New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-04
TIE EXPLOSION IN WORCESTER.
Corr,p.serce Of The Bcstcp Jour...

Corr'rc.seroe Of The Bo.scp Jour,l
WoRCrsrER, "a. I. 1859.
At sb'u' } o'clock this afernooa oar cry vac
startled b, = :rer eudous pt-o- which vas fpisi
20 p,,c.. 4 from TIE engine hoa-~ OF No. Ho- Co.'S,
ps5v. su-fsd os Plrs.,n, street. Tee bniri.o, we
Il hiirk two slo'irs high, sod Is Completely ieni.
i-itd- not fcoRda'sn st3n. or brix remrio,cg 90
tire sTar ~As. The roof wss bosn on snd a. Sln.t
III. sice of lsrc~ brick schoo. 5r~- soi spp-
ts,e intsffscnt thu bricks ,"'rrd il .v.ry
Director. 4 more complete wreck c"tlf not Gel ~
N sci. ed. The b-sD'iol cottage ~ Jsin B"yi"a,
81 oh tt nopu.iie -,dr ct plsssp' street nusa
d-nseed. Every ~indow the -iie ter. 20 Pc ,s,nt
sire, eptiI, ds ueye' SSH aud all Toe car
cts were covered with glss,. uor ar and nas1rniA
4 msl be rnsnte was hiosa fowo and oosss-o's de-
s,roy.d though splendid nirror escaped ioSiiy.
sou of Mr.. Boyd, aLj yhut < ffi.,d sat b. ~ia.
do< std we're City cut With broken 2lsss, bat not
seriously injured. o. tho west Of the engine hou's
vac q donhle cwe,hog bouse, excepted by NJ D"o.
Iis dnc Mr. UeS'. c"nTaci"r on the b"''es snd
WCr ester Relic DAD The windows II this house we're
also destroyed ,be sale noN to tue .os'as noos.
and the plsstcr.ng forced. III. Ne. Hstlts family
were abs IT. with the except on of tw- tlc ,hhtra
srd \ servant pi'l, al OF VIII m escaped Sita tew
sTratchs--teirg VItunae's n.t At that uoonso' be-
tween the windows. or Trey must have inevitably
been ser'or sly iored or KILLED cutIish'. The school
b. use 90 the esst ~bs much damaged, tue wuios be-
Ig destroyed srj The pss'erir losoo. Moa fpts-
nst.y the schools in sion, i being S,tar
day sits rrsop, the Consequences might have b,eN
C,plmsb'e. Many houses IN the ncighborhood serc
nor, or less d,msged. The coocnssion yer, gooat
ard felt At greet cistanCsa.
This disaster undoubtedly canacd by lcaksge
of gas ss there no traces Of powder 20 be senn.
IN What manner the sss exploited ia M, soo 20;
but Mr.. Royden ana Others 10 ths neghb 'rhooi dis.
covered their cellars tn be- tiled WITH gas lat eseoing
and upop seudicg u The G-s Compsny they tolsit
tn enter through tie drain that enters into tho public
sewer. Whether TIE leakage was in the cellar Ut the
ergue.hous and thence through the jra'os toto tho
oil IT cellJs, whether It ell care ffom the sss~
into that a. well as the otrors, is not know; bet
there is DO doubt bat that ths is toe troe explanation
of ID. explosion. IL ia not known whether there
had been lire the building during the day or so.,
hut a. people were 'eeo going ont aud in duriog 'ho
II unin I i. probable Gre ssS br Diog N the stove.
IT. p is barely possible. aty unfortunate iodivdu j
WA in Il bu,lng, he or ttey ase IN Ger tie ruins
tburgb 20 one il missing, sni ia hoped DO one VAS
in ne bu ding II the tune. The lo's is not fu fr'a
81 OC0 including - 0C0on enets and - 500 to ~ -
op bu org. Tb proputy belong. to he city, aud is
treeumei nat to be- III surei IL odeed policy ~old
cover such dissste' which question ~iN BE- set hid
in the case Of Mr.. Boyoen, who was insared at tAs
W,rcesteI County Nu'ual.