Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31
FEARFUL EFFECT.
Workmen Thaw Out Dynamite at
Long Island City.
Five Persons Killed and n Large Number
Mained-Fire Breaks Out and Adds
Additional Horrors - The
Dead aud Jured.

Long ISLAND City. j.. l., Dec. 90
Just in the rear of n row of tenements,
~, 90, %, 81 and % jackson avenrN., is
the entrance to tunnel that the New
YORK. City & Long Island Tunnel Co. is
putting under the East river, between
this city and the New York Central
depot They used great deal of dy-
Mantle in blasting and last night the
dynamite froze. When the gang OF
men started to work they found 1t
would he necessary to thaw the dyna-
inita out and, taking three barrels of
cartridges from the stock, placed them
back of the tencmcnts to be thawed.
The cartridges were put in a box four
feet square, through which steam pipes
ran, and then, with the foreman, Nc
Entee. to oversee the thawing process,
the gang entered the shaft How the
explosion occurred is not definitely
known, but presumably the pipes be-
came too hot. At s o'clock the cXplo-
sivc was set off, scattering death and
destruction around it.
The shock was like an earthquake,
but the men in the tunnel shaft were
not hurt. The persons living in the
tenements made up the killed and in
jured. The tenementS from No. 81 to
20 were shattered, with the stores and
offices below. The post Office was in No
%. The letter cases were wrecked
into strips and clerks were hurled
along in the debris. Immediately after
the crash wave of fire swept through
the lower part of the tencments. 1t
cut OF all possibility of escape through
the entrances to the building. Some of
the stunned, bleeding tenants managed
to crawl to the windows and made their
escape in that way.
The explosion was heard all over
Long Island City. Large plate glass
windows were shattered as far away rs
four blocks from the scene OF the eX-
plosion. Just across the street doors
were blown off their hinges. counters
overturned and persons knocked sense
less. Scores of persons were injured in
this way that the authorities have heard
nothing about. Two blocks and half
from where the explosion took place
stands five story brick building and
tenement. The explosion blew ont
every window light in the front of the
top floor. When the excitement had
somewhat abated search was made for
the unfortunate, resulting us follows:
Dead:
Mary Grayden.
Henry Ol3ricn.
Mrs. Rocco.
John Hopkins
Nicola L)dano
Wounded:
Mrs Julil Henry. cut on tho throat and head !
and hands by glass and receiv ID Il severe shock.
Peter McEntee. head, legs and arms terribly |
injured ana several bones broken
Mrs. Mary Herr, cut about the head and
arms
Daniel Maher, cut about the head and body
and lest left eye.
Mary Creighton, lost an eve and terribly cut
about the head: will probably die.
Edward Delaney, skull fractured. both eyes
injured; will probably die.
PetrO Rocco, cut about head md body.
Joseph Way, back prncturcd
Minnie Davren, serious injuries 10 head and
body
John Davren cut about the head and face.
-gohn w. Davren, cut about head and hands.
Miss Matilda Ryan. cut about head.
.IChn Purcell, seriously injured by failing
Iimbers.
William Johnson, cuts and bruises on body
James Murphy, cuts on head
Mrs. Mary Rogers and son, John Rogers, both
badly cut about the head.
Max Haves. seriously cut on back OF head
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wildey, cuts on head
Mrs. Kate OBrien face AMI hands cut
William Krepp, head badly cut
John Palmer. head and hands cut
Mrs. Stein and daughter. years old, both
seriously cut and the child lost one eye.
Alderman James Comisl;ev, head cut.