New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-27
CROWDED STAND At
CHURCH COLLAPSES
Fifty Persons Thrown Into Ex-
cavation While St. Clements
Is Being COnSeCrated.
Fifteen OR MORE INJURED
Street Throng of 5000 in Panic,
but Monsignor Lavelle Con-
tinues Service and Allays
Frenzy of Alarm.

tinues Service and Allays
Frenzy of Alarm.
Fifteen or more persons were Injured
yesterday afternoon, when PLATFORM
erected over a ten-foot excavation be-
tween the sidewalk and the front wall
Of the new St Clements Polish Roman
Catholic Church at no. 40 West 4oth
street. collapsed during a conservation
service conducted 10y MonsignoT Lavelle
and Father Joseph Letanche, pastor %
the church Fifty or more men, women
and children were standing on the stag
ing at the time of the accident.
Sergeant Fischer and West 3Ith street
station patrolmcn carried or assisted the
injured persons to the sidewalk, where
they were attended by three ambulance
surgeons called from the New York Hos
pital Several hurried away before the,
identity was learned but those whose
names the police learned were;
MoLITsKI. Adolph. fifty years old agent,
OF 30 55o Bersenline avenue Wrs{
Tc,y York. y. j.: broken right arm ana
Fractured lib. Sent to the New YORK
hospital
J'H'IToWiEI, jaGW'Es;: 'N eS.iH .irao, .
wears "lu, y, r;cbt ed. of head.
,,,.,,', ,-,...r;., ,,,,t,-onc wears old,
Of No =. We; sch street; aoraslons Oh
inc l''' III .,.. ,l1 r. 40 -,
IN ;,I.,I,,,l' gV,nn,. G., Illusions ON right
;rlc. -,
y,-NI-C. l"rr. t""h'l one -, - light
ST.
p,-rr.l. ,lr,od forty-oiCht years old. Of
N'irs Hotel No. .; SpraiheH 'Gn' -
~. r.. .r,b Street. spraincd left foot
,.-.. ,.-e,.o : o'clock.
sc i'..l '' '..,,. and o hundred
Nh'" -'''' .,-.,,,... ,,or;en;oners
CT '' 81 '' ia More than
were 'hs "' ''. '- -, ,..,,e,,sc,,t,J
three h"NSaN' r. GOO tho
IN IN" street ana "' an 49, .,,,,r.b
conservation sew ,,,o ,,lotform.
about MY TOOK ,.,,,,hor of the
"h.'h' a''","'i-- -, -, erecting the
C'ld LIS .,.,,.t,d only to prevent
-
tHu' i'' f,u;,o into the ex-
leu' u-a".
CaNatoh 49,. oc+ If
Nohsis!'I i-"' 49,. -,..st eide Of
throwing h'lN N'''i -,-.lor,, fau In
inc cnu''" "''''' 49,. -,,,,tlonca Of a
moment 'iieie -, T., tho etreet A
p'll' 'i'''''e ,o,roi,,,o, was sent %
can loi re-, We ..a.io,, but eleven
me "es' - -, nd dieicultv N
49,, il, cbaCk while Pa
rtor,nson Collins and
rollilen c.r,oort Fischer
DrlSoo'.' 49,. ,,,,rds under which
uiaseeu
many "eie .-u j., from,
several "oiile" IL -...i,,I,,. o,,d
OF the chuICn ,,o,ioa
snch CONFUSION e''Soe' -, -,
hau H'i u -.aaa -, +b. odea
hundred persons WIZ .,,s,,.od IN
OF lhe eA''>"' ce,.eral
Top u '"0'' .,,d.r,. &C Sergeant
men, ulSi 7'' ''i's 49, avcovatior "a
'sch'i' Ju'''P'' $500
assls' le'd'N0' anu -. -. ,,.,.,,.,
AIter restoring VI ..,.,.,,
the ponce eh'eie
through ooo'S ie""in7 -
meh'' ana '"' ''''' - ID.
me "oooe" "e'',''' ,,,h,,-
witch SeN '''' =, ~ .,,.' t;,,o th. no
'ah'eS WIZ VII ,...a,1 ,,ro,,ob
nee hau 'dii''" ~
Inc basement ~ ''''
.. q. Wits H'e'''''i - VIZ
WIS q Marvin the 'o'''i a. .''9
the new chur'h' was "ile vi '"''
saw the accldeh''
The platform was consul w ''"'
said. only 10 SudIo against
ialllhg I'M" 'he 'N'"' "''o,'
services oesdn '''i'' i''U