The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-17
BUILDING C0LLAPSES
Seven Stories CrumbIe Crushing
Other Structures.
NINE DEAD, A SCORE INJURED
A New Eight-Storn Building Goes Down
In q Storm Of Wind and Rain Caus-
ing Death and Destruction.

ing Death and Destruction.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-While thu
storm was at its height, just before
o'clock this morning, the new eight
story building at "a Monroe street col
lapsed. bearing down upon tho house
at 70 Monroe, and in the rear extern
sion of the building on the other SIDE
No. 70. 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 continued we'll into
the day by police aud firemen. They
mined far under the bricks and beams
and mortar, and from the ruins they
took dead and injured.
Dead and Injured.
The dead are: ]. /. Abrams. 40 years OF
age: Mrs. Bessie Abrams aged Al. wife OF
A. Ii. Abrams; Rose Abrams, Is years old.
daughter of l. /. Abrams; Mrs. Bertha
Karonxse. so years, board driven into her
abdomen: Abraham ksroness, her son, 8
years old; Solomon karoness. her son. aged
20; Mrs. Jennie Steinman. ~ years OF age;
Meyer Steinman. aged 81.
The injured are: Alexander Abrams. cut
and bruised about the face and body; James
Brcdy, broken arm; May Brady, cut aud
bruised: Thomas J. Brady, hight leg IN
iured una cut about the body; Loretta
BRADY, badly cut about the face; J. Jacob
Karoness, badly bruised; Michae. karo-
ness cut and injured internally; David
.Karoness. scalp wound and bruised; Fan.
ME Karonpss, bruised and cut; Carl karo-
ness, nose broken and head bruised; I'M
known woman. injured about the body;
Timothy Doo!an. right arm broken;
George Robensky. scalp wound.
The missing Is: Elzl Abrams, aged Z.
daughter Ut l. /. Abrams.
Completed but One Day.
It was 4 o'clock yesterday aftern DON
that the last nail was placed In the
roof and then there was great rejoicing.
The workmem PIT five or six ha;s up.
30 that the bright stripes would hang
over the streets. aud two kegs OF beer
were taken up to the top Of tie story
TO add to the general =. iolcing.
Stories OF Eye Witnesses
To this mornings disaster there
seems to have been two eye-witnesses,
and their stories agree In every par.
ticular.
Thomas Walsh is q Waterman at
Hecker's stables, in the rear OF the
house which fell 1t was just $3.50
o'clock when the disaster occurred.
II was q wild night. The rain fell in
torrents and the wlud blew q gale.
The watchman says there was u sort of
mysterious half light in the air, which
he can not describe. BY it he could see
He says he was preparing to make his
rounds of the stable, alongside the
wallis of this big new building, ana
watched the sIanting sheets Of the
rain a. they boat down upon 1t.
''l'il never forget tina, sight" said
Walsh. Even al he looked there came
a change In the appearance of the side
of the wall. It seemed to the Waterman
that a big black line suddenly ap-
peared diagonal'y across 1t from the top
to the bottom. Before Walsh could |
realize that the dark line was a crack |
In the wall there was a low, rum bling |
sound aud seven stories of the building
crumbled before his eyes A cloud OF
dust went up, but the pelting rain |
blotted 1t out before The watchmar
could recover himself enough 10 re-
enter the stable.
When the policemen patrolling In |
the vicinity reached the scene Of the |
catastrophe, called thither by The noise |
of the falling building, they found ex-
tending half way across the street a
mass OF debris. On the top # 1t, 80 |
feet abOve the street level, two women |
and man where making an effort TO |
get to the street, while from the in
terror OF the pile came muffled cries for |
help The calls were sent in for fire |
engines aud ambulances
Inmates Of the Houses.
In the two.story building south
were two families, that of Isaac
Abrams, consisting of 10 persons. in-
Guiding Mr.. Abrams mother and
brother. In the upper part of the
house lived Michael Karoness aud
wife, their son David and his wife, two
other sons named Solomon and Abram.
Annie and two boarders. Jacob
Abrams and George Robensky.
The three-story house to the north.
some Of the occupants of which were
also injured, had on the ground floor
the ramiIy Of Michael J. McGuirk. con.
sistiug Of five people, all Of " HON slept
In the extension which was crushed in.
All Ut them, however, escaped unin-
jured. On the second floor there was
the family of Joseph Brady, consisting
Of himself, his wife aud four children.
and one boarder. All of these we're
sleeping In the extension. They were
pinned In by limbers. All are more or
leas injured, but the little bow. Joseph
Brady, 10 the most seriously hurt. His
head was caught beneath, a beam aud
crushed. and his left leg was broken.
The people as fast rs they were rescued
were taken into Gramercy school
hear ny aud attended 10 by doctors
rom hnspita!s. Those who were most
badly Injured were taken to hospitals.
Pitiful Cries for Help.
To add to the horror of it there was.
he constant cry OF the people impris
'ned beneath the MAS imploring the
men to hurry and get them out. In
he midst OF the cries, there came the
'oices OF children at times Once
here was weak voice raised in
prayer.
The fret body, that of Bertha Karo.
less. was taken out just after 4 O. clock..
Hal an hour later the firemen came
pon 6.year-old Alexander Abrams in {
cramped positien ia one corner Of