The evening world., 1894-10-10

- Louis and Herman had been sleeping
." In the same bed. Louis said that when
he heard the crumbling and cracking
OF the walls he thought there was an
unusually loud roll of thunder A mo-
ment~ later the ceiling fell, and he and
Herman were thrown together beneath
pile OF bricks that was held above
them by piece of the bedstead.
Thus protected, they remained until
their cries reached the ears of their
rescuers. When they were heard, Her
man managed to get his hand to the
surface . and was hauled out. This
loosened some bricks that forced
Louis's head down. A fireman got hold
of his foot. however, and four men had
to use all their strength to get him out.
Firenen to the Rescue.
Alexander. aged eight, as also saved
by firemen and then the search for young
Ell Abrams, his mother and father,
Rose Abrams, an eighteen-year-old
girl and Solomon. and Jacob Karones
was continued with vigor.
Members of the truck and engine com
panies set to work at the front and rear
of the ruined dwelling at No. " to mine
through until they should meet each
other. Twenty men were thus employed.
The work ,nf pulling away the bricks
and iron pillars. many of which had to be
9. prfed mp With levers, was necessarily
slow. Working as rapidly and heroically
as they could and shouting words of
encouragement to the unseen unfortu-
mates, the victims voices In several in
= stances became more and more feeble.
There were not policemen enough to
drive the crowds back as fast as the in
jured and the rescued. clad only in their
night clothes, were taken into the
school-house. Their more fortunate
neighbors and the family OF Janitor
Mclaughlin provided them with such
clothing, mostly odds and ends. as
could be hastily snatched up.
Z Mothers were crying for their children,
y children were asking everywhere for their
:. parents. husbands were seeking their
wives. Such were the sounds heard after
Asperiod of quiet had ensued after the
crash.
~ Hospital in n School-House.
These scenes were re-enacted in the
school-house. Whenever a new victim
was brought there wall would go up
from some father or mother who
= thought that their missing child had
G. peen kllleu anu was DelnB Carried away
before their eyes.
III Some of those who had been sent or
taken into the school house had only
sheets to throw over their shoulders.
, They ran frantically about from room
to room wailing and shrieking and
wringing their hands, while the blood
from their wounds trickled down and
stained their improvised clothing. The
y >x,to en- nv, h,,la bad
hard work in making them remain quiet
> in order TO dress their wounds.
All of the Brady family, which lived
In the extension OF No. 49," were res
cued.
away from home. The family lived
on the second floor in the rear
y" Thomas j.. the eldest son, twenty
nve years old. got out through gar
In the ceiling. being assiste". e. slrs
Nellie Jennings, a neighbus. Then h
r., helped the others out. They were hi
mother, his sisters Loretta, eighteeI
years old; Irene twelve; May, ten. anC
his brothers, James. fourteen years old
,.G and Harry, six.
Later In the morning the force of res
cuers was increased by Thomas +, Cal
ligan sending thirty-fve men,
In the crowd, which reached for
block on either side OF the scene. Their
were many expressions Of indignatio
y on account of the manner in which tn
building had been constructed.
NJ Owner ArOnawitz Invisible.
rs The contractor. it was stated, wa
W" Peter J. Walsh Aronowitz, the owner
lives at Sc Essex street. He was not a