New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-11


AND ARRESTED QUICK
WORK BY FIREMEN.
The three-story apartment-house at No. lp MO.
KIbbin-st. Brooklyn collapsed at 73o o'clock last
evening burvng ten persons in the ruins. Two dead
hodies have been recovered. Fire followed the
collapse and Of those rescued all were more or iess
badly burned and are now in hospitals, sufterinc
from injuries and burns received
THE DEAD.
CLIFTON Mrs Mary. a widow body recovered
KELLY. James. foreTan tci Wood'. the eoh""0''''
THE INJURED
~ rt,Tov s,e,,a daughter Of Mrs. Mary Clifton nine.
teen years old variety actress dangerously 'u'"7'
and bruised
WOODS Albert contractor, severely lhJu''"' "''''
ppI.cu Mary ten years Old GU, and burned and 'uf
fering from shock ,,..
about the head and body: probable Internal injuries
WEIMANN Michael fory-eisht years on cuts q" "'"'
and side badly burned
wEIMANN MAY fortyhye years old cut on rgn, AZ
ple burned ana suffering from shocA VIII pro0'oP w.
WEfMANN George twenty-five years old' oauy 0''"eu
on left leg and internal injuries. - a..
The Bruch children visiting the Chftons
The Weimans occupied the top floor and Mrs
Clifton lived on the second floor untii TWO WEEKS
ago the building was two-story frame ~ s'ruo.e
when Weiman determined to add another story
% his house Joseph NATHAN. a mason. living AT
No l07 Johnson-ave.. sought, and CONTRACT
made to build a brick wall after the mouse hau
been raised Albert Woods got the contract ior
raising the house. Henry Glassman boss car
penter was engaged by NATHAN TO DO that WORK
when NATHAN began TO tear out the sides oi .,'e
House Woman found he could do better III tne
mason work with the firm OF Biozey q Dri'ei'
they Offering do the work Tor s-V less '"an
Matzan When the house had peeh raiseu ''
Woods the latter asked Glassman to put up
thc Old
through which there was an alley 1he men ol
RIozev & Briller then went 10 work putting up 'he
brick wal. The wall was ten inches thick' anu III.
base seemed 10 be laid soiidly enough Dut .o"a.u
the top the work after the collapse appeareu ~ o
extremely nimsy. ,
a-,arnoon after which Woods and his men TOOK
down the props After the props had peen re-
moved James Kelly. Woodss foreman ana "ooaS
went TO Glassman's apartments to talk over ule
work The Bruch children were IN the apartments
~ Mrs clifton. They live at No i2l Boerun1-st'
with their parents, and were paying her a Vlsi'
4 RUMBLE AND THEN a WRECK
few minutes before the building fell the occu-
ran,s Of ;he house heard runbing noise gnl o..
next instant the building went down with CRASH
,Ybtch aroused the entire neighborhood. AS people
rushed from their houses they saw cloud OF
smoke George Younge. a druggist In the nelsh-
borhood was the first 70 realize the SITUATION anu
Truck company No. the first to reacn the
soar, and the shreks OF the imprisoned ones we're
baar,rending TO hear as the flames sAot out from
the ruin \ second alarm was quickly sounded
and the fremen al once went to work Win crow"
bars and pickaxes to rescue the lmpf'so"e' Peo
ple In the mean time thousands OF people were al
,rac,ed TO the scene. X al once seen tnat no
,,rna us - be lost II those who alive were
70 be- rescued and hundreds OF wiling men vol
unteerei their services in the work, but were driven
hoo hv he
tho freman The thought that the uhlortu'la.ess e
we're awaiting death by sufocaton or FIRE only
| addel 70 the intense excitement of the thousands
| OF spectators.
HAULED THROUGH HOLE IN THE ROOF
The work of rescuing begun by the fremen In
| chopplng a hole through the roof streams OF
water were then turned the flames in order that
| the hremen might enter. The first person reached
was Mrs Weimann who hauled through me
hole in the roof she was unconscious anu pee1l'i5,
| and her means were pitfuL An ambulance from
| 81 GATHERINGS Hospital quickly removed her 10
that institution Her condition is pronounced serious,
Where S"' her husband. George Weimann. pinned
! between two beams. but he was reached III S aeM
and badly burned about the legs He was taken I, 20
the Eastern District Hospital wherS !, was sa'a a'
a late hour last night that he would die
CHILDREN CRYING FOR HpLP.
When Weimann taken out the hremen hearo
the Bruch children crying for help.
please sion mourning water upon US" came the
plea between the cries Of the little ones, "or you
wll drown US"
The hremen called back to the little ones to re, re-
main quiet and that they would soon De sate' na o
lowing the appeals Of the children came tnGse in
OF Mrs. clifton and her daughter Ineir asohaIins
appeals nerved the firemen to greater eHorts as II
was expected that the flames would reach them al
The father Of the Bruoh children was s on the he
and as he heard te CRIES o. sno, ms wSere his
rSdran rSnf "S were SSs imprisoned m He called them by
Would be safe They rescued.
PRAYING WHILE IN THE RUINS.
While the work OF rescuing was going on. q
priest pushed his way through the crowd and clam
! bered near where Stella Clifton was heard praying
beneath the timbers. He had hardly got there when
the Young woman taken out. and he knet be-
side her and prayed He Father Trenkler as
sIstant pastor OF Holy Trinity Church, in Mon
trose-ave , NJ, ~,,r.or.s hod,, ,,as ,oura IN the
rnns M sb having died before She could be reached
The body of James Kelly was recovered at an early
Wood ti,S the Contractor who was in the building
n,nved 70 the Easter District Hospital where his
| injuries were attended to- and he was placed under
are st pending an investigation into the cause OF
the disaster
POINT LOOKOUT HOTEL BURNED.
The Point Lookout Hotel. Long Beach. and It's
contents were totally destroyed by fire Monday
night The fire broke out AT II o'clock. Fire alarms
nera gtven in Rockville Centre and Freeport. The
h1inq had not been occupied for several years, al
though remained furnished for the last three sea-
a@pn,nd @ and for a time endangered houses near the
shore The building and contents were valued az az
rooms and was 10 have been removed this season
~ the West End. The hotel was erected In 1851 1t
"a thought that the fire was OF incendiary origin.
T'ne authorities will make investigation.
MAYOR GILROT GOES TO ALBAyr.
,lavor C;ilroy went to Albany yesterday afternoon,
leaving the city Hall for the train after the
adjournment Of the Sinking Fund Commission. The
object of his visit sem-ofiically given out, was
~ confer with the Governor about bills Affecting
,ba ctv's interests, especially with relation to bills
Increasing salaries to which the Mayor IL opposed.
He said that 1t his intention TO return TO New