The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-09-27
MAN KILLED BY CoLLApsINe
WALL

lar heavy rains OF the past ter
d".s are probably responsible fol
quite q serious acciden, which oc.
cufrrd Monday afternoon on North
Magnolia street
The new two-story brick building
4r'ne erected by the Carmichael &
@oh Company. across the street from
'he seahoard railroad depot has beer
handicapped considerably by the
weather conditions ever since it was
y ari"d. about two months ago.
Monday afternoon two panels of the
front of the building. which had been
almost completed by the brick ma
sons. tell 70 the ground. though sup
posed 10 nave had sufficient underpin
ming 70 hold them until the iron cir,
d'rs could be installed
Charles Crawley. a brick mason
ho had been AT work OH the build
lng. VAS caught under the falling
/ aall having just quit work a short
time before the collapse He was
rescued from the wreckage a few
minutes after the accident and taken
20 the hospital. where he died about
halt hour afterwards from his in
{ luries
Mr Crawley was identified by
bank book in his possession, showing
thar he had been doing business with
an Arcadia bank, in which city he
| Ras supposed to reside
/ 4 little son of Mr.. Joe Anderson
an engineer employed in the Seaboard
ards. was also caught under timber
/ when the wall fell He was quickly
taken 10 the home of his parents,
where medical aid was summoned.
/ Ills wound which proved only
slieht one on his head, was soon
4 dressed and the little fellow was
found little the worse off, except for
| 4 very severe fright. which his mar
row escape from instant death under
The wreckage of brick and timbers.
II Is supposed that the rains, which
have been falling for some time. in
'act nearly ever since the building
aas begun. had softened the mortar,
/ thus weakening the wall to such an
extent that ii toppled over Monday
The new building is being erected
around the old wooden structure thai
has been doing service for a business
building for many years and which
has been occupied constantly since
/ the new one was begun. The employ
eS IN the building were unframed eX
cept for a severe frightening, as it
was only the two panels of the front
wall that collapsed. and they fell to-
ward the street.
ID was reported by several people
, Who we're near at the time of the ac-
cident that others We're still under
/ The debris. and a large force of work
men were at once put TO work to
clear 10 up A thorough search, how
ever. showed that the two parties
above mentioned were the only ones
& INtAGNA tlN the ldililS wa
4 pair Of hack horses standing near
by we're frightened when the wall fell
and dashed up Magnolia street, wreck
ing the carriage and causing -consid-
erable excitement along the route.
Aside from the demolition of the car
riage. no damage was done, though
The street was we'll crowded with pc
destrians and vehicles at the time
As the news of the accident spread
over the city, and as usual in such
cases. largely overdrawn, people be-
gan 10 make their way to the north
crn part of town. 1t was only short
time after the wall fell till there were
an least a thousand people on the
grounds. having come in carriages
automobiles. and on foot. A continH-
Gus stream of people was still going
and coming at late hour last night
/ 70 see the destruction wrought by the
falling walls