Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-17

One at Troy, N. Y, Results in the
Death of Three Persons.
Another in Maryland Kills
Three Workmen

Who Are Attempting to Remove a Enor-
NOUS Fallen Rock From a Railroad
Track-Tn Both Instances a Large
Amount of Earth sweeps Down on the
Unfortunate Victims without the
Least ntimatiOn of Danger.
TROY, N Y, March IA calamity,
resulting in the death of three persons,
occurred in the lower part of the city at
o'clock Saturday morning, when tons
of clay and mostened earth swept down
Warrens Hill and carried before it a
double brick house situated on the east
side of Haverman's avenue, about 100
feet south of Washington.
No Intimatlon of Danger.
Not an intimation of the approaching
disaster was received. Residents of the
locality went to their rest Friday night
unconscious of the impending doom.
They had lived under the shadow of
Warrens Hill for years and felt secure.
The first note of warning came when at
o'clock roaring sound was almost
Immediately followed by a crash that
sounded for blocks away, and awakened
householders to a scene which they will
never forget.
The first arrivals at the spot were en-
veloped in clouds of DUST and through
the gloom pile of debris was all that
could be discerned Two hours elapsed
before the extent of the accident could
be learned. Conflicting stories were
told of the number of people buried in
the ruins of the house, and the facts
were difficult to obtain until daylight.
The occupants of the house were sixteen
In number.
The Dead.
The killed are:
Mrs, Johanna Hogan. aged 40 years,
widow
Mrs. Mary Noonan, her mother, aged
8S years.
Annie Burns, grandchild of Patrick
Garfield, aged H.
Miraculous Escapes.
The persons killed occupied sleeping
apartments in the rear part of the build
ing. The others who escaped miracu-
lousiy, were in the front of the house.
The senior Garfield was slightly bruised
about the legs, but was able to walk.
Hundreds of volunteers under the di
rection of Sergeant Lawton. of the first
precinct, and Officers Cunningham and
Fox commenced work at once upon the
debris, and at $50 o'clock the body of
the child was taken from the ruins and
removed to Burke's undertaking rooms.
Her back was bruised, The aged Mrs.
Noonan was found few minutes later,
and near her the body of MIS-. Hogan
was discovered. The remains were taken
to Nealon's undertaking rooms. Mrs,
Hogan was so badly disfgured about the
hot 10 70
her. The in uries to Mrs. Noonan con
sist of broken leg. The two women
were undoubtedly suffocated beneath the
wreck.
Mr.. Canfield's Account,
Patrick Garfield, Sr., was seen at an
early hour Saturday morning in the
vicinity of his former home. He said
in answer to questions concerning the
affair. 1--WE knew nothing about it in
the house. The first warning / had of
the landslide was when l awakened and
found the walls falling about me. The
sound was one that confused me so
greatly that | could not tell for some
time what had happened. All | know
about it is that as soon as | collected my
senses | crawled out of the ruins and
found that | was not injured excepting
where my leg hurt me a little. The
girl Annie Burns is my grandchild. She
was sleeping with the other two chill
dren in the back bedroom. How they
escaped l do not know"
A Singular Feature.
One of the most singular features of
the disaster is the fact that all the per-
sons in the building who were not killed
outright, succeeded in extricating them
selves from the mortar, bricks and tim
Der unaSsisted. Before help had arrived
they were safe ON the street, mingling
with the crowd and helping in the
search for the buried bodies.
The clay bank is hundreds of feet
high towering an angle of fortyfive de-
grees from the dwellers on Havermans
avenue. The portion which became
loosened started 200 feet up the slope,
and by the time it had reached Canfields
house the force of the tons upon tons of
dirt was terrific
Next 10 the brick house on the north is
two story fragile wooden house occupied
by the family of James Carroll. The
landslide did not touch this building.
A Feeling of Insecurity.
At9 o'clock Saturday morning the
feeling of insecurity had not been dis
pelled, and the impression prevailed that
more of the Hill farther north would
slide down upon the old frame dwellings
along the east side of the avenue.