Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17

This bottom had been removed, and the
men were working inside to dislodge the
mass of Stag and clnder which clung to the
inner walls of the great stack. The stack
had been flooded with water for "a hours
and appeared to be cold, but under the sur
face it was still red hot.
Forty feet above the men clung to the
side of the stack a mass of Stag which
weighed over two tons, and every effort was
being made to dislodge it, while number
of workmen stood by watching the opera
tion and chatting.
With sudden crash the mass of Stag
gave way and dropped 10 the floor, the
molten mass shot out between the pillars
and before one of the group OF men in the
gateway could get away they were en-
veloped in sheet of fame and cloud Of
burning ashes and molten metal.
BURNED BY STAG AND FLAME.
The men were horribly burned. There
were nine men in the group. and all of them
suffered, one man having the shoes burned
off his feet. The men employed at the
works rushed to their assistance at once
and in few minutes had them removed to
places of safety. For time it was thought
that someone might be under the pile of
debris but an investigation showed that
this was not the case.
The hospital ambulances were called at
once, and the men were sent to the Homeo-
pathic and Mercy Hospitals. Three of
them were sent down town to the Homeo-
pathic. Edward Hughes of Tustin street.
was burned all about the body, and died
at the hospital at 7:5O. He was
married and leaves family.
His body was taken to Flannery's
undertaking rooms. John Beering, Hun.
the body, and at 10 o'clock last night the
hospital authorities said he could not live
until this morning. Jerr Hennessey, the
third man taken to the Homeopathic, was
burned about the feet; he will recover.
BATH OF MOLTEN METAL.
Mercy Hospital. Mike Korwart was the
most severely burned. His whole body
was Scared. His clothing had caught fire,
and his feet had gotten bath from the mol
ten Stag that had shriveled up the leather
il his shoes and left his feet charred
stumps. He died at 6:30 and his body was
taken to the morgue. Korwart was Hum
garian. Is years of age. His sufferings had
been terrible, and after the accident, before
help came to him, he had rolled about in the
mud and water in the street trying to lessen the
agony OF his burns.
Andrew HaydIe will probably die before
morning. He is burned about the face and
head, and probably inhaled the flames. He is
80 years of age and lived at Fifth avenue and
Sono street. His wife is dead, but he leaves
one child in Hungary.
August Mursch is in a critical condition and
will probably die. His case is particularly un-
fortunate. He is the ore man among the vic
TINS who did not work for the firm. He was
employed at the Keystone mill close by. and
he knew in the group While he stood there
the accident came. His injuries are about the
head. face and body. Mursch is 35 years of
age. has a wife and four children and lived on
Second avenue near Soho street.
Laigla Fedor was burned about the face and
back and his condition is serious. He is 35
years of age. He lives at l04 Tustin street. and
has wife and four children IN Hungary.
Frederick Baker. of SO Tustin street, and
Louis Yardon, of l04 TustIn street, suffered
painful injuries but will recover.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
The accident was not caused by the giving
away of any part of the furnace. The bottom
had been taken out of the stack TO clean it and
the sudden rush of large quantity of the
Stag, ETC., caught the group of men. None of
the crew engaged in cleaning the furnace were
injured as they were working on the opposite
side of the stack with long iron bar The
Coroner will hold an inquest Monday.
The crash of the falling Stag and the fash of
the flame caused the report TO spread that the
battery of boilers had exploded, and that the
entire mill was wrecked Immediately the
families and friends Of the millmen rushed to
the spot, and in few moments 1000 or 900
persons were clamoring for admission to the