The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-05
MELAN CH0LY CASUALTY.
AWFUL EXPLOSION OLA STRAM BOILER.
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.T1xoHTTUE LOSS OF LIFH.
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Fifty Killed and Fifty Wounded.
NAMES OF The KILLED AND WOUNDED.
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1t is our melancholy duty To- day to present to our
readers the Details far they could be gathered
up to the time of going to press of Of the most
ightful casualties, attended with awful destruc-
tion Of human life, that ever occurred in New York.
The accident occurred at quarter to eight o'clock,
yesterday morning. by this bursting Of tive hundred
horse power boiler In the printing press and machine
shop ofMr A B. Taylor Nos and7 Hague street With
In door or two Of Pearl street. As the ex.
plosion took place, are informed by persons
who witnessed the catastrophe the ,ohoie building,
sphieA stories height actually lifted from
foundation TO height Of sir feet and Vhen reached that
eierafion, tunbled dOo- crushing in its ruins Uass
number. So great the Of the explosion that
fragments Of the building scattered In every drec-
tion the windows in the neiahborhood broken ;
and large portion Of the front wall Of the fsted
building thrown with tremendous power into the
houses opposite. In tact the building completely
wrecked, hardly one brick being lett standing
other, with the exception OF solitary piece Of wall
eight ten feet high as II indicate what hld been
In the firm Of Alvsh B. Taylors& Coz there about
o5 persons employed In addition to these there
about the tame number en- ploysd In another drm Ia
the building, namely, st. John Burr Co, hat
ters. In the basement story the engine and the
Blacksmith shop, where there -four pairs Of bel
lows and about twelve IT work besides Crssey the
engineer and his brother The engius connected with
the secopd and third stories where the machine sh p
was situated, by means Of shafts asd straps. The
1rou nd floor occupied hat shop. and eight men
worked table in front Of whom there IL account
The fourth story sso belonged to the bat establish
nept, and used . blowing The fifth story
Of the building used psnters shop for max
ing models for the macbipe shop The sixth
cupied by Mr. Singer, letter engraver, who has OBJ
tanned patent fer Q Invention. It is believed
there person In this ttory the time Of the
plosion.
A building immedistely In the rear, occupied
brush factory, and also . watch manufsctory
had the roof and portion Of the ~s thrown In by the
falling ruins. IL in going to this building that
Louis Day, the Frenchmsn, was ALLIED The walls Of
abe machine chop very strong, being 40 inches
thick. The building belonged to the Msssrs Harper,
ana we snderstand was not insured The stock and
angine. sc We have heard insured.
The soap and candle factory of Hull Co in the
rear was considerably injured by the shock.
So dreadful was the explosion that the windows in
everal touses In Pearl street broken Even the
ssshes OF 351 smsshed. gentleman who was
looking on at the time informed that the explosion
was like the reports of fred In quick sue
csesios one after the other Doubtless the second
port was the crash Of the falling ruins.
Immediately after the explosion fire burst from the
promiscucus heap of bricks beams, and human
bodies were seen with legs aud arms sticking out
.ome AZ them dead, some living The FIRE alarm for
the district was given and then general alarm
which brought the frensn from all parts Of the city to
the scene dssolation Some piled the engines, while
Others assisted get out many possible Of these
who under the ruins. In short time the drs
90 far subdued that the fremen could work esc
tusy removing the bricks aud tmbers aud towards
10 O'Clock there scarcely any fame issuing from
the wreck but the heat yer, great. and the great
dic uty to be avoided lest those beneath the pile
should be either drowned or scsded; while on the
other hand they might be burned to death by the fire;
and but little could be done those st living,
uutf the Ere was completely brought under.
As can be estimated, there hundred and
twenty persons IN the building at the time Of the
catastrophe scattered throughout the machine chop,
and the bat factory above mentioned, in both Of
which a great many and boys usually em-
plcyed Had the accident occurred an hour, or even
half an hour, later, the destruction OF human hfs
weald unquetionsby have been much greater than II
was great many Of the boys In consequences Of the
extreme coidness Of the weather had that time
srrved At their work. As it IT, however the number
of persons killed is dreadful to contemplate.
In the machine shop and hat shop togsshsr there
usually about hundred and thirty hands en-
ployed; probably there from hundred to one
the time OF the explosion.
In the hat shop most Of the hands we're present.
In this estabishment good many boys we're en-
ploysd-in the machine shtp there we're few. The
following is list Of names though not complete
Of the hands in the machine shop;-
George Ford, nrst foreman, James Giid.rcy,
Robert KiDe, second do, Thomas Philips,
J. y. trissey. Robert knowiton,
Samuel T Crissey, ososr Kelsey,
A. Hugsiss Lorsh King,
Adam Nicely, Haissy King,
John Browne, John G. Kisg
Iafry Chry,tal, Leonard Brookes,
Robert Rcss, James Brookes,
John Ginsrtin, Thomas Brookes,
Thomas hckeever, Clarke vought
Owen Cunningham, Oliver Browne,
- Charles Doughsrty, ,tssved) Luther Thompson,
A q. Osborne, william DeLxndsr,
william Proctor, NJ. NJ Culton,
Henry Reed, Thomas Wood,
En Hun ttaken out desaJ William Rogers,
p'afehal vougbt, William Proctor,
.Gsorse n. Davis. Richard Hersohsl,
Thomas Vanderbilt NJ. d. FORD,
Robert Hyrlop, J. Glider.
tRufus e. witipQ j. Thompson,
A Aldris0s Seneca Lake. James Fewers,
Wn Oo.eniop Richard Burt~histis,
.apd two or three names not sscertAinsd Mr.. Tsy-
sior vhs resides In Newark had not arrived at the
time Of the accident; Mr. Putnam, his partner is also
ss. not having reached the premises TIL after the n
plosicn.
Mesns Bvrr Coz
q. O. Jessup, foreman. Richard Esbert,
w. l.. Csnfeld, w. Boudoine,
James Hyatt, NJ. NcLaughin,
John Mills, w Barclay.
A II. Mnrtfndaie, Frank Hsrcsy,
James Flood, (boyl, Oughton
r. Mcfbillips, tboy), n. Lsnb-r,,
-Thomss Weed, (boy), g. Fipdau,
VI. W. Smith, w. Merritt,
8 H. Smith, - Typdsl, (boyl,
Joserh Hssnibs, y. Lynch,
John Rogers, Dutch trruchmsn,
Ed~in Hurd, Thomss Farrell
George hyde, w. Collins tboy),
P.t~r Hyde Collins, (boyj.
frsrk Hyc.r, w. Thompsos, ,boy),
John Lock~O0d, Peter Burns,
W. CaikE. John Ward,
J Dochstty. (boyl, W. CoiIios,
y Doctefty. tboy), Luke Colisrd,
a. Worrell ldol Dornipg.
X. Hannibal. (do) r. Grsbger,
l.. B whitney, Johs rhurston, (boy).
J. Husstis, (boy), and q boy, name unknown, with
others whose names the foreman csuld remember.
Scr many Of these, their ispds and relatives, Who
heard ef the accident. entertained the fears
Thoussnds upon Thousands collected around Tbs po-
lice I'm short time formed = Gordon srcund the build