Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-12
BUILDING COLLAPSES.
Sixth Floor of a New York Sky
Scraper was Over
loaded.

New York, Aug. S-An eightstory
building in course of construction at the
northeast corner of Third street and
South Fifth avenue fell with a crash this
morning and a number Of the workmen
were carried down in the ruins At least
FIVE men are thought to have been killed
and several others seriously wounded.
A policeman was near the scene when
the accident occurred. He said he heard
the roar of the falling building and i'm
mediately after it saw horse running
away. Hurrying towards the animal
he saw the cloud of dust near Third
street and turned towards it. There he
saw two men struggling in pile Of
debris. He pulled them out and began
to release third when the floor be-
meath him gave way and let him down
into the basement. He was terribly cut
and it was feared his back was broken.
The structure was to be an office and
warehouse building, the property of
John Ireland, real estate dealer.
At 1:45 the revised list of the dead and
injured was as follows:
Dead.
CHARLES SMITH. electrician, lived at
PIG East Ninety sixth street; died at St
Vincent's hospital His skull was frac-
tured, right arm broken, right side crushed
in and severely injured internally.
JOHN BURKE. laborer. married A years
old Brooklyn; dead when taFen from the
ruins.
William Fox. laborer, broker thigh and in
jured internally.
John Clune. laborer.
James Kelney. 49 years old, laborer. con-
tusions of back, legs seriously Injured.
Cornelius Guider laborer, 773 Bergen
street, Brooklyn; scalp wounds and contu-
sions. not seriously injured
William Frank aborer. age and residence
unknown seriously injured.
Smith, two ribs fractured and con-
tusions
Missing.
John Murphy. laborer. of Atlantic avenue
Brooklyn christopher O'Rourke, iaborer.
BROOKLYN; Michael OHare. labOrer, Brook
lyn; Michael Savage, laborer, Brooklyn; Ed
ward Hanley, laborer, Brooklyn; John Nc
CURES laborer, Brooklyn; Michael Flynn
laborer Brooklyn; James Farrell Michael
Fahey Charles Riley; Charles g. Peterson
Charles Smith was taken from under a
pile of bricks horribly cut about the
head and body. It is said that eighty-two
men were employed in the building on the
different floors.
What ads to the confusion is that q
number of men who were engaged on the
building. soon after the accident occurred,
left the scene. This makes it impossible
to state just how many men are actually
missing and the true number will not be
KNOW IL uull1 ILOSo nave reported TO Cne1r
foreman.
The ruins lie in the center of the build
ing with broken timber, twisted iron
Orders and columns covered with lath and
plaster. The mass is as dense and hard
to handle as a bank of clay. It is said
that seven men were at work in the cellar
directly under the center of the wreck.
The building was filled with plasterers,
plumbers, electricians, gas filters and la
bOrerS.
Contractor Parker and Foreman Selg-
man have both been arrested. It was said
at the scene of the disaster that the cause
was undoubtedly the overlooking of the.
sixth floor with plaster and building ma
terial. Harry Alexander of the Alexan-
der-Chamberlain Electrical company,
which was doing the electrical work in the
building, said that his men had reported
to him on Monday that the wires that
had been placed OH the sixth floor were
out of line, showing that the walls had
already got out of plumb.
Mr. Parker. the contractor, said that
the plasterers had overloaded the center.
Of the building. The iron work was SOUND
and well made. The bolts were sliced
clean off where the iron work parted,
showing that heavy pull had been exert
ed downward.