Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-04-07
CASUALTIES.
Last Thursday a Day Of Acct
dents and EICitementS.
Collapsed Building-Runaway
Team-Collar B one Bro :
ken-Fall From a
Ladder.

VIM 6penRier has been repairing and i'm
proving the old Cary stand on Perry street
for several weeks preparatory to occupying
it himself Last Wednesday the workmen
were engaged in relaying a tile sewer that
ran near the division wall between the Wilson
building and Spengler's.
In so doing trench was made at greater
depth than the foundation wall itself.
The wall was not effected and no material
difference was noticed until about O'Clock
in the evening when several passers-by de-
tected grinding noise at times accompanied
by sharp cracks resembling pistol reports
coming from the walls.
This was followed about an hour later by
drop of several inches of the division wall,
breaking the glass and window frames in
both fronts.
The wall continued steadily to settle and
later in the night the central column of brick
crashed to the isidewalk with roar that
would discount the report of Krupp gun.
That portion of the wall supported by this
column sagged greatly and the total COL
lapse of both buildings was expec ted any
moment.
The outside wall of Wilson's. which abuts
an ally, began to bulge perceptibly an by 0
O'Clock Thursday the middle portion was
f.lly u inches out of plum with the bottom
and top.
AT this juncture workman were set to work
and huge props Constructed between the
Lest building and the damaged wall.
The work proved effeJtual and the bulg-
ing ceased.
No more brick fell until Thursday after
noon about O'Clock when another part of
the division wall crushed too the sidewalk.
D. d j. Wilson at once put force to
work and their large stock of dry goods was
removed to the vacant building in the
Heller block on Washington street where
they will remain until the old building is
repaired.
FALL FROM LADDER.
Several long ladders of the fire department
were utilized. 1t was while at the top of one
of there, assisting in fixing huge props in
place that Captain Broadnix suffered an &C.
cident that might have cost him his life.
The ladder slipped, and prop, ladder and
man oil fell to the ground, distance of
about 20 feet. The man struck a rope
stretched to keep back the crowd, greatly
lessening the force of the fall. Striking the
curbstone he sustained several severe
bruises and Was terribly shaken up.
BROKEN COLLAR BONE,
AS team containing Jacob Westerman
and wifa, his daughter Anna and father-in.
law, Peter Reichart, was coming up Perry
street one of the horses, colt, SHE'D, up.
setting the seats and throwing the occupants
all in heap to the paved street.
Reichart and the daughter Anna occupied
the rear seat. They were dumped to the
ground backwards in the twinkling of ar
eye, the old man sustaining fracture of thu
collar bone while the girl received severa
abrasions of the head.
They were carried in the Miller House
their wounds dressed and later in the DAY
conveyed to their home in West Napoleon
township.
The old man is in his 8Oth year and it il
, owing to his advanced age that his recoy
cry is doubtful.
demonstrating.
Laborers are now at work upon the build
ings and it is hard to tell the amount O
f.: work that will be necessary to place them il
| a safe condition. OF course the fronts will
have to be reconstructed, while the di
r vision wall, if not made entirely new, will
/ undergo extensive repairs, rs raieing up, &c
t Practically both buildings will be bull
, anew.
The damage done to both Mr.. Wilson
| and Mr.. Spengler is large, and the affair al
around is a deplorable one.
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