New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-08
TEMPEST CRUSHES A PIER
TWO MEN KILLED AND ELEVEN lHJCkh
IN THE CRASH.
NINETY WERE OK THE STRUCTURE CUT OFF
FROM TIE SHORE wHEN THE WIND STRUCK
1T-MANY WE'RE SWEPT IEro THE
pr,-rp .xD SWAN ASHORE

FROM TIE SHORE wHES THE WIND sTRICN
Ir-MAxY WE'RE SWEPT r;ro THE
RIVER AID SWAN ASHORE
Two men wer. killed outright and possibly
three others may die from injuries they receiver
at 30 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon by the dow
ing down 81 the heavy iron supersiructure OF
new pier AZ West Twelfth-st. and the Nor''
Divar on which ;hav were ct work. The accl-
dent occurred at the beginning OF the extraor-
d,nory storm which broke up the hot wave
which for 50 long had oppressed the city almost
Tho first burst Of wind blowing the superstruct-
ure down. The pier. which when II Is opener,
will he known as Pier No. 20. IS being erected
for the Wilson Steamship Company ABOUT
ninety n,n were at work on It when the acci-
don, occurred The following is the list Of cas-
ualties:
LEONARD. John. ironworNNr address unknown '"''
p,TTrHso.; Samuel n so aci West st. ironwoTkeT'
INJURED.
brown Jeremiah Of No 2'7 CouW5us aye ,d nldfiG'
20 ieft ies and back taxi +" ST vincent
nRrrBrcK Andrew o, No 2ol Rloomngd,e-sst v In
token, fracture q tho right leg: taken 10 81 VIM
cents Hospitol ~
nogrwIcK charles of No 2o2 Thirdst jersey T Guy
,-a'p wounds and fracture 81 the ribs 'AN'n 70 ""
coyKI1N. George address unknown; injured sights
about tciv
giui fracture: aiken 81 Vncen's Hospital o'n
drion pseoau0us .
M s>1a i S2 ~ M stSS ' S' ST 9e;ns oPa
MURPHY. Martin az 80 % jefferson st. Hoe .+,
+, - Vie,en,s Hospital
oELANDEP osor 81 80 81 G q Tat.n ]e'sS %[p ny
RAMSEY Coaree 81 50. 20, East Twenty s.Nth.'t. IN
juros 10 hack and right les taken TO s. Vincent
R,.runRroRp. Gavin. Of so ~ IVES, Thirty hnh-
" INJURIES to tacH taken 20 - vinc'n'e Ho-'''ai
SWANSON Alexander. = No GIG Wet Eight '9ur q
yiaccn''''ss iospi,ai.
The injured men were taken in ambulances I"
St Vincents and New-York hospitals with the
exception Of Latham. who was not badly hurt.
and who was able to walk 70 81 Vinoents Hos
pitai
NINETY MEN IN THE CRASH
The new pier is eight hundred feet ong. II IS
said 20 I've the largest and longest pier ~ tn"
CITY. II is being constructed 10y j. II. & X. J.
Stats. contractors. # No 90 Broadway. The
foreman in charge Of the work was \. J. Nrcese.
TIL r',r ie not yet built mp 20 the shore. there
being about eighty feet lacking. and this space
was lridgod hy a narrow and tor'uous plank
walk For about four hundred feet from the
erd e tne wharf was being constructed super
structure of iron yesterday. The heavy iron
beams and gird-rs were up and the roof. wh!c-
was also If iron wac on.
About ulney mon were AZ work Yesterday
az .rDon under this iron supcr7tructure when
tho storm doomed NJ. Trusting To- tho strength
and ticht0osr Of the new ironwork they df not
GUT work Suddenly. however. tremendous
blast such az usually acts as the precursor = a
biz thunderstorm. rushed in under the super
structure. and. fairly ifilrg IT. from the pier.
allowed il to drop ac1n ina mass ~ TWISTED
and gnaried debris hurying the mon under IT,
During the luil that interviewed between the
nrs, roor or t1e wind and o.. sharp metallic
crcahinas Of twisted AID riven iron. could be
heard the pl,ful cries and means II the
wounded
SURVIVORS FEARED TO MOVE.
Those vino were not injured made a rush f'r
the shore end u the pier. and huddled together.
trembling ut,h fear. In tho large shed OF ihe
timctecpor ~ the shore end y the great pier.
Acting CAPTAIN Farley. commanding n fro on
eiro company. who was eariy on The scene sa.4
aurrward.
"I never saw such an exhibition ~ AFFECT
cowarlice in my Ufa TIL n'u werc terrified
lil.. 50 many s.hoo!sirls. anl hLidlei together
Just ne th,y would II pursued ly roaring lions
never fc, 800 indignant in ny NE There
were their compa..ous crying pi'ifuNy for help.
living uod,r that mass ~ twisted iron. ed no
ore ~ them had N, courage o. lend helping
hand T. was positively shameful"
Policeman Hamilton was ON The scene n fcw
seconds after the accident. IIe AZ once t,le-
phored To the Charles-s,. station. and al the
pol, % rcecrvcs there were buried cut IN a patrol
wagon. IN alarm - fro vas also turned in.
which brought two hook and ladder companies
end tv-1 engine companies OBJ, from, n t. the pier
several amhulanccs also arrived quickly. The
men ald policemen sc' 10 work to rescue
those who had been carried d"wA with me fail-
INK structure. Several ~ thc men nal saved
their lives. whom they saw the STRUCTURE falling
upon them Ivy Jumping into tn" river jerry
Collins employed rs q boat tender d.d Great
service IN c-cuing these pul Ink SIX r tn'm Int
his boat a. fret. and then making several other
trips. each time rcscung number Of half
drowned mon
4 SURVIVORS, STORY
james Leonard died On his way to the hog
pitar. His head was frghtfuny crushed ia
Three men. all carpcn,ors were at frs reported
u.iss!nq. ia, were discovered later They had
been At work IN tho roof Some q those WHO
saw the accident also reported that they saw
several moro in the watec. who went down he
fore hclp could reach them, but this was a mis-
take. as all urred up later. Dennis Egan Of
so Il West nc-hundreG -and-Hrst-st had
charge Of the derrick at the end Of the wharf
he secured . rowboat and rescued John Collins
and another man nc they were going down foi
the last tine. Egan gave n graphic description
Of the accident.
Il was at my derrick when | saw The storm
coming up from the Southwest he said. III
looked bad but We al thought that the struct
ure .ofe. Tho wind came In under th'
structure with q rear. and nearly blew me into
the river There was a roar ana the whole
framework seemed TO rise NJ in tn air ard
then drop in heap. ] shall never forget the
cries Of those poor fellows. I narrowly escaped
being hit by broicn iron eirdrr There were
about twenty five or thirty carpenters AT work
on The Roof and they must have all been blown