BUILDING PLANS FAULTY; Investigation of the Collapse of the Orchard Street House. DEVIATION FROM THE SPECIFICATIONS Hastily Examined in the Building Department -- Superintendent Thomas J. Brady Never Saw Them.

Thomas J. Brady, Superintendent of Buildings, was a witness yesterday before the jury empaneled by Coroner O'Meagher to investigate the circumstances attending the collapse of the house at 153 Orchard Street, and the killing of four men thereby on March 1. Coroners Dobbs and Hoeber sat with the presiding Coroner. View Full Article in Timesmachine »