Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-04
fifteen ARE DEAD
-: -
As Result Of Building Collapse
at New York.
Three Persons Missing and Fifteen
Are Injured.
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Seeking to Place Responsibility for
Disaster. -

New York. March 3.-There are Is
dead. Is known to have been injured
and three persons reported missing as
the result of the collapse Of the unfin-
ished Darlington apartment hotel
building on West 18th street. yester-
day. and Of the resultant injury to the
hotel Patterson, directly in the rear Of
the collapsed building.
The following is a revised list of dead
as compiled tonight:
Allison. Frank, brother OF Charles
r. Allison. head Of the Allison Realty
Co, owners and general contractors
for the Hotel Darlington.
Bier. John. IS years old. assistant
foreman of ROebling Construction Co.
Durwalder, Adam. boss plumber for
I. +. Scanned, contractor.
Pagan, Farrell s., IS years old. der-
hickman. died at Bellevue hospital.
Kelly, Timothy. So years old, derrick
man. j
Morrills, Frederick. AZ years old.
Pans. or Paus. Stanislaus. AZ years
old. died at Flower hospital.
Storrs. Mrs. Ella Lacy. So years old,
wife of Frank Storrs of Rye, n. Y,
killed in Hotel Patterson in rear or
collapsed building.
Tompkins. William L., 90 years Old,
steel lather. ..t.
Two unidentified bodies. each about
81 years old. are at the morgue.
Tonight. the bodies of four men are !,
in sight in the ruins, but it is said they :
cannot be reached for several hours.
The search for the dead among the.
twisted iron girders and masses of
stone continued all Of last night and
today. A reinforced wreclling force is 4
now at work and is aided in its efforts
by p steam derrick. ,...9.
In spite Of the progress made with
the derrick. Captain Lantry. late to-
night said that he did not believe any
more bodies could be taken out until
morning. Four bodies were then In
sight. hut it was evident that much
work will be required to reach them.
The body of Frank Allison. brother
of the president of the Allison Realty
Co. was taken from the ruins. to-
night. Allison is supposed to have
been on the ninth floor Of the building
at the time of the disaster. The body
was found against the wall of the
dwelling to the west and about 10 feet
ribly mangled and was in a network
Of iron Orders.
According to Mr.. l.. Guenther. at
whose house he boarded, Frank Allison
was engaged to be married to Miss
Amy l.. Marquitz Of St. Louis. ALI
son was an expert gunner in the Unit
ed States navy, serving in the Spanish
American war. He returned from the
Philippines but a few months ago.
The workmen uncovered tive bodies
of wOrkmen in the middle of the build
ing and right against the house line.
Both men had been crushed across wa
ter barrels. the barrels in both cases
being intact.
District Attorney Jerome. Coroner
and officials Of the building
department began an investigation. to-
day. ard will seek to place the respon-
sibility for the disaster. The coroner
said he had issued warrants for "Eu-
gene Allison. presumably Charles +.
Allison of the Allison Realty Co., and
also for Paul Schwandtner Of Pole Il
the ironwork contrac-
tors. Schwandtner. Coroner Schoier
said. had disappeared. 7s.-
Among other warrents issued are
two for William w. OHea. chief ar
cEitect for Bogge & Neville. and Fred
ericil Mohn. an iron worker foreman
for Pole & Schwandtner. E
William r. Greene. 63 years OF age.
q foreman on cement and flreproof
work for the Roebling Co.. is missing.
Today. the wreckers were close to a
body which from it's description, Is
supposed to be that OF Greene.