New-York tribune., 1901-10-19
FIVE KILLED IN TUNNEL
WORkDIEN CRUSHED BY CA v
ING ROCK.
MEN AND WOMEN. FEARING THAT
OTHERS ARE ENTOMBED, WEEP
AT SHAFT MOUTH.

At 9:25 a. m. yezerday a mass of rock 6}
feet long II feet wide and 10 feet high weigh
ing about 100 tons. suddenly caved from the
west side and roof Of the Rapid Transit tunnel
i'm Broadway. about the line Of One-hunired-
and-sixty-fourth-st. killing five men and seri-
ously injurinG two others. The dead are;
One-hundred- sixty -seveath-st.
GoRONsKY. Jonr. residence unknown
M Tme'sy @ a5 i3y Sd 2t
W. reis G 'f OF
O'HARA Peter. thrty-a,e years old Of Nc. s. Auiu-
bon ave.
The injured are:
Oh ysfTs GA a, G Nc TO 81. 5
J. HOOD Wright Hospital with scalp wound and
~ s.allsn Ne Iait and rss4snse un,
home.
This portion Of the tunnel is 1O5 feet below the
surface There is "A shaft leading 10 the tunnel
lust south OF one hundred and -sixty-eighth-st
from which headings extend north and south.
each being about 700 feet long. The accident
occurred In the south heading of the tunnel
about go feet from the extreme south end.
There was a gang Of twenty rock drilers work
ing in the extreme south end of the heading and
where the cave-n occurred about fifty feet from
the end a gang of twenty men and foreman
ing Of the drillers.
ROCK FALLS WITHOUT WARNING.
Suddenly. and without the least warning. the
mass of rock fell with tremendous crash dt-
rectIy where the laborers were working. almost
closing the tunnel, and creating panic among
the two or three hundred men who were work.
ing in the other part. The twenty rock drillers,
finding themselves apparently cut off from exit.
he dust he
and they made mad rush TO escape and found
themselves apparently cut off. Soon. however.
they found space enough to climb over the fallen
rock and make their way into the north part of
the tunnel. whence their way to the shaft was
clear.
Most of the other workmen in the south end
OF the tunnel rushed for the shaft and made
their way up to the street by the elevators Tne
rock driIlers and others Of the workmen re-
mained and began the work of rescuing the
laborers 2 dozen OF whom were supposed to be
under the mass OF rock.
Word Of the accident had been carried to the
street above and soon an anxious crowd gath
cred around th, shaft scores Of men and women
CRYING and wringing their hands over what they
thought was the fate OF their relatives. y call
was sent to the ]. Hood Wright Hospital and
another 10 the West One-hundred- and ifty-sec-
ond-st police station. and meanwhile the work
OF rescue went on.
De Petra and the unknown italian were not
buried under the mass of rock and We're the
first found and taken to the surface.
When the ambulances arrived De Petro was
taken TO the J. Hood Wright Hospital and the
Unknown italian went nome attef MS 1901 hli
been dressed
When the police arrived Ow en- BLY,. the sec
ton boss who was in charge of the portion Of
the tunnel where the accident occurred was
arrested Hewas later taken to the Harlem po-
lice court and remanded 10 the COroner's office.
Coroner yucca paroled him until this morning
to furnish 5000 bail for examination.
At noon Father Francis J. Heaney. of the
Roman Catholic Church of 81. Catherine OF
Genoa Ona-hundred- and fifty -third-st and AM
sterdam-ave went down into the shaft He
found no occasion for his services and went
away.
OF the West One-hundred- and -hfty-second-st
station were early on the scene and the latter
had thirty policemen surrounding the shaft to
keep the crowds back.
TAKING OUT THE DEAD.
Eror, en,pIoves of L. b. McCabe & Brothers
contractors IL was learned that the las. blast
In the south heading was fired ct a. on
Friday morning. and that after the blast was
fred Foreman Sheehan had three men examine
the rock AT the side of the tunnel They found
l. safe.
When the rescuing party began TO remove the
fallen masses of rock they found underneath the
crushed and maugled bodies Of O'Hara, keliener
and Goronsky They were carried TO the West
One-hundred- and fifty -second-st- station an
patrol wagon. The bodies of Madden and
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