New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TAKEN FROM TIE FRONT-STREET RUINS.
rHE BODIES or THE TWO MEN KILLED by THE EN-

TAKEN FROM TIE FRONT-STREEF Ruins.
rHE BODIES or THE TWO MEN KILLED by THE En-
rLosION RECOVERED.
The work of eycavatng for the bodice OF inc
two worlSmen killed nv the explosion IN 'FRONT.'
Thursday evening resumed YESTERDAY roan.nS,
As tho members of the Hook and Ladder COMPANY
No. were engaged in removing part of the fallen len
wall SHORTY after noon, tiiey ,a1n1 Coyvan
bodies Of D'niel Rradley am ea Mt ths doorway
between the two raris of the building tst s,ue oi
The facno on Front-st. ihey na e DON M hrn
;pg Inilding " hen the telling wall cnt 1T their wav
of esoapc. The body of Michael Cowan ;, wn1S nmGo
showed that he hal been severely sca.eI ny tne
bnrpinc oil the skin being @'most entirely nnri nj
have been I'm the rcnr when the explosion took
place. aud to have gone, into the front 5
h"en nrablc to return. He lived at No 90 Wash
ingtonst. about thirty years of age and leaves
q wife and three children.
DEUEL. Bradley, the other man who lost his life
bv the EXPLOSION, was about eighteen years of age
widow and the young man sngportea n her =, and
three Younger children The position Of Bradleys
been suffocatcd to death his hands being clenched
tightly and drawn together III 'front.' OF ms
t take to the Thirteenth Precinct Station. Brad
lev's mother is a poOr woman and sadly be-
noancd her loss at the station and hoped that he
EMPLOYERS of the Young man would give nm the
burial which she could scarcely afford
The cause Of the accident was explained Yesterday
bv Edward Dietz of No. n South Ffth-st.. Will
iapIshury who has heen for fifteen months foreman
for the New York Extracting and Fertilzing Com
panv. which owns the fac orv where the explOsi on
took place Dictz discharged on Thursday
morning hours before the accident. hut his en-
ployers had nothing to say yesterday against him,
aud gave no sNecia reason for his dismissal. When
questioned yesterday, Dietz made the following
'The meat scraps are first cut no. and taken to the
upper part of the buidnC. Then they are sent down
bv chute into the digester into which the naphtha
pipe '''' that broke is tue one leading
from The. naphtha reservoir to the digeSter. The
thread of the pipe not very strong and the pipe
was held by only two revolutions of the thread.
Twice before, the pipe has broken since have been
when the i amos We're lighted The lamps are placed
about the walls of the building the roof. There
gas can easily escape into the open air, The kero-
sene lamps that are used safety lamps, there
ali around them, as on the street lamps This out
side glass keeps off the uaphtha gas. On the previ
Gus occasions when the pipe burst did not attempt
to put out the lights but sent all the out. so
that they would not become intoxicated with the
gas and went myself and plugged up the hole in the
pine. My orders to the men were never to touch the
lights. lighted them myself at night and put them
took charge when went away, of course did not
understand about the gas and he ordered the lights
& ass was removed for the purpose of putting out
+ LIGHT the gas rushed in, and as soon as it reached
the fame blazed up"
j. u. Jones, the manager Of the company, who
owned the factory not to be found at the scene
of the explosion Yesterday. The bookkeeper Robert
Chambers said, TIL were no lanterns allowed in
the building. The lights the walls were at some
distance from the naphtha reservoir. 1t is impos
sible to tell Just what the loss is, but it is probably
covered by the insurance"
There have beer, been frequent comphaints of
ing to close its business in few weeks.
The factory will now be removed to Long Island.
John Green. who was severely burned about the
hands and face at the explosion, was still lying at
Bellevue Hospital yesterday. The doctors announce
thar he is seriously but not dangerously injured
THE DANGERS OF STEAMBOAT TRAVEL.
In coming from Coxsackie, by, the Hudson River
Thursday night, Charles F. Searles. n commercial
traveller in the employ of o. K Pyle, soap manufac-
turers, went out TO get the cool air on deck. Rain
was falling and dense fog prevailed on the river.
He no iced that rough looking person was dog
asked him why he was following him, when he
seized Mr. Searles by the tn oat, and struck him on
the head. Searles wrested the club from him, and
he pulled out pistol. porter appeared Just then,
and the aSsailant CT Seares retired. Soon after
wards Searles missed $50 in bills from his pocket
book, and when the boat reached Pier No. 80 North
River yesterday, after some delay on the trip tn
man, who gave the name OF Roland Jones, mouder,
OF Brooklyn, e, d.. was arrested. AS his mind APP
peared to be affected, Justice BiXby committed him
for examination yesterday at the T mbs.
While the steamer Providence. of the Fall River
Line, was approaching this city about Il. m: yes
berth, when 1T was entered by Parsley Lewis, col
valued at $50 He was taken before Justice io BxbS
yesterday at the Iombs, and committed for trial in
the Court of Special Sessions Al the request Of the
Special Sessions to enable her to proceed on her
journey, and it was promptly disposed of by JUS
tees Patterson, Smith and Gardner. Lewis was
sentenced to the Penitentiary for two months
FEIGNING PARALYSIS IN THE STREET
woman found leaning against the area rail-
ing at No lao West Twenty yesterday at
noon, who said she without friends, hungry
was sent to the New-York Hospital, where she
gave her name as Lena Dunbar. She said that she
was a music teacher, and had come from Fishkill a
week ago seeking employment but had found none !:
and that she had been without food for several days.
and had paralysis of one side. She also stated that
she had daughter, Mrs. Charles Swaine, living at
ScarbOFough-o the Hudson. 1t was found on ex-
animation that the paralysis was either fegned or
imaginary, for when the usual test ap Alied
sticking pin into the foot. the patient responded
with great vigOr by suddenly drawing up the Nara
lyzed limb. No indications ofStarvatiOn were folAd
and il was learned at the boarding house in ThirtN
that she there last April in a destitute condi-
tlon, and was allowed to stay and do homework
She seemed to be well educated was willing to
work, and caused no trouble until money was given
several days. After that whenever she could OBJ
tam money, after peniteni period she would stay
away several weeks at a time. She was finally told
she could stay no longer. She gave her name then
habit OF drinking after the loss of her daughter who
was burned to death at Scarborough. her clotlrg
catching fire from fire crackers, thrown at her by
boys ia the street.
THE BUTTERMILK HILLS MURDER
a young cOlored man. said to be an ex-conyict
whose name was not learned was arrested at Sing
Sing on Thursday and sent to the Albany Penten-
tiary as tramp 1t is thought that he was one of
the negroes alleged 10 be concerned in the murder
OF Joseph Baldwin on ButteImilk Hills on Wednes-
day morning. Mr. Coleman, while on his way TO
the County jan on thursday evening, III the Gus