Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
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street was blown down by the gale. 1t
| crashed through two-story building at
| No. ~, demolishing it completely.
Two families with boarders lived at
No. ~. They were all buried in the
| ruins. So far three have been taken out
dead and nine badly injured. Only one
dead body has been identified. 1t is
that of a woman, Bertha Kronis, aged
40 years. The other bodies are of man
and boy. Workmen are still digging
at the ruins.
The building that fell was defective
and frequent complaints had been made
about it.
The list of injured thus far recovered
from the ruins is as follows:
George Robinovitz, aged 90 years,
back sprained and ear cut; Lous Abra-
hams, ", left leg broken and many
Commissions; David Kronis, "a, cut about
head and body; Fanny Kronis, go, badly
cut about the body; Joseph Brady, IA,
head crushed and left ley broken;
Timothy Dolan, cuts and bruises; Bessie
Abrahams, aged 40, cut about the head;
Lewis J. Abrahams, aged 90, Commissions
on head and body; Maurice Abrahams,
Commissions of head and body.
KNEW 1T WAS A DEATH TRAP.
The building which fell has been in
the course of erection for the past two
months. 1t was to have been occupied,
when completed, as foundry. Ever
since the foundation was laid there have
been complaints on every side that the
structure was u weak, ilimsy affair, and
many had expressed the belief that it
would fall before the roof could be put
on. These certainly were not far wrong
for the roof had not been completed 10
hours when the building crashed in.
1t was at 4 O'Clock yesterday evening
that the last nail was placed in the roof
and then there was great rejoicing. The
workmen put five or six flags up SO that
the bright stripes would hang over the
street and two kegs of beer were taken
up to the top story to add to the general
rejoicings.
A FOURTH VICTIM.
A fourth corpse, that of woman,
has been recovered from the ruins of
the building. The body has not been
| iden flied.
Thomas Walsh is the Waterman at
| Hecker's stables in the rear OF the
house which fell. 1t was wild night.
The rain fell in torrents and the wind
blew gale. 1t seemed to the watch
man that big black line appeared
diagonally across the wall of the build
| ing from the top to the bottom. Before
was crack in the wall, there was q
low rumbling sound and the seven
stories of the building crumbled before
his eyes.
Walter J. Bryan of No. N Monroe
street was returning to his home and he
stood at the corner Of Pike and Monroe
streets, so feet away, when the building
fell, He saw the big crack in the wall,
too, and saw the building topple for an
instant before it fell. "rhat building"
said this witness, twas more badly put
up than any that was ever put up by
Buddensieck."
Buddensieck is the man that went to
State Prison for Is years for using sand
in the building of houses instead of
mortar.
NEW York, Oct 10.--There are still
six persons missing of those in the
buildings crushed by the fall of the new
structure on Monroe street. Voices
coming from beneath the debris can be
heard. Four bodies have been re-
covered, and IL persons have been taken
from the ruins more or less severely
| injured.
| CRIES FROM BURIED VICTIMS.
When policemen patrolling tho vici-
nifty reached the scene of the catas-
trophe, called thither by the noise of
the falling building, they found extend
| ing half way across the street, mass
of debris. On top of 1t, 30 feet above the
street level, two men and a woman were
making an effort to get to the street,
while from the interior of the pile came
mutlled cries for help that told Of the
people imprisoned beneath tine mass.
Calls were sent in for fire engines and
ambulances.
In the two-story house, No. "A Monroe
street, there lived two families, that of
Isaac Abrahams, consisting 10 persons,
including Mr.. Abraham's mother and
brother. In the upper part Of the house
| lived Michael Koronds and his wife,
their son Davis and his wife, two other
sons named solomon and Abraham, a
daughter Annie and two borders. Jacob
| Abrahams and George Robinovitz.
THESE WERE FORTUNATE.
The three-story house to the north,
| some of the occupants of which were
also injured, had OH the ground floor
| the family of Michael j. McGurk, con-
sisting Of five people, all Of whom
| slept in the extension, which was
crushed in. All of them, however, es-
capped uninjured.
PINNED IN THEIR BEDS.
On the second floor there is the family
of Joseph Brady, consisting besides
himself, of his wife and four children
and one boarder. All of these were
sleeping in the extension. They we've
pinned in their beds when the crash
came. All of them are more or less in
jured, but the little boy, Joseph Brady,
is the most seriously hurt His head
was caught beneath beam and crushed
and his left leg was broken.
| The people as fast as they were
rescued We're taken into the grammar
school nearby and attended by doctors
from the hospitals. Those who were
most badly injured were taken to the
hospitals, where they could receive more
complete treatment.
PRAYERS MINGLED WITH CRIES.
The bricks and great wooden beams
and stones lay in one compact mass.
10 add to the horror Of itall, there were
the constant cries Of the people i'm
pnsoned beneath the mass, mploring
the men to hurry and get them out.
In the midst of the cries there came the
voices of children at times. Once there
was q weak voice that was raised in
| prayer.
The first body, that of Bertha Kronis,
was taken out just after O'Clock. Half