Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-07
A Fatal COLLAPSE.
The Wall of AN Old building in New
York Fell Friday Morning, Killing and
Inimring MnnY.

Ths wall OF An Old building in New
York Fell Friday Morning, Killing and
Injuring Many.
NEW YoRK, March 1.-The wall of
an old tiye'storv building at Forty-third
street and Sixth avenue fell at $50
o'clock this morning, killing and injur-
ing many men who were engaged in
tearing it down.
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
Dead-Charles Bobson, residence un-
known; Italian, apparently 2Oy years old,
known only as No. 3; boy about II
years old.
Injured-Patrick Curran, 40 years
old; +. Meeuey, so years old; Michael
Greedy, "a years old; Joseph Mallory, "a
years old; Louis stein, % years old; Felix
Moran, rs years old.
AN OLD MALT HOUSE.
The building which was being de-
molished is the old malt house OF A. +.
g. Il. Schuyler, brewers. For two years
it has not been occupied. The portion
Of the building that fell is the old kiln
house and was five stories high. For
three weeks a gang of men under Con-
tractor George O'Keefe has been tearing
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of the gang were at work on the old
kiln house on the Forty-third street side.
During the first part OF the morning a
portion of the roof had been taken off
and the naked wall on the West Forty
third street side was left standing.
A GREAT CRASH AND ROAR.
Suddenly there was terrific crash.
There was q roar OF falling brick and
timber that was heard blocks away and
u great cloud Of dust went up. In the
midst of the roar were heard the cries
OF them many Of whom had
FALLEN TO DEATH.
The three upper stories on the Forty
third street side had toppled into the in
terror of the building. Tons of brick
and mortar had fallen on the workmen.
A dozen men ran distractediy in all di-
rections to send in fire alarms and calls
for ambulances. In few minutes fire
engines and ambulances were on the
scene, the latter from every hospital in
the city. Groans and half-stiiled cries
could be heard from beneath the mass
of bricks.
WORKING LIKE MAD MEN.
The laborers who had escaped, the
ilronlen and the crowd attracted by the
noise of the falling walls ran to the
ruins like mad men and began tearing
the debris away with their hands and
with crowbars. A leg here, an arm there,
and head in another place, showed the
best points of attack.
The men who were at work on the
ruins were thoughtless of danger at
first, and then cooler heads saw that
other parts of the wall might fall and
not only kill rescuers but bury the un-
fortunate workmen still deeper.
TAKING OUT THE VICTIMS.
In a short time, 10 were taken out.
OF these Two were already dead. An
other, n man of 32 years, who was later
identified as Charles Bobson, was uncon-
scious, and Breathing feebly. He was
hurried into an ambulance but died on
the way to the hospital.
INJURED IN VARIOUS WAYS.
1t was absolutely impossible at the
start to get any accurate description of
the wounds of the injured. Some had
broken limbs, others great Jagged cuts
in the head and face. All were covered
thickly with dust.
THE CONTRACTORS ARRESTED.
Contractor O'Keefe and his partner,
Patrick Keegan, were arrested and
locked up in the West Forty-seventh
street station. No bail would be taken
when the owner of the fallen building,
James McKelvey, called to offer security.
Chief Gicuquel said at noon that he
thought there were TWO more bodies in
the building. This would swell the list
of dead to five. OF the injured men,
Mallory will die.
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