Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-28
"A TERRIFIC SHOCK.
Explosion Of Dynamite at Long
Island City.
THREE KILLED AND MANY INJURED
Milwaukee Electric Plant Wrecked
BY Bomb
SHAKEN A. nv An EaRrmeuAxR.
Terrific and Faiai Dynamite Expssss~. -
Long Island CITY.

Terrific and F.iai Dynan,s. E.pss.s~. -
Long Island CITY.
LoSe ISLAND CRY. l. l.. Dec 2s-Me
O'Clock tins morning a quantity Of dynamite
exploded near the shaft sunk tor the aew E.ss
river tunnel near the junction of jackson and
Vernon avenues. this city. The explosion -
hre to the four-story brick bufldias adjoining
aud shsttered every pane Of glass in the build-
ings for many blocks a~ound
As clock nine bodies were reported 20
nave been taken from the shaft A score 90
more persons were injured b. falling tineer..
glass. &c. The explosion wu- 90 terrific that
nearly every building on Jackson svenaa,
from 9TH street ~ Borden avenue was efth~g
destroyed OF damaged.
sHArTEREp As M AZ rsRrHer.Kr
Those IN the vicinity OF the time of the es-
| plosion saw tha, the shock which followed w.s
IKE an earthquake. The tenement. "a 90 %
jackson avenue were shattered The store. and
ofhces below we're DESTROYED. The post once
was In No y. The mails are buried beneath
tons OF ruins. snl thev are certain - BE- de-
flames.
When the explosion occurred the i~ttur ca-.s
were knocked into strips aud the CLERKS we're
hurled headlong IN the debris. wave uf nsms
seemed 10 sweep through the lower part % tho
demolished tensments immediately sf,er Tie
crash.
IL Tn. r,S,rrxrs
Some Of the stunned and bleeding tenants
managed 10 crawl to the lower window. ana
make their escape in that wAy Tho people
killed were all in their home- which wen. eon-
tiguous 20 the soeue Of the ,.xtlx.~aon
henry OBrien, Of the killed had
his throat cut from, car a. -, ..I
his face was badly mutla,ed by flying
when the explosion ,ook nl,c. A n.,. a -.
was smashed directly over hrs head aud a large
a., az sS'sa 's ~ guiilot,ne some OF the re-i-
the firc,,s,, NJ, y, Ia. 70 oe on. ~
injured 20 help tbemsel,cs to eso.pe- Win, oss.
ers were too frightened to move.
At II. Johns Hospital siN victims 20 the ex-
plosion wer. received All were badly Injured
Y,,a, N IN -" hVtA haS Long i-Ani
is presidon,~are boanacd hr Isrls'sa 80,
Vernon avenues. Trreme,t 6op.es -, hr,rs
and frame and stores line both of the-s
.horoughf"res' ,iio Ihe explosion WAS directly IN
the rear
TRIED. To rHsw rHr DYNAMITE
The company .s building a tunnel bctwosa
this CITY ana the Nsx yo-l c.,,..i -, /,
cr... Al :, -
y. N'hAih'e II USED m oia-tine-
Last nlght the dynamite froze. The men
heedea some Tins morning and placed three
barrels Of cartridges just back of the teDements
70 be thased cut. Ihvn they bnii, bonfire
oss,ce ,Ae arhldSes. The hre burned nearer
20 ,ae ,.aSn.se .aAa was Intended and the TO-
snLi was The terrific and disastrous explosion.
Al Tue workmen we're engaged ia She tannel
~hen the explosion sccerrsd except McIntIre,
the head - ,b, ,,,,,.I n. a, h,,.-s a
torn 10 pieces None of the u<n ia ~. tuau~I
were injured.
me oupon OF ~ Marys Roman Catholic
smsshaa a. ,',.nol 's.no" "'e'us anu ''h suee' "s
~ pie'"e'
"Ah>kD OF rHE DsSGEh
Work on the tunnel has been progressing
two months. The city. IL is said. has be~n
warned time npa aoai, n. ,,, a....,. ,,...J,,...-
a. -. hr,. - - "'s
-, =, ~ ~ was aAe" iot we tao
.s.i.., ~ ~. '. .e.iue"s OF the heishporhooe
TIE KILLED AND ISTraFD
So far ms can d. learp.a tb. foiia,,,y ~~,.
lilIed snd ;,;,ra,
t,.,,., ~ =,
1"H' ptaoei' ased hineteen' MIA
hocer; Henry % Brien, aged thirty y-thres,
cierh
ihJured-Mm. hrepp, Greenpoint: John
faimer. Niiliamsburg; Minnie Davrcn. seed
nineteen; SoEn W; DHvren. Mrs Maher. John
haher. john Hopkins. internally injured and
horripis cut about head and body, Will
Prooaoiy die' Edward DELANEY. cue
about head and body. face burned;