New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-15
FEBRUARY Is, 1885, TEN PAGES.

Gardner who represented the contractors, to move
the derrick Mr.. Gardner then went to see to
other work. leaving Schaefer in charge. AS soon
as the police realized the nature OF the accident,
the latter arrested and held pending the Coro-
ner's inquest: He is German, and his EnglIsh
is broken. When questioned, he said he did not
know the cause OF the accident and the derrick
was in the street before he knew it, He Thought
the cause might have been the spreading OF the
derrick, for the girders all right and he
thought the four bolts holding each were sufclenty
strong. They had been tested for seven tons
weight and the grders weighed only SIX IONS Ms emcn,
employed on the work were responsible There
were twelve men on the derrick Schaeher SAID
that he had worked upon the derrick since u
started i'm August from LeXington-ave. on IT'S way
TO the ferry and no accident had occurred Deiore'
The derrick was capable OF raising twchly tons. p
This derrick was con different plan from that
used in Flatbush-ave, and rested on an tonr GRO
ers Of the structure, while that one rested only o
Frederick Uhlmann president of the Union Ele-
waited Railroad Company, SAID:
The accident nave beeo duo 10 cupaoie cAeo.
ness The Flatbush accident three months ago s"ou
have lesson to The contractors Ihev are
and the company relieve them from II IN any degree
W. will TO ace that any repetition Of the accident
prevented.
Ca,ef Engineer Cornell, Of the Union Company
said:
It's impossible TO say now what caused the accident but
rigid invest CATION be made 10 fix the reponsph
As lar az am the Orders were Improperly So
derrick them IL such case
han CO. 1t fact that tho girers were 'noso roo
for the Flfthavea section OF the road
Boiler Inspector Powers visited the sceho an"
said:
place all the blame on the contrActors anu gross
nes. displayed IN the WORK. The heavy plauor" va"
m he'd before was fully isstene' anu
The weight for the Ivets Whch nci" '' 49,"
drs and they broke not properly oraceu
aud secured The has been pushed along too fasI
uEAvy LOSS or MONEY TO CONTRACTORS
Coroner Lindsay was promptly at the scene OF
the accident and empaneled Jury SS MnS hod;es
number of eye witnesses were questlohea anu az
the facts to throw light upon the cause OF, ana & IT,
SpOmssM M bs S be5 tde ii Pcif cV justice Keh
room which overlooks the scene OF the acciuehC'
The loss to the contractors from the des.ructioh
Of property and the consequent deay III mt Ie mot -"
will be not far from 81 0O, 600 lney VIII aiso w
liable to suits for damage In behal1 OF tne ptrsonS
Injured and the relatives OF those Killed - LII; .o
coroners jury find that the contractors OF uher en-
reprcsentatives can be justly held criminaiiy re-
sponsible for the accident, they Will be Iaoie 10
indictment by the Grand Jury for manslaughter
The Union Elevated Company was orga1ized
about year and half ago under Mayors Com.
Democratic politicians are interested In it: s ns
routes covered many streets 6ut an e"9ps tbs G Court
Of Appeals. which decided that the Kings County
Company had a right to that thoroughfare,, Inc
Union Company set az work 10 op,.u pn IN and
united with the Brooklyn Elevated company, inc
same being officers in both and the new ,fS ,,9eS
when completed are TO run In connec,lon u WI.n
those of the BROOKLYN Company. The Kings
County Company has erected its structure for three
miles in Futon-st without an accident OF serious
nature. The haste which the contractors Tor inc
iTnion Comnanv have worked Is believed to have
been the cause of the two accidents on the
structure. ~. s.o
f. A. Koulter. o real estate agent. OF NO 6o2
Broadway. who saw the accident, said after 1t oc-
cured that he had feared to drive under the
structure ms he had dreamed twice that the
derricl, would fall When he saw what had oc-
cnrrcd II bron ght the dream TO mind.
Foreman Schaefer, Of the Union Elevated Rail-
road who was arrested in connection with the
fatal accident, was liberated last night on the
recommendation OF Coroner Lindsay He was
held in IS 600 bail TO attend the inquest, which
will take place in Judge Kiehls courtroom, No.
$40 Broadway. William ii: Wallace, an iron
hondsman