DISTRESSING SCENES IN NEW YORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 7

DISTRESSING SCENES IN NEW YORK.

Vnrk papers contain thrilling ' TK* New f ZZcs witnessed in that city by i pile of buildings previously conthe f»M ? „ X authorities as unsafe for l.a*iercd The premises comprised two house,, bitafon- ihe P r _ ty wall, the ground floor s^P ratC ,l i fiquor stores, while the upper beia^' ust<l ft't in small tenements. The storeys arc let , q t(je , 03s of elght hves s ccMf nt ''"J , ; lir iP,s to a score of other perjnd 3erl , 0 "l ( !' t J i o ns of-the weakening of the son 3. I" l ' l 'V' cra uks and bulges mducod w ,-,11 and on" Ilotice to t l ie building the o*n«* « before any attempt w.s de p 3 rtmcnt, aC(;jdent the wall fell in m»<!« t0 r™, buried' many of the occupants anil compi" 1 - j 1)e wor k 0 f rescue -was dan0f the hoase f,"] a3 ',lifficult, and it was seven gerous rCS cuc could be effected, hours j'-'° , . ' v i c tims buried underneath Tlie cn« o - u aU <]ire ctions. One ths ruitt 3 waß a coloured dwarf named person oufc 0 f the liquor store at ThomP; 0 " bu( . was cau ght by Hie falling the fifit 'hr . j capc . Another man, ' roM3 before he co " the ot the time> » similar fate. The case of > met n .mcd Hill was a very paini a woma " , . a fter being imprisoned for ; fal one, fo waa rcse ned only to die ; sevc „ ho "' n!s when the building fell ; lho r tly , a her husband wore holding both si* - 1 . They were thrown ■ children »» ' ; " but thc husband was ;in opp oi,t ® t severe injuries. His k f CU ho°w'evcr and infant child were carried H-ifc. how l falling debris, and were iTj to have been instantly killed. But rim-, afterwards, as the firemen were ;,orac hours thfi thoy heard the , alivCi |,u t that ber ohest kept her down. In . t |,eir efforts two liours elapsed 'fPf I! could be freed. Her child was lvi"g « loao to her brea f- t ' a " ( { !!' e fd , „> was a large portion of the j T" e wV A bro her and sister named 1? To eiipyi"" apartments on the third r,: the bu.iai..-, were crushed to death, fflt'-cr mem the fam.ly dangerously ? • A woman named hudolph was rr ife!o=s out of the ruins, and her husJ 'wl one of the children sustained senoufe - ■ ■ Stron" comments are made by the rZv Voi k press" on the ..want- of action-on C PM-t of the authorities in not condemning tbc p-cn-ises before, and it is seriously I tint the city officials should be made ■criminally responsible. !