The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-10
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A q ,''rI ,'ernement House Crushed BY
w i3FSsa8 a Vino. .W,reck Church
y y % BROOKLYN l:,l % <: 'il> N>SYEsTERDAY.
Iho lEIi',i \ Occupants O Asleep When tho Z
crash 'ss''l1 Came and Many nrc Man. NH
glcd and Killed : The Slight ofthc #
its5S Wreck Stuns tho Spcctato ors,

NEW YoRK, Jan. 0.-An appalling ais.
aster occurred in Brooklyn this morning.
The heavy winds Of last night shook tho
new. l. Presbyterian church at 200 Thr9oorp,
avenue 10 its foundation, and at 4.sO Ibis
morning one OF tho walls iell with a
crash on a three story frame building
adjoining, and brought with 1t death
and destruction. The ruin.d d building
was tenanted ioy. the Mott and Pnrdy.
families. They numbered nine persons !.
Five FIVE, Of them are reported dead. Two
were carried out OF the ruins SO seriously
injured that their death is only a qres-5 ,ss
ton Of a few hours. l.;5s .,;s
Y DR.. Lewis K. Foote Is the pastor. Tho
tenants ,in the I little frame house were
alarmed last Z night by the manner in
which tho church walls shook. i Their
own dwelling was considerably shaken,
and It was with fear and trembling that
they retired. Twice during the night.
some OF the inmates were aroused ibyFi
the roaring wind, but every one was in %
bed and asleep! when the disaster oc.i \
Cured this morning. q. The wall sof the !
church fell suddenly with a crash and
IN heap that bore through the cookie !
shell structure adjoining like a batter
ing ram. The dwelling seemed TO pa,t
in twain aud instantly the shrieks and
groans Of the injured startled tho resi-. /
dents for blocks about. 4, "a
The noise OF the falling wall attracted \
the attention Of policeman, and he (.
sent in a fire alarm and summoned the /
reserve from police station. A great Z,
crowd gathered, gazing blankly ut tic
ruined 4 dwelling ) and !; the shattered
church. The house had been torn in /:
such manner that a bedroom was exx- i
posed, and in the bed within plain view &
Of those in the street laid tho dead BODY
OF Miss Mary Purdy, borne down; be- 4
meath a mass Of debris. The spectacle
seemed to stun those who witnessed it,
and ~ Tor "a few moments nothing 4
was done. Then the police and \
tiremen arrived and started r in 10 K
the rescue. They first found 8 Mrs,
Emma Purdy, lying lin iSs her bed, n
crushed beneath a mass of tinbers and 4
bricks, so seriously injured that she
could not speak or move when they car y
ried her out Of the charnel house. D Rob. 1.
ert Poole was the, next one found alive, Z
He is also 80 seriously injured that no 1
hope is entertained OF his rccovery.ieAs Y
far as known at this writing none of the 4
inmates in the house escaped death or
injury. The crowd about the scene num- Y;
bered Several, thousand and the search
for bodies is being hurried on. Miss i
Mary Purdy's body, crushed and man =
gled In a fearful way, was brought out
and laid Eon the side walk under the &
blankets in which she slept last night. i
She was a beautiful young woman: Tt I
is reported that she; twas engaged to be :.
married soon. ~ The church itself is 1
rendered useless and will have to be re-
placed by Il new one. 5i n 4 ~
q Later news gives the casualties as fol-
lows: q q = !: \ "A, AZ
y Killed--Alary Purdy, aged TO-; David i
Pnrdy, aged Is. S g slyi I {
y. . .Wounded-Mrs. Caroline Mott, aged
20, shoulder hurt; Miss Sarah Mott, her
daughter, cut about the head; I Mrs. 2
Emma Purdy, a widow, and mother OF Z
the two killed, a few scratches and suf-ii
fering much from the shock = Carrie, her
daughter. aged II, ankle and left shoul-S5
der hurt; Richard Poole, cousin Of Mrs.
Purdy, back strained, head and shoulders
injured. II >=llS yiss IS