The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-13
BURIED UNDER A WRECK.
THRIFT MPN CtBGHT BY THE FALL
or A BUILDING At OGDEN NINE.
Two Killed and Twelve Seriously InIured-
The Building WINS In Course OF Construc-
tira for thc New Jcr.cy md Prnnsyivn-
mia Ore Concentration Company.

CoQENsnrnGu. y. j.. Aug. 12.-At nbout 2
o'clock this afternoon large building which
was In course Of construction for tho New Jer-
sey and PENNSYLVANIA Ore Concentration Com
pnny at Ogden Mine. nj ont rce-nuarters or
n mile from Ogdcnsbnrgh. collapsed. killing
two men and injurng twelve others who were
work ing on tho building.
The accident was caused by tho sudden Giv-
ing away of derrick. But few OF tho work.
mon employed on the building escaped.
The news of tho accident quickly spread
through tho village. and the entire ropula-
ton. numbering about 200 persons. hurried to
tho scene. There was great excitement. and
women and children screamed and moaned
for their relatives beloved to be in tho ruins.
ono hundred men employed in other fac
tories stopped work. and the search for tho
bodies under tho wreck was Immediately boz
gun. The first victim taken out was an 1tal-
ian workman, Tho man, was dead and his
body was terribly mungled.
=, soon after three others were discovered.
They wore removed in dying condition.
Medical h i, sent for to hos4:
for tho physicians to arrive
:, The authorities at 81. stephens Hospital Mt
Morrstown were also telegraphei TO to pro.
vide accommodations for the injured. but
word was roturncd that tho hospital was not
ready to receive patients.
Tho work OF recovering the victims from the
ruins Was kept up at night by the aid OF lan-
erection of the building liyod in the neighbor.
ing villages, and when they did not return
home from their days work at tho usual ttme
their friends and other workmen came to seek
thom.
There are hundreds Of mon at tho ruins and
the work Of rescue is being pushed toward
very fast. The injuries Of those taken from
the ruins were OF Il most terrible nature. The
limbs OF some were torn on. The faces and
bodies Of others were crushed almost beyond
recognition.
yam Orc Concentration Company Is In Now
York. Thocompany was established two years
ago by another company which used Edison's
magnetic ore separator.
Tn. plant Of the new company was set up In
this place to work the abandoned iron mines.
from which there had been no output for
taken from the mines, crushed. and tho iron
separated by means OF magnets. 1t was to in
crease the facilities Of the company that the
new building was being erected.
There were about thirty mon ut work on the
| structure. and tn" work had reached that
stage ne 80. the raising Ct tie frame:
at he plant looking after the details Of the
| works. He deeply deplores the accident. and
says that a most rigid investigation as to its
| cause will be made.
Tonight the office of tho mpnny near the
mine Ia. been turned into n hospital. and the
| wounded. as fast as removed from the ruins.
hnve been taken there. where they have re-
! ceivcd the care OF tho physicians in attcnd-
anre.
PATERSON. Aug. 1.-Two mon were killed
| outright in the wreck Mt the Ogden mine. One
| lnhorer.
Twelve were seriously injured One: Will
! liam Rock. n German. was brought to Iater-
| son tonight and taken to st: Joseph's Hospi-
! tai His logs and arms are broken. William
Wndsworth and son fredericksburg wcro both
| badly injured.
| tions made fortwclve wounded who will arrive
on special train tomorrow morning.