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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
4
A building accident in Chelsea Square leads to a fatal wall collapse. Inspectors and police rescue teams pull victims from bricks as ambulances arrive from Marine and Naval Hospitals. Clergymen comfort the dying and next of kin. arrests and bail follow for two suspects.
Labor advocates warned of collapse risks in Chelsea during reconstruction. After the labor clause was reinstated, unions say unsafe practices persisted. A wall in the Gordon building collapse showed poor mortar and weak ties, despite warnings from Cornelius Moynihan and John Walsh.
William S. Pratt of North Reading recounted rushing into the debris with a man named Dyer after a wall collapsed in Chelsea square. They pulled eight men from the rubble, three dead and five seriously injured, one with severe injuries. Pratt described a horrific scene amid dust and torn clothing.
In Chelsea several structures are in peril similar to the Gordon building. The Park street three story edifice shows tilt from poorly tied walls and a potential collapse risk. New building inspector Frank Weymouth has condemned two buildings and may issue further orders today.
A wind storm nearly toppled contractor Morris Gordon’s partially built house at 36 Essex Street corner of Shurtleff Street on July 12. Gordon blamed faulty mortar, though denying poor workmanship, and noted he uses proper nails and expert labor. the structure had to be rebuilt over. His brother-in-law witnessed the interview.
Contractors Maurice Gordon and Maurice Segal of Chelsea were arrested late last evening on eight counts of manslaughter after a wall collapse. Bail was set at $1000 per count. Gordon was arrested by Officer Dolan as he traveled with his attorney Maurice Caro. Segal was taken at the Laurie & Laurie office on School Street.
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