St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-17
EVEN The AIR ABLAH
Water Thrown Upon Hot Coke
Results in an Awful Ae-
dent.
Five Men Burned Fatally,
Four Seriously and 9th
ers are Singed.
Only Five Persons Perished
in the Hotel Fire at
Syracuse.
Woeful Verif1cation Of the
Prophecy That 1t Was a
Firetrap.

PITTsBURG. Pa, Oct. 16.--As result
of some unknown cause this afternoon
the battery of boilers attached to the
blast furnace in Moorhead. McLane &
Co.'s rolling mill burst, and with terri
BILE force tore through the mill, sweep
ing everything in their path. Five men
were burned fatally, four were danger
ously and three or four slightly burned.
The following is list of the unfortu-
mates:
EDWARD HUGHES, aged fifty years, died
at the hospital at s :45 this evening, leaves
widow and family, entire surface OF his body
was broiled.
NIKE CoRWAT, Hungarian, aged twenty
eight, died at the hospital at $50 O'Clock:
unmarried; flesh burned off in several places.
MICHAEL BEERING, Hungarian, aged
twenty-eight years, dying, body terribly
burned, unmarried.
ANDY HAYDER, aged thirty-two. will die,
marrled flesh on head and body burned al
most to a crisp.
LIzTo FEboR, Hungarian, aged fifty
years. has wife, in Hungary. burned over en-
tire body; no chance of recovery.
AUGUST MERCH, German, aged thirty
hve years, has wife and four children, seri-
ously burned about head and body, may re-
cover.
FRED BAKER. American, aged 65 years,
widower, face and breast badly burned
probably recover.
JERRY HENNEssY, aged % single, feet
badly burned; probably necessitate amputa-
ton.
LEWIS VARDAN, Hungarian aged 33.
face and arms burned; will get we'll but may
lose his evesicht.
The accident was unforeseen and ell
tirely unaVOidabIe. lne IuInaco l,.a,i
been blown preparatory to refining it,
and water had been turned on the coke,
of which twenty or more tons clung to
the sides. The men were Inside the
suddenly large iron band that sup
ported the furnace bottom gave way.
The wOrkmen heard the great mass
above them beginning to fall and with a
cry of horror ran for their lives.
The break was on the side from which
the ran for their lives. The
great mass OF hot coke poured
cut over them. None Of the
workmen were buried by the avalanche
but were burned by the tongues of
Hame and volume of sparks which
reached out after them. Men with half
their clothing cut from their body as by
knives, and the remainder in flames,
ran through the streets or lay down and
rolled in the puddles which the rain had
formed. Eye-witneSSeS state that the
air inside the building seemed to be on
fire. Every rag of clothing was burned
from the body of one of the
Hungarians, who is now dying. With
his flesh hanging in shreds and an eye
burned from its socket he ran to the
police station hundred yards away,
where he was cared for until the ar
rival of all ambulance. Edward Hughes,
who died this evening, appeared to have
lost his reason during the few minutes
of his most intense sufferings. He ran a
considerable distance with his clothing
on fire and then extinguished the flames
by rollingin the wet street. He then
bolted straight ahead again for half
mile or more, when he made his way
into the hOnse of persons totally un-
known to him. badly frightening the
inmates. He threw himself on the floor
aud was shortly taken away by few
men who had followed him. That more
men were not hurt is remarkable, con-
sidering the large number near and
the manner in which those injured re-
ceived their burns, The loss to the fur
mace company is small.