Show I 00 HURT ONE KILLED I IN FALL Of SI SIDEWALK EW ALK NEW YORK May day 28 Elvin L. L Col Collidge idge lidge circulation manager of the NewYork New NewYork w York Commercial was almost Instantly Instant Instant- ly y killed and about other others I injured jur d l last ast st evening by the breaking down of ofa a temporary sidewalk at Fifth av avenue nue and Eighteenth street Some of those injured ixta may mar die e. e Those who fell were part of the crowd gathered to watch the parade parale of militia In honor h r of the visit of th the Fr Trench Rocha commission to this this' city Two thousand persons were on on the sidewalk when it gave way They were precipitated twenty feet Into an excavation n for a new building and f felt fU felton H Hon on piles of of- building material Considering the nature of the acc acci dent and the number of persons In it I the hospital surgeons express express surprise at the few who serious hurts Many were we're able to go directly home after having their injuries treated by the ambulance surgeons Early in the afternoon the police became became became be be- came suspicious of the strength of the sidewalk and a detail Il for hours kept the people from crowding on it When the time for the pro profession drew near the crowds cro became unmanageable andin and and- in spite of f the force of police crowded on to the forbidden sidewalk and there stayed until the breaking o of the support support sup support sup sup- port land landed d them In the excavation The Coroner ordered the arrest of C Contractor C Cowan wan and of J L JJ G. G Miller th the the sub sub and James Lawton fore foreman ian of th the work I |