New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-28
WALL KILLS LAB0RER.
SIX OTHERS INJURED.
Quicksand Shifts and Water Main
Breaks, Adding Flood to Peril.

buildings, which are TO occupy all the land be-
tween Cedar street and Trinity churchyard
Broadway and Trinity Place. One of the labor
ers was dead when taken from the debris three
hours later. Six others injured. The
cuers' difficulties were added to by broken
water main back of the wall, which flooded the
excavation One of the injured men, the last to
be dug out, was half drowned when he
rescued
The man killed and those injured were fol-
lows.
cAsPI. Domenico: twenty-seven years old, of No 2s
INJURED.
TUNA, Alexander thlrty-two years old of No ia Mul
berry street; dug out unconscious, with scalp
taken to Hudson Street Hospital condition serious
MARsoCHL Enrico eighteen years old. Of No Roose-
mud and wa9er and suffering from internal injuries
CANTANDIo Giovanni twenty eight years old. of No 50
Hudson Hudson, Street Hospital and vent home
MARQUL Antonio. twenty-seven years old, Of No, y
Roosevelt street shock and scalp wound; attended at
LURGENIA. Guclibe. twentyseven years old. Of No II
Roosevelt street scalp wound and possible internal in
AMERI Giovanni. twentysix years old. Of No 137 Mul
berry shock scalp wound; attended and
The new buildings to occupy this site are to
be finished within a year. and the contractors
are working night and day Temple street less
than twenty feet wide is TO be abolished by
grant of the city, in return for space to widen
Cedar street and it will be covered by the new
buildings The wall that fell the old base
ment wall of the buildings Lately torn down
There was no fault in the constructioc OF the
old wall but it's foundation was uncertain, owing
to quicksands
About ninety Italians were at work close 10
the wall when it fell Alexander Alaire of No
H.
ent and Robert St. John. of No. IS Linden ave-
nue.. Flushing, foreman. were in charge. With
out any warning, a section of the wall about
twenty feet long fell upon the workmen
1t struck gang of dozen who loading
wagon. at the foot of plank runway, leading
to Trinity Place. Seven of the Italians were
knocked down and less buried in the
bricks The fall of the wall was followed by an
outrush of loose earth and sand from under
Meath the pavement Of Temple street. This
landslide took away the support of the 6-inch
water main in Temple street. and it broke.
The mass of brick and earth nearly buried the
wagoL When the bricks began falling the
driver, an Irishman, did not attempt to save the
wagon but cut the traces of his team. jumped
on one OF thu horses, and drove them up the
runway out Of danger.
The accident threw the Italians into a panic
and few who were slightly hurt ran home III
alright Auaire and St. John finally got num-
ber of them 10 dig out their comrades CtI-
tandio, Marqui, Lurgenia and Ameri were res
cued quickly before the water had risen enousii
10 endanger them Dr. Williams, summoned WIN
an ambulance from the Hudson Street Hospital
was kept busy attending the injured ana ruSlI-
ing back and forth from the hospital Tufna "eS
pinned down by the legs with his head free anu
could breathe, but he was in danger or bel,lS
drowned. The diggers had TO remove the bricks
and earth carefully lest they should start lItsli
landslide. Marsochi was unconscious. with ms
legs and body covered by bricks and earth me
nigf fox al
mouth when he was dragged out
The reScuers then saw seventh man-CdsplI
pinned down under the wreck of the wall. WIN
the water almost over him. They had spent SO
r-luch time rescuing the others and found 50
three hours after the accident when his body
was freed
Captain McNally hurried out with the reserves.
He sent calls to Hook and Ladder 10. in Fulton
street, and Engine q. in Cedar street. The nre-
men aided in the rescue work Chief Croker
was Informed of the accident and went 10 the
scene in his automobile 10 investigate. Both he
and Captain McNally agreed that the accident
was due to quiclsands. Captain McNally sald
that the Church street station in dan
ger because OF quicksands under its foundations
and that its walls had cracked I'm several places
The Water Department WorlImen shut of the
broken main three or four hours after the trou-
bic occurred The Building Department IN
the time and directed that the remainder OF the
wall along Temple street that had not fallen be
pulled down Immediately.
Captain McNally made Allaire and St John
prisoners technical charges Of homicide In
causing Caspis death. They were taken TO the
Tombs police court, where Magistrate Barlow
remanded them TO the coroncrs office. coroner
Acriteln held them in 81 900 bail each for the
inquest Alderman Andrew ]. Doyle gave the
security.