The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-11
BROOKLYN NEWS.
WOODS HELD FOR HOMICIDE.
Contractor Of the McKibben Street
House Which Collapsed.
Corrected List Shows One Person
Dead and six Injured.

Albert Woods. OF 77s Bedford avenue,
the contractor for the raising Of the
building at 40 McKibben street. Will
iamsburg, which collapsed last night,
killing one person and injuring six, was
arrested at a late hour last night, and
in the Even Street Police Court this
morning Justice Watson held him on a
charge OF homicide.
Mrs. Mary Clifford, widow. lost her
life. The injured are:
Brook. JacoUina aged seven; foot crushed:
Eastern District Hospital.
brook. May, aged ten. injured on head and
body will recover; Eastern District Hospital
Clifford, Estelle severe scalp wound and In
ternal injuries; condition dangerous: at St Cath
crimes Hospital.
weirnan. George. twenty-five years old: body
crushed; not expected to recover; at st. Cath
crimes Hospital.
weimau. Mrs. Michael. nifty years old: arm
broken: at st. Cathsrines Hospital.
Weimun Michael. nifty one years: cut on the
head and suffering from shock: at st. GATHERINGS
Hospital,
John Kelly, foreman for Contractor
Woods, whose 'mangled body" to quote
certain morning papers. was taken from
the wreck In such a disfgured condition
that It could only be recognized by the
papers In the pockets, is alive Kelly
was thrown cut into the street with the
building. but outside OF few scratches
was not hurt.
Michael Wieman owned the building,
which until recently was two stories high.
He decided to have the building raised
a few weeks ago, so that new story
could be put in underneath.
Albert Woods, of 71S Bedford avenue.
took the contract to raise the building. a
of South Brooklyn. were engaged to
build brick wall beneath 1t. They COM
nleted thir work yesterday noon, after
which Woods lowered the building upon
evening he called on Weiman to get
In the house at the time were the
daughter, and the two Brook children.
who were visiting Mrs Clifford; Woods.
Suddenly the building collapsed. the sup.
porting walls Of brick having bulged
out.
Neither Woods, Kelly nor Greisman
can tell how they got out of the build
ing, but they were not hurt except for
were neither of them badly hurt. but
the son, it is thought. received Internal
injuries.
The escape Of the Brook children is re:
beneath the upper half Of the house. and
the hremen had hard work In getting
them, out before the flames. which fol.
lowed the collapse, reached them. They
were with the Clifford family. and Mrs
Clifford was killed. while her daughter
Estelle. a variety actress. was fatally
injured. She was still living when ar
Catherine's Hospital today. but sht
cannot recover.
When the firemen arrived the ruin:
We're ablaZe and several streams were
turned on It at once. Soon May Brook
| who was held fast under n beam. man
| aged to cry out that she was drowning
| and Assistant Chief Perry stopped th.t
at overhauling the ruins regardless o.
| the fire. Had It not been for this de
csion on the part of Perry 1t Is proba
BILE that the Cllffords and the Brook chill
| dren would have been drowned In the
burning building.
| George Smith, a partner Of Woods
was at the wreck at noon to-day, and
claimed that the entire blame for the
accident rested with the masonS.
| at was an easy matter to lift the two
| story building on beams to height
sufficient to permit the erection of brick
| walls and just as easy to lower it, he
| said. "Rut no cross beams were put II
place. Consequently, when the house
was lowered It rested on two narrow
walls of brick run up against the houses
on either side The masons relied or
buildings were of brick. / positively
state that couple of cross beams would
have prevented the accident
Coroner Dreamer Is preparing for tn
inquest. ana says he intends to make
rigid investigation.