The morning call., 1892-12-29
1T GOT TOO WARM.
Fire and Dynamite Will
: Not rIiX.
)NE MANS CARELESSNESS.
He Built a Blaze Around a Barrel of
the Explosive and Walked Away
and Left 1t.
Epecial TO THE MORNING CALL

LONG ISLAND CITY, J.. l., Dec. 2S.-Just
in the rear of the row of tenements
mum bered from q to % jackson ave-
nue, Rayenswood, is the entrance TO
the tunnel that the New York City
and Long Island Tunnel Company is
putting under the East River between this
city and the New York Central depot. The
dynamite used in blasting froZe last night
and when the men started to work this
morning they tried to thaw il out. Taking
three barrels of dynamite they placed 1t be-
hind one of the tenementS and built a roaring
fire beside il, and the fire and the dynamite
were left alone while the men went down
into the tunnel shaft. The fire burned
nearer to the dynamite than it had been
supposed il would, and at s O'CLOCK there
was a terrible explosion that scattered
death and destruction around it.
Tie shock was like an earthquake. The
men in the tunnel were not hurt, but per-
sons living in the tenements made up the
list Of killed and injured. The tenements
were shattered and the pOstofiice at No. q
and the letter-cases were wrecked into
strils and the clerks hurled into the debris.
Imm ediately after the crash wave Of fire
swept through the lower part Of the tene-
meats, cutting off all possible escape
through The entrance. Some Of the tenants
managed to crawl TO the windows and made
their escape that way.
The explosion was heard all over Long
Island and large plate-glass windows were
shattered as far away as four blocks from
the scene. Across the street doors were
blown off their hinges, counters overturned
and persons knocked senseleSs. Scores OF
persons were injured in this way.
When the excitement had somewhat
abated a prompt search was made for the
unfortunate, resulting in finding the follow
ing dead:
Mary Grayden.
Henry O'Brien.
Mrs. Rocco.
John Hopkins.
Nicola Lodano.
A partial list Of the wounded is as fol-
lows
Mrs. Julia Henry, cut in the throat and
head and hands by glass and received a
severe shock.
Peter McEntee. head. legs and arms ter
rbly injured and several bones broken.
Mrs. Henry Herr. cut about the head and
arms.
Daniel Maher. cut about the head and
body and lost his left eve.
Mary Creighton. lost an eye and terribly
cut about the head; will probably die.
Edward Delaney. skull fractured and
both eyes injured; viii probably die.
Petro Rocco, cut about the head aud body.
Joseph May, back pupctured.
Minnie Dayren, serious injuries to the
head and body.
John DavreD, cut about the head and face
John w. Dacren, cut about the head and
hands.
Miss Matilda Ryan. cut about the head.
John Purcell, seriously injured by falling
timbers.
William johnson, cuts and bruises on the
head and bo1y.
James Murphy. cut on the head.
Mrs Mary Rogers aud her 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'Brlen, face and hands cut.
William hrepp, head badly cut.
John Palmer, head and hands cut.
Mrs. Stein and daughter three years old,
both seriously cut and the child lost one eye.
Alderman James Comiskey, head cut.
McIntire, the workman In charge of the
dynamite. has been arrested for criminal
carelessness. He is severely wounded. He
says that in thirty five years experience
with dynamite this is the first accident that
has occurred to him. He cannot account
for it. The dynamite was in box through
which steam pipes ran to thaw it cut
1t is reported that an Italian who slept in
shanty near the scene was blown to frag-
ments.