Daily Republican., 1885-08-01

BILE the Ills went down as though
they had been pushed over; the witness
could not feel the wind, but saw blocks
and chips blown from the roof; the
wiHd was strong enough to blow down
the south end of the wall, which was
green and badly soaked by the rain on
Sunday the wall was well built, and
he did not think the accident was
caused by any fault of the contractor.
Although the wall was rather slight,
the witness bad never felt it more ex.
cept when the trusses were put in
place.
Seth II. Feaster testified that he is q
rigger, and placed the rafters in posi-.
tion q; he considered 1t good, strong
frame have raised frames of nearly
all the public buildings OF the city de-
tected no more shaking of the wall Of
the wrecked building than usual when
putting up rafters considered the wall
safe q; the wind blew IL down would
have fallen II the wall had been eigh.
teen inches green eighteen inch wall
would not have been much stronger ; Ii
dried out the walls would have. been
suffi iciently strong was at this end OF
Third street bridge wind was blowing
a pretty stiff breeze would now heai-
tate to put up such a wall, but would
not at the time wall was heavy at
parts that supported the trusses don Z
think side wind would have blown 1t
down or q wind from any other direc-
ton than that from which 1t came tbs
ind struck inside OF the wall and out.
side of the frame side and helped to
throw the building the old mill made
the wind worse on the new building on
account Of the current formed; If end OF
hail l.-A tualv- nlr ax.<t
| it would have been safer.
.Peter Griffith testified that he is a
carpenter, and has been enga ged in
the business thirty years /; he had left
the new building about ten minutes
before it fell, and went over to the
Diamond State Mill to get iron for O
girder he had seen the foundations
and wall built,an considered 1t . good
substantial job.
Hugh Lannan testified that at ths
time tile acciden. occurred lie was al
work in the Old Ferry M Ill, and th'
wind was blowing pretty sharp !; sud
denly there came puff which sent thu
ldirt flying in al! directions, and tn,
witness got behind a box for protection
he did not sse the building fall, as b.
was 25 feet distant inside the ole
mill.
l William Hutchinson, was in one O
the shops at the southwest corner of tn
lold mill, when he saw o narrow blacl
cloud, looking like a trough, cominI
from the southwest sky was clea
west of 1t ordered the windows closed
but before it was done the storm struol
and the rain was blown twenty or thirt.
feet across the shop; heard the building
!, fall and ran over there to help searcl
l So I'D nd oh. nd
his body WAS quivering, but there wa
lno pulse an iron bar lay across hi
breast the report that the Dismon,
State men did nothing is wholly false
! they did all they could and endangere'
their own lives wind was very violent
! the storm came in narrow trough.
II John Ford: Was standing in the oil
t building about forty feet from the ives
!, side; when the wind struck 1t sweps tn
! dust up and blinded the men, who RI
for shelter from the wind; attentio
, was called TO the fall of the new mill
ran over and got Charley White out
, helped to take bodies of Jones and E
zy TO the office; wind was very severe
, from the south west and of short durf
/ ton; all the men in the mill left thei
3 work and ran for shelter; new buildin
fell during the wind; heavy rain 10
t lowed.
This was the last witness examined
, and Mr.. Stone inquired II it was nj
/ cessary to nave unanimous vote of th
ljury to render a verdict, and as no on
. seemed tn know, the jury adjourne
/ until o'clock.
I'll The Jury re assembled at o'clock AN
t during the recess the opinion of JUDI
Il Whiteley was procured in regard to q
giving OF verdict. he unhesitating
8 said that the majority vote of the jul
!, settled the verdict.
el After delib Grating about one hou
u the following verdict was rendered al
e signed by six of the nine jurymen:
t The Jury find that Wilbur III. Jon
d and George w. Ely came to the
9 deaths In this city on Wednesday, Ju
= l20, 1885, by being crushed while wor
10 ing on new building in course of ere
1t tion by the Diamond State Iron Coz
ir pany on Head st rect near Peach stre'
N "a Id building being blown down, /
10 fore the mortar was sufficiently harde
% ed, by "A very sudden and violent vii
le squall. While the jury can now q
,e that certain precautions might ha
been taken to guard against any pos
le BILE contingency, they are OF the opini
a that there was no criminal negligen
III on the part Oh oibu6T buc oWuoi5, w
It. tractors CT building inspector.
shl JAMES BRADFORD,
D.. e. TATNALL WARNER,
lel EDWARD BETS,
mi GEORGE w. STONE,
it'll EDWARD T. BELLAH,
M THOMAS MCCLARY.
,gl Three members of the jury refused
as sign the verdict adopted by the m
I'd ioritv of the Jurors, and present ted [
n, following, which was noted down
Id after ward signed by the three as
he minority report: .
Resolved, That this jury do here
re find that Wilbur II. Jones' and Geol
ng W. Ely came to their deaths by
iii ling crushed under the timbers OF
ut falling building in course OF erection
he Heald street. near Peach, on Wedn
1t, ldAy afternoon, July 29, 1885.
heI Resolved, That the Diamond St'
he Iron Company, who the proprieto
rd of the said building, are censurable
az said accident in not having the sou
end of said building enclosed.
nd Resolved, That the Building insp
nd tor Of the city of Wilmington Is here
ut censured for permitting the wall OF 9;
he building to be erected, the wall of VIII
It was only nine (9) inches in thickne
nd T. ELwooD SINGLEY,
as JOHN PYLE,
is MILTON LACKEY.
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al Hay Fever.
tol have suffered for eight years W
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