Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-14
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VICTIMS OF AN EXPLOSION.
Eight Men Killed and Many Injured
Pfttsburg To-day.

Eight Men Killed and Many Injured In
Pfttsburg To-day.
PrTrsBuRe, March M-A battery Of boilers
at the West Point Boiler Works, Of r Monroe
4 Sons, on the corner Of 2sd and smallman
streets, exploded shortly after II o'clock this
afternoon, completely wrecking the plant and
burying q number Of men in the ruins. -Four
have been taken out dead and three badly in
1ured There are still Q number in the
ruins, A dozen others were quite seriously
injured, many Of them II II thought fatally.
THE NAMES OF THE DEAD
already removed from the wreck are: August
Limbaugh, engineer, frightfully mutilated,
single; Charles Allenbachey laborer, head and
body boiled; Daniel Clark, boilermaker. man
gled and scalded. John Remheimer, boiler
maker, badly scalded; VIM. Howard and one
other were taken from the ruinsalive. Howard.
however, 1t is thought, will die. The names Of
the other injured are not yet known. The ex-
plosion occurred just after the noon whistle
had sounded, and many Of the work men
had left 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 ag-
onizing. Wives, mothers, and children ran
about wringing their hands and crying, eagerly
SEARCHING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.
The first body removed was chat of the en-
gineer, Limbaugh. He was almost unrecog-
nizable. Allenbache's remains were next taken
Gnt, and in few minutes the mangled body of
Clark was found. Ranheimer, Howard and
an unknown we're next removed The work of
rescue is going on vigorously, but at IL o'clock
no more bodies had been recovered. Four are
believed to to be still buried beneath
the debris and it is feared that
more were caught in the wreck. The cause
of the explosion has not been learned. The
building was large oDe-story brick structure.
and was formerly occupied by VIM. Smith Il
Sons, pipe manufacturers. The plant was a
valuable one and will prove q complete loss.
Nothing remains but q mass Of brick, mortar,
and timberss The firm was unable to approx
innate the loss, but it is safe to say that il will
reach S20, ZOO. The conclusion shattered win
dows and damaged houses for three blocks,
and it is a miracle that more people were not
killed or injured.
ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED.
At O'Clock the body of James Carton, a
helper, aged about twenty-five years and I'M
married, was taken out, making five
dead removed from the ruins. Martin Corners,
who was so terribly scalded that he will die, is
twenty-four years Of age and unmarried. He
came to this city short time ago from
Baltimore. The names of the most
seriously injured are: John Forest,
helper, aged twenty six; Harvey
Barr, a helper, aged twenty-five; VIM. Kelly,
John Barber, Frank Maneske, and James Cart
ney, boiler makers. Cartney was recently mar
ried; the others are single men.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION MYSTERY.
The boilers were inspected six months ago
and were thought to be in first-class
will probably never be known, as the engineer
was killed outright, and no one else has been
found who was in the engine-room at the time
the disaster took place.