The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-12-29
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
A Large Quantity of Powder
Blows Up with Fatal Results.
FIVE KILLED, OVER TWENTY HURT.


Frozen Powder at Hunters Point,
Long Island City, an Explosion
Ensues, Wrccking the Vicinity.
RpLoNa ISLAND CITY, Dec. 29.-An ex-
plosion which shook the length and
breadth of this city occurred yesterday
at the mouth of the shaft recently sunk
by the New York and Long Island Tun-
nel company, causing the death Of five
persons, fatally injuring two Others and
wounding twenty more. The following
Is complete list of the killed and
wounded so far as could be ascertained
last night:
The dead are; Mary Grayden, Henry
O'Brien, Mrs. Rocco, John Hopkins, and
Nicola Lodano, brother of Mrs Rocco
The following is partial list of the
wounded: Mrs. Julia Henry, cut in the
throat. head and hands by glass, and re-
ceived severe shock; Peter McEntee,
foreman on the tunnel work, was stapd-
ing near the box of explosives, head, ,hgs
and arms terribly cut and several bones
broken; Mrs. Mary Maher, cut about
head and arms; Daniel MaheeSCut about
head and body and lost left eye; Mary
Creighton, lost an eye and terribly
Edward Delaney skull fractured, both
eyes injured will probably die; Petro
Rocco, cut about the head and body;
Joseph Way, back punctured; Minnie
Davren, serious injuries TO head and
body; John Davren, father of Minnie
Davren, cut about head and face; John
w Davren, reporter. cut about head and
hands; Miss Matilda Ryan, cut about
head; john Purcell, plumber seriously
IN
johnson engineer, hurt about head and
body; j. Murphy, laborer, cuts ON head;
Mrs. Mary Rogers and son, John Rogers,
beth badly cut about head: Max Hayes,
baker seriously cut on back of head;
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wildey, cut ON
head; Mrs. Kate O'Brien, wife OF Henry
OBrieu, who was killed. face and hands
cut; William Krepp, head badly cut;
John Palmer, head and hands cut; Mrs.
Stein anil daughter 3 years old, both
seriously cut and the child lost one eye.
Alderman James Gomiskey, head cut.
a few feet beyond the lower end of
the month OF the shaft was rude shed
in which steam chests for thawing out
the cartridges of explosives was kept.
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exactly how the explosion occurred, but
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