St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-13
THIRTY MEN BOILED.
Horrible Explosion in the
Quebec Worsted Com
pany's Works
The Entire City Panie-Strick-
en- by the Terrible
Disaster.
Large Force of Doctors and
Surgeons Promptly in
Attendance.
Work Of Exhuming Bodies
and Reseuing Victims in
Progress.

QUEBEC, Feb. 12.-About 9:45 this
morning the boiler in the Quebec
Worsted Company's factory at Hare
Point. exploded, completely demolish-
ing the engine house and about half
of the factory. A large number of
hands were buried in the ruins. The
works of the Quebec Worsted Company.
where this mornings fatal explosion
occurred, are situated at Hare Point, on
the northeastern outskirts of the city.
They cover large area and employ
more hands than any other manufactur-
ing establishment in the city. They
had been closed down for two weeks
while the boilers and machinery were
being overhauled and retitted. OPP
erations were to have been re-
sumed this morning, and about 800 OF
the operatives were on hand. Owing to
some cause, however, the machinery
was not started and they were dis
missed. Many of them, however, re-
mained about the building, a number
keeping in the vicinity of the engine
room for the sake of warmth. About 9:45
there was sudden explosion which COM
pletely wrecked the engine house and
dye house and damaged large part OF
the main building. A great crowd
gathered Immediately and the work OF
rescue commenced. The fire brigade
was called out, but, fortunately, the
horrors of fire were not added to
the calamity. A battery OF artillery
was ordered out to assist the
police in keeping order and controlling
the enormous crowd of excited men and
women who blocked up every avenue OF
approach. Among the dead and injured
are these:
William Forest, dead; Amelia Cote, badly
scalded; Alex Martineaux; dying: MISS Kous-
Timothy Enright, injured about mead !; pierre
Peterson, scalded and bruised; William
Bouin, scalded; Emilia Boule, dying; MISS
Mercier, dead; Joseph Dutresne,, dead;
Henri Laberet, dead: Joseph Michaud, dead:
j. Styles, badly injured; Ii. Styles, badly
scalded; John La Montague, dead; Arthur
Tweedle, dead.
A large force of doctors and surgeons
is on hand, and the wounded are re-
ceiving prompt attention. Many per-
sons who left their homes this morning
to go to work in the building are re-
ported to be missing, but the number is
probably much exaggerated, for as
already stated, the greater pro-
portion had left the building be-
fore the explosion occurred.
The cause of the accident is not at pres
ent known. but it is thought some OF the
pipes may have been frozen while the
fires were out, and SO caused Stoppage
when steam was got up. Mr.. Harvey,
foreman of Messrs. Carrier, Laine
& Co.. Of Lewis, who were carry
a
chinery and boilers, says that he
was in the engine room when the eX-
ploslon took place. He instinctively
threw himself under the shelter of a
large wheel and so escaped being
crushed by falling bricks and rafters.
He was rescued half an hour later and
has only slight injuries. He cannot ac-
count for the accident The work OF
rescuing the unfortunateS buried under
the ruins is still going on. The Marine
hospital, which is situated in the same
locality as the mill, has been opened to
receive the dead and wounded, and is
besieged by people searching for miss
ing relatives. The body of Engineer
Francour, of the works, was found
crushed out of all shape by mass OF
debris which covered him.
Mr.. Styles, reported Injured, has since
died. His son is thought to be dying.
FIR Dion, foreman of the spinning de-
partment, has a broken arm and leg;
Emmanuel Filteault has broken arm;
Caroline Morrisette was bruised and
scalded: G. Villeneuve is dying; Ed
Morris is dying; Gustav BLOWN is dead;
Arthur Rousseau is dead; Peter Glenn
ents is dead; Pierre GirrouX is dying;
Llewellyn has slight Injuries; Lee is
dead.