New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-06
DEAD UNDER BLAZING RUINS
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who lives in Berpen-st, and youth wnS
20 work thls morning for The nrst u'e i a" n
rush for the boilers. which wc cinled anu SUE
eeeded in gaining the window racing on 81
which scrambled Ia double quick time. We hau ~
got than the whole building came down VII" IN
q mighty crash. am that II we bad Been III ' ne
building minute longer would Mt tbls ulnn o
under the ruins. IL was The most mrac!pus ~
ever heard or and you can rest assned that ln b DO
means anxious to undergo another snch exlefiehef,
William Sanford. who with Mr. Glu, 49,
said Ten tons Of silica witch were TO be used ~ tns
manufacture OF soap were brought into tic bullnlg
yesterday. The structure rickety that II IS SUI
prIsing that did not tumble long IL was ,V n,
mon ga, ing among tie people who worked IN u thl,
they riskrd their lives every time they shlctsu "a
silica brought Ia We joked each otne' re
tn whether the place strong enough TO sane ,
heavy weight It would have been an risht oo hem e
proppng up Of the ceiling on the ground moor n ~ he
decrnt way hut IL was not You see one u nto
Jacks bigger Than the others and whsh d rem
place the effect WAS lift the ceiling sonewn At anu ~
der the other supports practically worthless ~ 80 The
cumsiest piece OF work ever saw IN cur and
building there were at least sixty persons DIV ~ that
Will he very much surprised II more than forty 81 %
NUMBER SsSv sero CAUGHT brneaIh the fall
Ing tinbers. and buried beneath the m ru
The following experience was related by william
Bradley who lives at No. 322 HIcksst right IN inc r
when the lire broke out :" It was just twenty-five
minutes o. and had lacked out OF The window ,hird
II the day clearing when the lame ffon tue tn a
floor extension Immediately opposite 10 my ho,
burst through the window. Tue building rel ID
Qnnrter OF an hours burning. IL ten minutes aI
ward when the first engine arrived. Every bouy Tr
knows anything Of the onsin GIN ., Of e. .no
To- the ell IL wa. ful twenty-five miautes after the
nrs S SrSKe S os eod heaSwsy saw AIR Weston
tools something from the moor hnd ,ln ba
got ort in good time. Thrre half dozeu stories
The WY the nre brOk' ont aud no two OF tne n
pgree substantially. There was some pnmhns "S or
being done in the and IL IA po-Sihe that tho hie
from the furnacrs used may have caused tho nre
ut grea peril. found in the ncighborhood IN ma
S9p%sd hat the AMI uda oq Mauuaca1ns Company
AMI employed number OF hands on the thlrn noo W.
badns B: premises were IN the IL , eS sr non .mS
Il know that all my employees got out In good tle ,
inued TO their feet and were about to rush pel nell for
the door. That would have canHed panic anu poss,33
loss OF e but quieted them without much trouble anu
building at all Ny own escape Was undertaken ~
quicker fashion. My coat amt hat we're not near Dy III"
had to getout without them"
EVENING SCENES At THE RUINS.
No attempt made TO search In the ruins Tor moro
bodies last night Beneath the mass OF brick ana
oharred timbers the fire burned steadily IL had eaen
its way piles Of coal heaped up In the crarsahu
fed upon them. -treams OF water we're played upon
the rufus bv Engine Companies Nos. g. 4. and Z, ana
cloud from the hot bricks, sonrtnrsop
scuTing the entire scene. Early Ia The evening" wne
Ibr crowds came down from different parts oil tue
city Gordon of police forced back aud was IN
able 10 KEEP the people outside OF Tue lhsA ,ii
filled with % confused tbruug of nrn ana WOMEN nnt
force of police arrived sufficient To restore oruet. a.
Al midnight hundreds still fingered about tne nre
POiice-sergraut Henry Kllet. who was ia charge sara
that numerous inqurrs were inside OF him ABOUT ui,s
ing emplOyes of n hurnfd brtOrcH, AMI ne nfeNtu
that fully dozen bodies would vt be foand n oil traces
OF them were not consumrd At the Long Island COLLEGE
Hospal number Of INQUIRIES were made Tor In",e WIZ
were thought 10 have been buried, but DO Isoou rs
Kept of the All who Inquired OF IN police
station rrcoried.
The hree hodirs that taken from the ruins were
carried To the police station, xherr they remained unil
o o. m they were burned 10 crisp ana
were beyond Identification. Several physic ans
made an examination Of them aud Their
onclusion WIS that OF the bode- was mans and
the others those "a boy and girl They we're takon
To the Morguc permit issued y Coroner Mrpnin-er
The most serious the injured At tie Long
Isand Coege Hospital l. that of James Fay hrema'
who suffering nom cOneusson OF Tue bfhih'
will probably not recover The friends OF the 10.
ured fireman brought baskets of fruit 20 the io-pisl
them. bit after O'clock one was permitted 10 see
the wounded men =.
Mon Will work iha morning 90 ascertain II any
more bodies were buried under the buildings.