The New York herald., 1876-10-13
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

AN XxrLosIoN IN NAIL MILL YTLLxD WITH
BUSY LADoRERs-TIrrxzN KILLEp-sCoRxs
OF MEN AND BOYS WOUNDED MANY FATALLY.
PIrrsBuRo, Pa, Oct II, 1875
most terrible accident occurred hero this morning.
caused BY the explosion OF battery Of boilers in the
nail factory adjoining tho rolling mill OF zug Co., a.
the of Thirteenth and Etna streets The disas
ter OF to-day only exceeded In ghastiy features
and the misery entacd by tho like horror At the
ernment arsenal in the Nineteenth ward In the year 1862
when somo scventytwo persons pershed threoiourths
OF them being grs The loss offc by the accident this
morning can only be estimated now ~ many OF those
injured will hardly survive the night Thus far nfteen
persons dead and quito number yst suffering
tho agonies attending fatal injuries, while Of
others escaped with broken limbs gasnsd heads and
faces
The building covering the battery Of rotten boilers
story frame structure, wherein At least $50
and boys engaged preparing iron and cutting
up this material into nails. This long, low building
nlled from end to the other with rapid run
ming nail cutters, and the concern working up to
It's fullest capacity to An back orders
About S:46 A. NJ there was a terrific shook which
felt in many places throughout the city. In the
immediate vicinity OF tne mills IL rescmblcd earth
quake and people lifted from their feet Accom-
panying the shock was black cloud OF broken
timbers, pieces OF iron, great Jumps OF coal, and
volumes OF Jet black smoke. which ascended
upward Of 200 feet into tho Thus, in instant
the extensive nail factory was reduced TO perfect
wreck The work Of devastation was most thoroughly
complete and to add the horror Of the scene tho
displaced tmbers and boams, dry tinder took fire
from the furnaces while tho filed with shouts
and groans OF the poor wretches who lay buried be-
meath the debris.
as possible an alarm OF IRE was struck The depart
ment responded, aud the incpient condagraton
soon stopped Meanwhile the news Of the terrible
oughares leading TO the scene were jammed by
people anxious to learn the details Of The loss Of life
and limb. Among those
MOST EXCITED AND yRxszrD
women whose husbands, sons and brothers wero
employed at tho works Those who could exlricate
crawling out from underneath the splintered
!lmbers. some with faces dyed horribly red
the head; others stripped almost naked, and
with and bodies black with SCOT and dust; still
dragging mashed ana broken legs 10 whore was
daylight and safety. 1t was terrible moment Hun-
drcds OF willing hands gathered In short tme and
removed the poor helpless beings that could DO
to the storcroom OF the mill on the opposite side Of the
street. Here victims. blackdncd beyond recognition
lay and through all the dirt and CRIME there could be
seen the unmstakabe palor OF
APPROACHING DISSOLUTION
To make the still more horrible ircsh victims
were being carried in at intervals, while those whose
wounds had been dressed were taken 10 their homes
and TO tho West Pennsylvania Hospital This opera
oficc, and men who were carrying the Mters
found 1t almost impossible 10 force their
@ sns. lneo soosI d. 'n Sidewalk. rrsused Women up
fought their way through the crowd TO the oce steps,
and with screams ana crics demanded 70 bo admitted
TO ascertain If thcr trends among tho wounded
inside. number oil women tainted, and tho wifc OF
man, who had learned OF her husbands death,
maae desperate effort 70 commit suicide BY en-
deavoring to throw hcrse,i beneath pair Of
passing timber wheels Another woman man.
entrance TO the once sho was nearly dementsd and
was looking for her little son, boy OF about twelve
years Of age named Louis strang he had boen n the
Office after assuring herself Of this TACT tho mother
rushed out like u mad woman to search elsewhere.
came slowly through the crowd bearing tho body Of
boy They brought tho Office II was the woman's
son, horribly mutiIated and dead.
OF rHE vIcrIMA
The following is list OF the dead up I'LL this even
ing
KILLED
Thomas Murphy, fireman, married, leaves wife and
four children
Frank cupps, head blown on, married.
Pctor kcnrck, foeder, aged sixteen.
Andrew Sullivan married, and had four children
John Higgins, wife and six children.
Frank Klinc. packer wife and Two children
Harris Lopcr, WHO and four children.
Frank AcCancry, single.
James Graham. unmarried.
Louis Strang, unmarried
John Callahan, laborer.
John Mankcy, aged nfteon.
Frank Mangus, boss roller OF the mill
Andrew Asngus, aged fifteen, his son.
John Anderson, heater. married
FATALLY sEAloCsLY NJURBn
John Creegan
James Caldwell
Samuel Dolly scaldcd.
James Boyd, both arms broken and hurt Internally
John snyder, legs and back severely injured
Alto Crook, RIBS fractured.
Edwin Powell. seriously hurt
Michael Sullivan, both logs fractured
Unknown man. seriously hurt
James Kline seriously hurt
Unknown man, seriously hurt
Unknown man, seriously hurt
Archy Campbell seriously hurt.
Conrad Sells, seriously hurt
Nike Tcxter, seriously hurt
James Kendrck seriously hurt
Henry Ritzell, seriously hurt
Waily Ebcrhart, seriously hurt
Frank Niles, seriously hurt
Morris Snyder, seriously hurt
This list includes those whose recovery 10 hardly
probable Besides these alargc number sustained vory
severe injuries, but their not critical
The cause Of tho explosion given out as mystery
bat thcre hardly any question but that the boilers
rotten as they had becn used quite . number Of
years
Engineer Burke was seriously injured After the e.
plosion he was found with
HIS the rnRorrLx
alive, but unconscious.
The loss OF lifc would have been far greater had
not tho explosion occurred when o number Of the
were buried In almost every direction large portion
OF the boiler weighing fully 300 pounds, was thrown
into the Allegheny river, about 400 feet from the mill
Another portion weighing probably about 200 pounds
was thrown to tho corner Of Thirtecnth and reun
etreetA
SENATOR CONKLING.
HIS INABILITY TO TAKE THE srUMP-oREAr
REGRET AMONG THE REPUBLICAN LRApxRa.