The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28

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nny.siS men DIGGING under " when the
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wall seventeen feet hong fell 'nto tho holc
4 great quantity ~ sand also lid down.
There ser, standing under the tank
q team of hut-ns. n wagon and m lriah
drivor mama unknown The freshman
was Watching the italian lRhurcrs nl hta
cart Whom tho clvcin came he whipped
out u knife. cut the traces Of his team,
leaped on the hack ~ one ~ tho horses
and with u kick In their ribs started tho
animals on u gallop ont 81 the excavation
iie was last seen flying up Church street
upon the rack of one az the animals. which
seemed ~ glad to get way as he was.
Ills cart was buried
Detective Crowley and Sergt, Nugent
were among the first at the work OF rescue.
They found a lot Of men hall buried In tho
sand and "A torrent of water from the broken
10 inch water main coming down on top
of them from the street. Crowley got
out one man who would have been drowned
in another minute. Both his logs had been
broker and his head was in the water.
Crowley held his head up while Others
worked to free him. He wa finally dragged
out, bit II tool an hour. The police
called ont Engine COMPANY o ana n nook
and ladder company. Chief Croker came
down from Great Jones street and bossed
the fremen, who went into the sand bank
and worked az hard az they could to rcaoi
some Of the men. Some " the Italians
were crying and PRAYING to Ire released,
A hurry up call had been sent In to the
emergency station of the Water Depart
ment. IL took the water men some time
to get at the gates and il was not until
about $50 that the water was turned of.
BY that time there vas several feet of
water in the excavation and the rescuers
were working knee deep in it.
Down almost at the bottom of the heap
Of sand and bricks the rescuers finally
came across the body of Dominica Casca
of % Roosevelt street. He had been buried
completely out Of sight and had been suf-
located in the water soaked sand.
Giovanni Catandro, Giovanni Ama1,
Enrico Mascochi, Alexander Tuna and
Giuseppe Surgano were sent to the Hudson
street hospital, suffering from scalp wounds,
mostly.
The Building Department ordered work
stopped in the excavation. Under their
the remaining part of the wall,
that was holding back an immense weight
of sand, was torn down with ropes The
police arrested Alexander Allaire of 469
W~illoughby avenue, superintendent OF
the foundation company which is doing
the work, and Robert st. John of 70 Linden
avenue, Flushing, the foreman.