, 1879-08-07
TREACIIERouS SCAFFOLDS.
Dreadful Accident Yesterday Morn
ing at the New Music.
Hall.
Four Msn preoipitatod to the Base
mont, DISTANCE Of Sixty
Feot. \
Two Die Of ths Injuries Rttsittd-..1ht Others
Seriously Wounded, Ono Fatally,

through tho sudden and tcrrbc medium Of
tumbltng and crashing scaifo.ds, life Ia fast be-
coming uncertain In Chicago. An accident OF
this hitler sort-if such IL tho proper term for
what the rather eoems to tava bccn a pEccc Of
culnab1e aud even criminal caTclcssnes8-oc-
Cured early yesterday morning, resulting IN loss
Of lfo and the infle,on OF painful, II they do
not prove fatal, injuries. Tho sccno Of Tho acci.
dent was tlle nav hlunic Hall at the southeast
cornsr Of State md Randolph strcets.
It was not 80 Sery long ago that
the satnn corner WAS lifted into uncnvtabse noto-
rtcty through The injury of several men who
wcro engaged In tearing down The buildings
which formerly occupied the ground. Sinch
then men have been dropping oil Of tho wills
uud the seailo1dng one by ono, as tho rips fruit
falls to tho ground. Tho tragic climax how
ever, WIS reached yesterday moraing when stx
,ncn were prcetpitated a fall OF sixty fcet. two
OF whom received Injuries which caused their
death during tho day and evening. another Of
whom will probably die, and the rest Of whom,
with two exception, arc In precarious con-
dttlon. :
The woskmen on the new building began their
daily labor about o'clock yester1ay morning.
The walls are pretty well up, that on the south,
or alley, being the one where tue work Is the
least completed Within the aloping auditorium
Inns boon erected 4 carpenscr's scafloldInR, CT
Tending from The bottom to the top OF the aphco
inclosed Within tho four walls. II
THE PARTICULAR WORK m HAND
the nrat thing yesterday morning was lie placing
Of an iron ptnte On tho top of The south wall, to
aeryB ns sort Of camp OF binder TO hold tbs
ss y !r,hs tato ", waahnI ao,ns ta or M
sur so.n,. A"'' Il pa hod hcnu tal.cn % IN " frnm
north nor S's' xsil Of tie s saaiiol.um. and md
;he hext tnE ~ orus. @ VA 10 @ eea ~ astos. e.. .n 70
e so an, wn rss IT. ns ~ - ;nt ~ nain VI fhs i,on
was !ondea un Wtce'oaf.G", @ anu sne M "o.K o.
moving u eomneneou. IT, IS saia +, t,lae tne men. @
tor aoe 9ersp ~. ~ % Ssa tt,. ~ H np .nni a
snrleun lt. lnlt. ts ausc,Im'' i,. auva mo;a @ a,r
tola TO a,e soath "a!s. ancIG T 1dc m
hau ereGteu tllclt u"u sg1sLuta III Gon!nntttpu =,
MMn o & in;" ua vo,n - a1aa 11saa az y
oE' s 1tsss srf MetS r. 49, s nsa
WHICH, huppos1ca tns!a mE'o su ansaJsea.sal. ,sa
prokoN'ousKeu aaA.rs. uut W aeuuaeotit "atn y
eoio rcgatu t9 .nsir ehuap'.ess' % ~ p.aso "as
aoout ~ ~ pnsu ,a, " ~ ~ w." IT, H.
!.as y i!uu osen .aseu ~ w i1.I.' - ~
a. tta .sai .aT Hnnn 4 ."n, faI, thor,h m thfu
nnint Tie stnr,es arn confttctinr. another hninr
~ poI" In t eicrs thnt lin 1ift, hai not
ia ths As II may tie wcirit of tlic Iron. added
:" ~ ,i,a wctoht ~ tl.e ak ai1n.boiIicij mar Who
! Sern ~ near i,e vail. oroyeI too much Tor tbc
Uni sraffnld. which. II, tia tw1nxllnv nf
%eaN sya ssau, navs wa's" way. and 's lei ,our u
~ ~ H. the' mcns Ens tbc the ma,,.tran ,tseif'
she b.svv ,ron ,,'ate and nj, into tf,e vownfnr
ro. o Ir1ow wv dna n f1'a iotsts vhr,, % as as
hcan az nro n1arcd nj the riiicus ,i,stanrc
of twnnty fcct nuort hrois nsar liz conrc II,
slanting direction On ti,a Under sluc. ono Of
thc ,,nrlphts was also s.,appeI oil, and about
hniny n,fni m viii dnhris wti]e snms of thc
u'I fnItir Una material ri skppcd i und went to Tie
| orn,,rd 'ioor further townr1ls the wnIl. The
I'm 9an nfnto ,tt tt,r III vay tLTouph planks and
henma mn, hnrc,i itself In lie rc1sr. Four al
| tEa IL ,nen feji viii, fhe rIeketv str,,ctnrr.
,vh,ta ~ I'm nthpr twn iohn anI Edw,n amoIke'
fastenrd their rriu on Tho ton oi thc wall.
s1 nni remsina @ tirre unt;l tlcy OK wcro n sujdenly nd
| r"srped nmn cnnH,,,tcd in carth. whnra II wss
aso.rtai,ed tint ti,cr Ind rerrtye1 nnrhfnr hmt
soma sSrntchca and brnfsNa. hosities hahn, 1nnti
ccai torn nj, in mind. Tie uoiso OF the crush
draw crowd in ou exceedingly brief space of
| tfmr nn5 n i,nrror.etriclren colfecffnn II was.
WI l. cnntoinnd scvrrai conI beails wfnac tirst
thnu+,,t o.. i,,at NJ rM.hlnr tn the reseu~
TNfe ,%a fnrcmnn wss in,.nd hnmmrd in hc.
ncath a heavy beam, Wills a broken timber,
rtpn~ u1s rnnrnRAn INn 1EpT rrE.
| ss,,... ~ ,..s .h.a'r. sa,.a,.,. .,.a,.
Ertz e aer "as o"n h"nd ngsp ha
c'' pacE and "I frmig psnncd @ hlm down. JOIN
Scnutz @ "u har. ~it dis.anu. a.rsx ,xh
t ny " u 'i ios nnoninu nd s,o"n,, ocrn.s
tt,hon ,siah ~. rlt,s nr',aTaa IN Hte wnrt ri
x.s,oa,t,r .vo. s'ns ,ma tcdinu. and ~ ,ho
. na.or' ~s.a,,n. s.s}r,.,i - 11a. 0
~ o1i, n,.sa n,t S,t,y.vpr ~
WeIc ~ nai a., 41a tha in~
ni,r nnnnsite ror,,cr wl,rrl, thev wars n]ared m
],asti!y-ronstructcd pillows OF straw. Drs. b.
3, Arndt and 8. II. Montgomery
wcro called in and did all they
could to ease tho mems sufTarlnge, willis ar.
rangcolcnts were being made for taking then, to
their homes, to which they wore shortly nfter.
wartls removed,
Miller died about ilftcen minutes after be uas
taken TO hls house, No, 1856 Fry street, Jill
buck was broken, md tilore wsro other and
scr1ous injuries, He WAS q QormRu nbout 4Q
thG elder {nb0ut 1l} working In a brick yard for
small WaEGS-tn destitute circumstances.
Toft the foreman, died ut l0;16 last night, al