The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

yictims. which Makes Seven Lives
Now known to Have Been Lost.
New York, Aug. 10.-An eight-story
building, in course pf construction at
Third street and Fifth avenue south
fell and a number of the workmen
were carried down in the ruins. Sew
eral men are thought TO have been
killed and several others seriously
wounded. 1t is said that 81 men were
employed in the building on the differ
ent floors. The dead are Charles
Smith, electrician; John Burke, labor
or: Charles l.. Peterson, electrician
The injured are William Fox, John
Clune, James Kelney, Cornelius Guld-
er; William Frank, and - smith,
laborers. The missing are John Muir
phy, Christopher O'Rourke, Michael
O'Hara, Michael Savage, Edward Han
ly, John Mcclure, Michael Flynn, Jas
Farrell, Michael Fahey, and Charles
Reilly.
What adds to teh confusion is that
q number Of the men who were en-
gagged on the building, soon after the
accident occurred, left the scene ms
makes it impossible to state just how
many men are actually missing, ana
the true number will not be known
until these have reported to their fore
man. Contractor Parker and Foreman
| Seligman have both been arrested.
There is a difference Of opinion as
| to how the accident occurred. Inc
prevailing idea is that an immense
| iron beam on one of the upper floors
snapped, the floor gave way, II
crashed down through the building.
New York. Aug. 1.-THE work of
clearing away the wreckage of the
collapsed eight-story building at West
Broadway and West Third street, was
continued all day and four more
bodies were found. Ton after ton oil
debris was removed. The men start
ed Mt their work in a systematic way,
beginning at the huge pile on the
front of the building, facing West
Third street. Blood was found to
he scattered everywhere. showing the
men supposed TO be buried beneath
the nile of ruins must have been dead
before they reached the cellar in their
fall. The work was slow, for every
DOulu OF TIE great BhN H"N
turned over.
contractor Caligan said that, juds-
ing from the way things looked tins
morning, it will be at least sew
oral DAYS before all the wreckage can
he turned over All night long mp to
the present time friends and relatives
of the men supposed TO De oehea'n
the nile of ruins were at the scene
- -, lo,n chair fatn 1ntprInlnpl
covered a clot Of blood. Not much at
tention was paid 10 this fact. for
there had been so many other Just
such clots exposed. Near this clot
however. was a shoe. In the shoe
and encased in a black stocking was
q human foot. Ii was taken to the
street and laid upon the sidewalk.
Near by where the foot was found
was also discovered n shoe. the mate
to the n encasing the foot. The
foot found was the II torn from the
leg of Peterson, the electrician. and
the shoe was torn from the other foot.
The foot looked as if it had been
torn and not cut from the leg. 1t is
supposed that when the man fell he
was struck on the leg by the twisted
piece of iron, which tore his foot off
in the descent.
The workmen have not yet reached
the spot where most of the bodies are
believed to be lying. Most of the
WorkmeI who lost their lives are be-
lieved 10 have been i'm or near the
center of the building when the crash
came. and most of the bodies are en-
pected to be found near the center.
That there are many bodies beneath
the ruins there is no doubt.
Among the list Of missing last night
was the name Of Michael Farrell. 50
years old. q steam filter living at
Rutherford, y. J. Farrell turned up
all right this morning. The revised
list of the dead and missing as fur
nished by the police is as follows:
The Dead - John Burke, Dlasterer,
Brooklyn: Claus Peterson. electrician.
New York; Charles Smith. electrician,
New York; Michael Savage, plasterer.
Brooklyn: Michael Flynn. laborer.
New York; Michael O'Hare. laborer.
Brooklyn; Augustus Phillips, New
York.
The MissinG-Patrick Cassin. labor |
er, Brooklyn; Patrick Conlin. plaster |
er, Brooklyn: James Crosse. New
York: Edward Hanley. plasterer. |
Brooklyn; John Murphy, laborer, |
Brooklyn; Christopher O'ROurke. |
Brooklyn: George Smith, iron worker, |
New York; William Hayes, Brooklyn.
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