New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-03

GETS MORPHINE AND ABsOLUTIoN.
Those who saw the work OF the nremen were
loud in their praises Of Battalion Chief Gray.
Regardless Of MS own safety. he plunged into
the wrecked building. calling on his men 10 fol-
low him. and crswled IN and out Of masses OF
twisted iron and beneath trembling brick walls
IN MS search for the injured
faint cry was heard coming from the debris
IN tho centre OF the wreck Fireman NcDer-
mott Of Engine Company II. crawled toward
the spot. He was fearessly followed by DR.
Blackwell Of Bellevue Hospital. and Chap
lain Smith. OF the Fire Department who. with
his associate. Chaplain AckerIy. had been called
TO the scene. Finally they encountered the body
Of a man who had been crushed to death. Only
his legs were visible the upper part Of HIS body
being pinned Gown beneath tons Of debris.
Crawling over this grewsorne obstruction.
guided by the faint cry for help. they reached
Andrew Maher. DR.. Blackwell soothed the
mans sufTerings by administering hypodermic
injections. while Father Smith. at Makers re-
quest. gave him absolution.
Meanwhile. Fireman McDernott was tearing
away the debris that pinned Naher down. and
succeeded I'm loosening enough OF It TO permit
the injured mans release. He was taken by his
rescuers 20 the street and sent TO a hospital
Soon after the rescuers began work Charles
n
ins
My brother Frank IS IN there" said he. I'm
afraid he's dead. I had a telephone message
from him at I o'clock, and he said he would be
here az the building all the rest OF the after
noon. 1, he'd gotten out. he'd have let me know
al about this accident"
Ar. Allison could tell nothing about the prob
ably cause 81 the collapse. He was not familiar
with the construction end Of the business he
gf ho
across the street from the wreck. which repre-
scented the collapse Of Uuch financial promise
as wen rs so great a personal loss. Until last
night he waited. when Assistant District Attor-
uey Train called HIM for some testimony He
was not able TO throw any light the disaster.
OVERLOADED. SAYS FOREMAN.
James Halpin. foreman for Pole & schwandt-
Ter. with several worRmen was taken 20 the
East Fifty frst-st station. where Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Train and Coroner SchOler exam
iued him.
He told us that there we're about forty men
on the Sob" said Mr.. in. There were six
men upstairs laying &C and about a dozen
IN the basement Tle others were scattered
around the building. His theory for the col
lapse indicated that the building overload
ed. There were eEhty-three steel beams on
the ninth floor, he said. laid out ready for cree
ton. ] don't know what these would weigh
HAND OVER HAND TO RESCUE.
A vivid description OF tho collapse Of the
building and subsequent rescues was given by
Mrs. Margaret Hanahan. hoUsekeeper for Z. L.
Parker OF No g. West TCrty-seventh-st She.
with Nora shay. the maid. and William Dan
gler, the butler. was at dinner when the crash
came. said she:
Il was Just after the men had returned 20
their work after dinner that the building fell.
I did not know what to make OF the low. far-off
sound. az first, but when the rumhling grew
louder and louder. and came nearer and nearer,
breaking finally against the back part Of this
house, 7 felt though I had been turned 10
stone. After q moment 7 managed to get TO
the back door. when a heartrending sight met
my eyes
ty-fyc or thirty feet above the yard where
stood I saw a manor. rather a man from his
waist up-snd be was shouting for help The
expression on his face struck me TO the heart.
u was a moment before I could decide what
was best 20 do: and then il was the appearance
OF DANGER. the butler. that prompted me 10
5feustrh him into the hotel adjoining for a
physician But the doctors were all busy and
in the mean time, a policeman. very young
fellow. ran out into the yard quite hreathess.
having been told by DANGER of the mans pre-
dlcamert, high Up in the air.
To get 10 where the man was. 81 was neces-
sary 20 scale a brick wall thirty feet high.
There was 10 ladder AT hand. There was "a lead
cable cover dangling over the wall and the
policeman throwing aside his club. began slow
/ ly 10 climb this pipe IN his effort to get 10
where the man was. Il seemed hours before the
/ hero got the little roof. and from that point
man was buried. We gave the poor fellow
! water and DANGERS was again sent for some
dremen with ladders. We heard sounds OF
groaning from the cellar but could not get
near 20 the place whence the sounds came.
Later man was taken out
| The man who was taken from the wreckage
/ by the policeman and nremen. twenty-five feet
| above the ground. was Frank Weisman, who
| lives in Dowui1g-st.. Brooklyn. II was not
| thought that his injuries viii prove fatal
| Father Joseph NcGinnity. OF 81 Patr;ck's
Cathedral climbed The ladder with the fremen
and administered the last rites 70 the injured
man. Father NcGinnity and the Rev. Dr. W
A. p. Holmes. pastor Of 81. Peters Church, IN
West Twenticth-st.. we're IN and about the Ho-
tel Patterson throughout the afternoon.
District Attorney Jerome. who had just
reached the city from Albany. appeared at the
scene q the accident about II O'Clock and stood
Tor some time looking over the twisted mass OF
Finally he said.
Wei 7 suppose building expert can make
eom7thnE out II that mess, but confess
cant" Ifc said he was glad 10 know That ms
assistants were already at work on the case. and
then went home.
Acting District Attorney Rand said:
las Tar as I know the Building Department
was notified a month ago by inspectors OF some
detection of wind arches. The koebIng COM
parv was at work and two men were still work
!nE on them to-day So far the case Is IN the
Md of tho Coroner and the Buildings Depart
77eut but as soon a criminal negligence is
established 7 VIII take the necessary legal pro-
ce6Ire."
TIE FOREMAN ARRESTED.
CAPTAIN Lantry soon after the accident ar
rested James Halpin. the foreman Of the iron
,,-orl-ers OF No. 197 East One-hundred-and-
,r,irtv-elafth-st He was greatly excited. and
said ne believed twenty men were buried in the
ruins. lie declared the building had seemed to
f1aIpin was taken into A drug store and ques-