New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26
DEATH LIST NOW TEN.
CORONER HOLDS TITO.
he Believes Subaoay CaUe-In Due 20
Criminal NcgEgencc.

The loss % ten lives and the manning OF four
men attended the caving in Of the roof and side
walls 81 The subway tunnel bore under Fort
George HILL al a point beneath One-hundred-
End-ninety -ffth-st- on Saturday night as told
IN yesterdays Tribune. At a rough estimate
one thousand tons Of rock and shale were
dumped 70 the floor Of the tunnel following
three blasts. just in time TO crush down all but
-FOUR Of gang Of eighteen men preparing to
clear away the loosened rock
The work Of rescue. which was begun in a few
minutes by reserves Of the west-one-hun-
dred-and-ffty-se West observation-disclosures
twenty-fifth st and High Bridge station and the
crews Of FIRE trucks Nos Il and %. continued
until 10 O'Clock yesterday morning. when twelve
hours after the disaster. the last two bodies
were taken out. II was necessary to blast a
huge fe0-ton bowlder, under which were pinned
several bodies and TO hydraulic Jack
Ambulance surgeons displayed reckless daring
IN working TO save life in close proximity to
great masses Of tottering rock, while Father
Thomas r. Lynch. OF St Elzabeth's Church.
one-hundred-and-eighty- seventh-st. and Broad
way. remained on the scene for FIVE hours. a
good part Of the time in danger from the
loosened stone, administering the last rites Of
the Church.
The dead are:
A 55s ltoP5e ir 5ys s3 22. Old onehun-
d-e5-ans- thirteeu;h-st.
pocT I-uis thirty. one-hundrsd-ana-erhty-
scEsE-Tz william. twenty. one-hundrea- and
fo--trsl and F-dsecornhe assistant electrician
sEAccETTL Gacorno. tW-enty-sevcn Nc us Mulberry
sJ15JvAN. 7sr1c,hy. farty-ave No a.sos Thlrd-are.
TELL Perm forty SO 5os West ore-Aundrea- and
TWO unidentified bo5ies a, Harlem ao-rue.
UPPERT. Prank. forty Use. 10. 2.o23 Fighth-sve.
THE INJURED.
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CHIDENTlFTF1D Man AZ Lincoln Hospital. supposed to
b Joe B~l1e lsborer.
The accident IS the most disastrous that has
occurred IN the construction Of the subway
proper. Z csve-in year ago at One-hundred-
sno-sixtv-seventh-st- caused the death Of six
men bur Saturday nights catastrophe in its
destruction 81 life makes \ record for the three
year % work an the subway
~ the point where the cavern occurred. the
tune is bout 40 feet below the surface en-
te-ing the bin at Dyckman-st. the north face,
opposite Two hundredth-st. 81 which place the
Tracks VIII cross the valley or a viaduct- The
1unnel has been bored from Two-hundredth-st-
south - Ore-htndre1-an md ninety fifth-s1. with
only 80 feet Yet 10 be drilled untl the con-
nection with the section being bored north is
made. John b Mcdonald. the general subway
Contractor is pushing the work on this section
nght and day. A gang % about twenty men.
Including drilers. --cre assigned 10 excavating
the solid rock
CAEE-IN FOLLOWS BLASTS.
As accurately rs could be learned from the
suryivorS Of The accident. the caYe-n took place
81 10 O'Clock Rufus c. Hunt general super
iucndeut for Mt. Mcdonald. said that two con
verging seams had appeared ia the roof Of the
tunnel during the day work on SATURDAY These
seams however. were not believed 10 be more
dangerous than others previously encountered
although plenty OF upright timber braces. ten
inches square. were introduced TO prop the ROOF
The tunnel was beinC bored by opening a per-
pendieular erabrasure On The face 81 the bore.
and blasting rhe sides 20 the right and left.
Three blasts were angcd by =. J. Mccormick
znd Charles C'Brier. drillers and their assistant,
John Reynolds The holes were charged well
toward the roof The drillers Withdrew, and the
three blasts were set of in rapid succession.
loosening large quantity Of small powders
Tie 6r.lers say that about ten minutes
elapsed before Timothy sullivan, the foreman.
scconaparje6 by william Schuctte. the young
eecJrlcisn advanced. the latter 70 string the
wires and hang fncsn5esoent lamps 10 light the
way They were followed by sixteen men The
Vanguard Of the gang had reached the broken
Stone. when q runbIing was heard II grew =
Volume with lightning rapl1ity- Those IN the
rear 1lsi had ti.ne 20 face about and rrn Wheh'
With deafenfuc crash; hun dreds 81 tons % focK
collapsed on the mon al the face q The i'eE
Two sn.bulances from Fordham Hospital'
WITH Drs Cunnife and McGowon. were first to
arrive f..Ilo,ye4 by Lincoln Hospital ambu-
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