The evening world. Newspaper, January 16, 1906, Page 4

is FOUR MEN PERISH IN THE ~ NEW EAST RIVER TUNNEL pee arin $: fie Cuts Off Air from ‘‘Sandhogs’’ and Two “*. Are Suffocated and Two Drowned— Brave Foreman Saves Others, Fire, starting first in the flimsey frame structure that supports the caisson.of the Belmont tunnel for the Pennsylvania Railroad out in East River:half a mile off Forty-second street, followed by the bursting of the airpipes which hold back the water, caused the death of two men by suf- focation and two other men by drowning early to-day, while two other men were hauled from the caisson unconscious, ard their rescuers wers lifted to the open air weak and helpless. The dead men were “sind hogs,” the workmen who grovel under the riyer in the lead of the men who are thrusting forward the tubes which if Yaake che tunnel that will extend from New Jersey, under North River and Manhattan at Forty-second street, and thence under Bast River to Long Jeland. The men who were killed were negroes, expert “sand bogs,” but use they wera “sand hogs” and saw little of the outside world, their iss alone are known. a THE DEAD. arranged another bucket to lower him- ISAAC ROSS, killed at bottom of! Self down under the river, when there mbomd {pede recovered and taken tw} came « belch of flame from the shaft , which came as through a flue. The WILLIAM RAY, same fate a8 Ross; foreman did not hesitate. He grappled body to Morgue. the scoond bucket and was low - BR ARTHUR, drowned; body|down the shaft, the flames shovileg 'd-Morgue. about him, RZCR JORDAN, drowned; body! At the bottom of the shaft he saw . that the rubber air pipe : THE INJURED. baeate ia Ae and that ti r LNATHANIEL WHITE, twenty years he ‘woodwork of the caiss:n |Was on fire. Two of the workmen, White and Jones, botn seemingly crazea, were fecling their way about the little compartment, atagg¢ring and groaning. The foreman loaded them both into the bueket and rung the signal: 6a, of No, 19 West Thirty-fourth stpaaiy overoome; rescued by foreman stant; taken to Bellevue. EARL JONES, twenty-five years old, ‘address unknown, overcome by “bends,” Tescued; taken to Bellevue. re S-Gb frequent have been accidents in} “Raise!” ‘WHS unwel being built by the New York | The bucket shot to the surface, Whit: €#hd “Long Island Tunnel Company, | And Jones were lifted out unconsctous fs generally known as the Bel-|®"4 the bucket again went down th eepant, Tynnel Company; that news of paride By this time Shaller was fas uch: accidents is kept eecret. The | /O:!NK hia strength. He saw two work Part of the tunnel from Forty-second | 72% lying prone at the bottom bf the jetreet,..opposite the Grand Central | 1) ‘. the water rising about them and i under the etreet and thence | ‘D* “mes eating into the framework. under East River Is being bullt by the Back Into Fiery Pit. Degnon Company, as sub-contractors. ‘There was no air left in the caisson. Only fcur days ago there was an ac-|Shaller grabbed the bucket/when {t d>. @ident in the shaft of Caisson No, 3, | 8cended and In gave the signal to | which le at the.end of the reef, known |Talse. He was shot to the surface. © 9 ‘Man-O'-War-Rock,"’ and which ex-| ew breaths of air were sulficient’ far | tends far up'the river to Blackwell's) him. He calind to Verbecke, his am. “Islund. On this occasion six men nar-/*/8tant’ The two men entered. the | zowly eacsiped death: when alr pressure |OUCKet, and it again sank down int Stopped in th#’ caisson, and were rea-| ‘he shaft. The foreman and his assist. ued as the water rushed Into the nar- Sas lifted Walther and Jordan inte the Tow compartments. ‘Ket, No Call for Police Rescuers. ®inco that occurrence efforts have |Reen made to keep all accidents secret. To-day’s accident was therefore kep: jeoverea by not only tho men In charge ‘of the tunnel Dullding, but, ‘t ts alleged, jby a policeman eonnected with the | ast ‘Phirty-fifth strect station, = who |didn't even know that an accident had the bucket dead. jain the bucket went of the caisson. This pt eed cp was rising & foot a second. It already Was up to the armpits of the foreman and his brave assistant. of the workmen were a ane lected the shaft. ‘There was to save them. THE WORUD: TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1905. CONFESSED SLAYER; WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND HE KILLED, joomfield. Police Station. oe KILLED FRIEND TO WED WIDOW; BOTH ARE HELD Banasik Confesses Love for Woman Led Him to Murder, Heunted by the brutal crime be had fe bottom of} committed, Frank Banasik, after con- nO use attempting | Anement in the Orange (N. J.) jail all i decurred, he said, until other policemen came and the tunnel employces were forced to tell that tw» men lay doad en the rocks, with the waters rolling over them. He had not been told, he said, that two were unconscious and x perhaps dying and that two others were @tuggering about semi-conscious, o Shaller night, confessed to-day to the killing of Thomas Hoff a week ego. Mrs. Hoff, the widow of the murdered man, alzo a prisoner in the jail, admitted knowlecge | of the crime, for it was out of love for more! her and a desire to get the husband out of the way that Bahasik says he did the When the bucket came down this time [ and Verbecke greppled the chain lft and fell unconscious into st, ad ‘ducket was raised and the two were ht paleo Eat to the surface, Pumps were set to work in the hope that two more lay at the bottom of the st shaft, now water filled and without air, with the compressed alr pipes burned “in two and the pumps refusing to work, Policeman Hugh O'Donnel, of the East Thirty-fifth street station, was the first tc give the alarm. He was on the banks of the river at 3.45 A, M. when he vaw flames burst from the shaft on the reef. The policeman heard the cry of frightened men. An ambulance came from Bellevue Hospite] in charge of Dr. Hawks, and then came Peter | Aerotelle. the new Coroner, The Coroner heard that men were | ead at the mouth of the shaft. He! heard also that men were at the bot- tom of the water-filled caisson and that othern were unconscious and probably (dying, He asked the New York and of freeing the caisson from water, but after hours the bodies of the two luzk- less men had not been recovered. serious. They are “bends and shock. The first policeman who saw the ac- suffering Suttle refused aj informetion, declaring that the affair was of no public interest, It was learned that a new engineer, Willem Cheatham, of No. 168 Hast Forty-fourth street, went on the vr -k on the reef ehaft last i It is said that the break in the alr pipe was in some way due to injury to'the by at the bottom of the si Long Island Tunnel Company for in-| Shaller was arrested by Coroner Acri- formation, This information was re-|telli, but paroled in the custody of the os superintendent of the work and re- eed. mained on the reef. ‘The Coroner, accomparied by the am- Dulance surgeon and Policeman O'Don- mell, took a tug and steamed out to the Caisson, There they saw the two dead jen, the two unconsclous men and the | two others, who were just recovering their senses, Gidwly the policeman and the Coroner gathered the facts, Et was sald that only six men can work in the caisson | Qt one time. The men work in six-hour ‘shifts, and when they come out from the rarified al: they often fall ¢rom Dendy or from exhaustion, Besides the four men already named, in the cats- ;fion were Nethaniel White and Earl | Jones. j yee men were working by electric- jlpnts strung along the top of the cais- son. A bucket was lowered at intervals, and after it was filled with dirt and | stone it was raised by workmen outside. ag outside workmen were in change! of | Foreman Herold Shaller, of No. 461 Lex- ‘Sheton avenue, and Karl Verbecke, of fo, 34 Tenth avenue, his assistant. | Flames Drive Rescuer Back, _| 2e,insignin of the car {Baller noticed that the bucket wag | ductions of egal halt jIpng coming to the top of the shatt, He | oP, Cowes of A It was nestly li o'clock when the Thaft other ine olor emo “bodies 90 could be recovered, nT *F° sd eal ho ES, BYCKS’ SOLVE THE PROBLEM Good Dressers in a Quandary Turn to Clearance Sale. ‘The erratic character of the weather has kept good dressers guessing, and many, making revised plans for winter's dressing, have turned for the solution to the semt-yearly clearance sale of Byck Brothers’ Smart Clothes Shop, Nos. 154 to 164 East One Ilundred and Twenty-fifth street. There everything Wearable in seasonable weights is found. The social requirements of the and social season hay for opera. | Increased ‘demand famart fitting | cises, and evening clothes and ov vancement, Morning Pr x! e¢ smartest “Byck'* | ' THE CALL OF THE WORLD. aplitting began in 1883, it printed, in its mornin; ,|, 84,680. columns of advertising, an increase of 6, | 4,194,959 single paid advertisements, a gain over 1904 of 206,916. The New York newspaper closest to The World in total than half as much in columns and increased but T3011 single aly me ments. GROWTH BY PERIODS. and. Sunday editions on): 8%, Rae divided into Advts, Published, 86,577 448,793 782,794 Vides | 874,958 GS ——————— 1 134,959 cident i said to be George L. Suttle, of |atter slaying her husband on the night the East Thirty-fiftn street station |of Jan. 6. He said: “Now that I have | mined to put Hoff to death or The World's Want momentum reached its greatest force in the last half of year,.when, according to a count madesby Messrs; Barrow, Wade, Guthrie ‘}\& Co., chartered accountants, it printed 611,215 advertisements, against 555,- || (BLT printed by the New York Herald, leading it by 55,398 in the aggregate sprinted for the six months from July 1 to January 1. No. other pewspaper ever before made such gains in a similar period or d’ 30. vi “Mo advertisers give their business box aumbers In | | IS per ci of The World’s Want despite 870,000 ey Whether the woman, as in the cele- brated Mary Rogers case, planned the White and Jones were hurried off to] “illing end assisted her lover in Ks ac- Bellevue Hospital by Dr. Hawks, who|Ccomplishment !s not known, for it was said that the condition of both men was| in a hysterical outburst of fear, the po- rom | lee say, that she confessed she had krown of the murder. her She said Banesik hed come to got him put of the way I will marry you and take care of you and the children, All you must do ts to rematn sflent.”” Has Five Children. There are five children, all of wnom were turned over to the care of the pi the clectric current used for the lights | Bloomfleid Overseer of the Poor to-day. I arine brates tnd tung paper jellections, anu {ite effect on the pubiic. \hag endeavored by ever: ‘Then Banasik and the widow of his victim were taken to the county Jall in Newark. No direct charge will be laid against the woman until the Pros- ecutor hag heard thelr detailed con- fession, ‘The woman and the man seemed tobe consclence-stricken at the same time, for though in Cifferent sections of the Jail they almost simultameously called . Efforts of Firemen to Reach —————s rinks the two had In this bout between gin and water the detectives have not learned. but soon poor Hoff was help- less. Banasik was clearheaded and cal- culating. Banasik told the police that when he he raised a mallet and sent it crushing through the skull of the drunken man. Banasik told the police that Hoff felt like a log—that the blow was fatal Then Banasik became frigitened. He wes afraid to leave the where it cas was CHILD'S DEATH LAD TO DANCING = Little, Louise Werhel While Mother Is Away Pay- . ing Insurance on Life. Loulse was a when company v Gay the father, Jobin Werhel, a clothier, | Cleveland bond had the child ‘dance for them, She danced until exhausted. Thatenight she ‘as restless and was in a seri dition yesterday. ‘To-day On e ute ingurence he rails, Azst | her’ except the cry ‘het her except the other children. When ited the home on Sun- jous con- the mother remembered the on the child's life was no one to leave with Dies @ five-year-old sister recocious child, and HERO NEARLY DIED DIVING FOR VICTIM Plunged Into River to Save Drowning Man, but Suc- cumbed Himself. Lake the majority of men who follow the sea Charles Cassinaw, a fireman on the French Mner Campanta, couli not swim, und when he fell into tine Hudson from the Sixth street pier, Ho- boken, to-day, he was drowned | ur wplte of heroic’ efforts to save his ilfe. Cashinaw had started to climb the gangplank to board the British steam- ship King to vieit a friend. ‘The plank was ingecure and the man jost his foot- Ing and tumbled into the water. He de- ilvered a vell that attracted the attea- tton of ‘Charles Leng, of No: %¢ Bloom- fidd street, Hoboken. Long, witiout removing his heavy shoos, ovenboard to save the drowning man. He dived fonr times before he could get a grip on th man's clothing. Then when he did get him to the service he was so far gone himsclf that he let go. Thoroughly ex- ousted he Was unable to reach the pler, and sank utter 8 fecble cry for Patrick 1, a ‘lor snd Detective-Ser it Kin; Brought him ‘up unesnecious Dut. altv a1 im up u jous bi re, Later they managed to fish up the body of the drowned fireman. DEBTS OF BROKERS REACH $3,000 000 CLEVELAND, Jan. 16..—According to }an official statement issued to-day by the Bankers’ Committee investigating the affairs of Denison, Prior and Com- bankers and brokers wno fail- ‘ai days ago, the lubilities of the fem, including the forged bonds put out by L. W. Prior, will aggregate 9,- 0,000. ‘The statement, as given out by Canmitiee, Is as follows; tigating committee had a meeuny w-uss, wa bad tie tullest re- turns possible made to them. Their feeling is, a receiver having been ap- pointed in’ the United States Court, aud | matters turned over to him, thet it is | due to the puolic that they make the following sta«ment: “ Hablilties, including | all and Hoff left the suloon, the latter/and a n-months'-old brother, | _“"Dhe total ! helpless, he took Hoff up the Lacka- |‘Loulse Werhel. nine years old, died to- | forgeries. egate ' approximately + Gay at her home, No. 249 Grand street, | three million dollars, and there are valid wanna tracks toward Bloomfield. When | 43%, St het home. No tener was away assets elther in the hands of the firm Banasik was sure nobody was looking, Roving the ingureme orecium on (ne Se sues colaterel of ApOuLioue anda he 19 alleged to have told the police, | dying child's life. Itons fneludes about one million of as- gets and liabilities in the Boston and departments, which have not heretofore been taken into ac- count, as the bonds in the bond depart- | ments are good and valid bonds largely hypotheeated, and more than ample to unlay and had shipped on, to be turned over to the recelver, something over Mi gho returned Louise was dead. Dr.| $50,000 of good securities, which ee, who wus called, notified County | was all the property in the. possession | Physician Converse. !of the firm tn on.” ed. L&W. STAKE AT ANY MOMENT Belittles | L General Manager | without any regard to | ‘bhe company reasonable | a Compromise. —— SCRANTON, to the threatened ware, Lackawanna and Western fire- men, General Manager T, EB, Clarke has given out the following statement: Vice Grand Master Wilson, of the Fire- “E am not fully informed of what is now being done by the firemen’s com- mittee, but have seemingly reliable in- formation that they are taking a vote whether to bring disgrac a trouble upon our company and themsejves with Pa., Jan, trike of the Dela- 16.—Relative has granted wholly or in part 7 pe! sututes for the inder, with one exception, which could not be granted | without violating employees, Having granted #0 ement with other | for the warden and told their secret. ‘The woman droke down first, and when | #' tohd the man heard of her weakeaing he everything. ‘The murder of Hoff was deliberate. Firat he was drugged with drink. ‘Then, when in a drunken stupor, hts skull was crushed in with a mallet, Thinking to hide the crime, Banasik Gregged the body to the Lackawanna Refiroad tracks, where {t was cut to pleces by the first passing train. Wanted to Mary Widow. All this Banasik said he had done be- cause he loved the wife of Hoff, his Dest friend, who had taken him to his home, and who was his companion at work in the Bdieon factory in Weat Or- ange, where both of them were em- ployed. “I wanted to marry the woman,” Banasik {» sald to have told the police. Hoff's mangled body was found on the tracks a woek ago, It was hardly recognizable, so terribly was it mangled hy the train wheels. The detectives were suspicious from the first that Hoff bad not fallen across the tracks whils In 1905, the twenty-third nied of The World's continuous growth since its |! Stupid from drink. According to the police, Banaaik deter- t him ; no matter what the The two men ost friendly way when, according itement the police say Bana- to them, Banasik sald: pity you cannot drink more than « glass of beer.” “Ican drink as much as you. Possibly I can drink more than you. I’m no toper, but my head is level.”" “Pl Just have a bout with drink with you,” Banasik 1s alleged to have oald. Unfair Duel of Drink. Tho men repaired to @ saloon, Hoff couldn't have known the satoor as well as Ban Hoff said “Anything you like.” “Make it gin,’ answered ry | {means to satisfactorily adjust the mat- ters submitted by the committee and tt | f cent. of the requests, and offered sub- | | erty for 1905 about $900 was overlooked. | Amolnt due on same, with interest a urtesy tl company | feels loath to believe that any of its em-| ployees could reach conclusions | upon any, Important question affecting | disustrously our joint interests." { Vice Grand ter Wilson, of Fire- men's Brotherhood, still refuses to se Interviewers. It is lealsin, jremen' committee het ell is iy that a strike any moment, out from tii car quarters, that approaching, ani omer is @ possibility at SENDS $12.22 10 THE CONSCIENCE FUND. Chmptroiier. Herman A, Metz received this day through the mail, in an en- velope directed “Department of Fin- ance, Clty of New* York, No, 67 Cham- bers street, New York,’ $12 in bills and 22 cents in stamps, with the following memorandum “In making a return of personal prop- 7 per cent., is handed you with thi my $12.22." ‘omptroller Mets turned this contri bution into the City Treasury. Hunyadi Janos Se emetive eat, bess ° tern Brothers Millinery Dep’t An Early Importation of Flower Hats suitable | White, black and colors, for Evening Wear or Winter Resorts, Ostrich Plumes--Special To-morrow: sires, 32,65 A large collection of Desirable Decorative Linens At Greatly Reduced Prices. French Lace Trimmed Linen Centre Pieces, Tea Cloths, Dresser& Buffet Scarfs, “ Tea,Reception& DinnerCloths,Sheets& PillowCases at $40.00, 50.00, 75.00, 90.00, 125.00 to 250.00 Formerly $65.00 to 450.00 Hand-made Corsets-Annual Sale All Exceptionally Good Values. White Coutll, straight front, lon, extended hip, supporters attach: French Hand-made, of White Contil, long tapering waist, supporters attached front sate, of Blue, Pink and White Broche, trimmed with lace and ribbon, , January Clearing Sale of Silk Down Comfortables With Fancy Silk Tops, extra wide snd median meine double beds, Fancy Silks, in a variety of effects and "Formerly $1200 10 2506, Also Special Values in Blankets | for double beds, For Single Beds, , Double Beds, Extra Large Beds, at $1.25, 1.45, 1.95, 2.75 4 Front ond side, ———————— Winer, 3.75 20iner, 4.50 3.25, 3.95. 4.50, 6.50 3.95, 5.00, 6.75, 9.00 at Formerly $8.95, $5.75 $8.75, 10.50 | $3.98, 5.00 $4,48, 6.50, 8.75 7.25, 9.00 | — *B. Altman & Co. will place on sale, Women’s Gowns, Children’s Dresses and Black Dress Silks, to-morrow, Wednesday, Jan. 17th, WOMEN'S DRESSES AND TAILOR! SUITS, (Department for Completed Garments, 2d Floor,) :The following styles of Women's Garments, suitable for present wear, at Especially Attractive Prices: | } Eton Suits of chiffon velvet, silk lined, . . 2 $48.00 Princesse Dresses of silk crepe clair de lune, lace trimmed and fined with silk, . . « »© «© «© «+ $45.00 Separate Skirts of black broadcloth, . . « $14.00 TAILOR-MADE SUITS of broadcloth, velvet, cheviot and other fabrics with long or short sleeves, at RECUCED PRICES, CHILDREN'S DRESSES. (Infants’ Wear Department.) Infants’ Wear and Little Children’s Garments, inc'uding a recent impot- tation of Pique Coats and Reefers, embroidered in French hand-work. Russian Blouse Dresses of white cotton materials in several models ; sizes, 18 months to 4 years, . 60c., 90c., $1.10 BLACK DRESS SILKS. Selected lines, including a number of soft brilliant fabrics, also. Pure Dye Tatffetas, Japanese Silks which are proof against” water and perspiration ; Shantung Pongee, and complete lines of the various Black Dress Silks at Moderate Prices. 3,000 Yards of Imported Dress Taffeta, . . 87c. Yard, . Regularly $1.25 and $1.50 : Store will be closed daily at FIVE P. M. Nineteenth Street and Sixt Avenue, Nem York. COLUMBUS AX NEAR 82°97” 86 STREET AND 3"°AVE. Men’s Collars, 6 for 25c. Regularly 2 for 25c. All sizes and new shapes, 4-ply, perfect goods, at 1% their real value, in the face of a rising market, 5 It's difficult to be modest in announcing such Open Evening Until 9 o'Clock. following arti cl is ch fb! mie oe cosets fan, TDS Rabi ttf th een ow ware BEDROOM—G'0} 4.) lour Suit, 5 Pleces,| Pier Mirror, French! bevel glass; Parl Table (brass feet);) handsome Lamp nandvome Lamp ant $1 Down and some Pictures; large G per Week eee Rakes for this pf ai cere) lor i persia fare. Carpets.) Value 25,00, &o,, amounting to'ON OUR LIMERAL 5100 Ws ie 310.60 De $1.00 7 Worth, $5.00 Down, $1.00 Week 1 Ww Re Week 3 “n #380 des ts0 ac) | 150" 15.00 2.35 Our Term Apply also to New York New Jersey and A Book to Be | Taken Seriously _ Se, PEARL FTI Is: ~ EE