New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-07
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES.
ruo MEN DEAD AND THREE BADLY HURT.
TWO MORE VICTIMS LIKELY TO DIE-TIiE AcC''

,r,vo MORE VICTIMS LIKELY TO DIE-TiiE Ac'''
DENT UNEXPLAINED ,.
A shocking accident occurred on the bohs i
piIrood near the BlissvilIc Bridge at 01o a. H. ~
,"rtav Locomotive No AZ exploded, and as rcsu,'
,hrce mongled EMPLOYEES OF the road last night ID. -
- Johns Hospital in Long Island City, ana '' ~
erne's Hospital, in Brooklyn, roasted MINUS =. .ho,
recoenition Two men were so badly in)ureh 'n'O 80
died soon after the accident, and the dc''" oi wv"
was hourly expected. The victims are, Sam. old 4:
JOSEPH LOsH OF Daysldc, T.. l.. twenty-five no.d
,orrIhlv scaldcd and leg and arm broken. peau.
THEODORE VAN LEUREN, fireman Oh ''0"e
City; terribly burned and scaldcd. peau' ,v,s,,v
ANDREW WALKER. engineer, Of Mneo.a' ~ - and tbe
five years old badly seaideo a0o'S
legs. VIII probably die ~ ,ov n, Long
JOHN LAFFY, seventeen years o'' "a"' wy
Island city, badly scalded and brureu' ,,c. 8,
JAMES KLEIN, twenty years DID, conductor, VI
Long Island city badly scaldcd ana legs o,oHI ,,or
Tho noise OF the explosion was iie''u ~.
Hunters Point. The locomotive was o , =. 49,
wrechcd and pleces OF the boiler and irohworn y, '
engine wcro hurled In every direction Inc az
hammered while the train was mo'i"s w ,..a %
Island CITY toward Blissve. Inc u'h' ,,, o,,
a locomotive and n number Of nat cars, Inv w t,,
was either on the engine or just aohs'uo 49,. .ho,o
ont any warning the explosion occurred i"0 WON" 100
os Guy ,, ort and the cab and tender were
,,oo,,od Tho men were blown many Iee' """'
pefo, the coud OF pouring steam had risen apoNo o
u,roc, tho ward was fast filling with persons 'pon
the heels Of the crowd came half dozen uoc'o's'
had heard the report OF the explosion -,
Tho injured men were carried 10 'nc no"no'' ,'
road shop, and Drs. Burnett Meii'eiS a"' 49,. -.
AID what they could for them. A call sent out oS
,ho notice brought ambuances fom ST. johns NUS
,dtal in Long Island City, and II. Ca'he1nes iio
nItal In Brooklyn Klein, the conductor anu
the engineer were taken 70 st. Cathenhes iio'p
and the others, Losh, Van Lcuren ana Lazy "o'o
cared for In st. JOHNS Hospital.
Van Iourcn was In the act Of shovellDg coal upon
Aha fro when the explosion occurred, ana he WIN
Losh we're In u direct level with the hre' "".H
~ hlovn ont directly upon them. Thcy were ''o
,,o.st nnrpd SO badly were they burned 'ha'' ""'"
tho musicians prepared 70 give them hypouei'ho III
i,ctions TO quiet their pain, they couid ho' hu 49,
largo enough which was unOurheo W au"'' Va -,
o,eration Walker and Klein were Oh tie eca'S III Wv
h and ont OF the direct line Of the fire Ihey werc'
taoycr lady injured by being struck By flying rag
onts and scalded by the escaping steam walker
clothes were torn from him. The ply scians held OUT
little hope that either Walker or Klein woud re0o'o,
Infy the water boy. was tie least lhIueu' anu Ill
Though hurled nifty feet, he VIII recover Losh was
.,ap,,rd and was unmarried. lie died at IL -"
n M after receiving the last rites ot the hoh"n N',
Ollie Church. Klein, even II he n'oVeie' VIII i''o INV
SIGHT Van Leurcn died at 30 y. IN
lain Mitchell engineer Of the dnll engine, ana IN
e,c wines, TO tho accident, said that, when ne hrS'
saw the engine 1t looked rs If an olFtahA ho o''"
4 cloud Of steam belching from H. Inc s'e'1i
WIS followed in an instant by the noise M''cheh e"s
io,e from tie car, TO which he then attached ana
,un down alongside Of the wrecked engine WIN ue
helm Of two or three others, the wounded men "eic
rr, into nj, engine and he took them down TO the
yard. ~
40 one seems to be able TO eXpain the cause OF Inc
accident one Of the officials Of the road SAID that
there was no possible Of finding out al inc present.
time As the only ones who could tell were the engineer
md fireman. and 1t was impossible TO get any state
ucnt from them. II would seem from the CONDITION OF
the wreck and the way In which the explosion occurred
Tim, either the boiler was weak. that tie water IN IL
was allowed 10 run low. 10th OF these theories nave
odhcrcnts. and the railroad officials seem TO incline
toward the latter II is said however, that the nre
man grSlcd out the words after the accident: she
leaked into the fire box
The accident was precisely like the one which oc
Cured on the same road last SEPTEMBER nj the oyster
Raw station In that the engine OF passenger
train exploded while standing at the station, and tne
engineer fireman and conductor were killed Ihe IN
vcstcton which followed developed the fact that tle
lOllcr was weak and defective.