The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-13
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
70 THE DAILY LYTELuGKScEB
TERRlIiL.R EXPLOSION
Tag d Co.'S Iron IIiu WRECKED :
Great LOss OF LIE.

PETnBpR0H, Pa, Oct0bsr l2-A Ssi6
A. n terrible explosion occurred At
Zag d Co.'s mill. corner l5lh and ElpI
streets, which wa Attendsd With great
loss Of life. The boilers in the nail mill
exploded. That building and more than
half Of the rolling mill were destroyed.
A large number Of employees were at
work, aud it Is inPossibls % tell how
many are buried in the ruins. The great
est excitement prevails. The ERE has
not yet bsen eEtinguiShed. So far
ten dead bodies have been tAksn
from the ruins. Atths time Of the sEPlO-
sion there were employed in the mailing
department one hundred and city men
and boys. The explosion literally tore
the building to pieces, the rooi was
raised, and in falling it fortunately
rested on the nail machines enabling
most Of tho Workmsn to crawl out and
escape beiore,the fires from the furnaces
caught the mass Of the wreck. Owing to
the excitement and confusion it Is i'm
possible to give an exact list Of the kill
ed and wounded. The following ia As
near a can be obtained:
Killed Thomas Murphy, fireman;
Andrew Sullivan, fireman; Frank CupPS,
Peter Kendrick, John aud Joe, Anderson,
feeders; two brothers named McCaferty,
and an unknown man whose head was
blown of.
wOuDded-Reitrsll, arm broken N.
Eberhart, badly scalded; Barney Kelly,
head and arm injured; Marcellus Snyder
IA bOy), head crushed, seriously ".
Snyder, leg and back injured; Elmer
McGool, badly cut about the head; James
Boyd, arms fractured; Otto Crook, ribs
fractured; Fred. Risher; John BroIy,
John Martin and William Kuppi, Seri.
OusIy cut about the head; Simon Boland,
arms and legs broken; Thomas Donnelly,
badly cut about the head and body; Wen.
dell Ubbelhart, cut about the head and
body; John Smith and Michael Sullivan,
both legs fractured; Frank McCaferty,
fatally injured; Kendrick, eyes blown
out.
The scenes on the outside in the vicini-
ty OF the works for considerable dis
tance were Of the widest and most heart
rendering character. The news Of the
explosion spread like wildGret hrOugh-
out the city, and in u short time the peo-
pie began to gather from all parts, Men,
women and children who had relatives
and friends in the establishment rushed
franticalIy forward, and a scene Of the
wildcat confusion followed. The police
with ropes extended across the
streets, kept the surging crowd
from interfering with the successful
work Of the fremen and their apparatus.
The Chief Of Police and large body Of
patrolmen were kept busy in keeping
back the crowd and in assisting to carry
out the wounded and dead from under
the debris. The Office Of the works, on
the corner Of !Ftna street, opposite the
mill where the explosion occurred, was
considerably used up. The building was
improvised into temporary hospital,
where the dead and wounded were car.
ried. A large number Of surgeons were
promptly on the ground.
The causes which led to this iriShItul
calamity are as yet enveloped in mystery.
The boilers were in charge OF careful
engineer, and had been duly inspected
before the works resumed operations
some Eve weeks ago.
LATER.
3P. M.-FFank MAngus, Andrew Man.
gus, and Liuis ShrankeAve died from
their injuries. Pat. Griffin, John HiEgiuS,
James Lime, Frank McClFtrty and
Harris Lopcr will doubtless die.