New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-14
BURIED BENEATH WALL.
FAILS ON PASSERS BY.
Building Vas Being Remodelled-
Sir Persons Injured.

On March ? the Hotel Darlington collapsed. and
the anal death list Que 70 that disaster was twenty
rix Yesterday another building partly collapsed.
insuring six persons. II Was the structure Al No
Fol I-ivtl-a1e or the northwest corner OF Eighth
eve and Thirty -ac;h-st.. the front OF which had
beer torn ont 20 GLOW tho remodeuing OF saloon
Oh the ground noo-. The injured:
ei5Es % y F5s 5s,T 0 d, sS T S.s: T sfsa
NssAHoN ,nses No. sa2 west l-sy Thirty,
u lefi thish: Believe hospital
scIo a T a ~ ,.o 10 S l3 ol El5s fracture s
Of the arm; Bellevue Hospital
Slc l7Sasao @'s the i9 s5 ars Sa 5S os65n
RTccI Michael f1-yyoye 20 lag ,r2rIse,I New York
TAElucL oo2 tvsa' sootsInef Ho 80 Rs,. %st
Above the first floor the wall was intact. and vas
supported only by pier at The corner. This ifoi'
wall from, tie roof TO the top O. the first hoor Ten!
The saloon owned by William T Mailman Is open
FOR business only in the rear. there being 'e'a-
porary partition built across the front There were
several men i'm the place but they escaped.
Patrolman William Coulter. o. The West IAlI's-
seventh-st station. sent in ire alarm. ana theh
begau rescuinr The injured. Captain dussey. ot
the West TErry~seventh-st. station, was soon on
the scene with reserves from the West Forty
severth-st.. West Thiruetn-st. and West IWeIueth-
stations
The a~enen as soon as they arrived. under com
msnd OF Battalion chief Howe. began the work o.
rescue Members OF trucks Nos. = and % ulG
large mart ~ the work Tarnici was buried be
meath The ruins in front Ricc was also found
partly buried The Others injured were passeTsny'
their injuries being received from fying brick
end stone Seven ambuGnccs responded TO calls
by the police four from Bellevue. one from New
York and two from Roosevelt hospitals.
MI German. the acting Buildings Superintendent
and Assistant Superintendent Jordan said ihat 1le
Inspector 0f the district was Herbert smith. m
ole and experienced man. Iie would probably make
report to-day. they said. They believed the uou-
bic was caused 10y the pier kicking out
There "a piano leaning against me outer
wall the tOa When that wall tel TIE
dehris On the top floor. evidently used as part
ton. a Sarge American Tag i Sun waved.
p . Mcdonald. OF No 5t4 oeFeilll-sNe-, a IS-
F-ander who saw the collapse. said a Few orlcks
several people 10 get 20 points % safety. Two
women and three directly IN 'front.' OF
the building among these. The piano he sald,
fell 10 the second floor. balanced the torn edge
the floor soruersa UlteG TO the hrSt moor ana
then bounded TO the sidewalk.
Detective Meade arrested John Jordan, con-
tractor at No 4z9 West TNTert y-eig hth-st. ana
.jac0h Froehlich. OF No 10 Oak Place. The Bronx.
the sub-contractor the work Both were charged
criminal negligence. Meade says that Froen-
hundred-and-t thirty thrd-sI and Lincoln-aNe The
men charged with felony. and released on
bail Froehch said he had no idea that the build
ing IN weak condition.
Chief Inspector German said last night that ne
thought the masonry in the cellar had been tam
rered with. John J.. Jordan. deputy buildings su-
T,ersureudent. and Of Jordan, the contractor,
said he believed the work had been tempered with.