New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
|CUT DOWN BY DERRICK.
Man Killed. Boy Badly Hurt
When Boom Drops on Walk.
BREAKS THROUGH A FENCE
Gable Snaps at Excavation for
Big Building at Park Place
ENGINEER Arrested

One mar was instantly killed and If
teen-vear-oId hoy probably fatally injured,
when tbt, boom Of one Of the big der
ricks used on the foundations for the
woolworth Building Park Place and
Broadway. crashed to the ground yester-
dav lust about noon. The Foundation Com
pany. of No. rs broadway. is doing the
excavation The boom that broke away
was fifty feet long and a foot thick. ana
its weight broke through q strong fence
and feIIed the two pedestrians The acci-
dent was due to the breaking of a cable
which was rugged the derrick Saturday
Neither the man nor the boy had any
warning for the boom was in ufdair rails
ing one of the buckets of dirt when the
steel rome snapped Patrolman EiseIberg
ran to the boy. who was still breathing,
and dragged him from beneath the heavy
boom The only reason the little fellow
had not been instantly killed was that the
boom struck the man first and the blow
was slightly broken. Coroner Hollenstein
allowed the body of the man to be taken
/ to the Greenwich street police station, ana
later Il was removed to the MOrgue.
The dead man was about forty-five years
old five feet eight inches in height and
weighed about 165 pounds He was dressed
in the blue flannel shirt and coarse cloth
ing of laborer. and carried heavy buck
skin mttens His face was covered with a
short stubbe and he had a black mustache
and black hair and was slightly bald. In one
of his pockets was found blue canvas
purse and in this was 81 90 and a brass
medal of St. Joseph. such as French
Catholics carry. The only other thing
. 1,l~s
The boy was hurried to ST Gregory 3
Hospital, where it was stated that he had
d six inch fracture of the skull. concus-
sion of the brain and a small chance to
live. He was identified by a card in his
| pocket which showed that he was James
! Pappalino. of No 49, East 115th street. an
| errand boy for W. H Hammer. of No. 4
/ West broadway. Mr.. Hammer said later
! that the boy had been working for him
| only a month
! As it was about the usual luncheon hour
! when the accident occurred hundreds OF per-
/ sons were in the street, and these crowded
! over to the spot. Captain Gallagher. of the
! Greenwich street police station. called out
! the reserves and drove the oulookers back
| end then ordered Robert Altz. an engineer
| Of No. 1913 East 18th street who was IL
: charge of the travelling boom of the der
| rick. arrested on a technical charge
| H. B. Hoffman,, superintendent of the
work for the Foundation Company, sale
! that he could see no reason for the accident
The cable was put on only three days
ago." he said. land was inspected to-day,
as usual Besides. the load was light
| one. and there was no particular strain or
| the cable"
After the accident the question came Ut
u-ra Comma Z
had secured the necessary permits to build
| the high fence around the work and to in
| close the regular sidewalk laying a tenn
porary sidewalk on the outside OF this
George ". Tillson. chief engineer of the
Bureau Of Highways. said that all the
necessary papers had been obtained.
| THE sidewalk was closed under permit
/ for the construction of vaults to the curl
| line he said. plans of the work were
regularly filed and approved Usually the
sidewalks are bridged. but in this case the
| company is going TO drive sixteen-foot steel
! shesthing at the curb line and an elevated
! walk would he twenty feet in the air. So
| the temporary sidewalk on the street level
was thought much more practicable
/ It was learned at the Office Of Borough
/ President McAneny that some of the Park
/ Place merchants had complained because
the sidewalk was shut of and that ar
engagements had been made for a confer
/ ence with a representative of the Founda-
+ ton Company. II is understood that the
| construction company has the right TO oc-
cupy one-third Of the street in front OF
the plot. but It has not occupied the street
with materials, nor has it fenced off Broad
way. The Fire Department required a ten
foot clearance around the IRE hydrant al
the corner OF the two streets. Bonds put
up by the company would cover any claims
for damages against the city, it was said
! The vault permit cost 1900.