Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-03-15
DEADLY EXPLOSION.
Five Lives Lost and Many Badly
Injured in Pittsburg.
woRK1EN BURIED IN TIE RUINS.

WURk-11A BUA-GD In LII RUlNa
The West Point Boiler Works Completely
wrecked-Distrcssins Seenes-Removing
Victims from the Debris--Names OF the
Dead aud Iniured.-The Cause Unknown.
PITTsBURG, March ia battery of
boilers at the West Point Boiler works of
B. Monroe & Sons, on the corner of
Twenty-third and Smallman streets, ex-
ploded shortly after noon, completely
wrecking the plant and Durying num-
her of men in the ruins.
OF the sixty-Eve worlmen, five were
killed and twelve were injured, num-
ber of them quite seriously. Stephen
Carter, however. is the only one in a
dangerous condition. He will probably
die. Following is a list of the killed and
injured:
Gus Linnebau, engineer. % years old,
single. killed.
James Carter. boiler maker, 80 years
old, married. killed
Jacob Rheinheinler, boiler maker, 28
years old. married. killed.
Charles Aulenbaeh. boiler makers, As
years old, married, killed.
Daniel Clark, boiler maker, 80 years
old, single, killed
Stephen Carter, skull fractured in two
places. hands badly burned
Martin Conner. painfully injured about
the head and legs.
Frank Manesky, hoy, scalp wound and
shoulder blade broken.
Frank Smith, boy. injured about the
head and legs.
James McCool. William Kelly, Harvey
Barr, William Froner. William Becker,
James. MeKees, John Forest and f. Lea,
all more or less cut and bruised but none
seriously hurt.
Peter Toner. a boy, was buried under
meath some timbers and was painfully
injured about the head and legs, but will
recover.
The explosion occurred Just after the
noon whistle had sounded, and many of
the workmen had LETT the works to get
their dinners. The conclusion shook
buildings for several squares. In few
minutes large crowd had gathered
about the wreck. and the scene was most
agonizing. Wives, mothers and chill
dren ran wildly about. wringing their
hands and crying, eagerly searching for
their loved ones. The first body removed
was that of the engineer, Limbaugh
He was almost unrecogniZable. Allen
bache's remains We're next taken out,
and in a few minutes the mangled body
of Clark was found. Reinheimer, How
ard and an unknown were next removed.
At o'clock the body of James Carton, a
helper, aged about % years and unmar-
ried, was taken out.
The cause of the explosion is still a
mystery. No investigation has been
made as vet. Some of the men said they
heard the gauge tried few minutes be-
fore the explosion, and that everything
seemed right. The boilers had been in
use eight years, but were inspected six
months ago, ond were thought to be in
first class condition. The real cause of
the explosion will probably never be
known, as the engineer was killed out
right, and no one else has been found
who was in the engine room at the time
the disaster took place.
The building was a large one story
brick structure and was formerly occu.
pied by William Smith & Sons, pipe
manufacturers. The plant was valuable
one and will prove a complete loss
Nothing remains but a mass of brick
mortar and timberS. The firm was un
able to approximate the loss, but it i:
safe to say it will reach $50, 900. The
concus ion shattered windows and dam
aged houses for three blocks and it is &
worder thai more people were not killed
or injured.