New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
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THE BOMB KILLED ELEVEN.
DEADLY WORK OF THE NEWARK Elk
PLOSION
MORE OF THE WOUNDED WILL DIE-THE
STRANGE CELEBRATION WHICH WAS

In the hospitals, eleven dead bodies and numerous
amputations Of the wounded by busy physicians
disclosed the CHASTITY reality. The greater num-
ber of the victims were taken 10 the City Hospital
to which surgeons had been hastily summoned
There only five ambulances in the city and
milk carts and grocery wagons were utilized as
conveyances.
AS The accommodations at the hospital were
limited the wounded were deposited In the corri-
doB, where the doctors went 10 work upon them!
The place rcsembed a shambles. number of
the convalescent patients gave up their beds and
worked all night to alleviate the sufferings Of
their fellow-creatures Doctors Kent, Baldwin,
Young, HOLSTER, Wrightson, Seidel and Harold
worked nearly all night, performing sixteen i'm
portant operations, of which nearly dozen were
amputations Of legs and arms and three of
tracheotomy. One operation was the removal
from the stomach Of q of piece of the
bronze cylinder as large as mans hand IL had
penetrated the abdomen.
The physicians were puzzled to say what would
be the result Of the wounds of a majority of the
patients. The nature of the injuries was peculiar,
and there were chances Of shock and blood poison
ing. The mortality list at noon included eleven,
as follows:
wese Frederick, fifteen years old. of No. 81 Clifton.
Miller Frank eight years Old Of No 1ss Elghth,ave
AnzIone Michael nineteen years Old of No. "a Drifts
faTrsnI Guisseppe' forty-one years old, of North
Rlzsolo; Pasquale, forty-hve years old. of No 17a
Caroiow Charles S. twelve years old, of No. ga Cen.
tral ave-
Murphy, Mary, eighteen years DID, of sixthave. and
Flynn Arthur, twelve years old, Of No. 10 stonest.
Hughes, Katharine seventeen years Old of sxth-ave.
Burgesser Henry, twelve years old, of seventh and
Clifton aves.
The injured are:
At the City IIospital-Gaetano Anzlone. Of No. -
Driftst, father Of the dead boy Michael Anzone I'm.
mentala Anzlone his wife and Nicholas Anzone their
bodies and limbs william Dickson Of 40. IA Boy.
den-st,, leg shattered; George Brown. sixteen years
Daniel Cesney, seventeen years Old Of No Ii Critten
den.t wounded in the groin Ruthena Costa forty fve
Pasquale Detzero Of Factoryst thirty-ve years Old
stomach and groin torn; Annot Chippo, No. 10 Troy
ave, Brooklyn; severely injured about the head and
body; 0rnei Glfor musician, of this city, injured
Old, OF NO. 30 NassauSt., not expected TO nve
Annie Hughes, of Aquednct.st injured about
tns s paquae is De- Of mo- a2 G
Phftst;; injured in the abdomen; George Braner. 0.
liz: ~ u Of Fs%ndsa acara Sn f u Of s'
o., At St: MIchaels HOspltsl-JOh1 Costello, of No.
James Gailaghsr Of No. Il StOne-st, scalp wound
and shattered finger.
paqHae Ho:o RST' S No. g''%a & ansa heel
@ knes -. badly injured; Catherine Tora, of No; ~
years Old. Of No. 81 clifton-aye., cut under the
,n;5Ss SsSs% &c 3Ss sIs,n IS
q No. 81 Boyden.st.. hurt on the leg: Joseph
Smith, Of Crane. and Stone sts. calf Of leg torn;
Thomas Flynn, Of No. 10 stone-st., breast injured.
1t was the feast of ST. Rocco. The italian col
ony in Boyden-st. is divided into two factions
and all of the Roman Catholic religion. Geral-
do Spatola and Alfonso Ilairo are the respective
leaders of the factions The latter is known as
King Alfonso" and conducts dram shop at No.
81 BOyden-st. 1t in front of this place that
the disaster occurred. month ago the Spetola
faction celebrated the day of their patron saint,
hiring band of music and dlschargng fire.
works. This excited the emulation of the other
faction, and band of music was brought from
New-York and more fireworks were purchased to
celebrate with.
The Ilario faction made other preparations.
They had a statue Of the Virgin made Of shawls
and bed sheets and placed it under a canopy.
Holy pictures were displayed upon the sidewalks
and the streets were decorated with ffaes aud
bunting. One piece Of pyrOtechnics represented
ST. Rocco with cigar in his mouth, and there
was contriyance TO make the figure dance The
saints head was blown off and the figure kept on
dancing. When an inflated figure of the saint
which intended to float skyward could not
be made to ascend some of the superstitous Ital-
ians looked upon it as omen of evil and went to
their homes. They congratulated themselves YES
terday upon the superiority of their religious faith
The cylinder which caused such destruction OF
human life was of copper, less than three feet
long and eight inches in diameter IL was loaded
with bombs and discharged with fuse.
Seven eight of these cylinders had been bought
from fireworks manufacturer in New-YorlS and
a number of them had been discharged without
Ill
standing position with beer-kegs. A platform was
erected over the door of King AlfQnso's" dram
shop, and on this were seated the musicians in
gay uniforms surrounded by flags The band be-
gan TO play at nightfall and inexperienced hands
began setting Oft the fireworks. All the popula-
ton of the neighboring streets emptied into Boy
den-st and by 10 80 o'clock the street was
jammed with people of all ages and Of both sexes
The explosion of the bombs was of great in
terest and an eager crowd pressed near to witness
the operation. Then came the fatal cylinder.
1t was placed in position against the beer-kegs.
the fuse was lighted, and the next instant the
pale of death fell upon the assemblage. The
musicians stopped playing, the hush OF amaze
ment and terror rested for a moment the
street. and then were heard the cries and groans
of the wounded and dying lying PROSTATE in the
street The cylinder had exploded into fragments
that blown right and left among the crowd.
People tumbled a. if under the fire Of musketry.
Cries for help heard every side. The
crowd on the outside, not understanding what had
occurred, made a wild stampede from the street
and some injured in the crush. Everything
was in dire confusion.
Captain McManus, of the Second Precinct Police
Station, had sent the patrol wagon - BOyden-st.
in anticipation of trouble between the factions.
and the wagon on its way when the sound Of
the explosion was heard. The officers sprang out
and sezing three wounded persons placed them in
the wagon and drove with them to st. MichaePs
Hospital The ambuances were hastily called,
and wagons in the neighborhood with mattresses,
pressed into service In fifteen minutes the officers
and volunteers had cleared the Of the wound
ed and dying Charles a. Carolan, boy, was
nearly cut in two and died in the ambulance. All
the other deaths occurred in the City Hospital,
which was besei2ed by weeping people all night
IL was said in the neghborhood that the cylinder
had been charged with dynamite or some other
high explosive, but the statement met with nS
credence by the police, who Investigated the cause
Of the explosion during yesterday. County Ply
sician WTightson said thar the disaster was
plainly the result of an aeci!e which could nos
have been foreseen, no inQuests would be ordered.