The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-23

rebellion of 1861, without distinction of party
to rally again to the support of law, order and
. stable government, and to overwhelm with
defeat the reckless agitators who, to gain po-
litical power, would add to tho present dis
tresses Of tho country by shaking tho founda-
tiona oft government they failed in four
years' war to destFoy.''
By unanimous order OF the committee.
:','. EuaENE HALL, Chairman.
GEO. G. GoRHAl, Sec'y.
- 4 Doabltn Disaster.~ -!
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A telegram from Dublin; April 20 says;
On Saturday afternoon . most disastrous
boiler explosion occurred in Mr.. Strong's
foundry, Hammond Lane, ut the rear Of the
-Four Courts, by which . number Of lives
were lost and large number of persons
seriously injured. The foundry and iron
works of MI. Strong are situated In a narrow
thorougbfsre, and are surrounded by tene-
ment houses of the poorest class. The boil
or, which was used for the purpose. of
driving powerful machinery, was q very
large one. The greater number of workmen
had fortunately gone to dinner when the
catastrophe occurred. The boiler exploded
with great roar, and was shattered into
fragments, one end of it being imbetled in q
house on the opposite side of the street, and
portions of it crashed through the roofs of
adjoining buildings. The part of the foun-
dry in which the boiler was placed was COM
pletely demolished; while public and two
tenement houses which stood beside it
were also blown into the air, carry
ing with them nearly twenty
persons, including several women and young
Children, A large number of other houses
in the street were shattered, and some of the
occupants injured. Stones, states, etc.,
were hurled q. great height into the air and
some of them fell into tho yards of the Four
Courts, and the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
vailed in the district, rs other houses in
which there were many tenants, threatened
to fall, and the inhabitants fled in terror.
The news of the calamity spread rapidly,
and the streets adjoining were SOON crowded,
many Of those present being relatives of the
unfortunate people who were buried beneath
the mass of masonry, furniture, ard ma
chinery. The scenes witnessed were heart
rending, as mothers, wives, and children
came wildly in search of lost ones. Several
priests from an adjoining chapel directed
the people what to do. About . hundred at
once set to work removing the debris, in Or
der to extricate the sufferers if possible.
This was attended with great risk and
difficulty, and at one time fire broke out.
The arrival of the fire brigade, however, put
an end to all fears of that kind. Both the
people and the 6remen worked with great
courage and energy. The lord mayor and a
large force of police arrived twenty minutes
after the explosion. The police found great
difficulty in restraining the relatives, and
when the first mutilated body was recovered
Al s,~k>
were 80 blackened and bruised that
they could not at first be identi-
fed, and as they were driven away
the hospital a large number of people
rushed after them. These scenes we're re-
peated as body after body was brought to
the surface. The narrowness of the thorough
fare greatly impeded the work. The crowds
were in great danger, owing to the tottering
state of the adjoining buildings, and it was
found necessary to send for soldiers to assist
the police. A detachment of the 73d High
landers quickly responded to the summons
of the lord mayor, and they rapidly set to
work on the ruins with hatchets and pick
axes. Several workers were injured by fall
ing materials, and others were overcome by
their e1ertions and the suffocating clouds Of
lime. Others quickly took their places,
elapsed before the victims were reached, and
it was not until late in the evening that
what was supposed to be the last body had
been recovered. Many of them were in q
frightful condition, and some of them, al
though alive when the work of excavation
began, and able to cry for help, were dead
before they could be recovered. In
the case of one poor man, he was partially
extricated alive and the men were busily at
work trying to extricate the lower part of
his body when they were obliged to desist,
owing to the falling of a wall beneath the
ruins Of which the poor fellow was buried
the owner of the public house, person
named Duffy, and his daughter were killed
The latter was taken out alive, but died soon
afterward. Four others were dead when dis
covered. A large number are in the hospital
suffering from broken limbs, fractured ribs,
etc. It is feared the wounds, in several
cases, will prove fatal. The partition wall
of the adjoining house was blown away,
leaving all the apartments exposed. There
were several persons in the rooms, and, az
the staircase was carried away, they were
rescued with great difficulty. Some OF them
were injured, and one fell with the wall.
There were several persons drinking in the
publio-house when the explosion occurred.
Five more dead bodies were recovered to-
day, making thirteen in all, and three per
1ons are still missing, and are supposed to
be in the ruins. Ten are in hospital, eight
Of whom are 80 seriously injured that they
are not expected to recover. The total num-
ber of killed and injured is about fifty. Ex-
cavating parties worked all last night, and
to-day the district is in great state of ex-
element, most of the people have remained
up all night. The priests rendered much
service in directing the relief parties. As the
excavators came upon one of the unfortunate
men he could only be reached through q
hole, and through this aperture the priest
put his hand and anointed him. DR.. O'Leary,
NJ. F., who was present, also administered
some whisky. The man was subsequently
got out alive, and none the worse save for
the fright. He turned out to be Mr.. Duff'a
cellar-man, and was in the cellar at the time,
and was only reached by making a hole in
the wall of an adjoining house. His few
hOurs' confinement made him look almost
twice his real age.
Our Country abroad.
Postmaster General Key has received from
Paris letter from Jim Tyner, his first as.
sistant, who wont abroad to attend tho meet.
ing Of the postal congress. Tyner says
"We arc really thirsting for home news. On,
latest newspaper bears date of April 18th
refer only to the monetary affairs in America
because 60 many European. capitalists hold
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