The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-02-09
Terrible Explosion in New fork.

~ saa New York. February 4.
Taylor's machine shop boilers bursted this morn
ing supposed hundreds Of lives lost s bodies all
ready found. Fire raging and threatening moro
danger
The accident ocSurted at about II O'Clock, By
the bursting of two hundred horse power boiler;
in the printing press and machine shop Of A. B:
Taylor, Hayne street As soon as the explosion
took place the whole building, which was S stories
high, was actually lifted from its foundation to the
height of six feet and when It reached that eieva
tom It turnbled down, crushing IN its ruins great
many people.
The exact number we have not yet been able t5
ascertain; 50 great was the force Of the explosion
that fragments of the building we're scattered IN
every direction. The windowsin the neighbofhood
were broken and large portion Of the front wall
of the building thrown with tremendous force into
the houses opposite.
As near as can be estimated, there were soaiS
100 or persons in the building at the time of
the catastrophe, scattered throughout the machine
shop and the hat factory as well as a bindery; in
both of which great many men and girls were
usually employed The number of persons killed
is dreadful TO contemplate. Various opinions are
a1oat in regard to Che cause Of the explosion.--
But the most generally received one is, that the
boiler which burst was imperfect The proprietor
states that II was new boiler and that the frost
last night caused it to explode when fred up this
morning. -. ASH sEe aaas ssf
VIM Merrill, Of Hose company No. was killed.
He was dreadfully mahgled, his features being
scarcely recognizable. i 49,
G. Jcssup; asst engineer badly injured.
Amid the confusion which prevailed--the cry
ing of the wounded the wailngs of the relations Of
those who we're known in the building at the time
of the explosion the noise of the engines and nqui-
ries of the friends of the workmen, and the dust
smoke and excitement which prevailed. we found
it impossible TO get any reliable statement Of any
thing connected with the awful catastrophe. -,
Mr.. Cripple. the chief engineer, in the machine
Shop has not been heard Of since thGexplosion up to
this hour, it is thought he is among the killed. At
1 o'clock We visited the Ward Station House. and
found several persons there in cots, who had been
severely. il is hoped not mortay injured Among
the men there were Chas. Dodgherty, Jno Thomp-
son, and boy named Flood Seven persons who
were taken out Of the ruins were taken to the hos
pital. In The machine shop and hat shop together
there were about $50 hands employed probably
there were from 90 to 13o men and bots present
at the time of the explosion. Up TO II O'Clock.
about 80 were taken ott, so chat there must be go
or 70 there still There wereat 10 O'Clock mum.
Der OF voices still heard under the ruins Their
cries before noon were most piteous. It is feared
that large majority of those Under the ruins are
either crushed to death or drowiied from the I'M
mense quantity of water poured In.
At I before 8 O'Clock, there were three of these.
poor fellows taken out who we're dripping wet and
shvering fearfh1ly. A little boy states that there
we're others behind him when he was taken out
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