The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-09

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up is as follows:
Charles Smith of 217 East Ninety
sixth street, dug out at 1920 p. m. alive
and taken to st. Vincent's hospital
Died later.
Killed, John Burke, plasterer, of
Brooklyn.
Injured, William Fox, Roosevelt hos
pital; James Kenny, New York hospi-
tai; Neal Guider New York hospital.
Missing, Jack Murphy, Atlantic ave-
nue., near Classon avenue, Brooklyn.
Christopher Rourke, ST. Marks ave
nue. near Grand avenue, Brooklyn.
Michael O'Hare, Myrtle avenue,
Brooklyn.
Michael Savage.
Michael Flynn of Third avenue, Brook
lyn.
Edward Hanlon,
John Mcguire.
James Feeney.
John O'Berg, superintendent of the
Alexander Chamberlain Electrical COM
pany.
Charles Peterson, electrician.
Erich Bolton, electrician.
Two plasterers, names unknown.
The accident was caused by the over
loading of the floors in the center of
the building.
The wrecked building is conspicuous
in the landscape to travellers on the
Sixth avenue elevated railroad all the
way down to Grand street Its yellow
brick walls, towering above the sur
rounding structures, are sharply out
lined against the green background Of
Washington square. Its walls stand
yet, but the entire core of the structure
is gone.
The building had been rooted over on
ly few weeks ago. 1t stood eight
stories high, with a front of 100 feet
on South Fifth avenue, adjoining the
Central flats, upon which the ffremen
used to crawl up and down at exhibi-
tion drills on parade day,
John Ireland, a real estate dealer, of
So Liberty street, is the owner of the
structure. He gave out the contract
for building it to John H. Parker of 215
East Ninety fourth street The ]. B..
& j. M. Cornell company furnished the
for the plastering. The ironwork was
as good as finished, and the plasterers
had gone to work on every floor.
NO WARNING OF THE COLLAPSE.
The crash came Just hoeo-e II o'clock.
1t came like q clap Of thunder, ut
terly without warning. Passers by in
the street heard deafaning roar that
made their knees tremble with a dread
of the end of all things. The ground
shook and heaved under their feet and
a smothering dust cloud arose and shut
out everything.
Men and women ran out of their
houses in terror. They did not know
what was coming or which way to
turn They cried to each other In the
street what was the matter and re-
ceiyed no answer t
The cloud lifted slowly and discov-
cred the big new building ON the corner
as its source. There was no debris in
the street. 1t had all fallen within, but
through gaps made in the stone pillars
swung loose iron beams that pointed
to a big open space within, where first
there had been iron and brick. Bleed
ing and bewildered men crawled out on
hands and feet
Men ran to their assistance from
everywhere, as soon as they saw what
had happened.
DRAGGED TO SAFETY.
Those who were in sight, or were
struggling to get out, We're dragged
away to safety.
John Kelly of One Hundred and
Twenty sixth street and Tenth ave-
nue. was among these He had been
struck down by falling brick while
passing and knocked half senseless on
the sidewalk.
His face and hand were cut. Jack
Murphy and Patrick Cannon were at
work on the ground floor adjusting a
hoisting apparatus with the aid of Mi
chael O'Hare, who was on the roof
Cannon got out. The two others are
missing.
Park Policeman Livingstone and John
Shannon of 402 First avenue were the
first who reached and ran into the
building to give a hand They worked
like beavers before other help came,
dragging out three men who were strug-
Cling and partly caught under the heavy
iron beams. They were Juggling away
at the fourth, when Livingstone, OBJ
serving that he was pinned down by
a wooden scaffolding beam, seized
saw to saw it asunder.
AS it snapped the mountain of wreck
shifted and came down upon them.
The man they tried to rescue and whose
head only was in sight disappeared from
view.
Policeman Livingstone was struck in
the bak and badly hurt. Shannon
escaped with his clothes wrecked be-
yond repair.
The crash had been heard i'm THE Mer-
Ger street police station a few blocks
away. In ten minutes the f1rement re-
the spot with ambulances from ST Vim
cent, Bellevue, New York and Roose-
Welt hospitals.
Inspector Brooks came with the re-
serves from seven precincts The
crowds that pressed close were driven
back that the firemen might work I'M
numbered.
Chief Dally took charge and set the
crews of hook and ladder companies
Nos. and 20 to dig in the ruins.
THE BUILDER ARRESTED.
Parker and His Foreman Taken Into Gus
tody.