The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-29
BY DYNAMITE AND FIRE.
Havoc and Death Are Spread Around
By Them in Long Island
City.
An Explosion Occurred That Was
Plainly Heard All Over
Long Island.
Several Buildings Wrecked or Burned
Addition to she Long List Of Fires
In Miiwaukee.

LONG ISLAND CITY, Il. l., Dec. 2S.-.Just in
the rear of a row Of tonsments numbered
from q to %. jackson avenue. is the en-
trance to the tunnel That the New York City
and Long Island Tunnel company ID put
ting under East river, between this city an d
the New York Central depot. The dyna-
mite used in blasting froze last night. and
when the men started to work this morning
they tried to thaw the dynamite out. TAX
ing three barrels of dynamite. they placed
it behind one Of the tenements and built a
roaring fire beside it, and the fire and dvna-
mite were loft alone while the men went
down the tunnel of the shaft. The fire
burned nearer the dynamite than it had
been supposed il would, and at eight
O'Clock there WAS terrible ex-
plosion that acattsred death and
destruction around it. The shock
was Like an earthquake. The mon in
the tunnel we're not hurt, but persons liv-
ing in the tenements made up a list of
killed and injured. The tenements were
shattered. The postoffioe was in 27, and
the letter cases were wrecked into strips
and the clerks hurled among the debris.
immediately after the crash wave of fire
swept through the lower part OF the tene-
ments, cutting off all possible escape
through the entrance. Some of the tom
ants managed to crawl to the windows and
made their escape that way. The explosion
was heard all over Long Island. Large
plate glass windows were shattered as far
away as four blocks from the scene. Across
the street doors were blown off the hinges.
To- v%y,ru uoI ov,A a1
senseless. Scores of persons were injured
this way. When the excitement had som g.
what abated prompt search was made for
the unfortunate. resulting as follows:
Dead: Mary Graden. Henry O'Brien,
Mrs. Rocco, John Hopkins, Ncoll Lo-
dano.
Partial list Of the wounded Mrs. Julia
Henry. cut in the throat and head and
hands by glass and received a severe shock;
Peter McEntee, head, legs and arms terri
bly, injured, several bones broken; Mrs.
Henry Herr, cut about the head and arms;
Daniel Maher, cut about the head and body
eye and terribly cut about the head, will
probably die; Petro Rocco. cut about the
head and body; Joseph Way, back pune
tured; Minnie Davren, serious injury to
head and body; J. John Davren, cat about
the head and face; John w. Dav-
rem, cut about the head and
hands; Miss Matilda Ryan, cut about
the head; John Purcell. seriously
injured by falling timbers; William John
soIl. cuts and bruises on the head and body;
James Murphy, outs ON the head; Mrs.
Mary Rogers and son John. both badly cut
about the head; Max Hayes. seriously cut
on the back of the head; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wildey. cut on the head; Mrs. Kate
O'Brien, face and hands cut; William
Krepp, head badly cut; John Palmer, head
and hands cut; Mrs. Stein and dauR hter.
shree years old. both seriously cut and the
child lost one eye; Alderman James Comis-
key, head cut.
McIntire, a workman, in charge of the
dynamite, was arrested for criminal care
lessness. He was severely wounded. He
says that in thirty-tive years. experience
with dynamite this is the first accident to
occur. He cannot account for it. The
dynamite was in a box through which steam
pipes ran to thaw it out. ID is reported
that an Italian who slept in shanty near
the scene was blown to fragments.