The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-03
NUWS By TEL LEGRA PHI.
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TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT HARTFORD.
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Large Car Factory Demolished.
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND FIFTY
OTHERS INJURED.
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IMPORTANT CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Nebraska Bill in the Senate.
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UNPRECEDENVKD Excl CEMENT.
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BITTER CONTROVERSY ELIMINATION AND
REORGANIZATION.
AMENDMENTS OF SENA OR CHASE REJECTED.
ENoROSSMENT OF THE BILL.
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Debate on the Free Farm Bill in the HOu,c,
Ec., DO, &c
Dcbate on the Free Farm Bill in the Houle

Awfsl Catastrophe at Hartford.
bTyAM B0lLsR BxrLO-I0S - sIxrsSN PERSONS
KlLHD-A LARGE NUMBER BADLY INJURED, ErC.
HARTFORD March 2, 1854
At about two O'Clock thts afternoon, the new steam
Aodlsg In ksssrs Falss Gray's factory exploded
dssnoyipg the b.soksuiths shop and engine room and
bstiy shattsripg the main building.
Over three hundred persons employed in the fac.
ey hundred OF whom in that part the build
sng. wWs Injured.
Ths explosion was most terac -brsakig the timSsrs
- the bui,dss powerful machinsry, and everything
ahout the premises in pieces ast prosrang the wallis Of
aAs building for hundred feet In length. All the glass
n the main building broken and the roof and walls
sn n huge the oikmsn employed, burying
them beneath the ruins. -
Immediate efforts were mads by the operatives who
Wsrs jured aided By the dremen (who were ,staat
ly called out) and the citizens who crow ied ia large
eanbsss 10 the spot to those beneath ruins
The Mayor supsntendsd the exricAtion Of the bodies
end tAe ruins removed With eli possible dsspSt,h
Nine psrssps we're killed instknty and more died
-phortly after Many others we're IDLY injured.
Ths following are the names Of
TN KILLED.
John MoCuen, engineer. Root. Nountain bla sksmith.
Daniel 8 Camp carpenter Lswir Flowers do
'eAmuel b OAup, oarmAksr Richard Mountatn, do.
James Pusceu, blacksmith. Edward Calghlia cAxnaker.
Andrew Crane, do. Paip.as snith do
4ia.se An.n DO, 1isA.sI H.r.nsst, helper.
John Cfsedeu do David B. Walker.
FATALLY Nyusu
tAn1ek Burke. william Leon
BADLY nJulD
aamusl B. Parsons. Patrick MeLsarsy.
Edward Collins. Mr. Suith.
ni.gs Chapman, both lsgs sr. hn
broAsa George Perkins.
John .ssssy, helper. William Martin.
Ods Long William Sinner
Ar. 81 anusr wss converting on business with Mr. Camp
one ths voskmsn, whom the explosion took plses Mr.
Oamp killed and Ar. Skinner had his arm broken In
ewo places, and his head badly cut.
Ths immediate cause Of the explosion may never bs
-enoWn. rhs boiler one, Of any horse power
bu Of the best materials and with the greatest care
has bssn that ths water was suffered to get
10 lov.
fbs ssens wss . most hearsrsndng one. The intslu,
soee scattered through The oty and wives and
sAesa came rushing to the spot TO Inquire altar the
NJ q tAeL hubands and parents -6uoh was sx-
s.ansas prodaesd By me accident that the school In
0Dath dtzict(in which many of the worknsn dws had
. - dmisd as the scholars could not bs controlled
M Victims st the factory horribly muHla,sd and
IN some Instances the bodies could scarcely - Isoog
aiRd.
fhs sasinesr's arm was found at some distance from
III body
ms ssmsnts were al skauled BY ave O'Clock, and
Nn ths bodies were extrioxtee. Many who we're but
sghty Injured went away early to their homes and
~ insudsd In the shove aesosnt whilst others
Aha away By their friends that has bsen imposed
bls, Jet to aseshsia the precise number who were
wounded There u good reason, however, 10 suppose
nat the number exceeds H'ty.
ooronse's jayy WAS summoned shorty after the dis
Asss occurred, oonsstin8 Of Assms. James Goodwin,
Joaathan Goodwin A. g. BAck.ish, Chester Adams Chss.
L. Beach John 4. Tracy, Most, 4 N. Clark, d.. g.
q Browne, J. b. Holcomb, Allyn Shllman, and Mason
Gross who proceeded to examinahsn OF the bodies
n whieh duty hey were engaged until night, when they
aoassd 10 meet ct 10 O'Clock to morrow oss Of
AsanA FAlss Gray, when they will proceed to inquire
into The saass Of the explosion.
y estimated that the loss to the bulding and
sAssy win Be from twsaty to thirty thousand dollars
bedss the loss Of business while the bulalng ID being
repaired.
NesRs. FAlss Gray win commence TO repair their
ansfAsty and put everything in ORDER without loss Of