The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-03
Terrible Boiler Explosion I'm New
York-Four Houses Destroyed, and
Several Persons Buried under the
Ruina

The brief telegraphc dispatch yesterday, notice.
the explosion Of boiler In the Steam Plaster Mill
OF kinly Brothers, In West street, New York. Th'
| Herald OF Thursday morning, has the following &C
count of the accident:
The factory buildings were a. feet on West street
/ by Oh feet deep, and three stories high There
were eight or ten in the factory at this time
Inc boiler was in the cellar. about the middle oi
tue Dusding, ON the north side Two three story
brlck tenement houses, Nos. 5l1 and 512 West
stgeet, were also destroyed The explosion was in
stantateous and without warning, burying in the
RUNS sofie thirty persons. The confusion and up
roar which ensued, beyond description and
Tor q short time those in the vicinity were appa-
rently psraiyzed The Ninth precinct policemen
ana the nremen were promptly on the ground, and
soon at work extricating those in the ruins. The
police were very efficient in keeping back the CT
and the remeD indeiatg .ble in their endeavors TO
Rescue the unfortunate creatures whose cries and
q oans as they lay buried in the ruins heart
rending.
Adjoining the mills at the north aide were two
tenement houses, occupied by Irish and Germans.
consisting in all of some two hundred persons
These houses also tell beneath the terrible explosion
and 1t Is supposed that several Of the inmates Al
pur'ed IN the ruins. The shock caused by it was
ieit for considerable distance. throwing the pao-
pie In the vicinity and all within its reach into the
utmost alarm and confusion. Various opinions
are expressed regarding the cause of it, Some at
tribute II TO the earlessness of the engineer while
ohutis oa} tue uOlttF was kDtafIN uUnt Tor
At the time we left there could not be less than
ten thousand people looking at the ruins ssme of
whom were aiding the dremen in rescaing the suf-
terers from the awful fate that otherwise awaited
them The police were also efficient. They had
ropes all around the ruins and kept the crowd at
bay, thereby giving those working among the ruins
a better opportunity of being of service to those
buried beneath. The engineer was at one time
almost rescued--he talked with the firemsn, and
they had reached him so to touch his ieg-when
of a sudden another pile of the materials fell and
buried the poor fellow still further down. We
subsequently, waited a considerable time and up to
the time of leaving they had not found him.
Until the ruins are cleared. it will be difficult to
ind out how many are lost. Some persons are un-
der the impression that there must be good num-
Der OF those who lived in the tenement houses -
The friends of the different persons were parading
the ruins. raising melancholy cry for their hus-
bands fathers, and mothers On the whole il was
sad and distressing scene to witness. The differ
ent houses in the ueighborhood which escaped uI-
injured were open to the wounded
The following is list of some of the missing and
wounded:
Richard Alfreds, German. who kept store at
the corner of Jane and IIoratio streets, had his
mouse thrown down upon him his ribs were badly
fractured and otherwise injured but his doctor
could not say, for want of proper place. what
other injuries he might have suffered He was
taken to his brothers. residence, at the corler of
Charlton and Narick streets. He was not married.
Alfreds' bar tender is supposed to be in the ruins
Margaret Farrell married woman the mother of
family living in the adjoining tenement house,
hau her arm and shoulder broken; she lay PROSTATE
on the floor, and was an object of much pity. Her
mother and sister are still supposed to be under
the ruins. Her doctor could not state the amount
oi her Injuries for want of opportunity to ex-
| anime We heard she was to be conveyed to the
| hospital. A man who worked in the coal ward in
the rear had his leg shattered by the falling of the
fence upon him. He was also supposed to be 9th
erWise injured. Willie Waterson, the engineer.
was married He ID still in the ruins. Mrs. Dug
gan, Margaret Farrels mother is also supposed 10
be IN the ruins. So is her sister. Kate Duggan and
| Two Children named Mcdonald, who are missing
| man named James Minnan who worked there is
also among the missing. He was married and had
atamlly. Patrick Mars Of 33 Troy street. married
was also injured.