The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-15
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Several Lives Lost and Many
Injured at Pittsburgh,
A BOILER PLANT DESTROYED,
And Number Of Men Buried In tho
Ruins-Namcs of the Victims,
Agonl4Ing Scenes About tho
Wreck-what Caused II,

PIrrsDrRGH, pAr March l4,-A battery
Of boilers at the West Point boiler work.
Of Il, Monroe & Sons, on the corner o.
Twenty.third and smallman streets, ex
ploled shortly after l2 o'clock this after
noon, wreckiug the plant and burying a
number Of men in the ruins. A dozen
others wereQuite seriously injured, many
Of them mitisthought it fatally, The names
olthe dead already removed from the
wreck are:
ArGrsr LIMBAUGH, engineer, fright
fully mutilated, single, resided on How.
ard street, Allegheny,
CHARLES ALLGSuACEgR, iaborer, head
and body boiled.
DASlRL CLARK, boiler maker, mangled
aud scaIdcd.
ions IRNuglMgR, boiler maker.
MARrlS CoNSoRs and one other were
taken from the ruins alive. Connors,
however, died before he reached the
The explosion occurred Just after the
noon whistle had sounded and many OF
the Workman had Just left the works to
20 10 their dinners. Tho conclusion
Shook buildings for several squares. In
a few minutes a large crowd had gath.
cred about the wreck aud the scene was
most aEonzins.
Wives, mothers and children ran about
yrinving their hands and crying, eagerly
searching for their loved ones. The first
body removed was that OF the engineer,
Limbaugh lie was almost unreCoguiz.
able. AllenbaCkGr's remains were next
taken out, and in a few minutes the
manvled body Of Clark was found.
Remheimcr, Howard and an unknown
wepnext removed.
CAUSE or THE EXPLOSION.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been learned. The building was large
one story brick structure, and was for.
merIy occupied by William Smith &
Sons, pipe manufacturers. The plant
was a valuable one, and will prove a
complete loss. Nothing remains but a
mass Of brick, mortar and timbers. The
firm was unable to approximate the loss,
but is safe to say that II will reach
S9OOD0. The conclusion shattered win.
tows and damaged houses for three
blocks, md it is n miracle that more peo.
pie were not killed or injured.
At9 o'clock the body OF James Carter,
helper, aged about % years and unmar.
Eiel was taken out, making five dead re-
moved from the ruins, Martin Conuors
vas q years Of age aud unmarried. He
came to this city short time ago from
Baltimore. The names OF the most
seriously injured are; John Forest, Il
helper, aged 20 years; Harvey Barra, q
helper, aged % years; William Kell,
Frank Maneska, John Barber aud Jas.
Canney, boiler makers; CarLney was re-
Gently married. The others are single
men.
The boilers were inspected six months
agoand weru thought TO be in first class
condition. The real cause OF the explo.
sion will probably never be known as
theengineer was killed outright and no
one else has been found who was in the
engine room at the time the disaster
took place.
The work Of rescue was concluded late
this afternoon, but no more bodies were
found, All the employees have been &C.
counted for. OF the sixty-tive workmen,
five were killed aud eleven injured, q
nuuberot them quite serious; Stephen
Carter, however, is the only one in a
dangerous condition.
Every one spoken to on the subject
expressed confidence in the engineer,
and agreed that he was careful and
competent man, aud one who was unu-
sualIy careful in his work. The boiler
had been in use eight years. Tho loss
will reach $4,000.