The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-16
A ROTTEN ROW.
Particulars OF the Fall OF Eight
Buildings In New York.
Many workmen Buried In tho Ruins. and
Seriously InJured-One Death-Cause of
the Collspse-Flye Men Killed la
Michigan MIL.
EIGHT NEW BUILDINGS RUINED.

NRw YoRK, April li,--Elght Ave
story tenements on the south side Of West
Sxty-second street. between Tenth and
Eleventh avenues, fell yesterday afternoon
while efforts were being made 10 brace
them up so that the yielding foundations
might be made secure, The wreck was
complete Not stick remained standing,
not timber remained whole In the entire
row. Half hundred woIkmen were at
work In or about the buildings at the time,
About 3ilb p. III, q shout OF warning went
up, The end building toward Eleventh
avenue was seen 10 totter aud then fall with
u thundcrous noise, The building adJoIn-
Ing H. having nothing TO lean upon, fell
next Then the whole row followed like q
line of cNrdhouses. A continuous roar fol-
lowed that seemed 10 last many minutes ~
one after the other of the tall buildings
went down,
As soon as the dust cleared number OF
mon went 10 work at the debris TO dig out
the wOrkmen, many Of whom were believed
10 have been killed, The searchen were
speedily Joined by several hook and ladder
companies and ilre'engne crews II was
found that seventeen men had been In
Iured, but none, II II believed will
die. There are four men yet missing,
The most superficial examination OF the
debris showed the cause OF the disaster 10
be wretched workmanship and poor ma
terlal. The mortar contained little or no
sand, but loan or mud instead, and was
wholly unfit for use This and the fact
that the building had been erected during
tho cold weather of wet and frozen bricks,
was directly the cause OF the collapse,
The builder, Charles A. Buddensick,
left the nelghborhOod In q car
rlage Immediately after the disaster and
drove 10 his residence, Whittier he went
from there nobody could learn. The police
arrested tho master brlckayer, Charles
Frank. BuddcnsIck has been for years IN
trouble with the authorizes ON account OF
the "skln" buildings he has put up,
Tho erection OF the building had been
going on since last December dur
Ing all tho cold weather The fourth.
story walls showed weakness In n
sudden thaw before tho Nth story was
reached, and had 10 bc taken down. Tho
heavy, warm rain Of Sunday morning COM
ploted the work begun by the thaw Yes
tcrday morning II was seen that the three
danger OF falling. The foundation had
bulged notCoably and tho walls were
shaky. BuddensCk SGT men 10 work 10
| TX up the wall and foundation, and the
work was In progress when the crash came.
Gangs OF men worked all night In the
ruins OF the eight fallen tonomonts In West
Slxiy-seC0nd street but turned UP nothing
| save bricks aud broken tlmbors. No dead
nn lnlupaI lAn..l aud lhapn nn
| sign OF life about tho ragged heaps OF wreck.
The ilremen are OF tho opinion that there
are bodies In the ruins. Tho hope grows
stronger however that this may not b0 80
| AT the hospitals and police stations no In.
| qulrles had bcon made for missing persons
up 10 ten o'clock this morning,
Louis Walters, tho lrOmor who was In.
| jured In tho catastrophe, died to-day In the
hospital. The Coroner has mpanelod n
| Jury, and will to-day yOw the ruins. His
| Investigation Will bo thorough and viii TX
the responsibility whore II belongs, Tho
| police this afternoon arrested Charles Bud
| denslck, the contractor for tho erection OF
the buildings,
The Building Inspector will tomorrow
| place on trial Examiner Robert MOCk0y
| who was In charge Of that district for nl.
lOWNlE lNO uOlOVtlNN lnoIWI w w uNOu w
| the construction Of tho houses, To-day
BuddcnSlckS other buildings In tho city
viii bo inspected by the department.
FIVE LIVES CRUSHED our
OscopA, MlCh,, April ii,-A terrible nc.
cldcnt took place NJ John Grams mill hero
about -four o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Seven men were In the smokO.slOck, which
was about ono hundred feet high, repairing
the walls, when their scOlIoldng gave way
and the smOlICslOck orumbed 10 the ground,
buryng seven worImon under NJ least 6O,'
900 bricks In short tmc u large number
of men were NJ work cndcOyorng TO oStrl-
cate the Victims Of the disaster and Ntl0r
some hours work GyO dcOd bodies were got
out.
Tie dead bodies wore mOnglcd IN hor.
| rlblp manner George Fulton, another
workman was severely but not fatally In
| Iurcd, while George Gordon, the seventh
mOrveousIy escaped with only n few slight
| bruises,
II IL not certain that Oll the victims have
been gOl out Of the ruins, and mon arc still
ut work clearing away tho dobrs.