The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-12
CRASH IN THE STORM
An Eighth Story Brick Building
in New York Had Collapsed
Dealing Death.
Much Other Damage Wrought In the
City and Along the Coast by
the Hurricane.


o'clock this morning a new eight story
building at "A Monroe street collapsed
bearing down the house at ~ Monroe
and in the rear the extension Of a build
ing on the other side. 76. Both places
were filled with sleeping tenants, who
were buried under tremendous ruins.
The crash of the falling walls aroused
the neighbors. who. scantily clad, began
the work of rescue. which was con-
tinued far into the day by police and
firemen.
The dead: |. |. Abrams, 40 years Of
age; Mrs. Bessie Abrams. aged a.. wife
of A. III. Abrams; Rose Abrams, aged l..
daughter Of |. /. Abrams; Mrs. Bertha
KaTones. aged 80, board driven into her
abdomen: Abraham Ksroness. her son.
aged 9; Solomon Karoness. her son. aged
~: Mrs Jennie Steinman. aged 20 years:
Meyer Steinman. aged 81. About "a
dozen others were injured and a daugh-
ter Of l. Abrams. aged seven. is miss.
ing
II was four o'clock yesterday after
noon that the last nail was placed in the
roof. and then there was grdat rejoicing.
Workmeu put five or SIX flags 50 that
the bright stripes would hang over the
streets, and two kegs Of beer were taken
10 the top floor 10 add to the general re.
jolcing.
When the policemen patrolling in the
vicinity reached the scene of the catas-
trophe. call thitber 10y the noise Of the
falling building. they found extended
half way across the street mass OF de-
bris. On topof it. thirty feet above the
street level. two women and man were
making an effort to get 10 the street,
while from the interior Of the pile came
muiilei cries for help. Calls were sent
ia FOR IRE engines aud smbulaIces. In
the two story store at the south there
lived two families. that Of Isaac Abrams
consisting Of ten persons, including Mr..
Abrams mother and brother In the
upper part of the Michael Karoness and
his wife. their son David and his wife,
two other sons named solomon and
Abram. Annie aud two boarders. Jacob
Abrams aud George RoyItz. The three
story house to the north. some Of the oc-
cupants Of mhich were also injured. had
on the ground floor the family Of Mich
ael j. Mc(1uirk, consulting of five per
usp nj ~ hnf ell n k..
which was crushed in. All OF them
however escaped uninjured. On the
second floor there was the family OF Jos
eph Brady, consisting Of himself. his
wife, four children and border. All Of
these sleeping in the extension. They
were pinned in their beds when the
crash came. All OF them are more or
less injured. sbut little boy, Joseph
Brady. is most seriously hurt. His head
was caught beneath beam and crushed
and his left leg broken.
To add to the horror OF il there was
the constant cry Of the people impris-
oned beneath the mass imploring 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 a
weak voice raised in prayer. The first
body, that Of Bertha Karoness. was tax
en- out just after four o'clock. Halt an
hour later the firemen came upon eight
year-old Alexander Abrams in cramped
position in one corner Of what had been
his sleeping rom. The boy could talk
to the men and he said: Don't mind
me. My mother and father are back Of
me somewhere" But the men worked
on and in ten minutes they had the little
fellow free.
Louis Aaronwitz. owner Of the build.
ing has been arrested and the police
have been looking for Peter j. Walsh,
the contractor who erected the building.
They have as yet been unable to find
him. 1t is alleged that the mortar in
the work had too much sand to hold the