The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-05
CRUSHED 10 DEATH.
A Wall OF the oldhW nrren Oh Re-
hnory Warehouse Falls in
KILLING A WORKMAN INSTANTLY.
And Painfully Injuring Anothcr-.Thc
Men had been Warned that tho
Work was Dangerous but did not
Heed tho Observation-Disclosures OF
the Sad Fatality.

About ten minutes past eleven o'clock
yesterday one OF tho heavy walls OF tho
warehouse OF tho old Warren oil re-
tincry, near the city gas works, on Nine
tccnth street, toll while workmcn wcro
engaged in undermining It preparatory
to pulling it over, and ono mar was
caught under the falling mass Of brick
and mortar and killed, while another
was painfully but not dangerously hurt.
Tho warehouse extended southwark
from Nineteenth street. All tho walls
had been taken down but tho eastern
one and the ono ut tho north end. The
ground vas being cleared for the freight
yards OF tho Terminal company, which
had condemned the land ON which tho
building stood. The material in tho
brick building had been bought by D.
i. Brooks and j.. W. jackson, and the
contract to tcar it down was lot by them
10 Hiram Boring. The walls wore de-
molished by undermining them on n
side and then pulling them down. Tho
eastern wall was about ready TO be so
pulled down. There were five or six
men employed in the work. Some Of
these were digging at tho walls, while
others sat around cleaning the brick,
taken ont Of tho walls, OF the mortar
that adhered to them.
Mr.. jackson had but 4 little while be-
fore tho accident warned Boring that
one or two OF tho men were too near
the weakened wall, and advised him to
make them move farther off to scrape
tho brick. This advice was not taken,
however. Suddenly tho wall caved in
aud fell without warning and with q
loud crash.
1t was found that one OF the mon,
Charles Holden, was buried beneath the
debris. The other workmon removed
the stuff from his body, but life was al
ready extinct.
His body was badly bruised and his
legs twisted and mashed out OF shape.
The remains were taken in tho city
patrol wagon to HoIden's homo in Alley
q, between T%wenty-liith. and Twonty-
sixth streets, whore Coroner Phillips
viewed the body and gave n certificate
Of accidental death. Holden was Il
young man nineteen or twenty years
old, and lived with his mother.
About the time Holden WAS removed
the excited workmen noticed that an
other OF their fellow workmen, William
Stevenson, was also partially covered
by tho debris. He was taken out and
found to be badly bruised about tho
legs and hips. 1t was feared that his
spine was also injured. He was takeE
by Officer Desmond in a buggy belong.
ing to Dcltz, Fading q Co. to his home
ut 323 Coal street, in North Wheeling,
where he WAS reported last evening to
be suffering n good deal OF pain, but his
injuries were not believed Ito be dan
gcrous. Ho was able to walk Il little
when first taken out Of the debris, but
last night was too stiff to move about.
The accident was ono OF those unior-
tunate ones due mostly to the careless
ness OF tho wOrl;men themselves.
Scarcely a day passes that somebody
does not comment on the reckleasncss
OF men in this and other sorts OF danger
ons work, but ii the men pay any attcn-
ton at all it is only to rc,cn; the inter
ference.