Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-26
TEN KILLED IN SUBWAY.
Another Accident in the Big Tunnel in
New York.

New York.
dispatch from New York yesterday
says: Ten lives were lost by the cave-n of
| the roof and walls of the subway tunnel at
| 195th street last night, and four persons
| were badly injured. All of the dead and in
| jured were workmen and most of them
| Italians.
| Following is LIST Of their names: Tim
othy Sullivan, foreman; William SehuetI
electrician; Giuseppe Barone, Stanzione
Bruno, Louis Tippio. Five unidentified Ita-
ian laborers. Injured: Juno Pasquale, Ba-
tasto Belantio, Alphonse Armatello. Juno
Baski.
The accident. was the most disastrous
that has occurred in the construction of the
subway. At the point where the cave-ln
occurred a gang Of twenty men were at
work in the tunnel which is about ITO feet
below the surface.
Rufus Chunt. general superintendent of
the tunnel work, said today that two con.
verging seams had appeared in the roof OF
the tunnel during the day work of Satur-
day. The presence Of these seams however,
was not believed to indicate any more dan
gerous character Of the rock than had
previously been encountered, although 1t
was thought necessary to prop the roof
with number of upright timber braces
The tunnel was being bored by opening
perpendicular embrasure in the face of the
bore and blasting the sides to the right and
left of this embrasure. Three blasts were
arranged by the drillers, the holes being
charged we'll toward the roof The dr.llerS
then withdrew and the three blasts were
set off in rapid succession by electricity,
loosening large quantities of earth and rock
The drillers say that about ten minutes
elapsed to allow the smoke to clear away
before Timothy A. Sullivan, the foreman
and Electrician Schuetts approached, the
latter to string wires and hang lamps to
teen workmen. The vanguard of the gang
had reached the stone when a rumbling
sound was heard. Those in the rear had
just time to turn about and run, when. with
a deafening crash hundreds Of tons of rock
fell on the men at the face of the boring.
The drillers and two or three Italians
who were out of reach of the deluge of
rock were knocked fiat on their faces by
the rush of wind driven through the. tunnel
When the roar had ceased the cries of in
jured workmen ech5ed through the tunnel.
The first victim found, an Italian laborer,
was pinned on a shelf Of the excavation by
one leg, a bowlder eff about ten tons in
weight having fallen on the limb He was
hanging head down. greaning' In sem1-con-
restrained from falling further by a small
stone. An examination showed that an eff
fort to move the ebowlder would Gauss the
italian to be completely crushed. Theldoc-
tors then determined to amputate the pin
toned leg, and this was done in the light of
the ambulance lamp. The man, who was
not identified, died later at a hospital.
The cavern released natural spring in
the earth above the tunnel and in a few
moments stream Of water was gushing in
and trucking about the feet of the workers,
and to some extent interfered with the work
of rescue. -
Rufus c. Hunt. superintendent, and Rich
ard Beyers, general foreman for John B.
Mcdonald the contractor who is building
the tunnel were arrested as soon as they
reached the scene of the disaster. but being
experts in tunnel work and blasting, were
permitted to direct the work of rescue. La
Ter a magistrate remapded them to the
coroner, who held them in $4,000 bail each.