The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-12-25


the Building-Beewesn One and
Two Hundred Killed.
A terrible accident occurred n New
York about Eve o'clock yesterday evening,
that rivals IL not exceeds the horrible de-
tails Of the Bsooslyn theatre calamity. A
boiler in the large candy manuiactory 81
Ernest Green6eld, No. 60 Barclay direct,
exploded and fred the building. At Tie
time Of the explosion there were sbous 800
boys and girls in the building and
THE MOST APPALLING sCExD
we're witnessed By the thousands who in
ssantly congressted in front Of the fesy
mass.
One witness states that he W. in Tie
building about ten minutes before The q.
plosion, and there were great many Per.
sons in there ct the time. He pa,ed IN
front of the building two minutes after The
explosion and. on most Of the Aoon - The
front walls had fallen, be saw great many
BOYS AND GIRLS RUsHISo ABOUT
in an enlightened and confused manner,
but they became obscured to view By smoke
and flames in . very few seconds. There
seems to have been no possibility Of shsif
getting out alive.
The Ere Was one Of the quickest svse
seen, in less than three minutes The Aan0
h,d ascended completely to the roof.
Another witness Who was within forty
feet Of the doorway when the explosion &C.
CURED says the explosion seemed TO throw
up the whole sidewalk, and the front Of the
building fell into the street When Tie
wall fell there vas two horae truck Of Tie
ID. 4 L. Express Co. passing, and both
horses and driver were caught He -
lieve6 there were
NEARLY 200 PERSONS
employed in the building; At the time Of
the explosion there were not more than .
dozen girls employed on the ground Aoor,
most of the boys and girls being gagged in
the second and third stories. Seadmillse
says be is positive that not more than six
girls and . dosen men came out alive
through the barclay street entrance.
The elder Mr.. Greenfield was about Tie
6st Who rushed out, and he W. much
scalded. He Jaw about . dosen making
their escape BY the roof to the adjoining
roofst As far - could Be ascertainsd, there
must have teen about l20 persons employed
in the factory 1t the time Of the disaster.
The
SCENES AT The CHAN1ER sf1EIf Ho4IIAL
were heart rendins in the extreme. An
balances were quickly At the fire, and were
kept busy in taking the wounded 10 IL
hospitals and station houses The Chan
Der street hospital Va bssaeged With Dsa,
women and children, all anxious and in
quiring for some missing relative.
The parties employed in the factory were
principally young girls and boys, from
eight to twenty years Of age. Owing to
the approach Of the holiday,
DOUBLE FORCE
v.s employed, one working during IL day
and the other At night The ioses =
changed ct Eve o'clock, and the fact Of IL
explosion occurring 1t I've minutes pase
Eve, renders il still more difficult to know
how many or who are the victims Ths
number in the building 1t The time Of ths
disaster in vaziously Estimated It iron 100
70 800.
The flames spread % rapidly that Il i
feared that many not injured b - n
plosion we're burned 10 death.
No. IS Barclay street ~ frame build
ing, with . cigar store upon The fsse 1oess
the upper Aoors being occupied By Col.
French for the Lest thirty yssrA Ar.
French and family escaped, bat ths fosnse
left
$4,000 n o. q Bonds
in bookcase On the second floor. Foss.
man Joe McGill, Of engine - and Roaaik
man Coffee Of the Tventy-FiIst pssei1ss
police, volunteered to 30 in for The bo61A
Flames and smoke we're bursting out al IL
boilding, they climbed up IN awning asd
entered the window, secured . paeka0s a
papers and came out. but The psekass ~
found not to b The bonds. A sseoad tine
they entered through the flames and snoks
and brought out Tie bosds in saisty. A
number Of psssons Who escaped iron IL
factory with slight injuries had thsiR
wounds dressed in The drug stores md vsas
home.