New Britain herald., 1923-03-31
One Body Identified.

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 The only Identification made up till one o'clock of those dead was Mel-4 vile Neal who was in charge of a gang of carpenters employed on the work It was feared that James Bent, vice. e-president of the company which l had the general contract for the work was buried under the wreckage.
 Leg Is Amputated. | Neal was taken to St. Francis hos pital where he died when admitted. Four of the injured taken to this hos- pital were John H. Miller of Wilson station, whose right leg was to be am- putated in the hope ot saving his life: Samuel Kelly, cuts and bruises and in l ternal injuries; Herbert Stone, head cut and Charles Barbour, cuts and l bruises.
 It is understood that the workmen | killed and injured were tile layers em- ployed by the Hartford Tile Co. which was sub b-contractor on the work and were not the employees of the R. G. 1 Bent Co.
 l The officers of both companies were checking up their lists of workmen to determine the names of those missing. l The masonry n the factory was completed last fall and today the test was being made to see if the mason " would withstand the weight of the tank
 Calls Help Quickly.
 William Homer, employed by the Fuller Brush Co.,, heard the rumble as the masonry gave way and then ~1- IL To ko store nearby and telephoned the poll ice asking that ambulances and doc tors be sent, telephoned the fire de- partment and then rang in an alarm. It was because of his quick action that assistance was on the way to the factory before the dust from the wreckage settled.
 Neighborhood Jared.
 The crumbled masonry spread across Windsor avenue for depth of a foot. The vibration which came with the collapse broke windows throughout the factory and in the neighborhood and while glass flew in all directions, no one was reported to have been hurt.
 An effortSw was started without delay to reach any more bodies that might be under the wreckage but it was thought some time would elapse be- fore the complete list of dead and in- iured would be made up.
 Rescue Work Hazardous
 Policemen, firemen and citizens be- gan quickly to work on the wreckage in hope of making rcscues At first there was much confusion but soon the efforts had been systematized. Twelve men from the main factory climbed out on great heap of ma sorry and although they appeared to be in danger they lifted a girder and took from beneath it two bodies Then by passing through a door into the tower a third body was obtained. Those were sent to the police morgue. It looked as though some of the ma sorry would fall and the tank also was on the point of settling. Fire Chief John T. Moran shortly after one o'clock stopped the rescue work and firemen got ropes about the tank and it was pulled down so there would be no further danger from it.
 The rescue WOTh COnllUutus
 Up to 1880 o'clock the only body that had been identified was that of Neal
 Operator Gives Assistance
 Miss May Dooley, operator at the telephone board at police head quarters greatly aided in getting as sistance to the factory as she passed calls to doctors and others rapidly and guided the police and firemen to the place as they called in for further information.
 Letters in the pockets of one of the victims whose body is among four taken to the police morgue led to the belief that the man is Harry Polan- ski. q tile worker, of Cortland, N. Y.
 The man who died at the Hartford hospital was identified as Christopher Nelson, tile layer of this city.