The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-23

from here, was the scene Of u terrlb
and disastrous explosion yesterday after
noon, A few minutea before 4 oelool
every house In that place shook 40 II a.
earthquake had Waited H. The inhab
itanta were greatly alarmed, and rushed
out OF their houses into the streets, ,fhl
cause Of the shock was tho explosion o
a monster steam shovel used by th,
fitaburg and Lake Erie Railroad com
pany In exoayating and grading an OK
tra piece OF track NJ Falhton,
fifteen Victims
ono person was Killed and fourteen other
injured, many Of thom quite seriously Thei
names are nh fnllows
WESLEY FRANCIS, killed.
JAMES HOOPER, fireman, Of Elizabeth, Ia.
face burned ANA arms broken. Ito iain d
serious condition.
MARTIN DlCREY, OF Fallaton, burnot
about head and face,
PAT kul IN, lnb0ror face and head
burned au ,ily bruised
WILLIAM NOOK, burned about the face,
CONDUCTOR OF GRAVEL TRAIN, burned
about face,
known, burned about face and eyeai aor-
OuAly,
WILLIAM RloE, bruised and burned.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN, engineer, head out
JOHN ANDERSON, slightly injured,
WILLIAM MORGAN, allghtly injured,
JAMES fullNlElt, HllRhtly Injured,
HENRY STEWART, slightly Injured.
Several OF the above named persons
who were the most seriously injured are
not expected 10 live.
None Escaped Injury.
The gravel train, carrying moat OF the
mon who were injured, had just arrived
from Pittburg They had loft the train
and NJ tho time OF tho explosion were
sitting on tool cur just back Of the
shovel. None Of them escaped injury,
some Of them faring worse than others.
Tho boiler OF this monster shovel ox-
plodod with such force that several
pleoea Of metal, iron and debris were
blown across tho river, u distance Of q
quarter Of milo, and driven into tho
ground. The shock wOs distinctly folt
and the explosion plainly heard In this
place.
There were largo number OF Italians
In the vicinity OF the explosion, bIt thoy
were working then In n deep excavation.
They were covered with stones and dirt,
which were scattered about the noigh.
borhood very uncoromonioualy,
Scared Italians.
Thoy wero not long In getting out OF
what they imagined was their grave,
and chased like mad up the railroad
track, never stopping 10 look after or
care for their manned and suffering
comrades. 10 was but few minutes,
however, until nearly all the people OF
F0llaton were on tho scene OF tho terri.
bic disaster, and soon had the injured In
a box car, whore they administered 10
their wants.
When picked up Wesley Francis, q rO-
pairm0n, whose homo was ON Mt Wash
ington, was unconscious, He was made
os comfortable as possible, but II was
evident ho was beyond human aid. Ho
mover spoke word aftor the accident,
and died whilo being conveyed on the
train 10 Pittsburg. DIR. Mcconnell, OF
New Brighton, gave tho others all the
aid possible on the way 10 the
West Penn hospital In Pittsburg
After the explosion tho tool car, upon
which the unfortunate men wero sitting,
took fire. Two barrels Of oil were etored
thoro, They caught fire and increased
tho destruction. The burning oil run
down the embankment, setting fire 10
some pieces OF wood, but was oxtin-
guiahod before much damage was done.
A False Report
II was reported that Benjamin Jack
son, OF Fallston, who had been seen
talking 10 the men at work but short
time before the accident, had been blown
into the river, but II was afterward
learned he had gone 10 Pittsburg.
The oxact cause of the explosion Is
not known. The boiler was considered
in good condition, and the guago indica-
ted only 40 pounds OF steam. II had
been in use for several years, and IL Is
thought, had become weakened by the
long wear.
The work of clearing up the wreckage
will be begun tomorrow morning.
III. nj. Kerr, who lives In view Of
where the accid mt occurred, asserts em-
phatically that ho saw the body OF
man hurled through the air and saw dis
iinotly his arms and legs extended. lie
also claims the body alighted in tho
river At tho tlmo Of the explosion
man was on the top Of the plow house,
and u IL thought by many Il was he who
Mr.. Kerr saw flying through the air. IL
s impossible 10 tell who is missing, as
nobody knew just how many men were
here when tho explosion occurred.