New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-03
oOTLAPSF FOURTEEN
ooufiuued from FIRST pace.

- extension or the cl-liB room OF 1he x AZ
In this were Mrs Frank Storrs and
-. zrino. J. Savage, wife OF the Rev DR..
h. savage. OF the Church OF the Messiah.
= e.o--s was caught under the falling walls
e es,-sre saw the r7ass 81 bricks falling.
- cream sae sDrang Up from the table,
49, ~ nr-s. Storrs II was too late. She
ou.--, bs-elv escaped. FOR her skirt was caught
- .,,e er,'rtrred roof OF tho extension which
IN y" a,,- Mrs storrs. bUrl1ng her and Ernest
,,.,s-s the waiter.
.,op bals an hours digging under the ruins
AS etorrs's body. when released from
'.r-a.sage she vas stin alive. but uncon-
w with a fractured skull and internal in
-. DR. Harold Barclay, who was one of
80 active IN the work OF caring for the
- attended her. but she died Immediately
- being found.
,,-s s,orrs was about sixty years old. Her
- o. retired merchant. Is in Europe. They
-. large summer house AT Rye. but have
- che Patterson since 81 was opened, three
yssrs aEo. ..-....
..,.,s .te-e was almost panic Guests. startled
y ne great crash. rushed screaming 70 the
80 Residents % the houses ran forth. eager
!. bslp IN the rescue. Many physicians volun-
- tlei- services. and. with the ambulance
Nv from the edges OF the ruins
remarkable feature OF the laws governing the
,rsl,rs Department. Deputy Superintendent
- explained. is that while violations
- no fled against a building. the department
-, No mower 10 compel work 20 stop. The
,-rs,- has ten DAYS in which 20 decide whether
=. rir comply with the recommendations OF the
r-us,,gr Department and IN the meantime he
- % or working II at the end 81 the ten
s.-r bs has not re1nedied the defect. the depart
-,,rt has 10 apply 10 the Supreme Court for an
,-,-,rfln1 10 cor-pel him TO stop the work on
i, h-using Il Is an endless unwinding Of red
80. m keen II line a builder who IS try
=. huld cheapIy and violates the code. The
s.sss o. the department. all say that they should
have the right 20 demand an injunction which
uoala make the builder stop work instantly, as
.ls Tenement House Department has the power
10 s-op work on tenement house
Paf-olren Martinesu ald Grifiths. Of the
Fast Fiftv-f-st-st station. wee on post near by
when the accident happened. They ran toward
ths building Criflths stopping moment TO send
IN Ere slarrn from nearby box. The police
men climbed in among the debris. but the dust
was 50 thick they could not see two feet before
-ber1. They could hear the groans Of the in
-ured and dying. but the immense mass Of ma
re-isl piled and twisted all around prevented
suy effective work Of rescue uutn the arrival OF
the iremen.
THE SEARCH FOR THE INJURED.
Meanwhile. J. D. sohiers. ot No. 50 West
For-y-sixth-st. had seen the disaster. lie
rushed 70 telephone and informed Police Head
quarters which sent word 20 tho hospitals
Almost By that time Engine Company No. o.
N charge Of Captain Harry Hauck was on the
scene. i was soon Joined by engines Nos. -
and e. and Hook and Ladder companies Nos.
sand2A battalion Chief Cray at once went 10
work getting the injured out Of the ruins
The work OF rescue began before the dust had
settled Chief Croker. reaching the SPOT among
the first. took command. He ordered the FIRE
msn. before they began 10 search the ruins, TO
Tull down large sections Of hanging brickwork.
That, done. fremen, policemen and physicians
went gingerly into the wreckage. piled three
STORIES hieh. The houses on each side Of the
were ordered 20 leave.
Faint cries were heard from one corner o.
what had been the basement II was impossible
70 get AZ this from the outside. Firemen began
% make an opening through the cellar Of 40.
81 West Forty-siXth-g:-. directly west q the
fallen structure.
SCHIERS HOME A HOSPITAL
Meanwhile. before the ambulance had arrived.
ire rescyers had found some OF the injured
Though the changing bells could be heard. the
injured men were carried into the home OF Mrs
?. D. schiers. az 40. 90 West Forty-sixth-st- at
'he direction of her son. who told the workers
70 make his home an emergency hospital There
the ambulance surgeons treated the men as
they were dragged out. Mrs. Sellers and her
servants made excellent smateur nurses With
bandage and stirnuants they assisted the physi-
cans until Mrs slhiers. unaccustomed 70 SUCH
horrors collapsed.
Norriils, The foreman for the Roebling firm.
vas carried dying into this emergency hospital.
he expired before the smbuianCes arrived. His
body was taken in patrol wagon 70 the East
Fry-hrsi-st. station. Whelan. Quarles. Ricby
McGin-is. Strobe wittireau Smith and Can't
we're treated there before the ambulance. bore
them away 10 hospitals
Meantime the 9remen drilling through the eel
Jar of 10. 81 heard a -oioe. It was that OF IL
A. Clark O. 80 e Elghth-ave Brooklyn. who
vas traekeeper for the RoebIlng Construction
Campany He had been IN the Toulouse. he
SAD whose roof had sheltered him from the
'e11g beams. He was pinioned under tool
49, however. The young fellow was calm
0a he workers, as they gradually got 10
through tie tangle q wood and iron. that
1lAurl When finally released he walked
-ea mo the cellar Of No. 81.
' 1hres hours and twenty-five minutes
ser there" be said. and smiled as he
a HE watch. II was then 5:20. As he
- ~ no steps from the basement two men
- nm on a stretcher and Tnuffled him in a
1.aHket He gtinned broadly as he was
--'ea INTO al ambulance ana Whrled rapidly
Gown the street.
-'-A N telling his experience, said:
- nae lust ieft Frank Allison on the ninth
- eAa ha1 gone INFO the cellar. AS 1 en-
~. ny little Office there came a crash. and
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