The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-22

0onch. ana close on their. heeis followed IN,
it Then Dame the men who are laying the 81
SSss sh assa sss or R'iE
rick that Is run along track on top Of the
The derrick. with It's little engine house. had
| ESached Liberty avenue at noon yesterday
There were few men working on the bracet
dsS tRe ns o. sss
III dh WstsT sSnpSh %nn
the trench. Just In front Of The derrick. This
pipe supplies the eastern part Of the Twenty
sss WIN w n % Say
sSS Il .S sssn s saS e. esyg s%
%:S fssS ri as IA Bs,s s; Sss
Friday that the. plank .sheetine on the side
% he stood in the trench one Of the GROSS tim
bers that ran along the bottom OF the sheeting
@ Z P SIscs h ssS SoSsbt H. H.. s RI Ss
VII! who we're 70 iec% wien the men @ se
q ter. thourand-poun section Of pipe was roll
d9w shs eat ssak to the
resta IN sn 'front.' q shs The
had, been completed, but there was a little
Gt1 ~ g shs sSss M ps iss
above the level Of the ground. and half dozen
sm III: sssi & sas
sSs s sfyss
mem Been eS shs
sss sR saas bach q:
we're finishing up the sheetinG !, when at l;30
ssvsS into the srencS.s CARVING VIE %Ish
S Eh s Sga nSr &. Tt i: ESns
81 sSssS, ssS s sss sssssS
The Long island Water supply Conpany's PIPE
was broken OF and q stream: Of water poured
,tricatins tho men Who were. buried there.
Bedding ths
the s tls s1 no | Hs ;S do1sn oshs1
iii sh@ as Nh
saw Hugh Murphy. derrick. man. hang:
heals down. but brace eo Mh s cond
twenty feet Of sand. Phil sofoon and Joseph
Sm Further N the T srseoS and D away from rom
the derrick house were half . dozen other men
%Ses tSs asaasn s TIE dust italian.
who were not thrown into the trench ran away.
II. L. Crawford. a son Of one Of the contractors.
noon. was in an office not far from the derrick
to tbs sss be Gssa
Within half an hour squad Of Capt French's |
men, from. the seyenteenth, precinct ar
actual work OF rsscuine some of the buried
dug oHs and
nCfaOninQ.
was half an hour, before the gas could be shut
standing on The derrick. when II fell and who
Ernest Puelis. foreman. suffering, from
suffering from from bruises and gas poisoning:
and he rolled ss s es dS9n
tSsdfe s3a Sl !9s
Ss rs.ou sf asur nsd f not the bess lent
heir homes. Capt Frepch's squad, Of si1t!
s ths
he .ss issnS thss sGss: e tss$
The trench and ss work Fl S5 The
t sss
tG ahsn SshE ant
ayed in and buried him before the eyes p the
HE
mother panic among the Italian labor
srsuade them TO- return, to work and
sn int lis oeud be
own around the place where he had disap- |
and could tbs no trace Of him
s's sha ThsS the sas
ND slIds The trench u Was Unsafe and neDf the
lank sheetinR had been so broker and twisted
danger q e the cid PERL
cir thrown open. The water that had gath.
Tie news eve q hs scedent had Spread rapidly
nd as many Of the laborsrs employed IN this
s 1T ss p aSf ssf u sss
saSIsSSs 2, police came iron from the Ninth
immoned to the scene Of the accident.
I'd It was then decided Lot to attempt to dig !
1t the men buried In the trench or uncover
bsa S ah
Engineor joseph Fipnigan Of the Water Pc
,ct Of it's being uncovered until this morning. :
I'd these men were sent home with orders to i
Assistant Chief Engineer Bergen of the t
ater Department and Commissioner Of City =
the accident about s o'clock. Mr.. Bergen :
i'd that the situation was serious, and that I
y Brooklyn would he left without o water 1,
pply, large fire would very quickly ex- \
Just the small store IN the reservoir
land Water Supply Companys Pipe burst
d undermined the plank sheeting or that
We way under the heavy weight and that y