The evening world., 1890-01-09

cousin, Henry Leggett, at 800 Columbia
Heights.
The dead bodies we're temporarily
placed in the residence Of ex-Alderman
Collins, at 901 Throop avenue.
Residents in tho vicinity have had the
impression for some time past that in case
of q strong wind the new church walls
would surely go.
According to their belief. the building
wa erected in pretty much the same fash
ion that Buddensiek's buildings used to
be. William T. Lamb has the contract
for building the church.
II Is said that the walls are only IL
inches thick, when the law calls for l6
inches at least.
Contractor Lamb, when seen by an
EVENING WORLD reporter, emphntically
declated that the walls were sixteen
inches.
such q strong wind as blew last
night" he declared" would sweep down
any wall situated as this one was"
The church walls are sixty feet long and
forty feet high.
Rev. Lewis Foote is pastor of the con-
gregation building the new church.
A constant crowd OF people fingers
about the scene of the disaster to-day.
Where stood the little home of tho aged
Mrs. Mott, her children and grandchil-
dren, is now but q heap of brick, mortar.
lath and plaster. with here and there the
end Of a beam or rafter sticking out, and
now and then a piece Of battered furni-
ture.
There Is q remnant of the church wall
remaining, but II is not more than eight
feet high.
In the crowd of awe-stricken onlookers
a builder was heard to say THE man
who built that wall didn't know his bust
ness. That wall has but -four feet depth
of foundation"
Mr.. ADLER's STORY OF THE CRASH.
Samuel B. Adler, whose house was hit
by the falling walls. and who is o coal
dealer at l Broadway, New York, said:
~ took several looks at the building
of the church, and one day 1 said to Con-
tractor T. F. Lamb that it didn't look
safe to build q 35-foot brick wall up to q
gable peak on a foundation which went
only four feet down into the ground. But
he laughed at me. The scnffolds were not
put up 30 as to afford the slightest sup.
port to the wall.
Last night l and my family wen to
bed and we're fast asleep when, at some
thing after 4 this morning, we were
awakened by a roar and a crash. Our
house fairly shook with it, and my wife
clutched me in fright. Then, listening,
I heard cries OF 'Helpl Help
Rushing out of bed / ran down into
the street. md there / found that my
feiehbors' house was in ruins, tho church
wall had disappeared and people were
rushing about. while from the heap OF
ruins we heard means and signs and
groans.
II ran for DR.. Stuart Close, and he
came Immediately. DR.. Chase came q
little later, and they did noble work.
My wife opened our house. and a few
minutes after we rescued old Mr.. Poo.e,
who seemed to he nearly on top of the
heap, but held down by a beam.
He was badly crushed. bruised and
cut about the left shoulder. neck and
side, but not dangerously hurt. He was
taken to the home of q friend at 300
Columbia Heights.
Afterwards. Emma ]. Purdy and
Mrs. Purdy were brought into our dining
room. aud their wounds were dressed.
Caroline Purdy. the younger daughter.
was brought in later, and Grandma Mott
last. Mrs. Mott was evidently suffering
from internal injuries. and she was much
cut and bruised all over her body and
face.
1T was after 8 o'clock when the fire.
men and policemen succeeded in digging
out the bodies of David and Mamie.
They were buried deep under the mass Of
brick and the ruins of the house, whtle
old Mr.. Poole seemed to have been hurled
almost out upon the sidewalk in the col
lapse.
When the excitement had quieted
down, after all the injured had been re-
moved from my home, / discovered that
the wall of my house towards the church
had been broken through by the falling
bricks and u hole four feet square had
been made. My house was twenty-five
feet from Mrs. Motifs cottage, and about
sixty feet from the church wall"
Capt. Stephen Martin and Sergt. Ham,
ilton. of the Thirteenth Precinct, turned
out with the reserve of ten officers at the
FIRST call, and the police did yeomnn SER
vice ia getting the buried unfortunates
out of the ruins.
Coroner Lindsay has ~impanelled a jury,
and the inquest will be held next week.
ALMOST ANOTHER HORROR.