New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26
DEATH LIST NOW TEN.

lance with Drs. Hsrkirs ana Westoott, d.
Hood Wright Hospital ambulance with ORE.
Gifren and Hansen and two Lebanon Hospital
srnbulances with prs Butts. Bick and Lekahn
Policeman Dempsey. the surviving WORK
mon and Drs cunniffe and MCGOWAN were the
f-st 10 enter the tunnel after the accident
They ran along the track. still lighted by the
sncand descent lamps. until they reached tne
great nile Of powders and crushed rock III
WAS a mass which blocked the tunnel for the
last thirty feet The policeman carried lamp
from one Of the ambulances. This threw
feeble light which disclosed the first vicnm
an italian iaborer pnioned on a shelf of the
.,..,-.,to, ,,,, one leg a great bowlder ten tons
an weight having smashed down on the hiiip
Hanging head down. his arms Imply WaNlns'
the Italian grooming in sefni-cohscio"siess
FREED BY CUTTING OFF OF LEG.
The rock was tottering on the shelf. re-
strained from falling several feet further by
small piece Of stone insecurity ~edsed uhoeI
!, The doctors were in imminent danger or
being crushed any moment BY TINS uf'e
the first party had been reinforced by the re-
,arx,es from the West e-hundred-and-hfty-
second-st station and the firemen. hasty
examination was made Of the rock. and 1t was
seen that an effort 20 move ii would cause the
Italian TO be completely crushed Then the
doctors determined 10 anputate me p,hioseo
Lee and this was done by the light OF the am
hulaoce lamp. DR. Cunniffe and DR.. MCGOWAN
working quickly and surely while the ltaiiah
body supported by other ambulance sur
The body. released by the amputaticn OF the
leg was placed on the tramcar. ana while the
doctors bound up the stump, the trefncar was
rushed TO the mouth Of the tunnel where the
man was placed I'm an ambulance. he cleo
about 2:45 a. m. in Lebanon Hospital without
Tbe work 81 rescue was delayed for some 1T
lie time owing TO the threatening position OF
she ten-ton bowlder. Cries OF watch out Tor
the rock Some more will be killed IL you aren
careful from cautious policemen. restrained
the more daring OF the men from going at the
rocl With hare hands Cries and groans from
under the mass OF stone worked many into a
nervous excitement. in which they We're pre-
pared TO undertake any danger TO renoer as
sistance TO the Imprisoned.
The cave-in released a natural spring i'm the
earth above the tunnel, and in a few minutes
a stream Of water was gushing into the tun-
mel and trucking about the feet OF the workers
later il was said that tbs water may nave nave
caused the seams which brought on the disaster
When subway workmen. forernen and othefs
experienced in tunnel work reached the scene.
Including Superintendent r. c. Hunt AND the
general foreman, Richard Beyers powder was
used on the ten-ton stone. which was shattered
in hits as soon the injured near il were re-
moved and cleared up piece by piece. policemen
and Hrernen working with their bare hands.
Back OF this rock was a ffty-ton biock winch
had srorped from the roof. and was partly sup
ported at the inner erd by the pile OF DEBRIS
from the first blasts In the crevice beneath the
giant block the first bodies seen were those OF
two men. over the other. Inc upper man
wss dead. the life crushed out % him. while the
ono underneath was alive his legs and body
bruised and crushed Ii was an hour before he
was ertricated. Father Lynch meantime admin
fsferine the rites of the Church TO the living.
ROCK OK MEN BLASTED.
The hie stone was blasted while it rested over
,he injured. and then an hydraulic sack elevated
n s,Ir-cientlv TO permit the removal Of the live
man He was Juno Baski. He was taken TO
Fordhan Hospital
-Four feet beyond the place where Besld lay
the crushed form of Alphonse Arrnatello was
discovered under quantity Of small rock and
ehale Then were found the bodies of several
unidentified Italians. crushed Beyond recognition
in two instances.
The body Of William Schuette was found about
6 O'Clock within ten feet Of the face Of the tun-
rel He Law on HIS side his shoulders. chest and
legs horribly mashed and twisted although his
face had escaped disfieuration- HIS body was
s-er-hrother Joseph weckisfer, is patroiman
attached TO the Observation-Disclosures fifty second
Schuette's body brought in, but DID not
see il Later he turned out for duty, and was
told that Schuette's body was at the station.
weckisfer tainted In the street, and when re-
,tHed went TO the scene Of the disaster, where he
learned that his brother had been killed
Timothy Sulll haras,, ,hs stone and was not
recovered until long after daylight Yet from
about three O'Clock his ten-year-od son Samuel
had stood close to the policemen who were help
fng the iaborers and blasters pick away at the
debris.
g.
there's stim danger here"
NO. I won't" the boy repeated doggedly.
Fathers in there and III stay here until you
get him out"
BOY WAITS FOR FATHERS BODY.
He did not cry or complain but move he would
not Finally the body of Sullivan reached
and extricated. The face recognizable and
Samuel saw quickly that il was HIS father He
walked soberiy beside the trsmoar which car
ried the body to the mouth Of the tunnel He
climbed into the patrol wagon and went with
the body 20 the station. where he remained dry
eyed until the Coroner permitted the removal Of
the body TO the Sullivan home at No. 500 Third
Italian women were at the sce-e during the
night congregating in the inky darkness. They
wept and lamented. rushing TO the tramcar each
time IL brought forth its CHASTITY load.
Mr. Hunt and the general foreman for Mr.. Nc
Donald. Richard Beyers, were placed under ar
rest they reached the tunnel In
spector Albertson. who was on the scene with the
second fnstalment a reserves. ordered Captain
Ealpin TO take the into custody. and this
formally done. but the two men. being eK-
perts in tunnel work and blasting. per
mitted 10 stay in the tunnel and direct the work
OF rescue. Messrs Hunt and Beyers were ar
raigned before Coroner Jackson at his Office
about il a. M and held In $1,000 ban
each TO await the inquest; Ban was furnished
by George H Sampson. OF No. 577 West one
hundred nd -forty-s ixth-st.
Coroner jackson said he believed the disaster
TO be a Of criminal negligence.
The seams which appeared Saturday are be-
Nevec 20 have been about the great block of
stone which fell directly into the middle Of the
loosene5 smaller blocks and loose pieces above
which fell top OF the block. driving II down
before it's fail released by it's weight.
the stone on both sides which had been crushed
loose followed a.
Props had been used 20 hold UP the roof
Whether cross pieces were placed between the
tops of these props and the ceiling Of the tun-
mel IN all cases was not said Heavy tinbers
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