Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-17
smozHERED BIZ 4 LAND SLIDE.
A Boy Killed by the Gazing In of IN EN-
bankment in the Western Part of the

! A Boy Killed by the Gazing In of an EN-
bankment in the Western Part of the
City.
fatal and painfully cruel accident took
place about 2:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon,
resulting in the death of the dve-year old
son of Jacob Deitz, residing on Fuller street
near Western Avenue.
The accident took place on Martin street a
few yards west of Western Avenue, and was
caused by a land slide, or, more properly
speaking, the oaving in an embankment.
1t the reader will imagine slight curve in
the grade of Martin street, Immediately be-
You'd Western avenue, fanked on the south
side OF the street by ten-foot bluff, the
partial removal of which has had the effect
to leave wide, open space, aside from the
original width of the street, he will have the
precise situation of the origin and location
OF the accident. It may be said, en- PEASANT,
that workmen have been engaged in complet-
ing the work on the street up to day or
two ago, and that the improvement has been
under the supervision of Messrs. Carr &,
Clonln, by virtue of a contract with the
city.
At the hour named, four children were
at play on the south side of Martin street in
names being az follows Joseph Deitz, aged
years; Joseph Kelcher, aged about z wears:
JOhn Frelllng, aged years, and Henry
Freiling, about and one-half years of age.
On the opposite side of the street short
distance from the embankment Mrs. Fitz-
gibbons, was performing household duties,
which were var ed by observing the actions
of the children, who were plainly visible
from the window of her residence.
While thus engaged the industrious house.
wife was startled by suppressed shrek of
mingled fright and pain, which had sudden
~ taken the place of innocent, childish
prattle. Mrs. Fitzgibbons looked from the
window just in time to see the embankment
close in on the children. Rushing to the
scene OF the disaster, followed by q young
lady named Mary Hoffman, the women
went bravely to work at extricating the
children, while young man named Hoff-
man was dispatched for more muscular as
sistance.
Inc women succeeded in getting three of
the children from their perilous position, by
which time they were reinforced by man
named Leonard Metz, who extricated young
Deltz, who expired q few minutes after be-
ing rescued. A casual examination demon
strated that three of the children had escaped
almost entirely uninjured, while in addition
to being suffocated young Deietz's right leg
and ankle were bandly mangled.
The lad was conveyed to the residence of
his parents, where d.. Stamm was sum-
moned, who declared that death had resulted
from sufooation. Coroner Stein was sum-
moned and by o'clock he had empaelled
the following jury: Sanford Newell, A. L.
Mitchell, T. s. McManus, w. T. Rich,
Gustav Leue and Charley Siegenthaler.
The jury visited the house last evening, and
after viewing the remains, it was decided to
postpone the inquest until O'Clock this
morning. Considerable feeling was manifest
about the affair last night, but the blame, if
any, will no doubt be assigned to the proper
persons by the ooroner's jury to-day.