The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-11
No n THE MORTAR.
rev Building in New York
Crashes It's Neighbors-
J KILLS EIGHT PERSONS.
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Yoxx. OSt- la-Wesle the storm
"a 8 IL hesght, iass before 4 O'Clock shas
- = new eight-storv building sg
= r..ro< street. collapsed. bearing doxn
- ne ho1xe 81 - Moaroc and on the
an extension Of the balidsng ca
- xxs<r side, No. ID Both places we're
- rita Sleeping tenants. Who xere
s.x nndsr the tremendoas ruina The
- az falling walls aroused the neigh
I'D. no. sanity clad. began the work
800. which Was continued vel into
- AZ hy the police and firemen- Their
-s.ed fzy unasr the bricks and beams
- usr.sr. ard from the ruins they took
-. 6esa and injured.
- dad are: l. l. Abrams. - years old
= BESSIE Abrams. aged ~. wife OF A. II.
s1Srus: Rose Abrams. Is years. daughter
1IL Abrams: Mrs. Bertha Karonesx. 50
- hszrd driven into her abdomen:
IInrksm baroness. her son, Q years old
easu.ee karoness. her son. aged -, Mn.
isunie sseinmsn. 80 years old: Meyer
nssnxa. szsd 81.
r. injured are Alexander Abrams. cut
- bruisea about face and body; James
5r.dy. broken arm; May Brady, cut and
krlsra: Thomas j. Brady. right leg in
~ and cut about body. Loretta Brady,
~ eEi about face; ]. j. Karoness.
<H.t2 - - a
h5r,ssl internally: David Karone.s, seal y
eecaf and bruised: Fannie Karoaess.
ks,sed aud cut; Cart BARONESS. nose
kuksa and head bruised; unknown
vocsa. Injured about the body: Timothy
Dsessn. right arm bfoken: George Roben-
ii soap sonnd.
rs missing: Eli Abrams, aged 4. son
I'll. l. Abrams.
issas At o'clock yesterday afternoon
assihe last nail was placed in the roof,
~ then there was great rejoicing. The
sukmsn put i've or six flags mp. 50 that
~ bright stripes would hang over the
- streets, and two kegs of beer we're
nken M to the top story to add to the
onsrsi rejoicing.
Thomas Walsh IL the Waterman at
Makers stables. In the rear of the house
which fell. II was just $50 o'clock when
,he disaster occurred. II was O Wild
sehf The rain fell in torrents. and the
sind blew q gale. The Waterman SAYS
tasFe vas sort OF mysterious half light
n the sair which he csnnot de-
Duibe. BY IL. through the black
ses Of the night, he saw, while he
sp preparing 10 make his rounds
Il the stable, the side walls of this big
sss building aud the slanting sheets of
nin as they beat down upon 1t. s'I'ii
ssver forget that sight" said Walsh.
Even A. be looked there came q change in
the appearance Of the side of the wall. II
seemed to the Waterman that big black
line suddenly appeared diagonaliy across
IL from the top 20 bottom. Before Walsh
could realize that the dark line was crack
b the wall there vas low, runbling
pound. aud the seven stories of the build
ine crumbled before his eyes. For a mo-
ment Walsh stood amazed. A cloud of
aus. went no. but the pelting rain blotted
h out before the Waterman could recover
himself enough TO re-enter the stable. The
Saly other witness says the building sas
sorse put up than any pat mp by Budden-
rick. Mud was used instead of mortar.
Calls were sent in for the fire engines
md ambulances In the two-story store
Il the south there lived two families. that
4 Isaac Abrams consisting OF ten persons.
h The upper part of the house lived
kiehael karoness and his wife. their son
David and his wife. two other sons. named
solomon and Abraham, a daughter Annie.
md two boardcrs. Jacob Abrams and
George Robenski. In the three-story
Aease 10 the north some OF the occupants
we're also injured. IL had on the ground
foor the family OF Michael j. McGulrk.
consisting of Eve people. ali OF whom slept
IN the extension which Was crushed
IN. All of them. however. escaped an
injured. On the second hoor there is
the family Of Joseph Brady. consisting
u himself. his wife and four children,
and one boarder. All of these we're
Keeping in the extension They were
pinned in their beds when the crash came.
Ali OF them are more or less injured. bal
sAs little boy. Joseph Brady. is the mos.
serioasly hurt. His head was caught be-
heath beam aud crushed. and tbs left
leg VAS broken. The people. as fast as
they were rescued. were taken into the
Gramercy school near by and attended
BY doctors from the hospitals. Those who
ssre most badly injured were taken into
The hospital. where they could receive
more competent treatment
The bricks aud great beams and stones
a} in enc compact mass. To sdd TO the
horror OF it, there was the constant cry OF
Ias people imprisoned beneath the mass
inplozing the men 10 hurry and get them
cut Ia tle midst of the cries there came
We voices of children nj times. uncs
Aere was weak voice raised in prayer.
The lirst body, that of Berths karoness.
sn taken out just after 4 O'Clock. The
seeona corpse recovered was taken from
iAs rear Of what had been the two-ssory
haiiding. /. was that Of Mr.. Stelnman.
Ned 81 Thea the body Of Abraham
AaFoness, years old, was taken out, and
a. aoaF later thai of Mrs. Jennie stein
ban sas recovered.
Louis Abrams and hl. brother Maurice.
sao acre dug cut OF the ruins. told OF
sassF experience. Louis said ne went e
bed bali hour before the building fell
ne hai Just fallen asleep when the crash
cane. lie telt something strike him and
ss iasa,sd. " ben he rssained conscious
ssss he found hiraseii pinioned 10 his bell
hsSyy piece Of timber Was over hu
efsasi. Ills brother sss lying BY his side
sad Ass Asso pinned down. Iaey ialked
sesssheE until rescued by the iiremen
ihe ininries 81 the men are not 50 serious.
Loaas Aaron Wilis. the owner OF sas
ssssiing, vas brought into the kssei
katkes police court this afternoon Nv hs
ias prisoner and what Is the charge
sssra Just &C Hogan. 'Ae Is The osne'
g TIE Building GA Monroe street that co..
.agsed thss morning" answered The 20
Herman I'VE had pretty hard storm
ssss inosning said che justice When !