New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-15
BUDDENSIEK's FLIMSY WORK
ONE VICTIM OF THE FALLEN HOUSES.
THE CONTRACTOR TAKEN TO CoURT-ALL THE
woRKMEN SAID TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.


without the discovery of any further victims of the
catastrophe. After daylight It proceeded more rapidly
Assistant Foreman Bly,, OF the Street Cleaning Depart
ment. In charge Of 100 italian labOrers OF the
department until O'Clock. He was then relieved by
Assistant Foreman f. II. Piepenbrng with another
squad OF men. The whole force under the direction
of Captain Cowic. Of Engine No. 40. The work con-
sisted In carrying the heaps OF brick and lumber into the
street, where they lay in confusion completely blocking
the passage. The efforts OF the specially
directed toward the clearing away OF the ruins around
the spot where VOTERS had been found the day before
for there 1t believed bodies might still be
buried although hope entertained of rescung any
one alive 1t impossible to carts wheel
barrows In removing the Rubbish and the Italians worked
In isesS way. In tho afternoon the first floor OF the
house nearest Eleyenth-ave. had been laid bare. No
moro discoveries. however, made Everything
seemed to favor the SUPP ostlon that the number OF
worken on the buildings Mt the time or the accident was
smaller than at rs supposed and that all who had been
buried rescued. The crowds however. who all day
long had been seeking to get the OF the
disaster as he police would permit still thronged the
east and west to the street The windows Of
the houses which overlook the ruins crowded and
| many climbed up the roofs
At 1880 a. m Louis VOTERS, who pulled out OF
the ruins lite Monday evening, died In the Roosevelt
Hospital. Tho address which he had given, No. 1875
Rdge-st, the place where he was boarding. His
wife lives at No. 275 South Fifth-st, Brooklyn She
did not reach the hospital until three hours after her
husbands DEATH She wept bitterly and pleaded for the
privilege OF seeing the body In voice broken with
sobs she said that all and her husbands people
were In Germany where he had two sons, nine and six
years OF ago. the issue of former marriage lie had
been four years In this country and she but Two years
They married eleven months ago.
Coroner Martin reached the hospital few minutes
after y. aud empanelled jury Of ten Their names
| Henry Waldsteln, optican No. Al Union Square;
Charles A. Cooper. jeweler. No. Union Square, James
W. Miller. furnishing goods. southwest corner Sxtl-aye
and Twenty secOnd-st; Milton L. Sanford, milk and
cream dealer. No. 1.252 Broadway; frank Miller.
optician, No 12i3 Broad way John b. Golden uphol-
sterer. no $40 broadway; Charles H. Flagg. eweller
No. 0O5 Broadway; Charles s. Besthon fancy goods,
No. 0O3 broadway; James +. ConoyA, piano manu'ac-
urcr. No los East Ourteenthst, and Robert settle,
| opticlan. No. $50 broadway little after O'Clock
they with the Coroner 10 make inspection OF the
premises whoro VOTERS had received his fatal injuries
| stopping at Tenth-avo. aud sxty-seconist., the
Coroner called the attention OF the jury TO house which
Buddensiek Is putting up at that point You Will
please notice said he. the inferior quality OF the
brick and the mortar. The mortar is nothing more than
mud ana In places there holes left between tho
| bricks which not filed even with this wretched
stun" Turning into siXty-secOudst the jury contn-
ucd their inspection. Tho Coroner asked them to notice
the foundation which had Just been completed for a
house directly east those which fell This house also
| was built by Iuddensiek Tho stone used not
hewu. bat In Instances cOusiSted OF little chips
laid together FL the mud which served for mortar The
jury carefully examined the bricks which lay in heaps
where tho fallen house had stood and searched In vain
tor two brick, which stu hold together by the
| mortar or even for "a brick to which the mortar stl
adhered. Their attention cahed u the condition OK
the houses constructed ~ Buddensek In EIcvent-ave
and In sixty nrst-st twenty In ALL II was plain that
they all built in the manner ~ those which
had fallen All things. said the Coroner should be
| lty
should DO given thom IN fixing the responsibility for
| wolters's death.
An interested spectator OF the CorOners inspection.
and one who aho point out many defects In tho
construction OF the buildings Charles Baxter. who
until nno MOI tbs ago Buddenseks architect ana
built for him nearly all his houses on tho east side
left DuiAeDsick" said Mr. Baxter, because his pay
, too ANAL ana bee iuse wouldn't take proper caro-
Of his materials He never would cover over his bricks
FOR instance although repeatedly warned him OF the
danger OF doing He would leave them exposed
ali winter OF tho waor got into them and frOze
thcm aud then would these frozen bricks Ia build
house. with Anybody acquainted with the first prnc-
pies OF building that frozen bricks won't hold the
mortar. Isn't strange that walls built OF frozea
bricks tumble down In tSgh,a y, 'I iSa be wpys
pat the deeds In the name OF ono o me- wntcnmen OF
! drivers FIJI. GJtthOld Hang" said he. l. night
| Waterman. Ro.rustein. Jonas n Bclnan, In whose
names much OF Budlenseks properly s"hds afo e''her
| Canaan Cowio had been relieved ut noon by Captain
Van ioin. Engine No. H. who superintendent tho WORK
dining the afternoon About O'Clock word caino from
Captain Cuwic thn nll the men engaged upon the build
ins at the Of the accident had been accounted Tor
Tho wulnen therefore gradually dismissed, ana nj
d o'clock they hl and only few pOllcein' H.
under hcrgeSnt Stevenson. of the twenty second RE
cinct remained upon the ground -, ,. l., o,,
Captain COwo found at his engine house In sixty
eighth st. lie SAID that he had seen tho various SUB
and that thoY reported an me men aocoulcd
for Deputy COMMISSIONS o,cUo OF the street Clean
Ing Department" said he went with me down 10 b'-
deusleka office In QUO OF the houses IA oAS ~ -
! near EI"vcnth-ayc There We found nearly all the
bosses. with splitter Budd"nNloks clerk Inc stnli,
blder SAID that lao had hal Tour mon III Iho nolsts az
the time OF the accident and that they were al, ao
| hut Splitter said that bis men were al sho; IN, Vno
| Of tho carpenters was there ann coIirineu tn,s'
| 1hore we're ak or seven OF them AT WORK
Conroy the boss plumber was lerc. ana 'aid tn"I l s
only two men and boy ut work. and that They we're All
accounted for Tho timers were all on tho roof anu
were hs first taken out of tho rains The subcOnractor
said that they had all been taken To the hospital ana
that some Uf them had since been discharged. NOne
Wa. missing Tirro were fathers or st0nc-masons or
bricklayers work At the tim" OF the accident. AS
safe lie went down to tho Mayor aud to Commissioner
Coleman who mad furnished tho laoorrrs To WORK on tho
| ruins. COnmlasiOucr Coleman OF once otuoled INC
t ~ ithc mis,lng giyon In some OF yesterday
ing. pnpeis l-even In ALL proved upon lnyestgaon 10
bn far from correct For iRstanc" Robert watson went
u thern, Monday night IN distress ana S'u n,S @
James "a carpenter was surely Killed. lilo sad no WIS
thrtytwo years old hal gone ms WORK ~ Hsu' u o
morning. ~, yed NJ 40 a.. no Inquiries YES.
terdly Barnard Ioiton another OF tho misslnS men,
was said 10 live at No $50 Wos Twenty oighth ST. Ierc
IA no such number James Holton. who was toun NJ
| No $50 west Twenty -aikth-st. khe" h1hihb o''"'t
| about the building his supposed nnmesake , ,,
James McNleruey. reported MISSING was io"" "a liz
WAS al work on Monday eNcayatng for basement 10
the west VI tho fallen buildings whose ceafS lie "''o
! dug MI, .. an, e,x,v
Hugh McQuade, tho plumber. of Thrl-avc. ana SHY
nnth-sL, smiled when he was a,Aed N"cs"r rtu a
were I'm tho ba,omonts when tho buildings iel,,
nnd snd that the houses were not iar e ,nn1s
/ advanced for plumbing although yeHteriV
| for,uuon two women called and asked him whether
| their missing husbands hal been killed
| Two mon called Mt the Roosevelt Hospital ycsWInhy
10 uauro for Daniel Moris@eyu STAIR buiue VINO N"9
vorkne I'm Tie hon q aud had not returned o MS poah
ing place Whore b0nrllng place was they "e'o 'oo
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