Daily Republican., 1885-08-01

wnyEx,s JURY On
pays ACciYEN T.
| TO BLAME.
4 Yesterday afternoon the
reas.em o!ei and continu'
atlon Of witnesses as to
ho dos.hs Of Wilbur Fl:
arse v. Ely, both OF
tIei By tue falling of the
buiIding belonging to the
se Iron Company, last
Ia s5u,n Wilmington.
ector Chandler testified
Lssent wheu the places for
were dag and saw that
enough and wide enough
4 next time he visited the
they hai the walls well
n rla. hey wore only
read the section of the
ting 20 buildings in
4 provides the thickness
he of each kind of build
Witness replied that he
4 came under the provi'
az iva strictly speak
Building. He was then
not a violation of law to
building a: that place,
IN wa4 not. Continuing
noay Ne raid that his
was tha. all the wall
san the root, and he con.
plently strong for that.
think the accident was
dehciency In the work,
hd, but would not have
to have occurred If the
tidiug had been closed.
ben u ti,s end was almost
Ind Ao did not think any
conp.rsd for 1t. Under
pres he thought that oven
Ia been :wice as thick, it
e prevented he accident.
rnle in erecting e build.
itup all around before
bf on, bu in this case he
In that he would have
had been the contractor,
ldins wac being erected, ,
WAS 70 allied and asked
IN the contractor If he
hui on the roof, with the
Hiding open, ami he re.
would not, unless the
haye ass med all the risk
llity.
Flemming testified that
leaier, and has his place
et opposite the building,
Incident occurred he wal
Front Of his office talk
men about the roof
~ It. He noticed that tn,
lging, and warned som'
BE passing 20 yet out of the
ext minute the wall camt
! crash, TIE wind was moi
d at the time. Immediate
d q large force of men 60
net the dead and wounded
lins. When the wall frs
,me down it bu!ged out from
but he did not notice tina
led any 1t seemed to Civ
ls foundation +; it was no
be time. hut had been.
here he stood, about tn,
Q bidding, he did not thinl
a. heavy enough to caus,
& TO fall
+. Thompson testified that h,
Of the Old Ferry Mill, an,
Q of the accident he wa
king to one of the men IL
Idlng, in such a position tina
Q about one third of the new
Shortly after 2 O'clock ther,
den puff o. wind that sen
TO the mems eyes, almos
leIn just a: this time h
tho new building raise, an,
mute heard a crash, ali,
D. tho building mad fell. ]
siderable excitement, and al
sled out pelI-mell.
he paddle-s called to witues
pa a man ander the ruins
|stel in getting him out; b
fe was fully a dozen me
y II took them :wo or thre
remove the tinbers tina
|pE hin down. He foun
~ was Mr.. Jones, and b
Ihen they glt him. I'm mt
the accident the witne
70 the city for doctors, bI
|rearly all were out of the
ltresses Were procured fro
L wag nsfroIn persons In ii
"a, and the injured sent
a. soon as possible. I'll
oi by the witness can
;, eolored, testified that
at the Old Ferry Mill as
st before The building +,
heavy blow; he was OF
nlli and near to the sou
ew building when it col
and he hurried to d
helped get an old m,
lhl blew very hard, but
nus hat off or move hi
sitlon. When the buildil
need to fail 1t started
had a shock, then sto,
,oment and started agai
= did not think he wou
.ne wlnu 50 much, If t
Z not fallen.
fowell was IN his ctr
north end OF the buildi
ae down saw the brick W.
engthwise. then bulge q
middle, and fall. I
e9 10 get young Giles O.
Lin into the store; |
uelofe the roof did,;
hoI able to say how ha
AZ = blowing at the time,
\ ofoke the force of 1t.
.astourn was a square a
o. IN his own house, a
tHa building fall, |
.ha la' pea TO get Elzy OF
re .9 building fell, the wi
,u that the witness W
e. n"V9 1r the awning at b
IA While tho walls we
var- Vae witness noticed IL
n.,i, very lieht, apd spoke
speetpE Chandler about
-'.'. u ne had seen
'"'2ai lave made so
r. '.iiL testified that