Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-23
THE GARDEN DISASTER.
VIEWING THE RUINS.

NEW YORK, April 22.-The neighborhood of
Madison Square garden was visited this morn
ing by many persons curious to see the relics
of the disaster at that place last evening. The
block on Madison avenue, between Twenty
sixth and Twenty streets, was fenced
In by rude ratings at each end. A number of
policemen were stationed within the enclosure
to keep it clear of tresspassers, and crowd of
men. women and children stood at each end
gazing at the scene of the ruins. Masses of
brick and slender timbers lay on the sidewalk
and roadway near the western end of the
building, and among them were frag-
ments of shattered coaches and cabs.
Beside each was the body of dead horse. Half
of the roof of this end of the building he'd
caved In and the upper part of the walls be-
meath had fallen into the avenue
st meeting of the executive comnittee of
the HaDnemann hospital fair this morning, it
was decided to close the exhibition to day. The
terrible death of Mrs. Hagemann, who was one
of the most active and highly esteemed ladies
connected with the fair has, of course, cast
deep gloom over all the ladies engaged in its
management.
MACKEY's STATEMENT.
Alfred Mackey, superintendent of the fair,
said that in consequence of some cracks obsery-
Of the art gallery, he sent to the Grand Central
depot yesterday for Vanorsdale, who has charge
of renting the garden. They looked together
at the cracks and Vanorsdale said the plaster
ing had crumbled in consequence ,f the heat of
the gas in the room. Vanorsdale also looked at
the wall from the street and said it was plumb
and he advised that some paper be pasted over
the cracks to prevent any plaster from falling.
MacKey said Vanorsdale then sent for one of
fhn h. ArI
mason work in that part of the building,
The contractor examined the art gallery and
declared it perfectly safe, remarking that the
wall could not possibly fall, as he had taken es-
pecial pains to anchor it securely. The con-
tractor also said that the injury to the plaster
ing could be repaired for BIS.
Mackey said, that after this positive Judge
ment by experts he had, of course, no fear for
the safety of the building, but he was afraid
thas some of the plastering might fall on the
heads of visitors, and by direction of the art
commission the loose plaster was scraped away.
At about o'clock last evening Mackey said q
police officer came to him and said some per-
sons who were going away had spoken Of the
cracks in the plasteriDg of the art gallery. He
then determined, more from a
VAGUE INTUITrvE OF APPREHENSION
than from any definite fear that the place was
not safe, and to get all the visitors out of the
gallery as quickly as he could without creating
a panic.
Mrs. Annie T. Willis, not Miss Willis is
among the killed. She was the widow of
Samuel Willits grandson of the original
Samuel Willis, and lived with her mother,
Mas. A 81. Miekle, widow of ex-Mayor Mickle.
She was on visit to the city for few days to
the house of Henry A. Smythe, formerly col
lector of the port, and was accompanied last
evening by G., Lesmann and Miss Blodgett.
They hadn't entered the building when the
walls fell.
MORE DEATHS.
New YoRK, April 22.-William M. Tilotson,
ss-ae bad. one arm end both legs broken at the
Madison Square Garden last evening, died this
morning. Another death from injuries receiv-
ed Is reported at st. Vincent hospital.
Mary A. Connolly died at No. 727 Tenth
avenue from injuries received last night. The
woman when taken from the ruins was remov-
ed to the house of friends, where she died.