, 1877-12-21

FeD,eANs AHV VI HAsCtHf a%lCGk HAt
building with cigar stote on the frst tloof,
Tho n,rcr floors being occuns., bv Col. Frcnef,
for the last thirty years Mr. French and family
escapct, hut thc former left
&f1,n01 IN UNITED STATES BONDS
n booN,ta4e, OF. the secpn'! floor. Foreman
Joe Meti!I., Of Engine No. 3, md Hounds
man Coffee, Of tho TWENTY. first Precinct Police,
volunteered to 70 In for the bonds. Flames
aanl smoke wero bursting out of the building.
window, secured package Vt papers. and ea,ne
out. Tie package was found not to be the
bonds. A SECOND time theJ entered through
tho nasncs uh.l smoke and brouEht
rho cscapcl trout The factory With SLIGHT IT.
iurrs had their wounds dressed III drug store
anl went hume. Sone Ut the girls haA the
har t'urncd totally III the,r t,cals.
THE First REPORTS WE'RE EXAGGERATED
in rtgarsl tn tl,c number wounded. Only thfr-
tson were brought to Chan!bcrsst Street Hospital.
The natncA of The wounded In the hospital afa
GeorTe Me!b. y 5ca,;; Pete. dernAnn, n;
Is; Edward Collins, ls; George snct,'er, 2S;
Martin Cnnnert, n; tieorgc Kocdcckrr, Is;
Frank Bolt, IL: sustav Mciascr, "A, The great.
cat eacrInco Of life waa among young girls.
ploysl in selling aatl a''orting and packing
candles IN the tlfst aoor over tho boiler, which
was situated III The Basement Of tho rear end of
tho barclay etrcct ring Of tlle bu!ilingt aud t'ot
Under tic sidewalk, as NJ arst rejmrtcsl.
NoNk or THESE ARE KNOWN 10 iiAsR ESCAPED.
T1'r building occupied hy Majors i Knapp,
cngrayefs, I'll the opposite side Of C1tcGc
place, calis't tlrc from sparks, but the flames
wrra cxttMEuished With trf1itng damage. An,unx
Little, inney goods. Nos. eli and 2ts Greenwich
street, and Charles WcAtcrelt, hats aud ftlrs.
MI. N5 Greenwich HtscGt. L.,ss abolt f3,CU0
encE. The total loss Is prolMbty eaiU,oOl.
Ths news Of tho explosion spread over The city
excitement prevailed. Lhrgc crowds hurried
frum Vii quarters to the scene. Tic police krpt
the crowd blocks away from the place. Many
rcrsoEs haytng children OF relatives working sn
not returned hume, soutllt TIC sceno OF the
disaster nfHl tho hospitals and police stations
In search Of the missing ones.
At TIE VERY Lowest CALCULATIONS
@ tere must tc a9rty er li.y bodies IN The ruins
ruins all atglt, aud wlll laye the atreet cleared,
md be ready to commence digging for bn.iics
totnuttow. II 10 feared the wall OF tile bank
building Is damaged, and this will be cxutnfIcL
Iii. Il. Kieinu, Of No. 53 leonar,i street, sta.es
that le Was In tue building about ten minutes
l'cfore tic explosion. and tlsurc were great
many per suits there at the ttmo. flU passed. III
front of tue building two minutes atter the e.
front wall ha,l fallen, great many boys and
girls rushing about Ia an uxctctl and confused
manner, Int they became t,l'scurcl to view Gy
the smoke and tlamcs In few seconds. Thcro
scetns TO fElv0 been
NO POSSIBILITY uP THEIR GETTING OUT ALIVE.
Tho tlrc was one Of tho quickest ever tern.
In less than three minutes the llainca hnd A.
ccndcd completcly to thu roof. Peter stadt-
lie is employed wttl, Rodyers 4 Co., and WIS
within forty feet of the doorway when the ux-
r!oslon occurred. It scrnicl tn thrNw up the
wholo sidewalk. and the front OF the building
fell to The street. TllcrS was twu-horsc truck
of tho Delaware 4 Larkawanua Express Conn
pany pusstng, and the wall fell on tic horses
and driver. stalttntlcr saiI he believed there
were tleafly AO prrsons employed tn tie f'tild-
Ing at tlIc time. Thcrc were nut tnhro than n
stozen girls employed OH tts Eround-noor, most
sce?nd and third hoors. stad.m'irr says hs is
positive TINT
nor MORE THAN six GIRLS AND DOZEN NKx
catno oua ulIra through, the Basciay street Gu
trAnee. The ultter hlr. Greenfield wins about the
tltst VIM rushed out. and ho was much scaldet1.
tle saw ntultt Il .l0zen maktuK their escape by
the roof to adjoining ronfs.. AS near NJ could
lIc Auccrtaintt!, there must have bcUn about l20
PERSONS employed !tl The factory at tle time af
tho disaster.
Tic sccnea ut tho Chambers Street Hospital
wcre hcartEcndInC In The cxtrctnc. Ambulances
Wcre quickly at tho tlrr, and were kent busy Ia
taking tho Wounded to the Hospital. 'Ths
riutis,irtlouso aud Chambers 1trrct Hospital
were nesicYc1 With lncn, woulcn, aud children,
I'LL atixlously lnguiring fur sumo n!ssng seta-
tive.
snstR or THE MISSING.
ua AS nSnsn 70 .ss IL sf a Ss saay
t,.ctorr. ur0 tho following: Peter, William, ami!
Anderson Starr, brothers, oil young; Lizzie
Hthflsn, ase Il; William Bennett, age ~:
nlcr; August Dru1cr (thls 'oy's mother was
wccpEng bitterly for l.Ini, She said he was her
only child, us,d her husband was burned up n
few yuars A00 In tue ntano-facturv 1re): 1lnhort
lian,la. ugel IL; tlarlcs Llutnker: Erauk
Wolut. XII thosu mentioned worked ln Tho
factury, an have ilnt been Heard frNin atrco Tho
flrc. And 1t Is feared they arc buried In tho ruins.
It H. impossible to tartn u correct idea Of tile
total Losses and tnsurunces Tonight.
4 sTAON0 GUARD
Fire,l,cn llall, N. J. Murray, and E. william.
were injured BY fal!fng walls, aud somc narrow
eacaocs TOOK place.
Street Hospital arc seriously injured. They stu
b. j. has6ruck, Chief Of tho Dureau Of Elce.
tious, was passing thu building 1t tho time ot
,s s1ptoi;Gn; F ;.o a'a vs. H. Isly utt hy sYs et
rnrr ITALIANS
nave been put to work On tho ruins In tho
Streets which ura TOOL enullRh to handle, hut
thought souav must 6e buried bsneatl,, a. tlio
street WIS hiied with passengers when the
explosion occurred. Tie Wounded at the
New Y0rk ltospltal arc Peter STARK, aye, III;
ElraFl coiliI,a, aKe @ " Ot.o Meih aad ueorEe
ucorEe l!auser. agc L; Joseph sshcunswo'd,
are II; ueorEo Schneider, ngc 10. This injured
IT HcllryMo Hospital arr Harry SUNDAY, Barry
ltnden, Tony stalk, Philip fudcl. uaoWo F.
Thu frpmcn worked hravclv. and most t,etar,