New-York tribune., 1902-06-18
SHALER STRUCK DOWN
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moment expecting him to arise "IJa .,,,
PROSTATE. however," said Mr.. Parsons q. -ay
finally said: Mr. Parsons 7 am afraid a"i
paralyzed- Ny back is pretty badly bur+. -
all stood close together when the sccia,..
CURED. and 1 am surprised that all Of ~.
not injured. Major Shaler fell as if sbot
the rock glanced off his shoulder and St.
his foreman, Fraser on the knee br,,ts, ..
badly. l cannot tell how much I reg-a, -,
affair. Major Shaler is a capital feIIo,,
we'll as an Efficient contractor. Coming ss ..
does after the i'll luck that seems to have s+a.s
lily haunted his section of IT, tunnel II ia -,
ticularly distressing. The accident was uot e.
result OF carelessness on 80 part Of any o,a
1t was simply Major Shaler's ill fortune tina, \.
happened TO be in the wrong spot I might bav.
been standing there"
FATALITIES IN THIS SECTION MANY
The series of accidents that have befaIlen ssc
ton of the tunnel and. IN fact. the strip =.
Park-ave. lying between Thirty-ninth and Fif.v-
sixth SITS, is unprecedented. Thr series starta5
with the disaster in the New-York Central tun
mel at Fffty-sixth-st. January s. in which
fifteen persons were killed outright, four dyfns
from injuries and thirty-six others being mors
less seriously injured. This was closely fol-
lowed by the dynamite explosion in Section
of the subway on January ~. which almost de-
molished the Murray Hill Hotel and surroundIpv
property and killed six persons and injured
about ninety. This explosion. it is said ruined
Major ShaIer financially. On February 90 the
list Regiment Arnory destroyed by fire
and the Park Avenue Hotel was badly damaged
In this fire seventeen persons were burned 10
death and many narrowly escaped. The loss by
the burning of the arnory amounted TO S1OO-
00O while the hotel suffered to the extent Of
about $4,000. The contractors work was great
Iy impeded by this fire and the damage 10 him
was serious. Later, March 21. came the
shifting Of Lodges Of rock. causing four houses
in Park-ave.. between Thirty seventh and
Thirty-eighth SITS, to sink A stream of rock
under the fronts of these houses crashed into
the subway carrying with it the front stoops
and areaways of two Of the houses The dam
age amounted to about 100000 1t entailed
great expense the contractor in making re-
pairs and in buying up property TO foTestaN
suits for damages. And now, lastly, comes the
accident which. it Is feared. may cost the life
Of the unfortunate contractor A coroner's Jury
held Major Shaler responsible for the deaths
that resulted from the dynamit explosion in
January. and he was arrested and held in 81 600
bail. He indicted with several of his en-
ployes, but the fndictrn~7tS were afterward dis
missed 1t was said Yesterday that no work
had been going lately in that portion Of the
tunnel where the stone fell. and that particular
point had not been used for some time until
Major Shale- and his companions traversed It
on their tour of inspection
Major ShaIer is about thirty-nine years old
married and lives at No p Washington Square
He gained his title in the panish-American
War, in which he was a major OF volunteer
The i'll luck which follows this 'hoodoo" Sec
tion of the tunnel was further evidenced later
in the morning when derrick near the shaft at
Forty-frst-st. struck two men, hurting them
into the tunnel excavation They were Michael
Murphy, of No. 331 East Seventieth-st.. and
John Nash. of No. 2.456 Valentfne-ave Both
men are foremen. Murphy sustained a fracture
of the kneecap and Nash a fracture Of the
Both were taken to the New-York Hospital