Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-05
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THE BROOKLYN DISASTER.


Caused BY the Collapse OF = Wall which
work MEN were Strengthening-Fear
that the loss Of Life May be Greater
than at First Reported.
NEW YORK, May S.-A later account Of tins
disaster says: Shortly after o'clock this morn
ing there was . crash at No. SIS Atlantic ave
nue., Brooklyn, and people, on looking up from
the street, saw that the roof OF the building had
fallen In, and that a portion OF the walls had
collapsed. They could hear screams OF people
injured. and IL seemed but a moment when q
volume of smoke rolled up nom the building
Hunereds OF people, men, women and girls were
at work In the building.
AS soon as the crash or the falling roof VIA,
heard hundreds of those employed in the build
Ing fed by every available avenue q escape
peared with begrimed faces and blood stream
Ing from wounds which they had receivedron
falling timbers.
Three alarms OF fire were sent out, and tho
service OF large number OF the police force
mad 10 be called into re3uisition to Keep the
crowd Of people out OF the way OF danger. II
was reported at first that about 100 girls. who
We're employed in Milo Hynes button works
which was on the top floor OF the building
other reports that most of these girls made theil
escape by climbing on the roofs OF the adjoining
tenement houses.
The building was occupied by twenty small
manufacturers, and there were about 500 men
high.
FALLING RACK INTO TIRE FLAMES.
The wood work burned like finder. When
the fremen arrived they found many of the
young women at the windows screaming
wildly for help. Their retreat had been cut or
and the fremen quickly ran up the ladders
but the girls were hemmed in and many fell
back into the flames before help could reach
them.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
The cause of the fire was the overturning oi
the boilers of a soap factory on the second floor
The west wall Of the middle wing on Atlantic
street had settled. Workmen were screwing 4,
up with jacks. The middle Jack had been
screwed up too high and IL was lowered when
the whole weight of the wall came upon the
two Jacks at the end, and II came down with a
crash.
Policeman Mccormack, of the third sub pre-
cinct, heard that the building had fallen. He
ran thither Immediately and found that the
that the building was on fire from the furnaces
beneath them. t.,
Among the injured was Mrs. Henrietta Haas,
wife of a shoemaker in an adjoining building,
pital. Two unknown women were pulled from
beneath burning timbers by the chief OF the fire
department
When the wall that was lacked up fell a mum.
Der of workmen were at work at il. They have
not been seen since. Edward Butler was seen
by his brother, c. w. Butler, TO jump from the
second floor into the ruins. He has not been
seen since. Four Of the men employed by the
n. l.. Judd manufacturing company are also
missing.
All LEAST TWENTY-FIVE BODIES IN THE RUINS.
at least twenty-five people In the ruins; there
may be more"
The building was owned by Nathan Cushing,
of Boston. The loss Is estimated at 100000,
and the insurance is unknown.
THREE UNRECOGNIZABLE BODIES RECOVERED.
Three bodies have been taken from the ruins.
They were burned beyond recognition.