New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-26
A SHAKY HOUSE COLLAPSES.
FOUR CHILDREN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
OTHER PERSONS INJURED-THE OWNER OF TnH
BUILDING TO BE ARRESTED.

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cations Of fatal catastrophe which occurred about
l1:2o yesterday in Morris-s between and Hud-
son sts. Jersey City Tho double tenementhouse. Noa
AZ and IA Morrsst. which partly destroyed by nre
IN September last collapsed and number OF children
buried In the ruins Four children were killed and
several children and grown persons less danger
ously injured. The killed and injured are
| KILLED
sMTE MAGGIE * age seven sa Of 80 % % M9rsst "
sFs btSEeH Ss a ase ~ - S ~ sS1
| ToLSsKI, STEPHEN, age six, OF No. 80 Morrisst
| WOUNDED.
HALL GEORGE age nine OF No 262 Ncwarkave head body
McKFsSA Mrs MARY Of No SO Morrisst; body and legs
LASoIoS cHaaLEs nine of No. "a Morris slightly
HOPKINS BERSIRp elderly man Irving in Morris ST. IN
LARKSs EDWARD age i've Of Norris ST. scalp wound
The that the building had fallen and that
Der of children buried in the ruins spread rapidly
in the neighborhOod and In few minutes the OF
| the disaster surrounded bv a large and excited
crowd number OF men sprang into the uus aud set
themselves vigorously to work to the tmbers
in the hope saving fe With the exception OF George
Hall all those who injured able to extri ;ats
| themselves. Policeman Alexander Finley informed
Of the accident minute after 1t occurred, aud
| Immediately communicated with Police Headquarters
and the First Precinct Police station by
telephone Chief OF Police Murphy sent out an
ambulance call and also teephOned the Fire Depart
ment headquarters for truck companies Iu less
|
Farier all the police reserves and Truck Company
No were at the scene OF the accident Chiefs Murphy
and Farrier directed the work OF the While
| the men removing the debris in the search for
bodies voice heard from beneath some heavy tim
bers. All the men who could find room to work began
to the tlmbers and the debris with which they
were covered and every moment two somebody
would shout words of encouragement the
| Imprisoned person, who was the boy Hail.
The pucky little fellow shouted back that he was Gil
right but begged the men to hurry up. Some Of tho
men began to saw a beam. but stopped when the boy
exclaimed Don't do that; you're hurting me-" Tenn
poraTy levers then put IN place and the beams
raised sufficiently to enable the men to drag the boy
out. He taken up enderly by two hremen, and it
that the scalp partly torn from the back
head and his face cut and bruised and
| cred with blood. Notwithstanding his injuries and his
narrow escape from death. his chief anxiety
| was for his hat. Get my hat1
he shouted TO the iremen who were carrying him out
and he would not conented until his hat
cred and handed to HIM. He placed In the ambu-
| lance and taken to the City Hospital.
The work Of the carried on swiftly and
silently while immense throng Of men. women and
children pressed against the rope lines which had becn
drawn by police and anxiOusy watched the opera
tons The first victim taken out after the Of Hall
was a little girl Just OF the picked her up
| in his arms woman broke through the lines
| and clasped the mangled aud bleeding form TO
| her breast. She wiped the blood away from
the little ones face Only TO discover that it her
| child The girl proved to be MIggie Smith; she
still alive when she carried into her home the
corner above but died a few minutes afterward not
whstandng the efforts OF DR.. Rector who did every
thug possible TO save her liie
The work OF getting out tie dead was continued all
the afternoon aud up Deary o'clock, when the body
the last child knOyn to be missing was 5eSSyeged &
! chfensky She was found lying under heavy
timber with her head partly exposed
and crushed. Late in the afternoon
the body of stephen Tolnsk was found under the floor
ing about the the wreck 1t was supposed for
time that he the last Of The Victims aud the search
would have been suspended account Of the approach
ing darkness for the that Xious inquiries were
being made for Deidrich Pregge ils body was hnaly
found under heap of mbere aud bricks near where the
chimney bad stood. Tie bodies OF all the victims were
some OF those W no escaped had thrilling experiences
Kato Smith. an elder sister OF Maggie, who
sister when the crash came one of the falling tmbers
grazcd her head, but suffered no serious damage.
such manner that they formed hollow space with
plenty OF for him 70 crawl out and the most seri
ous damage lie sustained was the fright
The building which collapsed was owned by Thomas
n house At no. 10 West-st this city. some time last
sumcr rho buildings Nos. AZ aud IL and large build
were declared 10 be in dangerous condition and the
vacated them In tue early part or september
the buildings officially declared to De dangerous
and City Marshal Long served formal notice on Nit
chell to have them pulled down or made secure.
Mitchell paid attention to the notice and at the ex-
piratlon OF the allowed by law IN such case COM
made Police Justice Stslng ahu
ISSUED Mitches arrest He demanded an exanina'
tion, before the time fixed for II re broke out IN
machine shop adjoining which rot only destroyed the
shon but cutted the tenement buildings They were in
more dangerous condition after the fire than before.
f,r some uneX planned reason Since the hge, which
occurred about september H. the poor people IN % the
children and going themselves TO the ruins to
wre%ened vnSTSi out until there nothing eft
the lower floor but skeleton ,clls,ina CONSISTING
tlmbers It was noticed yesterday morning that the
heavy storm had weakened the foundation and made
the building shaky. Some OF the neighDors observed
hs and consequently at the time OF tue crash there
fewer naS m usual nre ~ b IN &
gagged in play Bernard Hopkins, the elderly man who
was injured had and saw, ana some OF ta eye
witnesses of the accident that he caus, the oapse
by cutting one OF the main supports OF the struct
one ncghbors that the building was In danger OF
falling. but the person who warned MN I'm was tod 10
excitement was created In the neigh5orood and hum
Of mothers w wssS a GSr
ing offspring The JOY OF the parents VINO found ther
anguish OF those learned thai their little ones were
In the ruins. As each mangled boty was taken Out
wall went up from the crowds OF women VINO stood
around and the scenes were sad Wd enough %
make strong msn @ nslrod MSsR %nSn snd it aSrs %ss
With difficulty that the police Kept some OF me ~ more ore
curious out OF the ruins Before te neeI AMI IL
thought that another accident nag hapPsu. ao
1eny mao aV NO bsi i s fail was accidental
dark. nobody can prove tnati WAS ho' an "'0"'oA
fet in rho evening a warrant was issued Dy Justice
s,stne for the arrest OF Mitchell on charge OF an-
sImgfer and Detective Clos went To Ills pace OF ousi
| nrss i'm New-York to serve 1t, on reaHhng
there the detective was informed ,hn6 th nt ,h, nnu @
formation to Jersey City and officers were sent 70 ook
~, Nftt. .h.u lie w q ell later III New YORK ana
ioLsn 10 Jersey Cty County Physician Converse has
0rdofsaN re- Nasen an Of No. Nest seyenth WHO
was passing the building when 1t leh said
TO a TRIBUNE reporter few minutes AFTER
| ,Tard " was walking down Morl1s-st.
near the building and noticed that there were about
| 1ftv neople inside gathering wood. The building was
shaking and looked 1t would fall instantly There
was a Young glrl who saving at one OF the corner
nrous and called out TO hor 10 STOP and also yelled 10
thc peope to out but before any OF them heard
me the house toppled with q crash aud carrie'