Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-01
Building Wall Falls on a Number
of Workmen.
..SH THAT Was HEARD BLOCKS AWAY
Heartrending Scene After the
Disaster.
'AKING OUT THE BODIES

NEW YORK, March 1.-The wall of an
4 five-story building at 43d street and
tn avenue fell at $50 o'clock this MORN
g, killing and injuring many men who
ere engaged in tearing it down.
Following is q list Of the dead: Angelo
iccoe, Charles Bobscn. John O'Connor.
The injured: Patrick Curran, forty years
Id; F. Meeney, thirty years old; Michael
'reeley, twenty-four years old; Joseph
-allory, twentyfour years old; Charles
abson, thirtytwo years old; Louis Stein,
venty-two years old; Felix Moran, twenty
.ght years old.
The building which was being demolished
vas the old malt house of A. E. &. E..
hayer, brewers. For TWO years 1T has
{ been occupied. The portion of the
Hiding that fell is the old kiln house, and
,as six stories high.
For three weeks a gang of men under
Contractor George Okeefe has been tear
g down the building. This morning most
the gang were st work on the old kiln
use on the 43d street side. During the
st part of the morning a portion Of the
of had been taken off and the naked
all in the West I3d street side was left
anding.
Heard Blocks Away.
Suddenly there was q terrible crash.
There was roar of falling brick and tim
|ner that was heard blocks away and
icdl ClOuu VI uuSl went up III tHe uiluSl
|of the roar were heard the cries of the
len. many of whom had fallen to death.
he three upper stories on the 43d street
de had toppled into the Interior of the
uilding. Tons Of brick and mortar had
allen on the workmen.
| A dozen men ran distractedly in all di-
'ctionS to send in fire alarms and calls
/ ambulances. In a few minutes fire en-
es and ambulances were on the scene.
Ambulances were there from every hos
tai in the city.
Groans and half-stified cries could be
| .ard from beneath the mass of bricks.
he laborers who had escaped, the firemen
nd the crowd attracted by noise of the
llling walls, ran to the ruins like mad
len and began tearing the debris away
fFith their hands and with crowbars. A
ag here, an arm there, and head in an
other place, showed the best points of at
.ack.
The men who were at work on the ruins
were thoughtless of danger at first, and
hen cooler heads saw that other parts of
he wall might fall and not only kill res
|cuers, but bury the unfortunate workmen
still deeper.
Taking Out the bodies.
In a short time ten were taken out. OF
these two were already dead. Another,
nan of fifty years, who was later identi-
|eed as Charles Bobson, was unconscious
nd breathing feebly. He was hurried into
| N ambulance, but died on the way to the
hospital.
| 1t was absolutely impossible at the start
y get any accurate description Of the
Wounds of the injured. Some had broken
mbs, others great jagged cuts in the
cad and face. All were covered thickly
. Nth dust.
Streams of blood ran down over their
Nothing to the ground
| The building as 1t stands shows on the
. Sd street side wall broken off at the
bird story. The wall just opposite is
.roken off at about the same point. The
walls on the other sides are still standing.
i've stories high. and here lies the greatest
ianger for the foremen and resouers.
Contractors Arrested.
| Contractor OKeefe and his partner, Pat
'ck Keegan, were arrested and locked up
the West 47th street station. No bail
1uld be taken when the owner of the
len building. James McKelvey, called to
4 'er security.
Chief Cicquel said at noon that he thought
here We're two more bodies in the building
This would swell the list of dead to five.
Contractor OKeefe denied the statement
that a lot of material had been left on the
floors of the building. OF the injured men
'ialloy and Dobson will die.