The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-11
BURIED IN BLAZING RUINS.
TWO KILLED AND SEVEN HURT IN TINE
COLLAPSE OF 4 HOUSE

NNA1AFoH VT n hVCShs
A Brick wall Bun Usdsr . Fr.m. Hop..
that Had just Bees Raised . story
Cruubies and the House Gees Dewn-
The Debris Takes Fire - He.rtre.di-r
Scenes Duri,s the R.seus OF the En-
prIso-ss Observation-Disclosures In the Ruir..
A poorly constructed brick wall under q
raised frame house at 140 McKibbin street,
WilliamsburRh. In which the owner. Michael
Wsimann. with his wife and son and another
family. was living. crumblsd and caused the
building to collapse a few minutes after
O'Clock last night and ten persons were buried
under the ruins
THE DEAD.
ctros. Mrs.. widow.
THE INJURED
Bacon. Ml.r aged TO- cut about the head, and sheck
Internal injuries. considered serious.
BRUcH, JAcosSA aged 2. cuts aud bruises, probably
internal injuries Expected to die
cLrroRD, srELLA aged ~. shock and probably inter
nal pjuriss
Gsrssss.S. HEsar. aged 40. cuts on head and side.
Not badly hurt
wETASs. NrcHIrr, aged ts. cuts on head and side.
Suffering from chill and shock.
wEInASE, MARY. aged as, wound In right temple and
shock. suffering from chill
wEruASN. GEoRGS. aged AZ badly burned in left leg
and has internal injuries. Expected to die
weimann lived on the top or third floor. and
on the floor underneath lived Mrs Clifton.
widow. and her 19-year-old daughter. Up to
two weeks ago It was two-story- and-base-
ment house. The basement had previously
been occupied By n social club. After that
moved out weimann determined to add an
other story. He entered into contract with
Joseph NATHAN. q mason and builder. OF 1O7
johnson avenue. to build brick wall as sup
port after the house was raised.
Albert Woods got the contract for raising
the house. NATHAN engaged Henry Glassman.
a boss carpenter. to do that work. Just after
Nathan had entered into contract with
Glassman and had begun to tear out the sides
Of the house. Weimann found that he could do
bettor in the mason work with the firm Of
Blazey & Briller. They charged 5000 less.
and. although NATHAN told weimann that the
firm could not possibly do good WORK for that
much less money. Weimann said that he was
satisfied.
After Woods and his helpers. Henry Griess-
man. John Kelly. and four others. had raised
the house to the height required. Glassman
put up q tenn porary stairway on the side OF the
house through which there was an alley. The
mon OF Blazey & Briller then went to work put
ting up the brick wall. 1t was sixteen-inch
wall. and the base seemed to be laid solid
enough. but toward tho top the work. as It APP
peared after the collapse. seemed to be very
fimsy. Yesterday afternoon the mssons I'm
ished their work. and woods's men took the
props from under.
1t was about twilight when they removed the
last pioceof timber. AL Of Woodss mon. with
the exception OF Griessman and Kelly and
Woods hims self. went home. The last three
went ND to Weimann's room to talk over the
building operations. In Mrs. Clifton's rooms
I ss shsn q Ms SSS 1--WE.
III. Bsaes Ss%ii; formerly lived in the
eoSns Wsr. IN the hsblt 81 dsine odd eSoss:
for the widow and her daughts who 10 a va
iittle girls went around to see Mrs. Clifton sao
She was Just beginning to show them how to
crochet when there was rumbling noise and
=, cloud q dust arose and shrek: were
his store at the time Of the crash. Hs ran OUT
body to run to the headquarters Of Truck In
Seigel street. block away.
an alarm OF IRE aud in q WHALING also the
crew OF the company were ON their way to the
sSns hse % tSs the
the unfortunate ones under the wrecked
The men got to work with will with pick
keep the fire away from where the people were
to get at the persons Imprisoned. In the
mean time THOUSANDS Of people gathered
began to help the firsmsn. '"A1 anu
Insia. Is wss aTss On the ground; and soon
hsd 2, TS.er rS on ths s After hole
blood and was continually moaning. The
she was kept until the arrival Of the sm6us
lances from st. GATHERINGS and the Eastern
She was removed to St, GATHERINGS Hospital
At once. whore her conditionswas pronounced
Her sso sS be
pitsI. While the iremen were snergeticaiIy
working az the debris the Are kept getting
were on the point OF falling. back on sesount
Of the heat but they stuck heroiesily to their
They soon succeeded In saving George Wei
mann, but not before his left leg was shock
WAS taksn to the am bulanes. He was removed
to the Eastern District HOSPITAL. where It 10
feared bis INJURIES Tiii prove e mortal; ..tu
the screams OF the Bruch children had been
They. with Mrs Clifton and her daughter
were fastened between the floor Of the third
story and the second floor. The fremen who
alarm Of IRE. kept pouring streams Of water
on the debris 10 Keen down the fire.
wptsn 't tho ehafsn
Chief Engineer Dale called tothsm tina. they
we're all right and would soon be rescued.
oh. hurry up pleas" they screamed.
Mrs. Clifton and her daughter were only |
heard TO moan except once when Mrs. Clifton |
was heard TO appeal to the hremen to save her |
from being burned 10 death,
40, Keep away the IRE" she shrisked; " oh.
tie burning me up"
While the tiremen were working in the rear |
as we'll as IN the hole they had made In the |
down under the first fioor through the rear OF |
Jung's place to work upward with their pick |
Axes aud shovels.
II was nearly o'clock when an opening |
from underneath was mads. and little JAe- |
obina was pulled out. She was covered with |
blood and shiyering with cold from the drench- |
ing she had received.
oh. papaP she kept calling.
, The firemen had all they could do to, prevent |
Bruch from breaking through the line and |
carrying his child away: There were plenty OF |
doctors on hand. The little girl Was bundled |
INTO blanket and at once taken to st. Cath |
crimes Hos pital. where che went into stupOr. |
Half an hour later MARI Was taken out and, |
half unconscious, sha teebly called |
Tor papa" Brueh tainted when he was told |
hat his other child was safe. She was also |
taken to ST, Catherine 9 Hospital. Stella Clifton