New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-16

CRUSHED By \ MASS OF CLAY.
Troy. March 15-M . O'Clock this morning land
slide on the west side Of WaTcn's Hi swept away
the twos,orv hric', house Of Patrick Garfield ana
demolished the one story dwelling Of John La"ich~oh'
Four families lived in the Cannc1 hpusc. Mrs
Margaret Noonan and her daughtcr. Mrs Johanna
Uoran both widows. and Annie Burns. age eleven
were killed Mrs John Ahca''i and her infant
Thomas Lawrcnson and Mr.. Patrick Garfield, IT,
were injured but not seriously. The hIc depart
mcn wa- called ont and the bodies Of the dead were
taken from the rnins. \ Of clay and earth
fifty feet deep Sid down from the hillside The
progress Of the slide was stayed by new brick house
on the opposite side Of avcrmans ave. against when
the Slide swept the ruins Of the Garfield house.
There were sixteen persons in the Garfield house.
the first building destroyed. In the Lawrcn-on house
seven persons sleeping. That any II the inmates
Of the houses escaped i, most remarkable. Ent for
the solid foundation, Of the new hrck hOn.c on The
west side Of the aycnrc The sliding ma, would have
continued TO Iills and pcihsp, further. leaving
death and destruction in its path. The survivor
and their ncichbOrs agree that the crash came some
where between > 80 and O'Clock a. m. There wa,
no warning The inmate, oi TIA, dwelling In the
path Of the destroying mass wcIc quietly sleeping.
Their sensations upon awakening A. tie building gave
way and thcv carried down beneath the ruins
were terrible Ju,, how they escaped death Is a
mystery 10 them The crash came, thci went down
under The falling brick, and lumber, and after being
imprisoned in the ,uiocatine mass for what seemed
TO them an age they succeeded In getting out into The
air Cries for help alarmed the ncishDors. II
dark and they looked in vain for the house that had
stood on the north side Of the avenue when they
retired fo- the night The house gone. Where
il had stood was a great mountain Of clay, beneath
which and from an opening near the front Of The
hou,e on the oppo.ii, side Of the street pitnl
erie, for help. Men and women rushed h.thcr and
thithcr CRYING for help and asking what conld be
done Tho,c who had escaped from the ruin, shouted
TO the other, TO keep up their courage and relief
would
Annie Buns, the granddaughter Of Patrick Camp
bell ST. wa first taken out dead John Ahcafn cN-
ricatod himself and succeeded in getting ont hi, wife
and baby Tho body Of MI. Noonad Wa taken on
about O'Clock and the bod of her daughter Mr..
Hogan, was found hour or ~ later. The widest
minors were current ~ 10 the number OF persons
killed. but at O'Clock this morning, after interview
ing the survivors and nclglbOrs, IT Wa ascciaincd
that all who had been in the Garfield house Al the
time Of the slide had been accounted three dead,
and the survivors included several persons more or
less injured.
Tie LaiircnsOn house occupied 10y John Lauren
son his wife his three brothers. Thomas Charles and
(coryc and two children. This house was completely
wrecked and nearly buried by the mass Of clay and
inmate, Of this house killed. and only one, Thomas
IaurcnsOn badly injured. He sustained a severe
the head from brick That Tell ilOn nm ana
awokc him from sluInbcr