The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-06
The DestwuotAon Of the Progress Glass Fac
t0ry-Loes OF Life.

From the Philadelphia Ledger, April A.
large glass factory OF Taylor and Kossah stree
in the town of Progress n. j. was blown down by the
killed seven persons ana seriously ured thirteen otasr
The factory belongs to Mr. julius Keller and ia
iaton only eight weeks II rs feet long az feet
wide 80 feet high and constructed of eighteen inc
walls At the time Of the accident IL stated there
were upwards Of twenty persons at work and abou.
tbs sudsg all Of whom were buried beneath the ruins
until exricatet by the citizens of Progress Tho loss
supposed to DO S20,0ee, OF which amount Mr. Samuel
Bechtoid the protector Of Progress sustans 500
The aided wsrs-Bishop r. Palmer, aged thir.
teen years. Aoa Of Alderman Palmer, 81 the Twsa-
tleth ward Julius Geniiia, john Garslen, Isaac
Hoas@aa, joan Sloan and Joseph Causey Inquests
were held on the bodies Of the deceased by Justics
fe1nmore Of Progress, after which the friends took
charge OF them and all but two-thoss of julius Gsaia
OF the booies taken to New York one TO yncent
town, two Brought to this city-one the remains Of
young Palmer and the other John Kiln who is to DO
buried IN this Odd Fellows Cemetery TO. day.
oooa after the accident, Drs W and J. w. Bryan and
Tregannoun, of Beverly; Drs. Chalice Thornton and
Stokes, of Morristown and Dr. Parkinson OF Bridgsbo
rough arrived ana with the residents Of Progress did
everything in their power to relieve the sufferers ana
make them = comfortable as possible Among the in
fortunate deceasel. He seriously injured about the
body and badly hurt internally Mr.. Kreiner, son Of
Henry Krener formerly of the late district OF kensing
ton, also badly injured. He conveyed home to
Delanco. The names Of the other wounded persons
have not learned.
During the time the bodies we're being taken from the
ruins house occupied by two Of the buried took
fire The flames were extnguished, no wever. with but
little damage.
The stesple Of the Lutheran church in Cumberland
blown down. and the roof broken in by the fall The
damage $500. Mr. Joseph Jewett's barn was dana
eed-the roof blown of. The we'll house Of Rev. Mr..
Van Dyck was demolished.
In Cohoes several buildings were unroofed, among
them the and extensive factory lately erected The
south gable end Of Granite Hail. also fell destroying
several wagons There fears at time yesterday
that the tin root Of the Second street church
in Troy would be torn off by the wind, and the
were engaged making it more secure.
In Schenectady the aide OF house the green
blown in, and a child severely injured.
The roof of the old Mohawk Bridge was blown oil in
number OF places -fE.T
At Johnstowa tho balustrades Of Johnson's Hotel,
chimneys, agnboards, and all kinds Of ''comeatabs
The bridge at Fultonvilo was dsrobed Of about
$50 feet Of its roof. A
THE GALE ON THE LAKES.
The Oswego PdltGd$uM Of the I'd INST says the gale
commenced on Sunday morning: Friday and Saturday
cleared from here for Canadian ports Among then
was the syph, Capt Budd, for Port Credit She, with
severs others met the gale and returned In attempt
ing to mako the harbos about O'clock Sunday after
nooa the went ashore, her mainmast snapped
in TIVE py the relng in the SURF and striking her
mast against the ice on the pier. Fer time her
crew in perous situation, but she got fast
in the ice and her got of and after pounding
raj hours she became badly broken up She sank, and
will probably be . total loss.
The john Potter, Capt. Stafford, went ashore in the
ice, about three miles above here Sunday night,
about 10 o'clock After leaving here she met the gale,
and put for South Bay where she hove anchor and the
chain snapped. She again got under way and came to
anchor at Timber Island Here the fukes OF the anchor
broke and she got under way again She then lost her
foreaa became manageable from the Joe in hsr
rigging, and went ashore above.
The schooRer Wes3ern also met the gale and put bacs
TO this port The Maple Leaf put into Geuesee aud
safe Tho Buena Vista has not been heard FROM.