Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-11
HURLED DOWN BY THE STORM.

ed From It's Foundation, Smashed and Ruined by Wind - Terrific Crash Eight men Buried i'm the Ruins-0ne Probably Fatally Injured The Injured Ones-The Story of the wreck.
 | In the height of the terrific wind and rain 1 storm yesterday afternoon the new three story frame building at Lloyd street and Sal \ tonstaIl avenue, Fair Haven, toppled up 1 upon it's southwest side, shivered like ship | at sea when struck by blasting hurricane,
 and fell with a desfening crash upon its foundations, leaving but shattered mass oi
 timbers and splinters.
 The building was new double house de signed for two families above and two stores 1 upon the ground floor. It was in process of | construction, under the direction of Lowe Brothers, the Fair Haven builders, and had ' been nearly completed without. The windows | had not been put in and about fifteen men 1 were at work upon the inside of the building ! at she time of the accident. Eight Of these were injured, five of whom were seriously so, and one, a slater, whose home is in Springfield, where he has family, is now at the hospital at the point of death. His name Is Frank H. Sherman. He is 8 son-in-law of Judge Bray of Fair Haven, and has brother living at that place. He has one child few years old.
 The frightful crash happened about half- past four during the heavy storm of wind which preceded the falling sheets of rain. Sand and dust filled the air at the time, and but little save the terrific crash and cries of the men, sounding high above the bowling of the storm, gave the first warning to those about the neighborhood of the strange event. | The men inside were on the second floor and ! to them the whole structure seemed to reel | and rock with the wind for whole minute. I Then every timber snapped and cracked, the ! roof fell in upon the terrified builders, the l whole building was shattered into 8 thou ! with sand pieces and sank it's living burden ! into the excavations of the cellar. To add to the misery of the eight men who were wedged in, held down and crushed I by the heavy beams and timbers, dense tor rents of rain dropped from the black i'm ! pending clouds and for few minutes the 4 unfortunate men were in 8 pitiable plight. I A gallant band of rescuers, however, start ed for the scene of the disaster from neigh boring grocery. Even the sheets of water which drenched them through and through before they had advanced half way across the \ streets were unheeded in their eager desire ! to bring aid to the sufferers.
 Many of the poor fellows were taken out | of the wreck in an unconscious condition. ! The grocery of Patrick Welch upon the op- \ posite corner was quickly turned into an ! extemporaneous hospital and Dr. Barabault, ! whose office is near the place of the disaster ! was soon busily ministering to the wants of \ the wounded men.
 berton street, when found among the debris l was held down by huge rafter which had 1 fallen crosswise upon his body and lay firmly \ over his breast. Others were in condition | of nearly the same kind and if prompt aid ! had not been given them, they would pro- bably have died from exhaustion or from the | effect of their injuries.
 ! The precinct was te1ephoned to for ald \ but no connection could be made by tele. ! phone because of the storm. Word was, l however, sent there and two police wagons | soon arrived with the ambulance. Sherman | was unconscious and was taken to the hospi- ! tai. He was suffering from concussion oi | the brain. Others were taken as soon as possible to their homes, where medical as- | sistance WAS given them.
 ! The building was being erected by Patrick Murray of Fair Haven and was to have been II finished by Lowe Brothers, the contractors, by the middle of June. It was fine three- ! story structure and was to have been built ct | a cost of about $4 900. The loss will fall en- [ tirely upon the contractors, but MT. Murray says that he will share it with them. He is ! very sorry that the accident happened as it did, and has done much to alleviate the mis- fortune of those injured.
 II 1u6 cause OI tue COlldpbo uOcS HUI s0cn4 tO be due to any weakness or deficiency in the construction of the building. MT. Murray says that it was made of the best quality of I timber, and the proportions used in erection were such as to insure ample safety. He thinks that his house would never have been blown over if the windows had been in, but the sudden rush of the storm prevented this. As it appears, the open structure was filled ! with wind, and, as there was no vent on the | south side, the unyielding and constant pres ! sure of the storm was sufficient to raise the building from its foundations and lift it | slightly upon it's side, in which position the strain was greater than the rafters could sus- tain and the whole thing snapped and fell with crash. As the building was situated, it collected the wind and had no vent upon the opposite side to let it forth. The owner says that any building under the circum- stances would collapse in like manner under so heavy @ storm of wind.
 Michael Bree, 8 timer employed by Cler-
 kin Se Mcdonald, was at work in the build
 ing but rushed out just before it fell.
 The following is a list ot those who were
 injured
 Frank A. Sherman, Springfield, Mass, concus-
 Louis Banty of TO Putnam street was badly cut
 around the head and face.
 Miles Creemer of 133 Franklin street was badly
 William o'Brien of 95s Carlisle street and Henry
 Lee of l46 Lamberton street, more or less injured Lees injuries are internal and may result fatally Michael Foley of 1S6 Ferry street had his ankle broken, both bones, and was badly bruised about
 John Smith of Bride street had several ribs brok- Franklin D. Ludington of 250 Lombard street. was bruised and cut on the arms and face. James lgo of 63 Elliot street. was bruised on the head and badly cut over the eye.
 Miles Oreemer of 173 Franklin street, was 50 badly bruised all over his body that sever-
 al hemorrhages have resulted. Michael Foley was attended at his home by Dr. Rus oolI oy,I h. 70 r1A
 is badly broken. His son Michael was
 slightly injured and had @ narrow escape.
 He was at work in the building when the
 crash came, but the building fell away from
 him so that he escaped with only abrasions
 of the skin and bruises.
 At midnight last night Sherman, the in-
 jured man at the hospital, had not recovered
 consciousness. Dr. Russell, who attended
 him again at eleven o'clock, found that he
 was suffering from compression of the brain.
 His case was very critical.
 At Williamsport Barnum's main tent was
 so shaken that the occupants became panic-
 stricken and rush was made to get out. All rushed out. The other tents did not fare so
 well. The dressing room and menagerie
 tents were blown flat and three cages were
 overturned. The elephants and other ani-
 malls joined in the uproar with their cries
 Several of the performers received injuries,
 but none were fatally hurt. The proprietors
 of the show estimate the damage to their
 outfit at $10,O0O.
 PH1LADELPH1A, May 1O.-At Philadelphia
 the storm struck about 5:30 and caused about
 $20, 900 damage to the buildings at the State
 fair grounds. A number of houses in differ
 ent parts of the city were unroofed but no
 cases of personal injury have been reported.
 From outlying districts the reports show
 that much damage was caused by the torna-
 do. In Camden twenty-five houses were
 unroofed.
 Elsewhere in Town.
 At Oyster Point the gale swayed the heav- jest trees, and people expected every mos ment to see the big limbs snap off. The wind swept furiously for few minutes.
 The wind blew down tree of large girth on East street near Laurel.