Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-03-09
FALLING WALLS.
They Are the Cause of Several
Deaths In New York.
u, tho Collapse of Buildings in Different
Parts of the city Four Men Are
Killed and More Than IA
Score Are Injured.

New YORK, March 2.-Shortly before
10 o'clock Friday morning the fourth
floor of the building at Forty-third
street and Tenth avenue known as
the old malt house fell with q
crash, carrying down with it a
dozen or more men Mt work upon it.
Three men were killed and thirteen in
jured. The building, which was six
story one, was being torn down in order
that four fiat houses might be erected
in it's place. The workmen had taken
down the two top floors and were at
work pulling down the fourth floor
Friday morning and had piled up lot
of bricks on this floor which the wheel
barrow men were carrying away,
when, under the heavy load, the iron
beams supporting the floor broke, car
rying the bricks, iron rafters, beams
of wood and iron and dozen men at
work down with it.
An alarm of fire was sent in and in
a few minutes two hook and ladder
teams and two engines were on the
scene. After n few moments work the
dremen dug out number of the unfor-
tunate worlimen who had been buried
in the ruins and they were sent to the
hospital Several of those taken out
had been badly crushed. Their legs
and arms were broken, and they were
otherwise injured.
All the worlSmen who were in the
building at the time OF the accident are
accounted for. it is now known that
three were killed and thirteen injured,
three seriously. The killed are: An
gelo Ticcora, an Italian, 65s Eleventh
avenue; Hugh Cullen, residence un-
known; John O'Connor, laborer, No
APT West Forty-siXth street, died in an
ambulance on the way to Roosevelt
hospital.
1t is said that the building, which was
owned by John McKelvey, was con.
demred by the department of build
ings about two years ago. George
O'keefc, the contractor, who was tear
ing down the building said there must
have been some rotten iron beam on
the fourth floor which gave way under
the heavy load and caused the unfortu-
nate accident.
1t is said that 4 men were at work
on the building when the floor gave
way. All but 10 OF II of them escaped
without injury. The contractors, Pat
rick keegan and George OKeefe, who
We're tearing down the old malt-house
building, were arrested in the afternoon
and held on the charge of manslaugh.
ter.
New YORK, March 2.--Another build
ing disaster occurred about ! O'Clock
Friday afternoon which proved nearly
as fatal in its results as did tine Tenth
avenue malt house accident. The
interior of four tenements in
course of construction on Or.
chard street near Riverton crashed
III without moments warning
and number of bricllayers and labor
ers who We're working on it were car.
cied into the cellar with the falling
walls. The dust that arose had hardly
settled before rescuers were at work
trying to eXtricate the buried men
The freinen were also sum
moncd and in q few minutes
several of the unfortunate worltmer
were dug out of the ruins.
One man, an Italian laborcr, is miss
ing, and it is believed is dead in The
ruins, He was known to his fellow
worlllncn by the name of Jimmy Ross
The list of injured numbers nine, OF
whom three will probably die.
The wrecked buildings are numbered
from Isl to 157 Orchard street auC
have been in course of construction fol
ten weeks. Work had progressed as fal
as the fifth floor when the crash came
The contractors for the work wer,
Peter Coomes and John c. Gleave. Tn,
owner of the buildings is William L
Lennon.
Both of the contractors, as well a
the owner, We're present when the ac
,cident occurred. They were place,
nnder arrest. The charge made agans
them was criminal negligence. 1t i
expected that the responsibility for th
disaster will be placed upon the prs
oners. The materials used in the con
struction of the building, it is alleged
were faulty.
FATAL DUEL IN FRANCE.
n. Perchcr. Editor of Journal nes Debats