The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-06
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK,
SIX PERSONS KILLED AND ABOUT FIFE.
TEEN INJURED.

Under the telegraphic head in our issue of Satur
DAY there was announced another horrible occur
renee IN New York, the explosion of steam bole,
In nat factory, which utterly demolished the
building and killed six persons and wounded 9
number of Others. We present below q full ac
count of this latest tragedy:
AT 4O minutes past o'clock on Friday morning
one OF the boilers of the new hat factory owned by
Messrs. Ames, Molten Co., of East BROOKLYN er
ploded with terrific force, killing and woupdinp
over dozen persons-several of whom were w arm
ing themselves in the engine house at the time
ana wrecHlng almost the entire building. The ed
nee was new, having been occupied ONLY about q
week, and stood between Sanford street and Nos,
trand avenue, short distance northwest of MYRTLE
avenue The main building was of brick, 200 feet
long by 70 IN width, and three stories high A
wing, forming an l., extended from this 75 foot
along Sanford street. and thence along the margin
OF the lot half way back to Nostrand avenue.
ihe remainder OF the premises was enclosed bv a
wooden ience Near the centre of the souarn was
the englne-house, OF three stories, with chimney
~ 1eet high. The lower floor of the main factory
was occupied principally with machinery, the second
with stock, while the third was used as a FINISHING
room. The l. contained the battery, where the
mats were made previous to finishing About 200
employees were on the books, but less than half
that number were present at the time the othnrs
being absent at breakfast.
There were three boilers in the engine house.
each 32 feet long, by feet in diameter and cnn'
tanning two tiues Of about fifteen inches in diane
Yer. ~ lhey were entirely new, having been put up
oy woodruff Beach, of Hartford Connecticut.
VINO sent their engineer, Mr.. Eastman to superin-
tend their erection. Mr. E. had lust returned from
breakfast and, it is said, found the boilers with
three gnages OF waters everything else was in prop
er condition, when one of them blew up
so tremendous the force of the exnIosion
that the boiler was cut in two, across the middle
the large portion of its cylinder passing through
the factory, and aighting at a distance Of over 100
- rnu ItG first ,,aff. Al. r. =
ly ripped, and remained close by. The next boiler
maze complete summerset, and remained on the
GROUND. Inc third appears not to have moved
me engine, OF course, demolished, and about
hall the large building laid in ruins
An alarm was instantly raised, and several fro
companies rushed to the spot. After considerable
searching among the immense pile of ruins five
dead bodies were extricated, while many Others
had oeen sent to the hospital, more less danger
ously hurt. A large force of policemen from
brooklyn, Wiamsburgh and New York. were
terday. VI '''
The noise of the explosion was heard a mile dis
tan, and such was the force that the houSes in th
neighborhood shook to their foundations.
A general fire alarm was rung, and the freman
ana ponce were promptly on the ground and com
menced tearing away the rubbish. They succeed
ed in eXtricating all who were supnosed' to bo mn
derneath. The dead were taken into the SIZING de-
Partment, and at noon all had been recognized ex
cept one. The injured were taken to their resi-
dences or to the Hospital.
The following is list of the killed.
KILLED.
Joseph McCracken foreman. aped 35 vaars Iivod
IN New ork. He was blown against the hoard
lence, and taken up dead. His body, and those nf
three Others, remained for some hours in the work
room, to which they had been conveyed, and pre-
sented horrible appearance. Their faces were
mutilated and in one or two cases the bowels nro-
truded in a frightful manner.
John Werner, foreman of the plane shop. former-
ly Of New York.
Mr.. Eastman, engineer, who put up the enpinas
Family resided in Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Eastman
was most horribly mutiated
Theodore Hlgbie, aged 20. Parents live in Snen-
GER street, near Myrtle avenue.
Patrlck McConnoy, steam filter in the employ
u j.. U. Morse Co., No. 7G John street, New
ork. He was literally crushed to atoms
These are all ascertained to be dead
THE INJURED.
John Muholland, very seriously injured; taken
o the hospital !
Aaron Voorhies, leg amputated at the bosn;toI
John Gallagher, fatally injured; taken to the |
ospta
John Farrall, fatally wounded, and taken to the |
ospital ~ VIZ
Bridget and Elizabeth Foley, sisters, of New
ork, the former had her jaw broken, the latter
'as slightly injured; sent home
Miss Handin, limb fractured
Ann Garretty, scalded taken to tho hospital,
James Worthington, scalded; taken to the hos.
ital.
Margaret Cardigan, injured internally
Harriet Costke, injured in the back
Austin Burritt formerly Of Roxbury, Connecti-
utt, slightly injured
Mr. Small, carpenter residing in CIssson oronro
ear Gates, severely injured in the back and side
Dwight Coleman, foreman of the finishing room
lightly injured on the arm
VIM. McCloskey, trimmings cutter, badly iammed
bout the chest by q moving wall
hand in ''plank- room" hit on the head bv q
wing brick, slightly injured
Our reporter visited the City Hospital of Brook
N in the afternoon, and found six patients who
ad oeen brought IN from the scene of the explo-
on, and procured the following particulars:
Mulholland and Farrell were considered hona
IS cases. having been severely bruised and
aided
Gallagher lay on his bed almost lireless; his
louder had been dislocated, and his breast so
uch bruised as to affect his lungs He did not
em, yesterday afternoon, likely to live MANY
ours.
CORoNER's INQUEST
The dead, with the exception of Hipbie were | !
nged in a row in the "Plank House" Where Cor.
Ter Horton summoned the following gentlemen to J
t as jury Henry Jackson, John H. Martin, j ;
Darcy, Ira Bowers, Thos E. Wood James Will
H. Shines, Jonathan Faulkner
The jury were sworn in, and viewed the bodies {
len the coroner adjourned the inquest until Mon
y at II O'Clock at noon. During the day Mr.. C
ort2n was busy summoning witnesses, and the de-
- "'e anal mll' IL Is nopeu, Oe thoroughly in n
stgated, so that the blame may he attached to q q
ose who are responsible for what has happened !,
INCIDENTS.
The exact time the explosion occurred was ascer-
med by the watches of Mr.. Eastman and Mr.
'Cracken The hands of both pointed to O'Clock il
d 40 minutes. The crystals were broken and d
,es battered Mr. McCracken had his life insured b
$4,000 and Mr.. Eastman for 81, 900.
About ZOO persons were employed in the build r.
:, OF which from so to IS were females 1t being q
me time before the hour to commence work. but u
v, comparatively, were there when the catastro
e occurred. Five girls only had entered. and
rhaps thirty men and boys. Had the explosion n
Ken place one hour later, the loss of life would +
We been frightful. Dozens were approaching I
: building from different directions. and somse
t entering.
The young man, Theodore Higbie, (killed) had an
ed for work some days before, and had been told .
come yesterday morning. According tn the en-
cement, he reported himself, and sat down before
boiler to warm his feet. He was launched into "
rnlty moment afterward The BODY was g
1lsed into an indistinguishable mass; and his II
her was aoe to recognize him only by defect
one of his feet. q,
\ man named James Wilson had been in the n
ller room, where he saw Higbie, Eastman, and IL
Cracken. Having occasion to leave the room
an instant, he walked toward the fence, about
entytve feet distant, when he was startled by 10
explosion, and while he saw the building fall. II
i portions of the rubbish thrown several hun u
I'd feet in the air, he himself escaped uniniured
portion OF the boiler was impelled distance of p
feet, and alighted upon shed, breaking in the fir
# by its force.
shortly after noon the proprietors of the estab- -
lment employed men to clear out the rubbish | -
paratory to re-erecting the buildings There II
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