New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-20
THE HARTFORD DISASTER.
TWENTY BODIES TAKEN FROM THE RUINS
OF TILE HOTEL.
THE TWO ENGINEERS HELD IN 10000 BAIL
EAcH-cHARGEs OF CRIMINAL NEGLECT
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IN CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING.
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IN CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING.
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Hartford, Feb 10.-The clearing away Of the
debris from the wreck OF the Park Central Hotel
and the search for bodies were continued all day.
During the forenoon the bodies Of the Rev DR.
Lavallette L. Perrin and his wife were found
shocdngly burned and scarcely recognizable.
brief funeral ceremony was held over the bodies
In the Park Church, the Rev. L. L. Potter Of
fciating. The funeral Of J. George Engler, the
iirst victim found, had also been attended in the
same church at an earlier hour.
Early this morning the boiler was reached. 1t
was IN many fragments. It was ascertaned that
the safety-valve was stuck down and could not
be lifted for several days. 1t was found immov-
able to-day. Fragments Of the boiler including
the crown-sheet are kept under guard Tor the
coroner's Investigation which will begin on Thurs
day. In the boiler-room sitting on barrel dressed
was found the body Of young man nameu
Seymour. He was o friend of the engineer and
had been allowed to sleep In the room Both
engineers-Alexander Thuer and Amos klsley-
were held in $4,000 bonds each for man
slaughter and remanded to Jail until the result
of the coroners inquest shall have been maoe
known
In all twenty bodies have been removed In the
two days' work on the ruins At O'CLOCK the
military were relieved -,
Investigations into the character OF tne Dulpt ~
ing reveal it's extremely weak nature ~ W.
Hastings the builder says pullO lnA' no,ei IL
1873 and have never known that II was cohsiuereu
in a weak condition. Excepting the lower parV VI
tho erst story Il was all built by days work. ana
no effort at economy was MADE Ine iounNe.''Ol
waits were three feet thick, and on the hrst story
- tpoh thick.
FIRST story was finished, the contractor 10 WHOM
T 10. the iob fnhed. and after that the building
vvps All done by DAYS work The walls oil the
second third and fourth stories were sixteen
inches thick, and on the fifth story the walls were
tueIve inches thick. All the buildings IN that
yic,n,tv have settled, more or less. coSuns
tbousands OF dollars to repair them AS ior tne
mo,tar being off the brick, sometimes tne prlcA
v,il shed the mortar when IL Is TOO rlch' Inc
fact that 80 many OF the bricks are cieah ooes
not nroye the mortar was OF insuihcient s'rens.u.
Michael O'Neil, the contractor for the DICK
work. said this afternoon: look the oohu"os
for LAYING the brickwork Of the PsrS CenN''
after Charles Robinson gave up the loo anu
unop nv cath there is not thing uhder .n'
b,,ck waIl Of that building but plank VIC
had not worked but o few days before my men
heoan 70 complain. They were afraid TO WORK
,bere thu. walls wore so much ont Oh plump
planks were laid down In the blue clay In winch
the buldiuc stood, and nothing but bricks uSeu
sa a foundation. The bricks were some OIL nis
oyy, make. and he furnished them and tie mortar
and we laid the brick for S. IL per LOCO Not
hor,eI of ctYoent was used with the mortar, ana ne
would growl because we were using so mucn iiine'
1rh. foundation. all of brick, was twenty inches
thick; the first story sixteen and the parutoh
wall was but sixteen inches thick. When we got
the first story finished, my men wculd not work
auv longer, and quit"
Theodore Newton, who finished the WORK,
.aid: aI began work on the hotei
wbere o'Eeil quit Ny brother, H. W.
Newton. and myself simply furnished the men
e To- DO 1Ss wrk Furnished % the labor Mr. HASTINGS
bad q let Of soft brick he could not SELL ana
he worked them in. Before we began WorK I s1lne
OF the wall Of the rss Ssoey ,er na the foundation
yras laid. The walls were all out OF true, ana
the Southeast corner Of the hotel never saw
day when 1t stood pnmp: sot 30 ,on eraca as hard
hriok viii. That is why the bricks now are
fonnd so free Of mortar. The ouild1ng was
erected in part TO show m ,ne was u
IL entered largely into the trimmings Oh Cne
5. J. c. Pendleton. of Indianapolis supposed
"a have been lost in the calamity. LETT Hartford
AZ . a M Monday and so escaped death. lie
was seen i'm New-Ha Yesterday
In the State Senate this afternoon senator
offered and the Senate passed q resoln-
tion for tho appointment OF n joint select COM |
mittee Of Senators and Representatives TO ascer-
tain and report what legislation Is reaniFfed 70
bnjidinos and AGAINST the improper location OF |
boilers, etc. in hotels and other buildings. The The
Honse concIIrred I'm passing the resolution. Inc |
the dufiac rpuuired
Sprinsaeid. Mass. Feb. 1o,-The report that |
Mrs Frank Wesson. Of this, city, was with her
children. In the Park Central Hotel, at Hartford,
a. the time of fts collapse is erroneous. The
lady and her family were here when the disaster
occurred.
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