Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-04


iooK sIoKi bAleA bLoCA LAID ILAI.-
NUMBER OF fEksONs KILLED AND MANI
oIhAks N'uKAD-
y most terrific ard fatal explosion cceur-
red in Boston on Wednesday evening, by
,.L;,h ,t.ai- I;ro,
anu nlahs HoIc "'lc ser'OlsN iJ1iou'
The scene OF the disaster was the i0ur-stOry
brick blork an ,hs eouthwcs, earnar of
-,
washing Ton aiu Ia al &c S'i1e's' upieu
principally by j. ID. Dow's drug store.
The disaster occurred at G:lO o'clock, Iust
,,b.r tho s,rc.,. ,rcr, cr,,vjcd with peonIe
-,
hastehins nome 70 supper lLe HrS' iutllha-
tlOn OF the explosion was deep rumollng
sound and similar to the report Of an Garth
quake. almost simultaneously the walls of
,ho h,1S;,., h,-.. ortrsrI i, everv
J;ra,,;',a ,nd l.. .iIir., =, ,r. Tres. r,resertsd
q 80 nf Xro.,, eeIdnr hef,re aitncs.ed
- -, ID, ~. ,.l,er b,;Ir'
-, hloun NJ, nv ,,unnnu4,r tlr,nr the
-, - Fra T,c ,1r,i. o'f the ,,uI..i15 was
ssi,n,s, h,t,,-I lcs,.~;,,,i., erd The N,oring
anJ otber infi,r,rabis n,teri.ls which af
1nce can,bt fire made sncb am undertak-
in, fo- ,i5e fre,ne-, os thev are ..ldnm call
oJ nno,, IN Tee while The f,.t tbat nnm-
ta-s ~ b',,na, beirg wcre knovn to he
bnrisd m the rnins created The widest
-, ,b1,,.sra. -. ina, >, ~. ,,int from
evrrv direction. A larre force Of police
Lon, ,l.e crn,,d bar- hnyrv,r n,nr baen
ali',,v,d nearer than Lloek An alarm
No. -, nc .1,rteJ and The fire denart-
rnont was promDtlv on the ground. and
,xen, bcroiiatlv r. work to .nb7ne tho ,iames
and rescno th,t dead bodio. ard imperilled
I've fr,m the ruins
Inst bo,S many were in the buildiur at
tho ,i,,e ~ rho .xni,si,n J. n.t yrt knoxn
bn. rhere mp.t have been ~ or more. The
sec,r,a A ,o'r va. oc,.nuiel bv :. : Frazier
,,o-cha,- ,siIor wb1 vim a workman
No -, mn, .i;,bflv ini,,rei The next
-, - y.s. nrc-,ni,i bv Mr. Tizzie
Fr,i,,r orJ Ii.tio d.rubte- The latter
d;e1 -, .rrcr hoo, fst.r ont Mrs
Fra,,sr reco;ved etva~e ir-in-,es but NOT
neres<arilv fatal. The rrxi room was oe
cnnied Inv a gentleman q, a ludriDr room.
yrto w.. oit ~ the ti,ne of the exolosion
srn,ber -o,,, wa cc.unicj h, lanes NJ.
E-srIey .rant t,r rb.. Rfbi. nuhlishing
co,ananv iii. dad b.jy was recovered
a,,,a,,,, ibo rms Tho thir1 h,or was oc-
cHnie5 bv DR. Ricbarjs,n cIrn doctor who
- rD, ac.an,,cd NV Anotbsr r,om was
a.r,I,.;'d ~, N4ssr'e Tiiiic c-airvovant
80 her husband L,-b al whom We .,ved
b-I L-n,be- ~ tfc tp-h,n5 j. my VET ac-
c'1,,,.tcJ inv The f.nrth Il ,0rw wss oc.eupied
by a widow latv. Who had a number OF
~, ',iris a. .,,l.'.rs r1re of vb,,. were
accif,,i1fr5 f,r raf H., .,..,,.ots s,ve the
80 t11;e Cr,,',,.op MI, WIS taken
o'rt aca1
- ,tc ,l.ro G.,eo, ,fLer ue-snns
-, -, ,b, r,,;,- ,,,.r cr L. in
-, - ~ ,b..n t4,1llv Ofser h dies
.t.,,-,,t.,, n, ~, tho --,,.s
,s+=..i-J a-fir,,a., nj ,5e l,..as has vet
-, -, ban, ttc,v,Il 49, s,li rpqb he
- Sro0 ooo ,,-ir1i,, Sto eaO an the
i,,i5,r-, ,-,,lr Tts sFi,f1fn,- bnildinqs
- ~ sete, s,5 ,9rci, fa,nayed bv
- ,rt;,h ,.i1,,i,. besrJ in
.II - ,bo c;,,, a, ~ NIL bevond
a., o.. ~ ,;r,;,S u, I,c f ,vnlosion
-. ~. -. Sotin;,@lv tnorn 'rl.e rr,nni Aoor
~ = 49, .,c.-,,ieJ bv I ID DIV anotbecarv
W W. - t,,..,,-.r ,.e =, ,s,e- vbo had
- ,hs - c,,7rl.-,, "a Vol ,oanaged