The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-15

men lost their heads.s Had they stepped
back to the north, they could have
jumped onto safe place only few feet
down, While they jumped on the wall
which fell to the south. sThey thought
that it was the scaffold falling. and that
is a popular superstitution among brick
layers
Where We're the men found," asked
the forman.
"On- the south side on the side on
which the wall fell away from the scat
fold,'' was the answer
Would men jumping onto the wall
throw it DOWN. juror asked. n
'.oh yes, masons could push it over
with their knees. I've often had to
caution them in leaning over green
wall not to put their knees against it.
Had they, when the wall was going
away from the scaffold remained, they
would be as safe as the men who re-
mained.'
Mr.. English added that the men made
the scaffold, and it was not likely they
would build it carelessly. Only those
who jumped We're hurt. A number of
questions We're put by jurors, to which
the contractor gave full answers. His
testimony was admirably given, and
threw light on the disaster.
SENDS OVER HOBOKENA EXPERTS.
Coroner Volk, on Saturday last, sent
over Messrs. A. Boyer and J. Wynne,
both experts in Hoboken. to look over
the building and report.
Mr.. Boyer entered into long descrip-
ton of the wall: where it was: what it
was made of and ventured an opinion
hot of hn
something that man could not foresee.
He thought that possibly it might have
been avoided if only contractors could,
or anybody else for the matter of that,
determine the boundary lines which di-
vide judgment and neglect. The wind
blew hard up there, and the work ap-
peared good. The stumbling of labor
er might cause the wall to fall.
A locuacious juror asked a few nom
sensical questions about taking precau-
ton against stumbling, which even
amused his colleagues. The other ex-
pert, Mr.. Wynne, was more positive In
his evidence. He had examined the
building and the material. and remark
ed
II don't think it's the contractors
fault. There was no way to brace the
wall On the north side there was not
room enough, and on the other side
it would have been dangerous to brace
it on only that side TT mortar and
material were all right.
A LITTLE ANIMUS HERE.
A former employe of Contractor Eng
lish, and a chum of the father of the
dead man Fields. told something which
some man of the name of Jones had
told him that the wall was not safe. He
hadn't seen the wall, it is true, but the
man told him. He saw the mortar. and
it was too thin. His story seemed too
thin, and Foreman Grassman.n observ
ing the evident desire to say something
damaging to the Cont actor. asked him
what grudge he had gainst Mr.. English.
Witness replied none, and after little
squirming, admitted that the Contractor
borea good reputation and knew what
he was doing.
John Lang, who was also In the build
ing when it FELL gave some unimportant
testimony and then. the clerk read the
evidence of Thomas Dwyer and the
others who now lie in the hospital.
THE INJURED MEMS TESTIMONY.
Dwyer is in st. Francis Hospital, and
llie SOIOl1Sl lOOh Ills VSl olO4i VI Lie dl-
fair.
He said that while working on the
building the wind was strong. The
wall went down. and he went with it.
1t was safe. he said, and he noticed no
danger.
Martin Flemming's testimony read
that he was on the wall also, and heard
Field shout
81 saw the space between the scaffold
and the wall widening, and i stepped on
the WALL"
the gust of wind, and as to the material
Flemming corroborates the others about
said it was good, and had it not been,
Inspector Tallemann. "who is good
man at the trade would have stopped
it,
Janser, another injured man. an en-
ploye of Mayor Pagan, was outside
when the wall came over. He didn't see
much, but felt a great deal.
An adjournment was taken until to-
night tff