Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-11-17
Fall of a New York Tenement House.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9,-Early this
morning three story tenement, on
the corner of South Fifth avenue and
Grand street, fell, burying the occu-
pants in the ruins. The fire depart
ment, up to 8 O'clock, with the assist
ance of citizens, had extracted five vic
tins, two of whom were dead and the
others seriously injured. How many
were in the building at the time of the
accident is not known. The removal
of the debris is being pushed with all
speed. The ground floor of the build
ing was occupied as a liquor store and
the upper portion by tenants. Mary
Bold and John Rudolph, with his child
rem, were taken out of the ruins. Mary
is probably fatolly injured. All were
taken to the hospital The firemen
have gotten out the dead bodies of
Francis Kroup and his son; Catherine
Bader was also taken out fatally in
rured The whole fire department is
now exploring the ruins.
New YORK, Nov. 9-The work of
clearing away the fallen houses pro-
| ceeds. Two houses fell. They were
| old, built of brick and three stories
high.
This afternoon the iiremen rescued
Mrs. Hill. She was severely bruised
and was suffering from the shock.
Seven dead bodies have already been
found. The bodies of John Thompson
| (negro), So years of age, and Frank and
Chester Hill, two children, are added to
those already found 1t is believed
that more dead bodies will be brought
out as the excavation proceeds. The
police have driven the tenants out Of
the adjoining house, which has been
injured and is very shaky. From the
platform of the elevated railroad
station, corner of South Fifth avenue
and New and Grand street, a scene Of
utter confusion below was presented.
Bricks, timbers, broken boards and
smashed household goods mingled with
broken baskets and bottles from the
saloon and with the torn and soiled
garments of the tenants The largest
force of tiremen that could be pat to
work among the ruins could make bat
little progress on account OF the
necessity Of working cautiously
and the difficulty of dislodging the
twisted laths and timber. Eight or ten
firemen are engaged in clearing away
the ruins from the place where Mrs.
Hill and her two children We're inn
prisoned; they worked energetically to
get them out alive. About II o'clock,
the debris which partly covered Mrs.
Hills face was removed, but it was
| found she was closely pinioned by two
beams which fell across her legs.
Water and stimulants were furnished
her. and her face was covered with
a veil which was kept wet with
water that the dust might not choke
her. She was perfectly self-possessed,
and Law without murmurlng or groan-
ing, while the tiremen carefully worked
above her. She made inquiries for her
children, one three years and the other
a year old. The body of the youngest
child was discovered shortly before II
O'Clock, lying close beside its mother.
The little ones face was covered with
dust and mortar; death resulted from
sufioeation. A brother of Mrs. Hill
said she might have escaped, as she
was near the rear window, but she ran
| into the bedroom TO save her children.
Her escape from death was almost mi
raculous. as the beams above here were
not more than nine or ten inches from
her face. At one O'Clock Mrs. Hill was
removed from the ruins. and ii was dis