The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-10-17
TERRIBLE DISASTER
Explosion Of Zaxx's Mills as Fitss-
Nurgh.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. IL ~ S.43 A NJ.
a terrible explosion occurred al Z igs &
Co.'S mill, corner of Thirteenth aud ELna
streets. which was attended with great
loss of life. The boilers in the nail mill
exploded and that mill and more than
half of the rolling mill demolished. A
large number OF employees were at work,
and it is Impossible to tell how many
are buried in the ruins, and great excite
ment prevails. The fre has not been
ex,inguished. Ten dead bodies have
been taken from the ruins At the time
there were employed in the mailing de.
partment 150 men and boys. The ex
plosion literally tore the building to
pieces. The roof was raised,and in fall
ing it fortunately rested on the nail ma
chimes, enabling most of the workmea
to crawl out and escape before the fires
from the furnaces caught the mass Of the
wreck Owing to the excitement and
confusion it is impossible to give an ex-
act list Of the killed and wounded. The
following is as near as can be obtained: :
Killed-fhomas Murphy, fireman; !;
Andrew Sullivan, fireman Frank Cupps,
Peter Hendricks, John and james An
derson, feeders; two brothers named
Nc cCaffertv, and an unknown man whose
head was blown off ga s.43a
Wounded-One Rei.zell, arm broken /:
NJ. Eberhart, badly scalded; Barney
Kelly, head and arm injured; Marcellus
Snyder, (bov, head crushed, serions
John Snyder, leg and back injured, Ei
mer McGool, badly, cut about the head ;
James Boyd,arms fractured; Otto Crook,
ribs fractured !, Fred Fisher, John Brosy,
John Martin and William Kupps, seri
ously cut about the head Simon Boland,
arms and legs broken; Thomas Donelly,
badly cut about the head and body ;
Wenlell Ubbelhart. head and body; F
/ Mackey, John Smith and Michael Sulli
van, both legs fractured; Frank Mccall
farty fatally injured; Kendrick eyes
blown out.
| The scene on the outside 10 the vicin.
lity of the works for considerable dis
|tance, were OF the widest and mos,
heart,rending character. The news. oi
the explosion spread like wiidfre through
| The city, and in short time the people
began 10 gather from all parts. Men
women and children who had relative,
and friends in the establishment rusheo
fran,icslly forward, and scene of thu
wildcs, confusion followed. The police
with ropes extended across the streets
kept the surging crowd from interfering
with the successful work of the firemeI
and their apparatus. The chief OF po
lice with large body of patrolmen
} were kept busy in keeping back tn
lcrowd and assisting in carrying out th'
wounded and dead from under the de
brs The office Of the works, on III
corner OF E.na 81 rect, opposite the mil
where the explosion occurred, was con
siderably used up. The building wa
Iimprovised into a temporary hospital
Z where the dead and wounded we're car
ried A large number of surgeons wer
promptly on the ground. The cause
which led to this irightful calamity ar
vet enveloped in mystery. The boiler
we're in charge Of careful engineer, ant
had been duly inspected before the work
e resumed operations, some five week
!, ago Frank Mangus. Andrew Mangu'
!. Andrew Mangus and Lewis Shrank hav
died from their wounds, and Pat Griff1I
John Higgins. James Kline, Frank Nj
II Caferty and Harris Loper will ptobabl
:. die