The daily gazette., 1882-02-18

rapor,p pd. and at II O'Clock ie was asknown
m Ohdsfer 20 al absolute ueftainty tnat
Ihe deaths nuIaberod at least fourteen.
me Following 10 . partial hst o. tnose
who woFo
woUHDHD:
Joh Miller. reporter Of the Daily
Times, throat ont and internally ir1aEed.
Wui. Kelly, President OF Moyamen-
eipR Fire Co., badly injured.
JOIN WoTrillow, throat cut and badly
ipJuren.
Frank Mundsflioh, badly Injured.
lease Shovel, col, badly lIjured:
Euaenle Ray and Eliza WaIson, both
cOloFed serouaily injured.
Wm. SIemmOns, slightly hurt.
ElWFoOd Long, hadIy injured.
WIN. DoIto1, Oh OF Engineer OF the
Fire Department, and bis little SON,
william, both badly injured.
Joseph Mtlls, slightly hurt.
Waller Graham, hatcher, Edgcmont
Avenue, mouth ont.
Geo, w. Potts, badly injured.
Geo GOff, slightly ,pjuTsd.
Chas. Delaney was blown Q dittAnoe
of fftt feet aad knocked insensible, but
escaped with only feW scratches. His
hat, q alow-orowned ID shy, was itteTa ly
COt tuVO ptU1Na W Nho aJhbB FNSA@oN
debris that raised over his head, and II
seems like o miracle hOw be - eeoaped n
staDt deash. He was UNCONSCIOUS Tor
several mtnutea.
The list OF wounded Will exceed thir-
ty, but those most seriously injured are
Included 10 tho above list. Several are
In a CRITICAL condition, and other deaths
may result from the terrible casually.
KxorrkM EMIT In THR orTY,
In few minutes after the acclde at
the greatest excitement prevailed In the
city. Wounded men travelling 90 their
homes, with blood streaming over their
persons, quickly spread the news, a. Q
an Immense crowd assembled around
the City Hall soon after the dead bodies
began TO arrive. May women were
almost frantic TO learn II their husbands
Were among The victims, aud the grief
OF the stricken ones Gao Dttter De iDag-
ined than described.
PERRY WILLIAMS AWFUL DnATH.
Perry Williams, . oolored victim, and
an AoVlve member Of tho HaOl-y Hose
COMPANY, Was on the top OF the man
building when the explosion occurred,
and was caught between the top of toe
wall And a fragment of the root. Here
he remained with ons-hAlT OF his person
EXPOSED 70 the flames, until John w.
Barndry, q carpenter, bravely climbed
mp Anh released hun. By this time one
leg aud one armt were eBtirely burned
OF, out ~ he had been rendered unc0n-
scioua by ooncuAsion Of the brain, he did
not realize hts awful condition. He
died d few minutes after being takes
down,
Tory Barber, OF the Hauley Hose, bad
the branch plpo when the explosion 'oc-
CURED. He was blown fifty yards, aud
| INSTANTLY killed. The hose was broken
and the pipo remained In his hands.
Ds Jetferls, Weston, DeLanuoy, Per.
kins, Starr, J. H. M. Forwood. Miner
Mot, aud Ulrioh, OF Chester, wers asst
duoua ali morning In tLeir attentions to
the wounded victims.
KMPLoYRB UNDER ARREST.
The employees OF the Trevor manu-
factor, about seventeen In number, were
taken In custody by Mayor Barton, and
held 10 await the investigation OF COro
uer Qdinby, OF Media. This step wa,
taken on account Of the report that they
told the hrsmen there was NO DO der OF
| other explosives In the building. The
Coroner will promptly commence his
invest gatlon.
MEASURES OF RELIKF.
Mogt Of those killed were poor men,
with families who are thus suddenly
thrown upon public charity for sup.
port. In view Of this fact the Mayor
Immediately called meeting of bust,
ness men to be held in his office ut
o'clock, to devise measures for thaiI
relief and . general meeting Of citi.
Rens will be held in the City Hall thii
evening for the same purpose.
AFATAL LOSS.
Prot. JAcksOn's son arrived from Phil
ldelphla about IL O'Clock and at onct
removed small quantity of powder
that still remained in the smouIderinR
building. He said he did not know
what the loss on the building aud CON
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