Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-15
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Many Men Go Down in the Crash and Five
Thought to bo KILLED, With Another
Missing.
New York, Aug, S.--An cight-story
building in course of construction at the
northeast corner of West Third street and
South Fifth avenue fell with crash this
morning and number Of worlmen were
carried down in the ruins. Atleast five
men are thought to have been killed and
several others seriously injured
Those thought to be dead are : John
Burke, plasterer, of Brooklyn; John Muir
ply Of Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn,
plastercr; Christopher O'Rourlle, plas-
terer, 81. Marks Place and Grand avenue,
Brooklyn; Michael O'Iiare, plasterer,
Myrtle avenre, Brooklyn an Italian
named Frank or James Kenny; William
Fox, d plasterer, is also missing.
Charles Smith was taken from under a
pile of bricks horribly cut about the head
and body. II is said that 20 men were
employed in the building on the different
floors.
New York, Aug. 9.-The work of clear
ing away the wrectage of the collapsed
seven history building at West Broadway
and West Third street was continued all
night, and one more body has been found.
Ton after ton of the debris was re-
moved. The men started at their work
in a systematic way, beginning at the
huge pile on the front of the building,
facing West Third street. Many times
they came upon clots Of blood and then
renewed their efforts TO reach the body
from which it flowed. Blood was found
TO be scattered everywhere, showing the
men supposed to be buried beneath the
pile of ruins must have been dead before
they reached the cellar in their fall.
AT 5.3G o'clock two of the men turned
over piece Of twisted iron which had
been bent out of all shape and discovered
clot OF blood. Near this clot was a
shoe. In the shoe and incased in black
stocking was a human foot. 1t was taken
to the street and laid upon the sidewalk.
Nearby where the foot was found was
also discovered shoe, the mate to the
one encasing the foot.
When the body of Charles Peterson
was taken out last night, one arm, the
right one, was discovered to have been
torn from the body and the other foot
was bare. The foot found this morning
was the one torn from the leg OF Peter
son, the electrician, and the shoe was
torn from the other foot. The foot looked
as if 1t had been torn and not cut from
the leg. 1t il supposed that when the
man fell he was struck on the leg by the
twisted piece of iron which bore his foot
oil in the descent.
The workmen kept steadily at work,
but nothing else was found of interest
until nearly o'clock. Then gang of
the workmen came upon the legs of a
man which were sticking out from under
pile of bricks. The work was concen-
trated on this spot and after half hours
hard work the body was lifted to the sur
face and taken 10 the street. 1t was horri-
bly, mangled and every hone was broken.
The face was so cut and swollen that it
was almost beyond recognition.
Although several persons who claimed
to have missing relatives under the
wreck, looked at it, none of them recog-
nized the man as anybody belonging TO
them. The man was evidently a plasterer.
The body was covered over to await the
arrival of the dead wagon to take it to the
morgue, unless it IS identified beforehand.
The bodies of two victims were dis
covered iu the'ruins shortly before noon.
One was identified as that of Michael
Flynn. His body was drawn from be-
meath a mass of wreckage on the first
floor. The other body was unidentified.
This was found beneath the first floor.
-Four more bodies were found in the
ruins of the collapsed building at West
Broadway and Third street, in New
York, Friday, swelling the total to
six. The search in the ruins is being
continued, as eight men are missing.
New York, Aug. l0.--The work of
clearing away the ruins of the col
lapsed building at West Broadway and
West Third street, and the search for
the bodies Of the nine missing men
supposed to be beneath the debris, was
continued throughout last night and
this morning without cessation. The
work will probably not be finished
within two days. The list Of the missing
is as follows: Patrick Cashin, laborer,
Brooklyn; James Crosse, laborer, New
York; Edward Hanley, plasterer,
Brooklyn; William Hayes, Brooklyn
Peter Morini, laborer, New York
Thomas Mcclure, plasterer, Jersey
City; John Murphy, laborer, Brooklyn
Christopher Rorke, laborer, Brook
lyn; George Smith, iron worker, New
| York.
New York, Aug. Il. The body Of
another OF the victims Of the West
Broadway disaster, the 14th thus far
found, was partly unearthed from the
debris near the north wall of the
building to day. There was great
iron girder resting on the remains.
The body of the 18th victim, which
was found yesterday in tho ruins was
identified this afternoon as that Of
John Murphy, laborer, of Brooklyn.
New York, Aug, 13 Another body
was removed this morning from the
ruins of the collapsed building at West
Broadway and West Third street. 1t
was terribly mangled and decomposed
and was the body Of an exceptionally
large man. Every bone in the body
was broken and great pieces of flesh
were scraped from his arms and legs.
Part of his face was crushed in and he
presented a horrible spectacle.
The body was removed to the street
and was placed in coffin. This makes
the 14th body which has been removed
from the ruins and the one who died
in the hospital makes 10 dead thus far
THE DURR4NT IN URDER CASE.
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