The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-13
Explosion Of zugg's Mills at
Pittsburgh.
A Scene Of the Widest Con-
fusion and Most Heart
rending Character.
Reports from the Dead and
Dying.
Cause of the Calamity In
volved in Mystery.

PITTSBURGH, October 12.-At $40 A.
NJ. u terrible explosion ACQUIRED at Lugg
& Co.'S mill, corner Thirteenth aud Etna
streets, which was attended with great
loss OF life. The boilers in the nail mill
exploded and that building 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
excitement prevails. The fire has not
been extinguisbcd. Ten dead bodies have
been taken from the ruins. At the time
there were employed in the mailing
department one hundred and fifty men
and boys. The explosion literally tore
the building to pieces. The roof was
raised, and in falling it fortunately rested
on tho nail machines, enabling most OF
The workmen to crawl out and escape be-
lore the fires from the furnaces caught
the mass of the wreck, Owing to the
excitement and confusion, it is impossi,
BILE to give an exact list of the killed and
wounded. The following Is as near as
can Do OULdiuON.
Kllled-Thos. Murphy, fireman; An.
drew Sullivan, fireman; Frank Cupps,
Peter Hendricks, John and James An
derson. feeders; two brothers named Mo-
Cstterty, and an unknown man whose
head was blown OH.
Wounded-One Reitzell, arm broken
Nj. Eberhart, badly scslded; Barney
Kelly. head and arm Injured; Marcellus
Snyder (boy) head crushed, serious; John
Snyder, leg and back injured; Elmer
McGool, badly cut about the head: james
Boyd, Arms fractured; Otto Crook, ribs
fractured; Fred Fisher, John Bfosy, John
Martin, and William kupps, seriously
cut about the head Simon Boland
arms and legs broken; Thomas Don.
nelly, badly cut about the head;
and body; Wendell Ubbelhart, head
and body; +. Mackey, John Smith and
Michael Sullivan, both legs fractured F;
Frank McCsharty, fatally injured;
Kendrick, eyes blown out.
The scenes on the outside in the vicin
ity of the works for a considerable dis.
tance, were of the widest and mosi
heartrending character. The news OF
the explosion spread like wild fire
through lhe city, and in short time the
people began to gather from all parts.
Men, women and children who had rels.
tives and friends in the establishment
rushed frantically forward, and scene
of the widest confusion followed. The
police with ropes extended across the
streets, kept the surging crowd from in.
terfering with the successful work o!
the fremen and their apparatus. The
chiet of police with large body oi
patrolmen, were kept busy in keeping
back the crowd and assisting in carry
ing out the wounded and dead from IN.
der the debris. The office of the works
is on the corner of Etns street, opposite
the mill where the explosion occurred
was considerably used up. The building
WAS improvised into temporary hospi.
tai, where dead and wounded were car.
ried. A large number of surgeons were
promptly on the ground, The causes
which led to this frightful calamity are
as yet enveloped in mystery. The boil
ers were in charge of careful engineer
and had been duly inspected before the
works resumed operations, some five
weeks ago. Frank Msngus, Andrew
Mangus and Lewis Shrank have died
from their wounds, and Pat Griffin. John
Higgins, James Kline, Frank McCaferty
and Harris Loper will probably die.