Daily globe., 1881-01-17
BOILER EXPLOSION.

BOll@Eh EAILOoAO~N'
New YORK, Jan. 16.-The large boiler in the
dry goods store of McCreery & Co., Broadway
and Eleventh street, exploded this evening.
The buildings in the immediate vicinity were
shaken as by an earthquake. The boiler was
located in the vault of the extreme end OF the
building, on Eleventh street, beneath the side
walk, over 200 feet from Broadway. The ex-
plosion tore hole in the sidewalk twenty feet
in length. The conclusion shattered into
fragments the large plate glass WINDOWS
on the Broadway and Eleventh street SIDES OF
the store and plate glass windows IN the BOOK
store of Phillip s. Hunter on Broadway, ad-
Joining McCreery's. The immense stones Tor m
ing the sidewalk over the boiler were broken
out; some of the pieces weighing 1orty or nlty
pounds were hurled distance of 200 feet down
Eleventh street. An iron girder on when
these stones rested was thrown across the
street. A portion of the cast iron cover OF the
''nan hole" was thrown across the street
through the parlor windows of g. r. Reed, 10
Eleventh street, and went crashing into the
partition at the end Of the room. Pieces OF rocks
and stones were thrown high in air, and some
Of them fell through the slkylghts on the
roofs of houses on the opposite side of the
street Many windows on the south side OF
the street were riddled. Happily no one in.
iured. The engineer, Samuel Rushworth and
fremen were both absent according to the
usual custom on Sunday. Rushworth, says he
left the building at P.M.and saw that the fires
were banked and the boiler had sufficient
water to last through the night. The guage
showed pressure of only two pounds OF
steam.
The building of which the store OF Nc
Creery forms q part, is owned by the Metho-
dist Book Concern, who occupy the upper
floor The damage caused by the explosion
will fall upon the Methodist Book Concern,
and is estimated at $4,000.
MIssPENT LIFE.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 17.-Frank Simmons,
alias Burrows, alias Robert Wade, who had
pleaded guilty of burglary, and was in Jail
awaiting sentence, attempted suicide this fore
noon. Loosing the bail from his bucket, he
made hook Of it, to which he tied one end OF
a twisted pillowcase, then standing on O chair,
tied tae other end around his neck, and kicked
the chair away. When he was discovered by
the jailor his jaws were set, tongue protrudcd,
and the doctors being called, pronounced him
dead, though after prying the jaws open, adj
ministering restoratives and vigorous rubbing,
he was brought back to life. Last February
he was sent to the parliamentary from here,
for one year, for burglary, but was pardoned
for good conduct. Since he has been in jail
the last time he has been SO violent and trouble
some lIlaI he HIS DSCIl COuuuCu Ill ~
most of the time. 1t is supposed he came
from Springfield Mass. The following letter
was found outside his cell door:
"Jan. the Ill take my pen III hand to
write the following lines. My life is failure,
and when ! look over my past life and what
have done, | have come to the conclusion had
better be dead than alive, for it has been moth
ing but prison life since | was years old, and
it is about time it came to a close AS for the
n I oavnr sha1l NOrJ p0n take what's
left and throw it in pine box or III the lake,
don't care which. | have none belonging to
me but my mother. Her age is 81 years, and
[ am 20 the 18th of next April. Robert Wade
is my right name. All other names are false.
Farewell to all. "
During the afternoon Simmons sufficiently
recovered to be taken into court and be sen
fenced to four years in the pententiary. When
asked if he had anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced he replied, eyes l
have one thing They discharged me from the
penitentiary in the early part of last month
with only thin suit of clothing to protect
me from the cold. l had to spend what money
had, some 50, for underclothing | tried to
get work but couldn't, was two miles from
home with no money to get there. I only took
what thought was about enough to get me
home. If l had the property which they took
from me at the peniteutiary when | went there
would have been all right. They did not
give it beck to me when left, and | complain
ed to the governor about it. He promised to
look the matter up andwritc to me at CleYe-
land he never did il"
sUFFoCATED IN TUNNEL.
NEWARK, O., Jan. 16.-It was reported this
morning that bad accident happened to the
crew of freight train in the tunnel on the
Straightsville divisisn of the Baltimore & Ohio
road last night. From what can be learned,
the train broke in two in the tunnel, and while
the crew was hedged in there, they became so
sufTocated by the smoke of the engine that
they all became unconscious. The train men
on train following found them in this condi-
ton and brought them to Newark, where they
now lie in critical condition.
BURGLAR SHOT.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Ny, Jan. 16.-Frank ,alias
Buck Walsh, the notorious burglar, sentenced
to twenty years in the Sing Sing prison from
Brooklyn, made break to escape on the ice
this afternoon and was shot dead by guard,
Edward Nolan. Walsh was one of two burg
lars who entered the house of Mr.. Tigney, on
Brooklyn Hights. Being detected by Tigney,
whom they awakened while they were prowllng
about, the burglars leaped on the bed occupied
by Tigneyand wife and almost choked TO death
the old couple. James Walsh, aged 10, a
brother of Buck Walsh. is now in prison in
Brooklyn, awaiting trial for the murder of
Barbara Gronenthal, q domestic aged 10, on
the evening of January 8. The father Of these
boys, and the original Buck Walsh, drowned
himself some years ago near where his son
James attempted suicide soon after killing the
girl.
BURNED HERSELF TO DEATH.
New YORK, Jan. 15.-The woman giving
the name of Ernestine Carter, who burned
herself to death last night in the Hebrew Shell
tering Guardian society's house, where she
had begun working as a servant, has been rec
ognized as Mrs Ernestine Kerstine, wife of
Morris Kerstine, wealthy merchant of Ash
by, III. She has brother and sister living at
Marion, III. Her uncle, s. Linstadt, is a
clothier in business at 456 Broadway. She left
his home Thursday last and is said to have
been insane. Samuel Dublaw, superintendent
of the institution, and his wife while eXtin-
gushing the flames were badly burned. The
building is constructed of wood and there were
sixty-five children and eight grown people in
the asylum at the time.
TORPEDO EXPLOSION.
BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 15.-Near Rexford to-
,iay, L. Garthwaite, an nemploye of the Roberts
Torpedo company, lowered torpedo into
MitcheIls well on the Morton farm. The
well made flow, throwing the shell up on the
derrick floor. Garthwaite picked it up, held
it above his head and was taking it away when