New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-10
eeuld be the slightest effort at rescue the ruin
was n flames.

oeuld be the slightest effort at rescue the ruin
was In flames
Screams could be heard from the Beaucharnp
rouse. which had been the first to go. William
Condor one OF the many heroes Of the disaster.
with g rope around HIS waist. was lowered into
the pit. He succeeded IN freeing Mrs. Beau
champ. sud was hauled TO the street with her in
BIS arms.
Meantime the families III the other houses had
carried their children 70 places Of safety. Then
some thought OF hankhooks others OF jewelry
and ventured back Several Of them did not
return. They were swallowed I'D with the val
uebles they thought to save,
Eeskel Nelson occupied a brick building on
the corner as a second hand store and residence.
His neighbors turned in to help him save the
valuables which were stored there. Eidenbauni.
the Brooklyn pedler; Mr. and Mrs. Silyernan.
who lived down the street and Wolf Provitch
were among the number. In all there were ten
or twelve people in the brick house when. with
out warning. Il tumoled into the gulf. Nose
Nelson was the Only one to escape alive and he
has not the faintest idea how he came to be
clinging to the bank.
FIRE THREATENED WHOLE VILLAGE.
The fire which broke out threatened the entire
village. The landslide had carried away the
water mains. and the hremen who responded
promptly helpless until q steamer arrived
from Garnerville. neighboring village, Then,
with ropes about their waists. and tied TO tele-
graph poles half block away, they fought the
IRE far below them.
The rim Of the chasm became coated with ice.
and there were many narrow escapes. II was
nearly 3 o'clock yesterday morning when AbraIn
Dias while running to help with hose, slipped
over the edge to death in the pit below. Thomas
Lynch. boatman, is thought TO have persisted
in the same way. Subsequent slides and the
movement Of the quicJSsand covered their bodies
HeVeFstTaw was almost FRUSTRATED at the ca
lsnity- Wilson P. Foss. president OF the VIII
lsge. marshalled a force of diggers and the
search for bodies began The police and fire
departments patrolIed the streets leading to the
huh. and kept back the crowd. The Kings
daughters opened relief station in the village
library, from which thirty families were sup
piled with clothing during the day.
The scene In the PIT yesterday afternoon was
what one might picture as the effect of a COM
hineo earthquake and cyclone 1t was the irony
on fate that the only house in the row which
was unoccupied landed on top Of the heap prae-
1ieally uninjured Half a dozen of the houses
were out & smouidering pile OF ashes. The brick
block occupied by the Nelson's was utterly de-
fnolished. Two Of the houses had already been
swallowed I'D ia the quicksand
On top Of enc heap stood brick cistern, look
ing like great vase, still holding it's burden of
water. A chicken coop with forty fowls took
The slide without losing a shingle or injurtng
nne OF the feathered occupants. a few yards OF
0avins passed through the wreck and came out
on top with every brick in place. The same
thing happened to flower bed surrounded by
picket fence
The feeling against the briclmakers ran very
strong in HaveTstraw yesterday. For fifteen
years the village has been fighting TO maintain
The lateral support Of its streets, The last de-
cision was IN the case OF the village against
- Esler and Bogart Eckerson. It was decided
in their favor by Judge Beattie Of Orange
County, to the extent that the village had no
authority TO ask intunctive relief The case ts
now pending in the Appellate Division. Joe
Albert. who lost his life IL the disaster. has been
protesting IN the courts for years
TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
Thomas Gagan. the newly elected District At
tcrney of Rockland County. viii appear at the
will probably begin to-day. He said yesterday
10 a Tribune reporter;
I intend to make an investigation. and wish
you positively to assure the public that If any
guilty man car. be found he will be punished ao-
cording 10 the laws of the State. believe that
guilt can be found and will do my best to sift
this disaster and its causes to the bottom"
The mass meeting last night was presided
over by President Foss and attended by nearly
every one of prominence. There We're speeches
by the Rev. Gearge H Bousall, of the Presbv-
terrain Church, and the Rev. William Redheffer
the Methodist pastor. Little was saiG about the
cause Of the disaster, the work Of the meeting
being to arrange substantial assistance for the
destitute and homeless.