Chelsea, Massachusetts
Wall Collapse
August
25, 1908
8 MEN KILLED BY FALLING WALL
And Twenty Others Were Injured, Some Seriously.
Chelsea, Mass., August 25. – A forty-five
foot high brick wall in Chelsea square collapsed
suddenly today, burying beneath it some thirty
workmen. Eight were killed outright or died in
ambulances on the way to the hospitals. About
twenty others were injured, eleven of whom were
taken to the United States marine and naval
hospitals here, some of them in a serious
condition. A number of others escaped with but
minor injuries.
The dead:
MEYER ARLWOK.
FERRI SANTI.
E. ELICH GENILIFA, 34 years.
JOHN CONSTELLO, 55 years.
MORRIS ZACHLAD.
JOSEPH ADLER, 38 years.
CARDMILLO MURZELLO, 23 years old.
UNKNOWN MAN, features hardly recognizable.
Contractors Arrested.
M. Gordon,
of the firm of Gordon
and Seegal, the contractor who had
the work in hand, was arrested late today on a
warrant charging manslaughter, and his partner,
Seegal, was
arrested tonight.
Five minutes before the collapse of the wall,
it is said, Inspector ob Buildings Frank
Weymouth had ordered the foreman of the gang to
stop work, as he saw the wall was crumbling. It
was planned to build a four-story house on the
spot, which was the site of the old academy of
music.
The wall which fell upon the workmen stood
against the Park hotel. Beams of wood were being
fitted into this old wall, in order that it
might be utilized for the new structure. It is
claimed that the wall was undermined by the
large homes that were dug into it, and that with
proper support above, it gave way.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 26
August 1908
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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