Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-28
EXPLOSION. FIRE, DEATH.


naRuTaolHFlaS ESiabIIshmsss - Ths
Walls Fell 10 and Fire Easuss-ovor
200 BOSs and Girls Employed 10 The
Building, Nearly alI Of wasn were
Wounded or Killed.
SEw YORK, Dec. 2O-An explosion occur.
red at 10 minutes past this afternoon, at
the Immense candy mandatory Of Green.
held and Strauss, At G6 Barclay street.
which extends In the shape OF an Z 10
College Place. The boiler was under the
sidewalk on Barclay street, the side
buTst, tearing away the entire front and
scattering the wreck in all directions,
Over l0O girls were employed ct the time
minutes Of the explosion. A policeman
on duty near the buildings says: al saw
the front OF the building, i've stores high,
fall into the street. The street was allied
with people. There were 700 ct work.
l rushed 10 the station, and gave the alarm
Of hre. seyerafgirls jumped from the top
Of the building Into the nre; several boys
were blown through the roof" Flfty-slx
wounded and one dead were reported at
Chambers street hospital at 6:l6 pm. A
number were sent 20 Bellevue aud other
will reach 1876. VI 275 employed In the
factory few escaped uniDjufed. The mum.
Der Of dead is uncertain until the wreck 10
cleared away. The dPe was GadeF control
at 0;3O, and by e:A5 O'Clock only q dense
smoke surrounded the ruins.
LATRR.-Mr. Greenfield, owner Of the
factory could give no idea how many were
In the building; ho thought about ITO, OF
these about 30 escaped BY College Place
nnArnmna and s.a
through sky-lIghts and walked over roofs
and got down the stairs Of other buildings.
The b0ok.keepeF, who was on the Barclay
street side Of the building, was blown out
through Q window 70 the street, badly cut
on the head. Several jumped from the
second story and escaped with slight Inju.
riee, their fall being broken BY policemen
and citizens on the sidewalk below. No
iair estimate Of the loss OF life can be given
tonight The parties employed were pFin.
cipally young girls and boys, fiom eight to
Of the holidays, . double force was en-
ploy ed-one working during the day, and
the other at night. The force changed at
b O'Clock, and the fact OF the explosion OO.
curing at 10 minutes past that hour, rem.
deFs it still more difficult to know how
many, or who are victims.
The greatest sacrifice OF life was among
the young Birlo employed IN selling, as
sorting and packing candy, on the 1Irst
floor, over the boiler. None Of those are
known 10 have escaped.
GreenHeld's loss is 100000; the total loss
probably S250, 200.
There must be 30 bodies In the ruins.
Some OF the girls had the hair burned 10.
tally OF their heads.
No. 10 Barclay street is o frame build.
Ing, with q cigar store on the frst floor,
The upper l0Ors were occupied by Col.
French, for the last thirty years. Mr.
French and family got out safe, when
French remembered having lett $l0,ON Ia
United states bonds In n bookcase, or
the second 1nOr. Fireman doe McGiil, o
Engine No. 50, and Roundsman Coffee, o
the First Precinct Police, volunteered 4
90 In for tue bonds. Flames and smoke
were bursting out OF the building, theJ
climbed up and entered window, secured
a'7fGSdSd M 4AReEs and came out with Il
time they entered through flames and
smoke, and brought out the bonds in
| safety.