New York Tribune April 28, 1907 Perth Amboy, New Jersey Four men were instantly killed, three badly hurt and fifteen others injured this afternoon by the falling of a brick wall at the De La Mar Copper Works, at Chrome, about eight miles from here on Staten Island Sound. All the victims were Hungarians. The cause of the accident is unknown. The catastrophe aroused great excitement among the Hungarian families. Women and children stoned officers of the plant because they were not admitted inside the grounds. An attempt was also made by the half crazed crowd to wreck a train that was brought to the works to take the injured men to a hospital in Elizabeth. The wall was twelve inches thick and twelve feet high. It was part of a new copper ore smelter, and had just been finished today. It stood on a street trestle fifteen feet high, about which a large gang was at work grading. The four who were instantly killed were: Zunyo WAGEE George SKINSKY Louis OLI Frank GINFE.

Cheryl, this is a very interesting article, however do those names sound Hungarian to you? What part of Hungary would they come from? Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Wenberg" <cherlock@cheqnet.net> To: <hungary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 4:57 PM Subject: [HUNGARY] Falling Wall Kills 1907 > > New York Tribune April 28, 1907 > > Perth Amboy, New Jersey > > Four men were instantly killed, three badly hurt and fifteen others > injured this afternoon by the falling > of a brick wall at the De La Mar Copper Works, at Chrome, about eight > miles from here on Staten Island > Sound. All the victims were Hungarians. The cause of the accident is > unknown. > > The catastrophe aroused great excitement among the Hungarian families. > Women and children stoned > officers of the plant because they were not admitted inside the grounds. > An attempt was also made by > the half crazed crowd to wreck a train that was brought to the works to > take the injured men to a > hospital in Elizabeth. > > The wall was twelve inches thick and twelve feet high. It was part of a > new copper ore smelter, and > had just been finished today. It stood on a street trestle fifteen feet > high, about which a large gang > was at work grading. > > The four who were instantly killed were: > > Zunyo WAGEE > > George SKINSKY > > Louis OLI > > Frank GINFE. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.448 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3204 - Release Date: 10/18/10 06:34:00