The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-02

'"o s'ign'est SOUND that might have
warned tho fifty mon that worked near
II, tho central wall to tho four double
tenement houses being erected nt l5l
iolb7 Orchard street crumblcd and foil.
WITH tho wall wont portions OF four
lloora. leaving rroat rent fifty foot
long and thirty wido in tho centro OF
tho buildings twRs like u pit ut tho
bottom o. which was mass OF tangled
iron and broken wood that coyerod
many men, From that heap In an hour
had been taken ono man dead and twelyo
Injured.
The dead:-John Wilson, 30 ycars
old. Astoria, l.. |.
Tho lniurcd:-William Wilkinson,
Er"nt 'rh,.n,.n n,.V,'' ~ - L., paSH orokeh;
L. /. bricklayer' badly iuinTsd. Jnhn
Thornton, 90. brickIayor, Astoria, L. l.,
oouily injuries; - Gloria. 80. brick.
W,Ia,, o. h,;osi n'oHo 4noeina
George Gamble, nj loborcr ho,H io1.
broken. Joseph Barbara, 81, laborer,
left leg broken. Frank Barbara, brick
layer, back injured. Joscpe Mesirc, 81,
head injured. Patrick Flaherty, 80,
laborer, log injured. Patrick Mallov,
Astoria, brlcklayer, back injured. VIII.
lam Malloy. 25, Astoria, bricklaycr,
arms bruised.
Abraham Levy, n collector, was in n
nearby tenement collecting rents when
ho heard tho crash. lie wa, looking n.
his watch at tho momont and was abou,
to fly tho exact minute OF the crash
3:35 o'clock. lle believed that tho
house In which ho was had isllen and
rushed to the street.
When hs got to tho street 1t was
crowded with frightened mon and wo.
men who cried and torc their hair. No
one seemed to know what had happened.
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A"H seAHh'
Collector Levy saw great cloud OF
dust, which ho at first supposed was
smoke II ram, from ,bc door, and
:, 49, ~,
"'uuo"a VI 'ne he" 'eneuiou'. nc
sent in fire alarm. Then he rushed
back to the buildings. The dus. had
cleared by that timo and through tho
open doorway he could SEQ the mass OF
tim bers and at various points the s,ruc.
Cling people, who made wild efforts to
release themselves from the heayy tim.
bers that held them.
Withtthree or four other men 90. into
tho building aud dragged out three men.
who wero only slightly held down by
the bits OF wood. The second man car.
ried out was John Wilson, |, could bo
seen at once that lie was badly injured.
tIe only spoke once. when he
said: "Do not tell nv brother
| am hurt" His brother was living
beside him as he spoke. The second
brother turned to look Mt tho
one who had spoken, and n, he turned
John ya,ped once aud was dead.
After that the tiremen came. soon to
be followed bv the reserves from the
Eldridge street police station. As ono
after the other OF the injured men were
taken from the ruins, they told the
story of the accident.
There were fifty men working in the
four buildings. They were to be seven
stories high. of which four stories had
already been raised, Most of tho men
were on the fourth floor OF tho house,
No l55. While the house, from, on Or.
chard street, they extend half vav
through the block to Allen street.
where they also have entrances. Be.
tween the from. and rear OF the house
was n bi. party wall along side OF which
ran narrow light shaft. 1t was tho
marty wall that crumbled. In a heap
tue meu went uo"u VIII tuo 1ai'lHH
Men could bs hoard on every side
when tho fremen came. Fire alarms
were sent AZ once 10! apui.'ona' T hren,eh m
,YeIve ~ % men wbh werc rsscuoa earIv
wore got out with little trouble.
Joseph barbara, who escaped with
only a !eS broken, must have escaped
death by narrow margin. tio fell be-
hind wall and was covered BY ten feet
OF bricks and plaster But some OF tho
wooden beams formed m enclosure
abou. him and tho tircmen heard his
cries, for help. 1t was half m hour be-
fore they could get anywhere near him.
All the time they dug, tue mans father,
Tony Barbara, worked frantically, cry
ing loudly all the time.
Captain Cafwr,,gh. hurried 10 inc