Daily Republican., 1885-07-30
The Fatal Accident.

A late edition of "Wednesday g REPUB.
LICAN stated that terrible accident
had occurred in South Wilmington, but
il was too late TO ascertain the particu.
lars in ii ne for publication. The place
where the accident occurred Ia known
! : the Old Ferry Ro,nng MI and be-
longs to the Diamond State Iron Com
pany, who purchased it several years,
/ ago from the Townsend family; and
have continued to conduct II SINCE
Connected with it there Is horseshoe
mandatory, supplied with the most
improved machinery, and that, with
the superior quality of iron manufac-
tured in the mill pro2sr, caused an in
crease of business that demanded in
creased facilities.
Accordingly, last Spring the company
decided to erect an addition to their
mill, and a contract was awarded to
William H Foulk for building $40
feet long. 20 feet deep and one story
high. The work had progressed 80 far
that the walls, which were of brick,
were completed, the roof on and the
carpenters expected to finish their work
by Saturday. Shortly before 2 O'clock
lii commenced to rain, and nearly all
the workm men went inside the building
10 escape the shower.
| just about o'clock there was terri
tble crash, and those who were in the
vicinity saw horizontal crack in the
centre of the wall of the new building,
(which extended the entire length, when
the bricks com menced to bulge ont, and
the next minute came down with
LAUNDERING sound, followed in few
seconds by the roof. Immediately aztec
the ears of those in the vicinity were
a l - ka nd M n
, wounded men, who were buried undel
3 the ruins, and search was commenced
! at once among the debris for the bolie
t of the irjured and killed.
4 Crowds of men worked with willini
e hands, and ere long IL was ascertainet
o that two were killed and eleven tnj jured
9 several very severely.
The killed were:
RI Wilbur II. Jones, aged about 26 years
y draughtsman for the Diamond Stat
. Iron Company, with whom he had onl
o been short time, having come fromNe'
/ York to superintend the erection of th
h building.
George w. Elzy, aged about 80 year.
l a carpenter, living at No. 2l0 Walnt
d street, in the employ of the Diamon
el State Iron Company. Ely leaves
n wife and three children, from three
. seven years OF age, the former being yer
]. delicate.
IeI The injured are:
VI William Sinnex, slate roofer, bac
N injured and right leg broken.
T. Alfred Downward, carpenter, boar
n ing on Townsend street between Lot
ar dell and A streets, breast and right lie,
l. in iured.
.e Henry Halliday, colored, lahore
ID living at No. 1870 A street, head and le
n side badly injured.
10 Charles White, colored, living
the same house, employed by the Di
W mond State Iron Company, injured
ct the right hand and left ankle.
~ Arthur Brown, co!ored, right arm il
III jured same house.
sd John Goodw win, living on Apple sire
~ near Heald back and left heel serious
,g injured.
ne Ferris Giles, living at No. 1411 HarI
I'd son street, carpenter, left thigh broke
TO and injured across the hips.
soI William Lakeland, carpenter, sever
40 ly bruised.
cd William Ray carpenter, body bruise
VI William Gossom, carpenter, left ar
d broken.
III William J. Wilbur, injured about Il
IL face and head.
The last named Is an aged man resi-
he ing at No. $40 Claymont street, wi
be was not employed on the building, D
ne chanced to be passing when the show
In came up, and went inside to get out
es the rain.
S5l He was found with his head ar
he shoulders uuder carpenters tresti
er W hich kept the timbers from falling c
he him, otherwise he would have bee
No KILLED outright. He was taken to b
70 house and DIR, Brown summoned, VIII
Ilo upon making an examination, foul
ch that he was badly injured about q
gel head and face. John Goodman al
id, William Gossom were working und
". 1.-THE ventilator when the attention
he the first was called TO the fact that q
Ies building seem cd to be swayiDg. and
FASTENED TO descend, at the same TIN
IN ca Hing to his partner. Gossom O
90 tenn pied to +, How him, and was pa
ng way down when the ladder broke, al
Die he fell to the ground, injuring his 10
les 80 badly that escape was lmposslpie.
col He was also injured in tho back, az
-ed after being removed was attended
he DR., Maull. Charles II. Eoulk, son
The the contractor, Ferris Giles and AIT
he Downward were on the roof OF I
building when tho crash came. L
al first two were on the top of the ven
ace lator, beneath which Giles was burie
lat but Foulk escaped with bruise on |
to left arm. Arthur Brown, who was
md side the building when ii commenc
to to fall, saw the danger, and ran shot
to the men to follow him, but
IRE struck by q piece of timber on
'ch left arm.