The sun., 1910-06-15

with much more hast than he had entered
-Uh. der l.ufrl,' PANT 4 TIE barber a.
r. seAnohsd the preparation "n his hToN
with his : lndkerchlri I v"ihpt IN
that building again tor "in tnusand dollars
40 Ach. YES. der y,cr hunsleTt dollars
have IL here safe C;ott 5ei dank aber
ysun think thai mine life tnr u riskcd
iIr shook his head IN acute con-
mrl.'trg 10 the awful uangfrud h. had
jt-pln1,d
Meanwhile tHn Italian Lahnrer~ had
1tsh.d t1rt. wprs pD tho -haSy ~ecnnd
nor 4 trady st-a,n was tried With No
......,-- Au.tt'r iig merely snapped
Q o. ruue R-aiu Ou." more the Italians
,.arh.r,d nver ~" saloons twist 81
an awning Th,s umr they made wire
..a.I. fast around tho uulhun. slip nosss
fashion They alzo slppsd a wire cable
around the vertical stanChlnn dividing
tls two Mrst Bfuahwas windows on the
sar.ud hppr Tnp cable. h"nt q -
.r0pe. d. -trards bIg ~ Your rst t-ated
,gt'tla end ~ tlo st-,st cars Then riG
AIpuu the window -tanChlnn vas tried
Bang Olt came the two window
frames hut the building barely stirred
Nell. the cable around the muilion main {
RaNlls rubhSd has hands together m
ithougftful SPECULATION
steady strain didn't do e. One btg
tug and with q rspOrt like a small cannon
tho wire Gable parted IN the middle Prom
the CROW d. from the assembled police
captains building officials. lire chiefs
went up a slow lingering grOan
Nick Reyille shut his Jaws He got
an axe and a saW Tie picked his way up
the rickety. gaping stairs to the third
floor While hs made few remarks on
defects IN wire cables he knocked out
al the windows In the printers room
and saued through the sashes Then
h. got the end II bigger wire cable
The Italians climbed gracefully up TO
help him Together they made the htg
wire fast around the mullion hOor higher
than before and Just at the bullying point
Of the whole five stories Above the
cahlas clasp the building lay back tts
ears. below Il tucked IN lts feet Shackles
were helted fast. clamps were tightened
the wire cable was bent 70 the cars nlg
haWser and bolted 10 Il and la3hed with
a rope service Everybody came down
and the Italian vorkmen. no hitherto
had lounged perilously near during pulls,
backed On a. far "a the most daring official
Gpeetator
They tried the steady pull again. and
then. az 4 o'clock. after half a day Of
labor. with a wrench and a roar the null
lion tore loose. the top story began 70
fall. the fourth fOoT fell tho third, the
second All toppled little way and
then dropped straight down In an orderly
cascade oi brick and dAbris. The whole
building crlimbled on like a layer cake
Uhile its outer section Rvalanched 10
the street with a roar like that Of heavy
artillery. you saw standing all open hut
sound and secure she back and the side
vail of the Did building Prom the street
there hillowed out great clouds of white,
binding dust. The 5000 yelled and the
big smash was over
The crowd melted then. and all that the
police had 20 do was to establish danger
lines and post red lanterns. The back
and side walls could he demolished leiF-
urrly with pick and are.
The wrecked building was owned by
the " y kuese estate n Brooklyn.
The ground on which It stood is the prop
srtv ~ Columbia College