New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-27
KILLED IN A WIND STORM.
BUILDINGS CCW-APSE WITH FATAL RE
SUITS.
THREE LIVES CRUSHED OUT AT ONCE AND
SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED-MUCH
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

morning. blew gale by noon from the northwest
At o'clock the wind began 10 go down and in
the evening died away to a gentle breeze. Con-
siderable damage done. Several buildings IN
Long Island City and in Williamsburg were blown
down. Several people lost their lives. AMI Others
were seriously injured by the falling buildings and
trees.
The four-stO frame building in course of erec-
ton at the northeast corner of Eighth-st. and
Jackson-ave., Long Island City, was blown down
,oon after 2 o'clock John Larsen, a carpenter,
thirty-seven yelrs old, was instantly killed He
livid at No. 353 WarreH-st.. Brooklyn His
skull was crushed. Oliver Olson, Trainer, had
three ribs broken and was badly injured. lie
was taken to his home. Augusa Andersen, OF Ja-
maica-ave, Astoria, had his nose broken. one OF
his eyes injured, and was otherwise badly shaken
up. He was carried to St. Johns JIosIital Ed
ward Mccartney, brickayer. OF NO., a4o haSt
Fifty-eiahth-st. New-York, was cut on the head,
had his hand broken and his back injured. lie
was also sent to St. Johns Hospital
THE FOREMAN ARRESTED.
Cayl Andersen the foreman, was arrested ana
locked up in the Second Precinct police station
The building was being erected by Johh Langley,
of No $50 Fifth-st and, with the exception OF
the plasterng and inside wori was hhishea
The roof was almost covered. The foreman ana
six carpenters were AT work on the building a'
the time of the accident. Andersen says ula'
the whole structure toppled down instantaneousiy'
without giving the new a moments warning
The foundation of the building is concrete, with
brick wall, three feet high. The remainder is a
light framework, and it is situated on swamp
entirely isolated from all the other houses in the
rei9hborhood The men who were injured were
NJ work on the interior when the crash came
Andersen saw the building coming down on top
of him and spranE out of the secord-story WIN
dow His head is cut open, but the wound Is not
serious. Mcf1ahney was building the chimney
and was hurled irto the cellar
The Long Island City Fire Department was
called out and cleared away the ruins. Inc
police were promptly on hand and rescued TWO
men employed in the building, who escape1 "l'ii-
out injury. The contractors are Nelson & John-
SON. of Sixty-nintl.-st. and Secondave., New-i ork
The firm furnished the material OF which the
house was constructed. 1t is said u fc nearly
all secondhand ard to This fact is a.cribed the
accident Coroner Meneis will hold an inquest
and make a thorough investigation into the
matter
BLOWN FROM THEIR WORK.
William II White. painter at work on Flynns
Hotel. Sixth-st. ana East-ave., Hunters folht
was blown from the scanold at 80 p. m He
was taken to St Johns Hospital. where 1t was
said that his wounds were not serious
Antoine voulman, aged forty-fve, a carpenter,
who was at work on building in course of erec-
tion AT Gohle and Astor SITS. Newark, WAS blown
f1om the roof Both his legs were broken and ne
was seriously injured internally. He was taken
to ST. Michaels Hospital.
Patrick Larkn aged sixty-two, of No. III
Twenty-seventh-st, Brooklyn, while standing at
Fighth-ave. and First-st.. Brooklyn, at noon yes
terday, was strnck by tree which was olowp
down He was contractor engaged in digging
cellars for a row of houses and was standing under
q tree paying off his men when it fell His spine
was seriously injured and he taken to the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital In digging for tfle
foundations of the houses TO be erected the rooIs
of the tree had been undermined
TWO BOYS CRUSHED.
The three-story frame dwelling in course Of erec-
ton in KnickeI bocker-ave., near Woodpihe-s'''
Brooklyn Z. d., collapsed yesterday afternoon In
stanty killing two boys and seriously injuring an
other The latter was taken TO 81. Marys HOS
pital in precarious condition. The dead are
Charlie, Brown. aged 10, of No. PAL Woodbne-st
and Joseph Gould. aged S, Of No PAT Woodbine-st.
Arthur Maloney. aged 9, of No. 265 Woodbine-st
who WAS playing in the building with Brown ana
Gould. was frightfully crushed beneath the fall
ine- timbers and little hopes are entertained 1or
mis- recovery.
The building was only recently erected for
I,.rman Iuhrs of New-York, and stood alone
In Knickerb )cker-ave. 1t was almost competed'
hut the doors and windows We're yet to he placed
in vosition Henry Thompson is said to have
done the framework, willis william Mead, el
Hamburg and DeKalb aves., Completed the mason
work The windows of the store on the ground
lI.a hf.t-c "a
+bere The crash was heard several blocks away
and in a few minutes several hundred people with
willing hands were on tine scene. a weak cry
uas heard coming from beneath the ruins which
sent a thrill through the crowd, and dozen men
mrang forward TO rescue the imprisoned boys.
DIGGING oUI THE BODIES.
The cries were those of young MaloDey, and in
holf an bour he was found, manged and bleeding,
an the ruins He was conscious and told his res
ON, 9 that Brown and Gould were in the building.
r. vvas some time before their dead bodies were
fan, d The parents of the boys had been told of
the accident, aud stood around the ruins weeping
while the many willing hands We're digging for
the bodi i. Oo3l,'e parents swooneI at tae slght
sbocl< The MaloEey boy gave g;apl1c descflP,,
to- Of the collapse of the building. lie said
the Tin. b r. seemed IL jump from their fastenn ngs
and So iu,ercd like Lnatchwood Aitcr the ruins ruins
dI e5P,fioi he heari voice which he recognized
as Brown crying for help to MS se56ed o cS and
ahu % pa more was heard The fimsy material
nSsdi Ssd IN the construction Of the building was no,
vos in 1es IS ssd ths
n'so a nateriaI was far too light for such buld,
;Is Ene thorough Investigation will be made, ana
the responsibility of the accident placed "here
" "' ROW OF FIVE DEMoLIsIiED.
row Of five two-story brick buildings lh
,,,se Of erection at Cornelia-st- and wyckoh-
w. ,,,os also blown down by the wind yesterday
st,.rnoon, ste " probably fatally iniurns John Der
nah s@ed sixty-three years, of No. AZ Bush,
xick Dernah was passing i .iie ,nrI ~ %