New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-10
SEVEN ON THE DEAD LIST.
SEARCHING THE RUINS AT WEST THIRD
ST. AND WEST BROADWAY.

TEN MEN STILL MIssING-cRowps AT THE
SCENE OF THE DIsasTER-rHEoRIEs AS
TO THE CAUsS-RDooRDER GoFF
TAKES ACTION.
Yesterdays work the collapsed eight-story
building at West Third-st and West Broadway
while it did nothing to throw light on the cause
OF the disaster, added new horrors to the scene
by revealing the mangled bodies Of four more
victims.
The list OF dead. as far as known. is
BSRkE f0TsyyS SsyyHy years DID, Daerer No.
FLYNN Michael, thrty-four years old, No. "a
Third-ave.. Brooklyn.
oHARA. Michael. forty wears DID, No. n2 Wal
PETERSON, Charles E.. twenty Ave years DID, No.
10 West Ffty-third-st.
PHILLIPS Augustus. twenty-eight year. old. driver
IN ins Parkave PARK between Nnety"ssth and Snety
peventh SITS
SAVAGE. Michael, thirty-four years old. No. 7ss
SMITH. john No. III East Ninety -sixth-st
MISSING.
BROWN Joseph plasterer. Brooklyn. f. D.
CAsHIN, Patrick. thirty-fve years ON. laborer. At
lantc and Classon aves.. Brooklyn.
CONLIN. Patrick. forty-three years od. plasterer.
No. $50 Myrte-ave.. Brooklyn.
CROSSE. John. thirty. years old. laborer. No. 4a2
East Observation-Disclosures
a. B be BooyH years DID,
HEALY. James. plasterer. Brooklyn. E. d.
MORINI, Pietro thirty years DID, No 40 East One
hundred d-twelfth-st.
MURPHY John. thirty-two years old, laborer. At
lantc and Classon aves.. Brooklyn
Shs'SRnsnT esyHe Psss ReoSsYn yssrs DID, Ia
SMITH George. thirty-fve years old. iron worker.
Lexington-ave. and One-hundred-and-thirty-s sec
ond-st.
INJURED.
NAzZocONI.. Frank. ,laborer. Of No: 2S4 East
FOX William plasterer Of No. 1873 Sackman-st.,
Brooklyn At St. vincents Hospital.
CLURE. John. iaborer. of No. 500 West Broadway.
Walked home.
KINNEY James, laborer. Of No PAS East Twenty
eghth-st. At New-York Hospital.
GUIDO Cornelius. plasterer. OF No. 70 Bergen-st..
Brooklyn At New-York Hospital
FRANK. William. laborer. At New-York Hospital
1t will be seen that the grewsome task of the
diggers has thus far brought to light six bodies.
but all the missing have not yet been accounted
for. and consequently the scene Of the disaster
has been thronged with anxious relatives and
friends Of the missing ones. The work Of the
men is followed with feverish anxiety the people
knowing that at any moment their hopes for the
missing may be blasted by the discovery Of
another body.
AS the work advanced yesterday a new danger
was discovered. The walls, which tower 100
feet above the ground and from which the
inner supports have been forced. become less
firm as the work of removing the debris from
the base Of the structure proceeds. and many
people who were on the scene yesterday thought
that the men who were engaged In snoring up
the walls were in great danger and tat another
The men, however continued their work.
-hsch wa. slow because rffo-tc are being
made to handle the heavy pieces 50 that the
bodies Of those who are buried beneath them
may be mangled as little as possible.
The cause OF the collapse was the question
which was loudly and earnestly discussed by the
thousands who visited the scene yesterday. All
sorts of theories were advanced. One theory was
to the effect that the weghtbearing pillar in the
middle section OF the house rested upon con-
crete which was frozen when the pillar was
placed In position. and that the base became
insecure after the frost left the concrete But 10
this theory objection was raised by builders, VINO
saw that the defect would have been discovered
long before now and would have been remedied'
1t seems. probable. however from the gossip
about the place that there was at some time DUR
ing the early stages Of the building much talk
about insecurity, but whether this was really a
fact could not be ascertained and will probably
be a subject for inquiry when the Coroner's jury
makes its investigation on August 16. Coroner
rstznstrck has already said that the jury will be
made up Of civil engineers and business men,
ONE THEORY AS TO THE CAUSE.
A,o+her theory. and one to which many sub
scribe is that the building was overweighted In
the centre and that more building material had
been piled around the elevator shaft than the
structure could bear.
Tben again. the broken shoulder OF one OF the
niIlars caused some to argue that a flaw In the
meta, caused the disaster. The iron fange or
shoulder Ia cast with the pillar and Is MADE 10
sunport weight. and If 1t gives way through
breakage all that 1t supports must necessarily
fall: but in this case IT cannot be determined as
vet whether the f1ange broke when the p'iar Ieii'
or whether it's breakage caused the cohaPse'
The only reason why much interest centres on
the broken shoulder is that there are no others
similarly fractured.
All these theories and many more may faii II
II is found, as many say II VIII De- .h"' ."e
building stands on quicksand The Buiiding De-
partment will be asked to investigate the h'a''e
and TO ascertain whether or not IL Is true '"".
the whole neighborhood is built upon qulcKsaho
and that a cave-in Is not an infrequeht occui
renee.
MR.. IRELAND TALKS OF THE ACCIDENT
John Ireland. the reputed owner or the ouiu-
!ng is spending the summer at BrookhaVeh'
Long Island. He was seen by reporter ses'e'
day and asked his opinion Of the accident
Mr. Ireland said that he knew only the Iac's as
they were printed in the newspapers iie '.
the first he knew Of the accident was "ne'i .,e
Newspapers containing account OF the uisaa,s
reached him. Mr. Ireland said that ne gave ''e
work for building the big structure out oy con-
tract. and that the firms who did the "ofH "e'.
trustworthy. He did not know how IL was u"
he accident occurred