New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-10

when it was surrendered by the Fire Department
into the hands of the owners Of the buildings WHO
will put a force of aborers upon it this morning
DEAD AND INJURED PERSONS TAKEN OUT.
After the recovery of the children who were I'D
sight the firemen first came on the prostrate pouy
of man who was completely buried underneath
bricks and lath. 1t was found that he was aoe 10
speak. In a few minutes they succeeded IN taxing
him ont, and he was sent to the Chambers street
Hospital. Not far from this spot another man was
found covered up in similar manner but lying
prone on his face. He had managed, however, 10
keep from being s1nothered and apparently did not
receive very injuries. Next the sappers came
upon q woman who had been porhe
down from the second story of the corner house 5
She was suffering from shock, and was TAKEN 10 .no
| house of friend in Grand-st. Her name was ME;
Baeder. The remains OF Mrs. Frances hna9p, anu i
of her son, John knapp were next Iouhu anu '"N0
| to the undertaker's shop -, ,;,,or
The voice of a man in the rear of the corner llqnor
shop crying for help led party to excayatlg a,
that part of the heap. As the men lan0red 10 retc
him his cries became fainter and fainter, ana When
at last they uncovered him he was found 10 DE qe.
lie had evidently been s9oth idred6c DIS there
| In another place the body OF woman, wnlcn was
learned 10 be that of Mrs. Rudo ph, was TAKEN OUT.
Her mouth was in close 2r9x 9 tho S ects of as
| phyxia by inhaling gas. Thus the work went on
woMAN's MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
The most dramatic episode in the work was the
finding of Mrs Hill. whose escape from death seems
little short of miraculous Her cries for help were
heard as early as 10 o'clock in the forenoon but te
seemed TO come from the centre OF the rubbish, anu
for a long time the firemen did not kho"
where to look for her. Shortly before noo,
| she was found lying almost on leVei
with the ground floor near section oil faiien
wall and partly protected by section of flooring.
Io,s oil
| not move but her mouth and nose were Tree, anu
for two hours after her head had been i6eraled tnq
| wOrkmen labOred before she could DE Ilieu ON VI
the deep nit that had been dug 10 reach her Dui
ing these two hours she conversed calmly an" coi-
lectedly with her rescueTs ., -. 1.
Before they reached her Mrs, Hill cred ont 10
them 10 hurry up or else she would be sutocated
fireman shouted to her to cover her face with heT
hand but she replied that her hands were packed AXE
solid in the rubbish ami she could not move thei.
Gas was escaping into the PIT IN when lhee
men were working, and the fear grew tnal
death might come from This source ncnrerS az
therefore q wet handkerchief was placed over H.
| The fear was not an idle one; Edward KEYS, o.
| Hook and Ladder Company No ., wmle al WORK IN
the nit. tainted away and had to be taken TO the
hospital. At FIVE minutes before 0oiotn
Hill was freed and tendery lifted on to 1IIe'Gnep
| and carried to the hospital ambulance. Her lace
was very pale and her hair was slightly matted
with blood She uttered neither complaint nor
moan, and when she was carried eeSqh AMY b ,m'
Their delicate consideration as they crowded
| around her for hours while they worked WIN
sna 1 G aOa Rsy raised her
tried TO make her comfortable were highly pralSed
by the spectators. have been long IN 'o Pior
| fessIon,n said physician standing by put never
| saw rough men behave so gently before" 49,.
Mrs Hin is a Young wife and mother. Her Two
children went down IN the runs WIN nr s d' n
ouired auxiously about her little ones. she s.uu
tina she was in the kitchen when she heard ii
noise of the falling hOGse ia ana her arms She
started for the other room III when her pape
Of eight months lay sleeping she had 5 not not
| went down with 1t. The fremen heard her story
| aud exhorted her TO keep stout heart, Dnt they
did MT tell her that an hour before the dead oQdy
of the older child had been taken almost IRON her
arms and that the little one had not yet been iouhd
Mrs Hill is the daughter OF a former principal OF
the GreenwicE-st public school anu ioa So me
| school teacher. She did not complain OF much
pain while wedged in the ruins, but atter her re-
naval to the hospi al she suffered greatly The sur
oeons were unable M to last night 10 seterIne the
nature of her injuries; but she was reported 10 DC III
| a critical condition.
THE WORK or THE FIREMEN.
| While one party of fremen worked TO rescue Mrs
Hin. another. only few feet distant, was engaged
in recovering the body of John Thompson, colored
man, who was employed in the liquor store He
was Familiarity known about the place
az "Pompey," and attended TO the lunch
counter. besides doing odd chores when
the house fell he engaged in wash
ing the front store windows. The position III
which the body lay when found seemed to indicate
that he had tried to escape and had got outside thC
door when he was struck by the falling walls ne
law across the sidewalk with his head toward the
curb but crushed by a beam which lay upon IL ano
his shoulder n A.,
| persons who lived i'll the two houses had been ac
counted for it being taken for granted thai
the Hill infant was dead. There stu re-
| manned the question, however, whether
| chance visitor or more IN one or I'M
other of the liquor stores or some passers-by on IN
sidewalks of South Fifth-aYe. and Grand-st., nae
not been caught by the falling material and killed
The burden of the testimony OF the people iamilia
with the place was against the snpPosltioh; ne
debris will not all be removed before Tonight or to
Richard ]. Barry, the roundsman who rescued tn
K children of Mr. Rudolph, said was i'll Broadway
: at the time of the accident, near BrOome-st
heard of il from man. but was told that 1t was TN
station of the elevated railroad that had fallen
! nm Policemen Macarthur and Bliss on tn
+ way. We at gante what had happened AM
{ near the ruins met foreman or assistant foreman
of the Fire Department, who asked where the sigma
2 box was. directed him TO the nearest box and ol
4 his promising to give an alarm hurried on 10 Tn
!. ruins When we got near we could hear cries unde
| the rubbish. On the east side OF No. % Grandst
the scantngs and ceilings fell down sort OF loos
y like and ran in there ami found three chlldrel
| SUSPENDED by the tmbers. One little girl hung b.
II | her neck and we had to hold her up TO keep lie
from strangling while we broke away the rafters s.
= | as to loosen her" ,
, only one body was taken TO the Morgue that o
i an unknown man apparently about forty-fiye year
DID, dressed in laborers garb: In the pockets wer
s found twenty-five cents IN silver money, portio
g of a pawnbroker's ticket, on which the owner
{ name was written McNoultny, and a piece of whit
c paper with mo. 405 Broomest written on
| with pencil. An inquiry at that ad
| dress failed to ect any information in regard :
| any person named Men GUILTY. He is supposed to b
l3borer who passed the fallen buildings daily an
was in the habit of stopping in the liquor shop
: | man who was known TO- pass tn