss
containing an average Of twenty families. 1t is
known as "Tho COLONY" and thcrc sccms to
have been a ieclirs OF security existing among
the tenants, for they never entertained doubt
nj ,l,c s..uritv nf IA. ola i,illinos
~, -
nehry NeiTn. 'he proprl''oro oi parroom Nv
o,.looL los, o,.orIr., ,,bor ia, lorco ,,irro IN
''oeN '"s' Nc''"E' N''rn ''o ,'''s' ",'i" III
,he rear oi Ms n"r snapped W'th 'ouu' crash
n,i,ict naty fa,l ~ ,lo.,or sron, u,c cn',in,..
~, ,", en- e',, :. a., ,."i,'
seemed rcaly to fall. Mr.. Welsh sen, at oncc
:, ,ho Tre,,,, sc,ord s,r,o, ,,li,o s,,.
~ '"o i"'nS .m, '" 9",
ton, and Capt Allaire and a platoon
of police officers buried t. the spot. Con-
,t.,,. .,,t,.,-. a,,t ,,i..t',.. -,
tinuous cr"kings ami explosions were
heard. yet there was no smoke or sEn oi fire.
Cant Allnirc ordered his men 10 enter the
matcs to leave. At the samc time he sent for
Chief Bates Of the Fire D'por'meni and D.s'ri.t
inspector lsn'r' ''e'' o,, FRS '.u al
| Of inpendinr dnnrcr.
"Tnrce tho no0,Ie ont" VIVA ,hc order
and the police. led by Capt Ana,rc. ran
through the threo buiidiurs and drove
The teTgrinsd inmat,s out; cSrd9Gs Of police
OF The h"rses ran into thc Street and paus"d ior
| Insn"ctnr Fs6sr and Chini bates were the last
10 Lave the buildings. Here they come"
| smddsniy wi,b a snlen rn"r thn IA roo hmillinrs
| gr"Jnniiv, Snnk '"''S'- 'V''' '''' va
Mr. Henry Welsh. whose barroom and apart-
| r,rn,s ,ynrc "rn.H.I ont "f r~iut.npr llpii,
| .,rhh'S An ~, , ~, ,lrif ,,,. ~,
si 6nn ia mo-, cNn =, saV e,,ar ior ,bnniih
,y vur rs fr, w., o,,n M ,r anJ rar ~,
~ iinS hcinIouS M up s'''It az an" '"n ~ @ "u
or, ur Ill., l9ry sr. r ynos -" d barn my, r
nrnt, nv @ w9in,u l'c b'U,u i, ,' , D,I"I
| ne ms nriy "i t.'sg .iNl'hsS; nu / hnNr
~ ", .n"h,.'r M 49, ~ ,i,, ~ 'r - , ", II ,i III
1i ny lllrrnl. tl1h my -i1S7,s nn irii'
i,hss vnry rt"r tramhle1 md th"ucit some, some,
IiHnrv uaniv Mo o,.n,ipid IN. tom story nj
al l,,l Nas w soetoi IN ny roon, smokns
4 fIrt.
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ir,ti,ab ia" rrars Si,yiv rnt l,rir All
arser Ihr Tis s,c1heI ihs, H. H. De- tnmIl,ni 'nr r,
~ ,.,n,,, ',i ,l,,rn nh MINI ms, If nIv in ,r
ysG ysn, ''' oneyT s '' Ry%S5d @ Eafst T. no S"'S my
r,noln IInr I'M, hni,od 'u,,p ny fsrpl, 'vHr nn
IN Tho roof and then for The nrst time
| f,'l, HIN, thc hniiiins WI. ,,t.riuc The r"r
~ i,s '',' ~; ~ .. ,, ,!n. -, -, e., , ,,
In, d. dd not i6ins Of danger. The feeling was
| slmpil on ~ sIIuu"l, s',W i.NihS INV up"ni .'v"
& unr .'r., , vn, dd n"t thin tha, Tho h5uss
was wasT eppming down Thn & families Who occapied
,hase hr'ssa w"rn as / can rn"niiert Mr. Bplnn
M EN- hdfsn xs sn1 TSsss %c FH "aa oiRs5 n
4e uys 1"ys kk,l.I anI n,.
Son aftrr helng r'mov.l from 81 Ellen
Ml%rTy mSr geonc2 -5 aqi v Ta- @ S ln srvgS @G
un .onsriou, rond iion. H.r ihr,- children
STsrs STrG Ns 1,,Ss wi T. ,I trov S31@n H. @ rb ,bc
irirht ss sic was about To- become a mother.
Ann Nuns. Of the same hor-r. was also par
was IN the Inst sta.os 90 CONSUMPTION.
he foreman OF Hook and Ladder ~. said :
ease | have cyor Witnessed. From every floor
You could hear the timh,r- crackius. AMI yct
moi parting. The stairs stood solid. tnank God
Il was a gradual siI.ius oi thc huilliug~
did uart. il w',- done So oqui"tly; and came down
ings were sinking, Their WIS ~ altering of
the, dirt. nothing lui heap 81 hri'k. mortar,
a
great cloud of dust. and then all was over
Oflrcr Haywood said; Ihe Captain ordered
| mo - 70 to thr top Of the building. ! helped
the families out, and had lu- passed ont 4
chlld when ioli the rooi slowly gy' way. !
ran for my l,e aud had lu-i -pfnns om the roof
1876 when the building i"ll through ~.
| Fire Commissioner Gorman. n''ut &. hing,
| aud Chief Bates were early on the spot chief
Bates explained that the foundation had giaiu-
ally givon way. and thnt the o,d rook'rics nuilt
of cheap material. and ci"apy patched up, had
ben n@nae N. e,. 70 stand 'le & ,,rln families stood
outside on the Str..i, many Of 'hcm ihiny clad
the agent, and hous'kreprrs. Tho losses Of
cach family 9vcfare from ')yl t. 500.
One man who had lived in one q the houses
for nearly twenty years said " We have con-
stanly complained tp Mrs. Malone, the house
| l.ceIrr ot the mis-. rahs condition Of the
houses Litter a'ter l"u'r has ;, h""n
| sent hy Us 10 tn" Board OF Health
and to the Department OF Buildings, but
with no avail. only Today twp hop tors Of
| tho Department OF Buildings visited thN-,'
buildme- and pronuun rcd th"m -ni". Yet at :
O'clock NJ was preparing ~ tax" my supper.
| heard a era. king of the walls SAW one oi them
part aud then Know that was ruined"