New-York tribune., 1909-07-19
DROPS IJO PERSONS INTO
THE CELLAR.
More than Fifty Hurt after Seeking
Shelter from RainStOrm IN
CiaremOnt Park.

in Ciaramont Park The Bronx fell with crash
dropping more than hundred and fifty persons
into the cellar A dozen ambulance surgeons
and many private PHYSICIANS attended to the
injured hie the police reserves from the Tr1-
mont. Highbridge Morrisania and Alexander
aaenue stations wore rushed to the scene to
assist the panicstricken and maintain order.
The police were only able to obtain the names
Of eighteen Of the injured. The rest were hur-
ried away in automobiles and carriages. 70 be
attended 10 by private physicians at their homes
Following is a list Of the more seriously in
jured:
D. 5e 'pn Eronx 'aTs soS ga cuts @ ana
bruises. went home
ADELsTErN sarah. fort ears I'D No 4ay TSpao,s
Lebanon Hospital
BENDER Frances tentv Cd Ne ltI2 Tas6 s9d
shock attended and vent home
BERK0FsKT sophie hTty 6ye ears tf,s2 o,a Isbanon
HssPfa3e HosPi5s' avenue ne ''''''A'
corPEFwITz Daya as,esn Old s-,,:s, Es t@5i .53
5 .,tss a4 So and S %
GoLDFARB Ida twenty-nlne & ysars ',d .5oeE peg1
home' l@EoS' avenue ne '''''A
E,ArATD 1enri. tveatv-sx years old. No 1922 web
s,er avenue The Bronx. bruises and shock. home
KAYsER. E.ther. nineteen Years Old No @ 10" Henry
street Manhattan: cuts and shock; horns --z,d
JAFFE RaePs ne n2o9r cuts snd 6rses
EsS Ess vsSa: T' Ss Bran5 .a6ck and
EREWITz Ab e5n Zes5s a5s sa6k SS M home nv last
RICE Gussie toyeuty-seven Years old No ts6 Est a
I7ist street The Bronx ooaroons broken, ,,1 le,t
ssTlous sex sa'.S5sa LS6ahon Al Hospitai
SCHWARTZ Alire. twenty-four yssr. oa; a .Rocs s
Lebanon iIospi,aI
SILVER Lena. tbr,s eve wears o,d. No 1922 Wash
he
broken internal injuries condition serious Leoa-
non Hospital
a1saus The B-onS. to,a wrists fractured and
LEE 2n se5rt s9.' ,. and nd bruises. T2 .oi nos %spd
street, Msnaattau. shock cuts and bruises home.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
II was an act Of Providence that the list Of
injured was not materially added 10. for when
the porch broke with the weight Of the persons
gathered thereon the support OF the heavy roof
overhead also gave way, and the heavy beams
huAE suspended over the heads Of the victims
A. every moment those below were threatened
by the falling in Of the roof. and it was con-
sidered miracle that II did not fall carrying
death and destruction in its path.
The scene partook of such a rapid change
vithfn the space of q few seconds that those
who were chiefly concerned IN ~ did not realize
iIst what had happened FOR many minutes after
II was typical SUNDAY crowd that was gath
cred about the old ZborowsN mansion. listening
10 the band concert and sitting about on the
lawn and benches. When the clouds grew dark
and threatening drops OF rain began to fall. the
first thought of the hundreds OF women present
Was to rush their small children beneath the
sbelter ~ the wide porches Of the historic house.
Although the house is far more commodious
than is the average country home. it was not
y{-,4ff Of crowd
stormed 1t finding shelter Many Of those who
could not find their way into the large living
room on the first floor took their children to the
cast wing Of the ample veranda. and there
watched the Wild scramble Of the others as they
beat a retreat 10 the house It was while every
bodv was laughing and Joking at the sudden
flight Of their friends and neighbors from the
clements that the accident occurred
without even the creaking Of a beam 10 give
warning the entire section Of the porch where
the huddled crowd was standing gave way be-
meath the strain with d grinding. rending crash.
INSTANTLY nandenonium reigned. Where be
fore there had been happiness and mild disorder
+bere now ensued the terrified shrieks of the
befpless as they were hurled into the inky
bIackness of the cellar. Little babies only a few
months old helpless in their baby carriages.
were torn from their mothers and plunged into
the wild mass of squrming. tortured bodies be-
low. SO
CHAOS IN A DARK PIT.
Ga sudden was the drop and complete the
cbange from light to darkness that those who
found themselves in the darkened cellar were
unable even to hazard a guess as to what had
bappened All they knew was that they had
been hurled into black pit. their ears deafened
b>, the cries Of the injured and the crashing OF
heavy beams about them. Mothers. separated
tam riI1 .
vented at their loss. and tramped over the
forms of other persons in their efforts to ind
their
,-bose who had not been standing on the
oorcb and so escaped the fall, were almost as
corpletelv overcome by surprise and consterna-
tion as their less fortunate friends TO those
who were grouped under nearby trees and out
houses Il looked as though the crowd had been
suddenIv engulfed in the bowels OF the earth
In place OF the laughing holiday mass or men,
women and children who had been on the porch
only a second before, there was now partly de-
vooIished building from the depths of which
arose loud lamentations while frantic mothers
r,.bed about on the edge OF the great cavity in |
the earth and implored aid for their children
Hardly had the crash of the wrecked porch |
s,bsided and the clouds Of dust that arose be-
gun to settle about the ruins. when Patroman
sullivan of the fremont station. rendered first !
aid He rushed to a signal box and hastily sum
moned the reserves from the fremont stauoh'
and AT the same time issued calls for all the |
ar,bulances in the sheds. This done. he and |
patrolnan Grosberger hastened back to the |
building and descended into the depths of the
pit. where they assisted the less seriously In
1ured 10 reach the surface
In addition to the reserves and amoulances
Sullivan also called Fire Truck p, and the hre-
men ran ladders down into the celiar or the