The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-18
DOWN WITH A CRASH !
EIGHT FIVE STORY BUILDINGS COL
LAPSE IN NEW YORK.

A Number "f Persons BADLY Injured How
"Skn" buildings Are Erected-Nood-
Chips s'iiIns, and Mad in Place OF
Mortar.
Eight five story tenement houses on
the south side of West GA street. be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh avenues. New
Ierk. that had recently been put under
root, fell down on last Monday afternoon
while efforts were being made Ia brace
them UP i'll order that the yielding foIn-
dations might be made secure. The
wreck was complete; not stick re
manned standing, not il timber remained
whole iii the entire row. Half a hun
dred workmen We're at work in OF about
the buildings at the time. At least -
of them were Injured, but none fatally.
1t was said soon after the accident oc
| Cured that 20 persons were buried in
the ruins, but this was incorrect.
The most superficial examination OF
| the debris showed the cause OF the dis
aster to be wretchcd workmanship and
poor material. The molt,.r contained
stead and was wholly unfit for use.
This, aud the fact that tie buildings had
been erected during the cold weather OF
wet aud frozen bricks wee directly the
cause of the collapse.
The builder, Charles 4. BuudCnsick,
who was responsible, lett the neishbor
hood in a carriage Immediately alter the
disaster, and drove to his residence in
East Seventy Seventh street. Where he
went from there nobody could learn.
The police vino arrested the master
blicklayer, Charles Frank, could not find
the builder. Buddensick has been for
years in trouble, with the authorities on
account of the skin buildings he has
put up. The evidence given 10y Frank,
| aud Charles S"agcT, another brick layer,
is very damaging 10 Mr. BuddeuSick.
The erection ot the buildings has been
going on SINCE last December, during all
the cold weather. The tourth-story
walls showed weakness III q sudden thaw
| before the ii:tn story was reached, and
| had to be taken ioWu. NO-kmen We're
forbidden to carry home scraps OF tim Der
lett 10y the carpenters. BY the builders
| order these were 70 DC used III filling ia
| the walls to save bricks, and were
sometimes put III by the aImiul. When
| a good thu,W set III the walls began To
weaken aud steps were taken to brace
| them up from both ends 50 that they
would stack together until tie roofs
could be pat on and the cad wilS re.
| built. The walls stood tlius for week
or two without, so Lar as could DE learned
| exciting the curiosity of the nuildlng de
| partmeut, Under " hose n0Se the iuita
ZION mortar was used. The heavy warn
rain Of Monday morhing completed the
work begun by tie than. Four stone
masons and Is carpenters were at WORK
| brdcins up the bulg:ng Foundation when
the crash Gang. There We're rooCvrS
painters, fathers and plumbers, number
lng PERHAPS 80, at work about the prem
lists at Tue time. Fifty men had bseu
| laid oil, a., some material had ROT ar
| rived.
| Apout ) II i. NJ. shout Of warning
went up that brought pale faces to many
Windows. The end building tUwuIG
| Eleventh avenue was Seeu 10 lotter aud
| then ial! with IL thunierJuS u0lSc. Both
| foundation side walls had fallen Oat, auG
| the body OF the house, deprived OF its
| support, Eel! i'll between To the cellar
Inc building adjoining 1t, having notn
| ing To lean upon, lGli next. Then the
whole row followed like IL line oi card
| houses. People Tor hall d mile about
were startled by the noise and shock,
and III a very short time the locality OF
| the paper dwellings, was packed with at
| excited crowd, whose threats Of ven
| Seance on the reckless builder iiiied the
| ar.
When the heavy cloud OF dust had
! cleared away the people booked upon Il
| heap of broken bricks and timbcrs, which
was piled up only "a few feet above the
levc! uE the street. Men with broken
limos aud bruised bodies and limbs were
struggling cut from under The wreck ana
| dragging themselves painfully away.
Snrlcks and groans We're heard from one
or two places. ana To these spots people
rushed. Fireman and all the available
amoulances in tie city were Summoned
| to the scene.
| rs the dust arose Charles Schga
! the brick layer, turned to Buddensick
and shaking his clenched fist i'll the buil
der face exclaimed: " uu ought to be
| hung for what you have done here.
Buddensick made no reply, bnt limpcd
away. Taere were many threats OF
! lynching the man afterward. and it WAS
| lucky for him that he stayed away.
Duddensick Is notorious as Il builder OF
cheap ediiices. lie has generally, of re-
cent years, built under another name
| than his own, and thus has Geen able To
shilk responsibility. lie was once in
dicted for violating the binding laws
but escaped punishment.