The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-10-11
An Eight-slory Brick Building In
Now York Had Collapsed,
Dealing Death.
Two Adjoining Buildlngs Filled
With People Crushed by tho
Falling Walls.
Much Other Damage Wrought In tho
CITY aud Along tho Coast by
the Hurricane.

RFw YoRE, Oct. 1O.-Whils ths storm was
OF ita hoighi just before four o'clock this
morning new siRht-S,ory building at "a
Monroe street collapsed. bearing down tho
house at 72 Monroe. and In tho roar tho OK
tension OF building on the other side. 70.
Both places were fllsd with sleeping ten
ANITA. who we're burisd under Tremendous
rulna. Tho crash OF tho falling vslls
aroused the neighbour, who, So,ntily clad.
began the work Of resouc which vas cons
tinued woll into the day by police and Are
mon.
The dead; ]. !. Abrpms. 40 ysaTs Of AGE;
Mra. BeAIie Abrams. aged a.. wlfS Of A. IL.
Abrams; Rose Abrams nged IS. daughter
OF l. ]. Abrams; Mrs. Ii'rtha KsIonsss,
aged 90 board driven into her abdomen;
Abraham Karonsss, her son. aged nine;
Solomon ksronsss, her son. aged 20; Mrs.
jennie Stsinman. aged 30 years; Meyer
Stoinman, aged 81. Abou, dozen others
were injured, and a daughter Of I. /.
Abrams, aged seven, IL missing.
II was -four o'clock yesterday afternoon
that the last nail was placsd in the roof.
and thon there was great rsioicine. Work
men put Eve or six 1Hes mp 90 that tho
bright stripes would hang over the streets.
md two kegs Of beer were taken 10 the to2
story TO add 70 the general rejoicing.
When ths rollcsmen pairolling ia the
vieinity reached tho seens of the ostastTo-
phe. called thither By the noise of the fall
ing building. theT found extending half
way across the street nssa of debris. On
top OF ". thirty fsot above the street level.
two women ana g msn were making an
effort 10 get 10 the birest, while from the
interior OF tho pile came mufll,d cri.s for
help. Calls we're ssnt In for ere engines
and ambulanees. In the two story store
nt the south there lived two families. that
OF Isaac Abrams, consisting OF ten PERSONS
including Mr.. Abrams mother aud brother
In the upper part OF tho holse lived Michsel
Karoness and his wife, their son David
ana hia wife, two oth0r sons named Solo
mon and Abram, Annie. and two boArders,
Jacob Abrams and George Rovitz. The
tkree-story house 10 the north, some OF the
occupants of which were also injured, had
on the ground floor the family Of Michael
]. heQuirk, consis,ing OF Ave people. all of
whom slept In the extension which was
crushed In. All of thom. however. escaped
uniniufed. On the second floor there WAS
the family OF Joseph Brady. consisting OF
himself, his wife hnd four children and one
boarder All OF these were sleeping In the
extension. They vero pinned In their heds
whom the crash came. All Of them arc mo 70
OF less injured, bot little bov, Joseph
Brady, 10 most seriously hurt. His head
was caught beneath a beam and crushed.
and bis lsft leg vac broken.
To add TO the horror OF 10, there was the
constant ory OF the psopls imprisoned be-
meath tho raass imrlo ing the mon TO hurry
and get tb0m ort In the midsi OF the cries
there cams tha voices OF children at times.
Once thsro waa weak voice raised In
praTer. The Grst body. that of Bertha
kBTonsss, was tskon out Just after four
o'clock. Half an hour later the flromen
came upon e!ght-year.old Alexander
Abrams In a o'hmT cd position In one cor
ner of what bad been his sleeping room.
The boz could talk 10 the mes, and he
said: Don't mind me. Ny mother aud
father are back OF me somewhere" but
the men worked on and In ten minutes they
had tbs little fellow fee.
Louis Asronwitz, ouns' Of the building.
was brought into the EsstI Market tolioe
court this afternoon.
"Wbo 10 ,hs prisoner. and what 10 the
charger asked Justice Hogan.
"ho Is tho owner OF the building on
Monroe street that oollap this m ornina,"
answered the olieemHn.
I'VE will set tbs rrisonsr's examination
for Friday" said tho justice. The polio.
have been looking for Peter j. Walsh, this
contractor who erected the boilding.
They hnvo as yet been uuabls 60 end him.
IL 10 alleged that the mortar In the work
had too much sand 30 bod the biioks.