The Washington times., 1906-03-14


gfrGer IN the Raleigh Hotel, used
in the construction Of the foundations
TO the extension Of that building on
Twelfth street. at S-25 o'clock this
morning, DIvid Hammond, an iron
worker. was crushed 10 death, William
Schlorb was so badly hurt that he died
later. and TWO other men were seri-
ousIy injured
By what seems TO be a miracle Schlorb.
who was an ironworker's app-en-
tice, who was on the same scaffOlding
with Hammond and who was hurled
fifty feet 10 the ground below amid the
masses of stone and great timbers and
the tools OF the workmen. escaped in
slant death.
Crowd Watched Boom
The Raleigh Hotel extension IS bsing
built by the George A Fuller Construc-
ton Company
The great boom. the fall OF which was
the occasion OF the death and destruc-
| ton wrought this morning, has been
watched for DAYS by crowds that passed
the building and gazed up, in curious in
terest. at this passive engine OF ruin
/ It swung more than fifty feet above the
ground. One end was attached TO a
girder in the wall Of the hotel, 10 permit
which bricks had been dug from the
wall. The free end swung far up above
the excavation, where the foundations
OF the excavS tons are being laid
! Hammond and Schlorb were working
on a scanoIdi7g just 10 the right OF the
| swinging boom. To and fro above their
heads II swung. but they paid no atten-
ton 10 the menace il held FamiiarieS
had bred con--nrJ- The creaklng' grOdh-
! ing complaint OF the great engine, as II
tugged fitfally at the chains Tnlcn
ibo,,rd II 70 The wall brought them no
| TosSssrs OF warning. In the twlnklinS
of an eve the death stroke fell
| The bean. fifty feet in y 9Th and NJ
teen inches b.OEd and L k. Jerkeo II
self from the OBTAINING DanoS hor
/ single instant II hung, SUSPENDED aooEe
L the scanolding. then II broke rom lne
feeble clutch OF the guide ropes ana
plunged through the air Ihe scanold-
NJ boIdinz Hammond and SchloTo was
! broken into fragments ana thS tHo I nleLA
themselves, shattered and bieeonS'
br-Ied amid the foundations OF the
b,1ildine. Ridout. working on another
sCa4ToId leaned for his life BE saved
ii. the cost OF a broken leg
Hammond Instantly Killed.
-rbs hands Of their feIlow-Norkmen.
-o,,gb b,,t tender. lifted Hammond and
scbIorb from the excavation 10 the
r -avarnent. Hammond was already dead.
br+ II was thought there remained a
obance 20 save Schlorb's life. and the
Emergency Hospital ambulance was
LurriedIv summoned. In this he and
Pidout were taken 10 that Institution
All efforts 10 help Schlorb were without
avail. and he died in great agony
Newell. a young lad, was passing the
! b,,il6ing AZ the time Of the accident and
Us struck on the head by a piece OF
the hving timbers from one or the shat
Te~ed SEA affOlds. The abrasion OK Iht
s,aI,, l,e suffered is not regarded as Seri-
. or,s After the wound was dressed ne
was sent 20 his home
TIis mother. who Is employed ar the
Fashion Store. on PennsyiFaIela aNeIlus
was apprised by telephone OF the acci-
/ don't She tainted away At tne lnSrru'
ment. NewelPs escape from death was
! narrow. for the boom feH only a 100
or two from where he was standing
Mrs Hammond. the wife Of the mar
s l-jIied vas notified Of her husband
= deatb bxr a reporter of The Times. Witt
= he- three children, she INeS IN q laNti'
: Trg-ne house on Thirty-fourth street. ~
e Cseor eetown. She was crushed by th'
: Tba bodv of Hammond has been taker
; % the Morgue. and an inquest VIII u
I hold tomorrow attn O'CLOCK
Puts Blame on Hammond.
: Mr. DuvaIl. representing the Fulie
d Construction Company. told represen
tative Of The Times today that Ham
, mond's death was due 10 his own con
n tributory negligence.
{ An investigation made by US" sal
MIR Duvan "discloses the fact tha
4 Hammond vas sent this morning to in
spect and repair the joint that fastene
I the boom to the girder in the main build
5 irg of the Raleigh Hotel He must hav
: seen. at that time. that the Joint wa
d defective"
IT Builders Accident"
k Building Inspector Ashford said toda
It that the District Building Departmen