The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
THE WRECK AT OGDEN NINE.
TWO MEN WE'RE KILLED oUTRIG
AND TWO FATALLY HURT

Thomas A. Ediso. superintcnded tho Work
Of Hescuirg tho hurled Mes-The Last
Hent In tho Franc of the Building Fen
and All the Rest Went Down Like Cards.
OGDEN. N. j.. Aug 13.-The 300 residents OF
this village are still greatly excited over the
accident at the orc concentration works yea
terday afternoon. Two men were taken out
OF the wreck dead. Two others are fatally in
lured. and seven more are seriously hurt.
This Is tho list:
Mcconnell. Jnmes aaborer. 30 years old unmarried.
An Italian lsborer known only as No. 80. 40. unmar
ricd
THE INJURED.
Iieimer. -, carpenter: right knee and left arm
badly crushed: will probably die.
Pierce. F. NJ. carpenter. from Dover. leg and arm
broken; In jured internally,
Search Ira miner from ogden. skull fractured. ter
ribly bruised about the body. win probably die.
Six italian laborers known only by numbers badly
but not fatally injured.
William Rickes. tho foreman OF tho gang,
was tho only man to escape injury. He was
standing BY tho windass when the building
fell. The timbers fell away from him.
The franc OF the building consisted OF
eighteen sections or bents OF heavy. unsea-
soned timbers, which were hoisted into place
by means OF large windlass. Tho last Of
these sections was being put up when the guy
ropes holding the strain OF tho entire mass
parted and allowed the bent to fall against
tho sections OF the frame already standing.
Before any movement could be made and
without moments warning the entire franc
OF the building. weighing hundreds OF tons.
toppled over and fell like n card house,
The accident was witnessed by Superin-
tendent Mallory. who stood IN tho Office door
near by. Watching the work. Mr.. Edison who
spends much OF his time at the works watch
Ing the operations OF his magnetic iron orc
separator. was called from an inner office by
the crash OF the falling timbers. He and Su-
perintendent Mallory Immediately set about
directing the work OF rescuing tho buried
workmen. All work In the other departm ents
OF the factory and tho mines were suspended
at once and force Of one hundred men began
the removal Of the debris.
Mr. Edison telegraphed to Dover. eighteen
miles distant. for medical assistance. but n
telephone message to Stanhope. nearby
mining village. brought two physicians to the
scene before the special train from Dover
arrived.
Near the top OF the ruins the searching party
found the body OF an Italian laborer. dead md
horribly mansed. This man had boon on the
ton OF the frame. waiting to secure the timbers
as they were hoisted into place. when the COL
lapse occurred.
shortly ufterrward three other victims wore
rescue went on briskly and when daylight
midnight all the timbers had been thrown
aside and the last of the injured and dying
In the mean time Mr.. Edison had telegraphed
to the managers OF the new ST. Stephens Hos
rltel at Morristown. asking them TO receive
and care for the injured men. They replied
that the hospital was not in n condition to re-
eeiye patients. az it had been only rreecsntly
tory oflice was hastily fitted up as q temporary
Every attention possible was given to the
men and late IN the night two Of then. were re-
| moved to the St Joseph Hospital in Paterson.
where the rest were taken TO-DAY BY special
| trai n. The dead were prepared for ntermcnt
and will be buried by the company.
| was in progress the ruins were surrounded by
the entire population OF the village and men
and women from surrounding localities. whose
| tories. At she works to-day business was re-
sumed. despite the horrible accident which
had occurred only few hours previous,
The village OF Ogden. now known Edison.
has been built up within tho last two years by
the establishment Of the Concentration Work $.
until two years ago the vicinity was entirely
deserted and had grown up with shrub oaks
When Mr.; Edison invented thu magnetic ore
separator he organized tho New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA Ore Concentration Company and
which was then changed to Edison.
The ore as taken from the mine is run
through enormous crushing machines and
where powerful magnets attract all the metal.
the storage Of these pigs that tho building
which collapsed was being erected.
and it seems impossible TO attach blame 70
being used was OF cheap and poor quality.