The evening world., 1894-10-10
KILLED WHILE
they SLEPT.
Slumbering Tenants Buried
by a Storm-Wrecked Mon.
roe Street House.
8 SURELY DEAD; | MISSING.
Over a Dozen People, All Moro
or Less Injured, Rescued from
the Mass of Ruins
JUSTICE HoGAN's QUEER ACT.
Discharges the Owner Of the Col
Iapsed Building, Whs Was Ar
rested for Homicide.
JUSTICE HoGAN's QUEER ACT.

While the storm was at its height. just
before 4 o'clock this morning. a new
eight-story building at "a Monroe street
collapsed, bearing down with It the
house at II Monroe stree. and the rear
extension OF the building on the other
side No. &C.,
Both places were fl!ei with sleeping
tenants. who were buried under the
tremendous mass of ruins.
The crash Of the falilng walls aroused
the neighbors, who. scantily clad.
began the work Of rescue. which was
continued well into the day by police
and firemen.
They mined far under tho bricks
and beams and mortar and from out of
the ruins they took the dead and injured;
The Dead.
T. T. ABRAMS aged nrty; lessee Of the
| building No. u. and manufacturer Of mineral
MRS BESSIE ABR s. aged forty; wife Of
4. H. Abrams
ROSE ABRAMS a hsh,se, daughter Of
I. l. and Mrs. Bessie abrams.
MRS BERTHA KARoNEs. hfty years old.
wife OF Michael Karones: board was driven
into her abdomen.
ABRAHAM KARoNEs. uins years old. son Of
Michael and Bertha Karones.
SOLOMON KARoNEs. aged twenty-ons: 500
OF Michael Karones
MRS JENNIE sTEINMAS. aged sixty; lived
with her daughter Mrs. Bessie AbrshamsL
MEYER sTEINMAN. aged thirty -ons; boss
painter; son OF Mrs. Jennie steinmau: lived with
his sister
Tn
ALEXANDER ABRAMS cut and bruised about
the body.
LOUIS ABRAMS. badly cut about the face.
scalp wound and bruised the body.
HERMAN ABRAMS. cut and bruised about
face and body.
JAMES BRADY broken arm and scalp wound.
MAY BRADY. cut and bruised about face and
breast.
THOMAS J. rRADY right leg injured and
cut about body.
LORETTA BRADY. badly cut about face and
shocked.
JACOB KARoNEs. aged tw.a:ysix; brother OF
Michael Karones. with whom he lived.
MICHAEL KARoNEs cut and injured about the
body.
DAVID KARoNEs. scalp wound and bruises
FANNIE KARoNEs. wife Of David. bruised. cut
and shocked.
CARL KARoNEs, nose broken and otherwise
injured; taken to Gouverneur Hospital
ANNIE KARoNEs foot smashed and leg fras'
tured: taken to Gouverneur Hospital.
JACOB KARoDNEs. leg broken and head
bruised taken to Gouvsrneur Hospital uneoa-
scious: he will recover.
UNKNOWN WOMAN shocked and injured
about body. taken to Chambers Street Hospital
TIMOTHY DooLAN, n. right arm sprainsd.
GEORGE RoBENsKY. 20. slight SCALP wounai
Gouyerpeur Hospital.
The Missing.
Ell ABRAMS. asei ssvsn 500 o: l. !. Abrams
The new building at "a Monroe street
was eight stories in height. 1t had
been erected by A. Aaronowitz. propri-
etor OF a foundry about a block away.
He built the new building for q foun-
dry. and its completion was celebrated
yesterday by hanging out fiags and tap
ping a keg OF beer.
Aaronowitz was arrested this after
noon and arraigned before Justice Ho-
gan In Essex Market Police Court BY
Policeman Mccarthy, OF the Madison
street station.
In spite OF the fact that Aaronowitz
was charged with homicide. Justice Ho-
gan discharged him. He. however. is
sued subpoenas for Aaronowitz and Da-
vid A. Molski, the contractor, who put
up the building. to appear before him At
. o'clock tomorrow afternoon. and ex-
plain what their responsibility, II any.
was for the disaster.
Had Been Complained OF.
The structure. 1t is alleged by Thomas
Brady. sr.. whose family occupied the
rear of No. 76. was weak. and he says
that he had made complaints about It
to the Building Inspector. but that no
attention had been paid to them.
The dwelllng-house Rad two stories,
basement and a garrett. that was
was used for sleeping quarters. 1t was
occupied by the Abrams family and
Steinmans. In the basement. parlor
floor and garnet. and by the karones
family on the FIRST floor.
Next to the dwelling house, at No. u.
is Grammar School No. 90.
One OF the spectators OF the disaster