, 1876-10-16
CASUALTIES.
A Full Account of the Terrible
Explosion at Pittsburg, Pa.
Killed. Fifteen ; Fatally Injured,
Three; Seriously and Slightly
Hurt, Thirty.nine.
Account Of tho Burning OF tho Southern
Hello on tic Lower Mississippi.

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a Tale Of Suffering and Death by Slip-
,ro,t ~ r,to I'd.
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r,,r r,rran,,pe ,,x,,os,o~
7snenro l0mn'e,eia,. OF. 10.
The work Of taking tho bodies ont from the
ruus OF tho building, n task upon whic!, tho
workmcn who were ,ini,,rt entered with COM
mI.na1'o ,,aIas..1 a'atsty, N"a tAsA @t.eeo "a'n
p'0aiui, heartrendinR scenes. Man9ledt bleca'
ing men, held to tho Garth by heavy t'tnbcrs
and broken wheels and fragments Of iron ppc,
ensa
6nor T., ~ ,,,,n 'Mn ~ w. ., .au on
noor Ill t!lc vicinity OF the nall maclEncs and
rolls, wlcro m hour before strong mcu had
been engaged at work, little dreaming Of tic
thcn on, ~, ss r,',,ase,, ~ ssoa sst,' rrt"t
."ei "o"'e" aAsA e"''oleni efaAeu MI" A.ic.'
Inn "l1oly hoout IN deafch Of loved ones ahel'
ding tears Of joy at finding husbands. fathers,
on bcl,oldlnG the mangled corpses or thu
nalmed though still living bodies Of those who
we're their idols. These wcro sccncs to thrill
tho atoNtcst heart with palm.
rtct over to tha main nlflce of tic xnrE' ror1,er
Of Twelfth and Etna streets, where a humber OF
the best surgeons Of tho city rendered all Tic aid
connreratea in lara numbers nho,,t t,c flnnra,
and trantirallv asked to be admitted, and It was
With 0rcat difficulty that They were prevented
from entering tho already crowded room,
through their anxiety to learn what proved, to
wero carried IN, and tho full extent Of the Isns-
ter became known, tho excitement hccatno
terrific. A number Of women tainted, and tho
wife Of ono man, who had learned OF her hus-
suicide By endeavortDg to throw hrrscif beneath
d pair Of passing timber wheels. Another
wotnun managed to c1udc those ut tho door, and
gained entrance to tho Office. She was nearly
aementct, and was looking for her littlo son, i
Strang. 1Io had been in tho null factory, and
was missing He wns not in the olIIcc, and after
ussurlug herself Of this fact the mother rushed
out to search elsewhere. Hardly Ind she got
s reug o sd tha slowd Ga seas MT s 1f%y tedy
II was tic won.an's ion, lofibly mutilated and
dead. Shortly nfterwnrd the father conlc to tho
otllec, and approaching tho tllnlinutiye body he
and recognized his llttlo son. Tho scene that
cnsued beggcrs description.
Following Is a rccapltulatton Of tho killed and
wounded:
Fatally injured ............,,.,,...,.,,.
scrions and slightly injured .... .....,...,,, 20
Slightly injured, namcs not obtained. ......... 10
,, 1o'a' x'noa ano Wouhaoo '"'. .........'...' b7
shthc l ghock o. the e1plosson wns distinctly fclt
at the tolnt and the north aldo Of tho river. A.
n.sce OF tho shattered boiler, Weighing at least
oog pounds, shot over tue top OF the houses,
!iIteentn stlcct, ao;ng no damage fortunately
AZ ~, - AtS"S ~ q. 'tmnEEusn mEs tMo VII.
the nail.mil y located, wus shattered In the
row Of two-story framo houses, and lsas o.
cupicd by Jacob Fcchter, workman IN tho tnlll
se,! MScSEon % p. ons ot Ing expioacd boilers camc
in WIKI Il thu 6nttro si,Is ~ thn g hmJ''
tho two wfndows. and bcfldinr Itself htssfwren
tho raftcrs Of ths roof, aboyo tbs ceiling and
tho 5olsth OF the floor, In Tho far corner ot the
InoIn} QppOslLo the WINDOWS In ttll8 betl Mrs.