The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-22
MURkY MYSTERY
Envelops the Cause Of New
York's Latest Horror.
The Boilers Uncovered and Found Un-
injured What is Found Under
the Ruins.

of Greeniield's factory were uncovered.
Boiler inspector Horton made an exam
ination. Both boilers We're found un-
injured. The cause Of tile explosion is
therefore more mysterious than ever.
| No bodies have been recovered to-day
besides those mentioned below. Only
the sidewalk in front ot tie factory has
been cleared, and work on the ruins
which cover the site of tie building
has scarcely begun.
The number OF lives lost is still un-
determined, but it is believed that fully
forty bodies now lie buried beneath the
ruins. The removal of the debris has
proceeded SO far that the street is clear
To the outside of the sidewalk III front
Of the ruins.
On the opposite sidewalk, lying under
Il blood d-staned turpauln, are the bodies
of man and boy, which were taken
from the ruins On the sidewalk this
morning. When found the bodies were
lying i'll frUnt of the doorway. Both
had evidently been struck with the
heavy stone coping which still lay
across the boys face, ami which it was
necessary to lit before the body could
be removed. One body WAS recognized
as that of WIN. IL. Bradley, Of Brook
Ign. Tie other is probably THAT Of
Wn. Bennett, Il newsbuy. Two hum
dred wurknen besides the firemen are
now digging in the ruins, and Il strong
police is needed to keep back the great
crowds pressing down upon them. The
ruins could not he more complete than
they are, for scarcely IA fragment OF the
wall stands, and indeed none whatever
IN the ground occupied by the maiu
building, IL space of about 100 feet
quare.
To-day, mothers, fathers, sisters and
friends of tile wounded and missing be-
sieged the porter's room of the New
York hospital, making inquiries for
those whom they sought, and pleading
tOr admission. The resident physician
IN duty siuce O'Clock last evening,
arrived inmates, gave orders to only
admit Il few Of the applicants, direct
Jug the others to call during the after
noon, when the wounded would be in
II condition to converse. Three of the
number have been euveloped almost
from head to foot in baudages, and two
lad their hair burned SO close to the
scalp that, with their swollen and black
ened faces, they resemble negroes.
The Evening Post says: III addition
to about eighteen missing persons whose
names were reported to the police last
night, three were reported this morn
ing. Philip Hertzebach, engineer in
the factory, has not been seen since the
explosion. His wife says her husband
on his return from work, Monday night,
told her one of the tubes of the boiler,
Dr some pipe connected with it, had
burst, and that he had spoken to Mr..
|. Greenfield, saying the break WAS dam
gerous and might cause an explosion if
It was not repaired, and that Mr..
Greenfield told him they must try to
get along with it as it was until Sun
lay, owing to the pressure of business.
Mrs. Hertzebach said her husband was
greatly disturbed in mind on account
If this, often referring to it during the
week, and saying he WAS afraid every
morning to go TO his work. Yesterday
morning when he left home, lie told
her he never expected to see her again.
Two men who rescued two girls say
they were told by workmen in the
starch room on the second floor, that
the fire was caused by the upsetting of
/ kerosene lamp in that room. They
asserted that the finely powdered starch
used in the manufacture OF gum drops,
was explosive, and that the explosion
| was caused in tnis way. They did not
| believe the boiler had exploded, assert
ing that if it had it would have blown
mp the sidewalk beneath which it was
| situated.
A man named Stein says be went
lown to the boiler room only about live
minutes before the fire occurred. to OBJ
tain a can of water. Hertzeback, the
engineeE, was then at his post, and
raking out the fire.
The inspector said that one of the
copper tanks filled with ma,erial for
making candy must have exploded,
breaking the kerosene lamps with which
the building was lighted, scattering the
burning fluid in every direction.
The bodies of two girls and boy
were taken from the ruins this after
noon.
The total loss is S42S, 900: insurance,
1885 900; well distributed among thir-
ty-seven eastern and foreign companies.
y legal point has been made by repre-
sentatives Of some of the insurance
companies which have risks on Green
fields buildings. They hold that mas
much as by the terms of the policies
the companies are responsible only for
damages occasioned by fire, and the ex.