New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-16
0Il7EN HURT WHEN WALL
Of NEW BUILDING FALLS
ouiIdinu Inspector Was Looking
tor Foreman to Warn Him of
Danger of Collapse.
CORONER MUCH WROUGHT UP
s,bwannecke, Hearing o.
neaths, BUSHES to Scene and
Has Wordy War with Off
Gals of Bronx Bureau.

--,a, the north wall Of a three story
ns,,g in course Of construction AT Nos
.".o and 1910 Boston Road. The Bronx
n.,sed Yesterday afternoon. twenty
mon employed on the building were
ia down with the ruins. Twelve
,'n.,srs we're injured. two Of them so Sc
I'll that II is believed they will die.
has not yet been identified
,ev minutes before the accident
- Wilson. of the Bronx Bureau Of
r,idings. had been standing on the wall.
,Act,ng the work. Just as the wall
~ Wilson was trying to find the man
charge Of the work 10 warn him that
aoors were being dangerously over
- violation had already been
80 against the building. the Building
r.op officials said, because the con-
tors had not used sufficiently heavy
.-a.rs in the front of the building. and
= an the front had been stopped sew
5svs ago 10 wait for heavier Orders.
roroner Schwannecke. who had been
ma IN the scene when there was a re-
:. that several men had been killed.
in warlike mood, and said that
obstruction. bricks, mortar and
MS in the building were rotten.
=. sunerintendent Henderson Of the
p.,,x Bureau Of Buildings and +. J. l.
-.,airis chief inspector Of the bureau,
go IN 2 wordy warfare. Mr.. Hen
80 said his bureau would stand by
=. builders. so far as the construction
was concerned.
The more seriously injured men are:
-,s,,b laborer. No. $50 East 18th
cali No. 800 ~ left leg. Fordham Hospital
sssrvrTO Paul laborer, No so Easi ~
90. fractured skull and internal injuries
u Le5Sno99 a,,So boss hricklayer. No 326 East
0ee-1-.S .frae-. broken arm, prisoner, CHa - -
L. crim,nsl negligence. in Morrisanla ponce
staiioa TORY laborer. No. 4oo East 18Th
No. fractured skull and contuslohS' III Lev
anon Hotp 15-,as labo-er. No. 527 East 18th
N sA.ss4, f-actured left foot. in LEBANON
pltai r,or,,n,ck. bricklayer. No. 80 East
,os s,-eef. contusions Of chin Up anu H9'e'
f or55. PSilip. brtsklsyer. No 206 Avenue
contusions OF eft eye FoTa,a 10 ga East
$50, f-artured left leg. Fordham Hos
pa man. fractured skull. in Fordham
EovpitaI. may die.
n addition 10 the list Of injured gwen
Ant nv the police. at least half dozen
,o,s we're injured less seriously. ana
after being treated by ambulance sur
gains went TO their homes.
The building was intended for a store
and loft structure. and the north. south
,,5 rear walls were almost completed.
The 4oor beams had been put in place
t,.- we're so badly overloaded. u is SAID
that they gave way under the strain
The two dozen men working ABOUT the
building when the walls fell in received
No warning Of what was coming. Win
q sudden grinding of stone and steel
huge section Of the north wall forty feet
in length and twenty feet high. bulged
outward falling into the garden OF the
adjoining house. occupied by Gustav
crossnan. Most Of the beams went with
the wal
The noise Of the falling bricks and
twisted steel beams could be heard for
blocks. and at first il was thought Lhere
had been an explosion. On passing
trolley car were Patroiman Murphy OF
Bridge SQUAD D. and Dr.. J. .. Dolan, OF
M 1OS4 linton avenue. The Bronx.
They Jumped of the car and ran TO
where the struggling forms of men could
Be seen in the ruins. Murphy quickly
sent in ambulance calls and demands for
reserves from the fremont. Morrisania
,and Alexander avenue police stations.
Z AS soon as Murphy returned 70 the