Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-05-18
TENEMENT HOUSE FELL
Crashed Down Thirty Feet Into
the Street.
THREE KILLED AND ELEVEN HURT.
The Building Had Been Raised Up on stnts
and Slipped oa-A Fire Quilted Building
In Chicago coiiapses with fatal Results.
Three Mon Buried Under wall.

and Slipped or Fire Quilted Building
In Chicago coilapses with Fatal Results.
Three Men Buried Under a wall.
Providence, May 1s.-A az story
wooden tenement house, owned by Joseph
lie Moline and occupied by him and Sow
aral othor French families, in that part of
tho town Of Coventry known as Jericho,
seven miles from this city, collapsed.
Three persons woro killed and II injured
Ii Is thought that two Of the lattor arc
fatally hurt Tho building had been
raised to permit tho building Of another
story beneath it
The killed are
Mrs Mabel Guertin. 50 years old, occu-
pant Of tho house
Asa Aldrich. 55 yenrs old, workman
employed in raising the house.
Child Of Louis 10 Moine, 2 x years old,
occupant Of tho house.
The injured aro:
Mrs Joseph liz Moline, aged 10 years,
crushed, bruised and internally injured,
probably fatally
Noah Richards, workman, scalp wounds,
side crushed, probably fatal internal in
jurles
Mrs Louis Le Nome 80 years old, Sc
riously injured about the hoad
Fred Balliere 10 years old, scalp
wounds unconscious.
Frank 10 Moino Is years old, leg frao-
tured.
Joseph 10 Moline, SO years old serious
Commissions.
49, Gossolin, 10 years old, scalp wounds
and shoulder crushed.
Two small children named Gauniere
wore also iniurod-one boy, who was
cut about tho head the other girl who
fractured leg Two others sustained
slight injuries but were ablo TO caro- for
themselves
Tho building was about so feet long
with frontage Of 20 feet The lower pur-
tion was formerly a store and the owner
recently decided to raise 1t 30 feet and fit
up tho lower stories for tenements and
about three weeks ago Contractor Poole Of
Apponaug began the work, and the struc-
ture was raised Go the required height.
The two families in the upper stories did
not move out, as they were told, tho build
inn seeming to TO perfectly SAFE resting
as II did on stout piling.
Building Fell Thirty Feet.
Whllo the mon were working at tho I'M
derpinning the building without warn
| ing, slid off the piles ON which it rested
and pitched endwige into the street. strik-
ing the ground with a terrific crash as il
was split and smashed into mass OF
kindling wood, From the ruins rose the
cries Of tho injured and dying, and the
passers by and others at once began the
work Of rescuing.
In tho oxoitement tho Gentorvillo frC
department was summoned, and they
rendered valuable assistance in tearing
away the dohiAa An alarm was rung NJ
on tho mill bells and soon thousands had
gathered at tho scene
Meanwhile the resouers were tearing
apart tho mass of splintered beams ant
boards and soon camo upon tho body Of !
woman lying iii the street under the sec
ond floor.
1t WAS crushed into q condition almos
/ past recognition, but from the CLOTHING
/ it was identified as that Of Mrs Mabe
| Guortin, widow. who lived on the sec
ond floor A short distance away the body
Of child was found. Tho neck was bro
ken, and the lower parts were badly man
gled.
Half an hour later the body Of Asa Aid
rich Of Arctic Center was found. Hi
back was broken, and his head was crush
ed into pulp. Aldrich was in the act o
moving a heavy jack under the building
when Il started on it's downward plunge.
Mrs Joseph lie Nome wife of the own
or OF tho building, and Noah Richards,
workman, were taken from the ruins 81
badly injured that they Will probably die
Half dozen Others including severa
children who had been playing, were ais
injured Joseph lie Moine man So year
old, escaped with severe bruises and hav
shaking up.
Tho electric lighting and street car sys
tenn of the pawtuxet valley was oripple
owing to the grounding Of tho wires at th
scene Of the accident TO prevent fires. TIL
scene OF the wreck has been throngodayitl
| spectators since it occurred.