The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-14

ton. Four hook and ladder companies and
the crews OF three engine companies set TO
work TO remove the debris. A large gang of
wCrbmen wss pressed into service and in
fifteen minutes the labor of rescue waI we'll
under way. Night had set in before the ef-
forts were relsxed st all. One or two of
the workmen thought they heard a
cry for help, but no person vas
found at either time. Near : o'clock Fire
Chief Rec yes thought he heard groans under
the heap at the rear Of the second building.
Gangs went to work front and rear. At 7:30
hole large enough for fireman and two
others to crops their way to the cellar was
made. A search was made with a lamp,
but nothing but ruins discovered. Nearly
two hours later, in thu same place,
g Dams came man caught in sn upright pO-
sition between many crossing timbers and
held fast. He wss extricsied with difficulty.
He wss Louis Walters. aged forty nine, a
fTamer, of 80 Ridge street. one OF the men
who hsd been engaged in bolstering up
the building he was removed to the
hespi:al The policemen threw
hre acIoss the etreet. 1t was
said that the missing builder hat
bsen hurt By q flying brick when
the buildings fell. Search is being prose
cuted with the aid o. large calcium light
Ghss Sohwezsr. the briCklayer vas sssnd-
ing by him at the time. Sob wazer had re.
fused, week bsf0Te 10 work 10 ager on such
q building As the dust arose,
SchTszer turned to BudJsnsck,
and shaking his clenohed fist IN
the builders fscs, exclaimed: You ought
tn be hung for what you have de1e here"
BuddeDsick made no reply, but llmped
awey. There were many threats of lynch.
ing the man, attsrward, and 1t was lucky
for him be stayed away. Buddensick is no.
torioua ~ the builder of cheap edifces. Hs
has generally, of recent years, built under
snoiher name than his own, and thus been
sble TO shirk responsibility. He was once
indicted for violating the building laws, but
escaped punishment.
-Four years a9o be went through bank.
ruptcy, but has since done plenty OF business
under another name. Frank says he smoke
to Buddeasick a couple Of times about the
quality OF the mortar and the builder re-
pied that 1t would be all right. 1t is said
that the building examiner made protest
at tie method Of building these houses aad
was aeon removed 10 another district.
Inspecior Doeuch made hasty exsmias-
tiors Of other buildings being erected by
BuddeDslck, and remarked that he thought
he would order extensive alterations in
them.
There were many narrow eScapes Andrew
Love and JOhu Gslnor were painting on tue
thiId-story windows OF one Of ths houses
when II fell Love landed in the cellar and
Galnor on the sidewalk, almost unhurt.
At midnight it was thought that four psr
soDs-two stair builders and two plumbers
are still IN the ruins. The wounded and
missing by the fallen building are: L.
jured-Arnt, Otto. sligbt injuries; Bonder-
lex. Robert seventeen years, lsther, slightly
injured; Brandt, Henry, thirty-six years
slight Injuries CASSoaugh, John, lather
slightly injured; Dexter. John, eigh
teen years, lather, slightly hurt
Flynn, John, 70 years, slightly hurt Flynn.
Tom, scalp wound; King, Thomas 33 wears.
roofer, hand and arm burned by solder, hos
pital; Lsver'y, John, scalp wound and back
hurt, went home; McIrerv, John, AZ years.
roofer, leg and thigh broken, injuries very
serious, hospital; Nolan, Tom, slightly hurt:
S9uerbsie, r., carpenter. aide injured, hos
pital, Schuckt Job. aged p, Toofer, coutu-
s.on Of side and internal injuries hospital;
TTairor, James, 81 years, lsther, foos
crushed, hospital; Ward. Frank, 20 years,
brick layer, back sDrained hospital:
Maiters, Loais forty yesrs, framer, dug
ont of ruins after six hours insensib,e,
badly crushed, hospital; Zimmerman.
Adam, thirty seven years, mason, head
and thigh badly b-uised. blissing-Hal-
tor, B.. ro0ier, coat found in ruins:
Knott JnO., Toofer, coat found in ruins:
Watson, Jas carpenter, was working on the
third building from Eleventh avenue, as
were t8o unknown lathers and an unknown
carpenter, who lad not been accounted for
up 10 midnight.