New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04
ANOI HER TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

SIX PRRrOHs KILLED AND FIFTEEN INJURED
ApPEARANsE cF THE RUISs--SAags or TIE
DEAD AND INJURED. .f.,
A, 40 minutes p-,t O'Clock on Friday morning, one
of be bo hers of the factory ned by N,ssrs
An,es Molten g. Co. Vi East Brookiyo exp sded with
terrific force liling spd woun1iog dozen per-
aons-sve,sl Of whom were wsuiDg themselves In
the .npne-L u,e St The tn.-and wIeckDg almost The
eptire bniloipg. Tie ed,6ce was ne g, having b,en
occupied OIL, ABBOTT weeK, aud stood between San
foIo sDsst aid Notrs0d sveoue, n short di-,aooe
no,th.u Of Myrtle av-nne TIE main bu'ldios Was
Of bick go et opp BY q in Width aud three stories
lish. A wing, forming l., extended from THE IS
ie.t aor supiwd 'tree and theme sloDg the margin
Of the lot hall way back 10 No.trsnd avenue.
The remainder Of the premirts enclosed by
den fepce. Near the Of tho square the
epgI ebouse of three Stories with chimney 20 feet
bixb Tie lower floor Of the ain factory was oceac
pied principally with machinery, tho s-c1nd viii
sek, v bile the third ar used M fnish,og-roo n.
Tie contained the battery, where the has were
mace previous to fDiohing. About DO employees
were on the books. bat les than half that namser
present the Time, the otuere being absent a.
br, akfasi.
There were three boilers in the engine-house each
80 feet long by feet IN III ,meer aud c. naming two
fines of about Is rDches in diameter. Trey were en-
tir.Iy new bsviog been put up by Woodruff d B-ash
of Hartford Come cfeut, WAC s-nt their eng De-r,
NJ, Easlnap to SUI er mend ieir erection. AFR. K.
Lad POST tprDrd irou b"asas and, it said, found
the bo,rs with three gauges Of aier everything ee
wss in proper condition, when OLe OF them blew up.
So irem' the iorcc Of the ez plosion tha.
the b,i cut u tao, tue middle, the arse
poJtoo Of lie cyiIDdr pa-sDg ttroagb the f4c'Ors aGd
sghtirg a. dsfauc Of 100 from i.s rstpo
ion; The furnace fesrfuiy Ippet, aud remained
ore by. Tie boiler made a complete suuusrset.
and renaind on the gr nod. The tnir, spoeais no. -
have moved. The engine, Of courss, demolished,
and ab, ut half the large buiIdiug laid ia ruins.
An slhIm was instantly raised and several fire COM
p9nes rusbed TO toe Fpot. After considerable .chny
oDg The mmeDse pile Of ruins. Eve dead bodies
eztricsted while many Others mad been seor t. tae
Hospital, less oanRer,Dsly hurt. large fores
If police ntn from Brookly n Will aus ,urgh and New
YIk presebt to preserve order dur NJ toe whole
o. We t. day.
The ncire # tbe explosion heard mile distant,
the force tina. The HOUSES in the neghbor
hood shook f their foundations.
A general fire alarm ruOg, and the frensn asd
police promptly on the yronnt and co nmeoeed
tenJine away The Tnoosb. they suec-rded IN extr-
caiirg wi Who supposed 10 be Dnde' tn Toe
dead We're taken into the rz'Ug 6ep1rtmeu', add ut
n s.l had tesD reco, z,d .x p on-. The injured
were taken 10 heir Iesids Lcer, TO toe Hospital.
The following s let Of toe killed:
KILLEo.
JosypB McCEAeKEs, for. man. aged 35 years, lied
10 New-Yors He WAS blown against the board
fence, ana taken up oeuo. His body, aud those Of
hrte Others, remained for sone bours in sse work.
roCm which they had been conveyed, and presented
a horrible sppesrsnce. Their faces wee mdulatsd,
aod in one or t~o cases the bow els protruded in
frghtiu usDner.
.IoHs wEhSER, foreman Of the p'sns-shop, formerly
IF New-Ymk.
Mr. EASTMAN, engineer, who pm. mp the engines.
Fan lily n sides ID HartorJ, Conn. Mr.. Eastman was
most horribly mu1Iafed.
THEODORE HIGBrE, aged 20. Parents i've in Spsn-
er street. near MyrIe avenue.
Patrick McCossoLLi, a stSan-dt,er IL the employ
f j. y. Morse & Co, No. 76 Joon street, New-Yors.
Re was literally crushed 10 atoms.
These are all ascertaln d TO be dead.
The engine and boilers wee tnufictureI by Wood
off & Beach, Baritone, CONT snd had beenrs,
nder the supeIiht.ndehce OF Mr. Easlmsn, who was
n Their tn ploy.
Higbie had Just obtained work in the factory that
morning.
THE Injured.
JONI MULHoLLASD, very seriously injured; taken
o the Hospital
AARoE VOORHEES,, leg suputa'ed at the Hospiesl.
john GALLAGHER, fatally injured; taken 10 the
Hospital
john FARRELL, fatally wounded, and taken ID the
1ospirsl.
BRIDGET and ELIzABETH FOLEY, sisters, Of New
'ork; the former han Der jaw broken the latter wac
lightly injortd, sept home
Niles AAhDLis, limb fractured
ASS GARRLITY, sculded taken to the Hospital.
JAMES WORTHISGTos, scalced; taken 10 the Hos
iia
MARGARET CARDIGAS, injured internally.
HARRIET CosTiKLE, iojured In the back.
AUSTIN BURRlIT, formerly OF Roxoury, Conn.,,
lightly inbred
Mr. smALL, a carpenter, residing in Clssson yenae,
EST Gsres eev-rely mjared IN the back aud side.
DWIGHT CuLEMAS, foreman OF the fush9g .room,
Ii. billy injured Oh the
WM McCLosKEY, trimmings cutter badly jsmmed
bout the chest by II moving ~slI.
A haId IA "plank ROOM" Lit On the head by flying
r'cs, ,lIghuy Injured.
Our reporter visled the City Hospital Of Brooklyn m
be afternoon and tonnd patisn's ~ho had been
roUght in from tie scsn- OF the pOslon and pro-
u'ed ibe foil wing particul4r:
Mulbollaud and Farrell we've considered hopeless
as+s, huvn Z been seveIeIy br pis-d snd &C .lded
GALL 2her lay his bed -mnsC ele-s; bic shoulder
40 been dirlocated, AID Ls breast 50 macn bruised
5 to affect bis lungs. lie d,d not seen, yesterday
fleIDcon, hhely to live many boors.
The EXPLOSION.