Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-29

niured-William Krepp, Green Point;
John Palmer, Williamsburg; Minnie
Daveren, aged 10 years; John w.
Davercn, Il reporter; Mrs. Maher, John
Maher
The Daveners and Makers belong in
Long Island City. They are injured
about the head by falling timbers and
broken glass.
NINE BODIES RECOVERED.
At Q o'clock nine bodies were reported
to have been taken from the shaft.
score or more persons were injured by
falling timbers, glass, &c.
The explosion was SO terrific that
| nearly every building on jackson ave-
nue., from Fifth street to Borden avenue,
was either destroyed or damaged. The
structures include the post.otllce and
| Sylvester & Company's factory.
\ fire Immediately started in the
debris and is now burning tiercely.
THE GROUND oUIvEREp.
The people living in the vicinity of
where the explosion occurred were
startled shortly after o'clock by the
noise of falling timbers and cracking of
glass. For square around the ground
| quiyered, buildings swayed and terrified
people ran out of their houses, fearing
their homes We're about to collapse.
In Il few moments the usually quiet
neiThborhOod was thrown into the
greatest commotion. The houses adjoin-
ing the Tunnel Companys yards caught
fire and the entire lire department of the
city was soon upon the scene. So soon
did the flames burst out after the eXplo.
sion that it is not certain whether all the
residents of the adjoining tenements
escaped or are buried in the debris.
Those in the vicinity at the time of
the explosion say that the shock which
followed was
LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
The tenements Nos. 81 to 20 jackson
avenue weer shattered. The stores and
offices below We're destroyed. The post
office was in this block, and the mails
are buried beneath tons of ruins, and
they are certain to be destroyed by
water if not consumed by the fire.
When the explosion occurred the letter
cases were knocked into strips and the
clerks were hurled headlong in the
: debris.
4 WAVE OF FLAMES
seemed to sweep through the lower part
OF the demolished tenements immedi-
ately after the crash.
Some of the stunned and bleeding in
mates of the tenements managed 10
, crawl to the lower windows and make
their escape in that way. The three
| people killed were all in their homes
which were contiguous to the scene OF
the explosion. O'Brien, one of the
killed, had his
1 THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR.
| I ~, 8. ,Int I'D n,y
ing glass. O'Brien was lying on sofa
when the explosion took place A pane
of glass was smashed directly over his
: head and large piece acted as a guillo
, tine.
! Some Of these identified as resident:
5 of the tenements had to be carried Out
by the tiremen. Many of them wert
y too severely injured to help themselves
: to escape, while others were too frigh-
: tened to move.
/ At st. Johns hospital six victims o.
the explosion were received. All were
badly injured.
The yard of the New York and Ions
Island Tunnel Company, Of whicl
II William Steinway was president, are
. bounded by Jackson and Vernon ave
nucs Tenement houses of brick anC
frame and stores line both Of thest
. thoroughfares. The explosion was
: directly in the rear.
;, The company is building a tunnel be
. tween this city and the New York Cen
trail depot. A great deal of dynamite il
= used in blasting. Last night the dyna
Z mite froze. The men needed some thi
morning and placed three barrels 0
cartridges Just back of the tcnemets, I,
A thaw out. Then they built u bontir
# beside the cartridges. The fire burneC
i nearer to the dynamite than was in
- tended and the result was the terrific
e and disastrous explosion.
Il All of the killed received fractured
ii skulls and We're horribly cut. The in
. iurcd We're all badly cut from TIL
a broken windows.
- 1t is said now that the postmaste
/. saved all valuable letters that were il
=. the post-otiicc, when the explosion &C
a. cured.
Directly opposite the scene of the ex
plOsiOn was Il row of tenemcnts uCcu
pied by 10 families. Every apartment
was wrecked aud the debris caught fir
II from overturned stoves. The scene fol
Is lowing the explosion was terrible. Mef
Il women and children, only partly clac
IN rushed wildly from every possible eX
n IN THE GREATEST EXCITEMENT,
10 screaming loudly, The district whel
q the explosion occurred is tho mos
% thickly inhabited section Of the city
For half a mile jackson and Ncrno
avenues present perfectly mass
ruins. Not an unbroken pane of gla'
can be found within that radius.
q number of people were at work i'll Il
.. buildings at the time, but how man
" We're injured is not known. At
,g o'clock the fire was still raging.
g The fire department seems to
Ell totally inadequate TO cope with fire.
" All workmen We're engaged in Il
f. tunnel when the explosion occurrc
lie except Mclntire, who was placed
charge of the dynamite at the head I
the tunnel. 1t is believed he was blow
to pieces. None of the men III the tut
mel were injured.
n The cupola vi St. Mary's Roms
"a Catholic Church, at Vernon avenue al
nj fifth street, was smashed TO pieces.
nd Work on the tunnel has been progress
re- ing two months. The city has bee
sc warned time and again of the dang
attending the work, but no action vi
taken Tor the protection of the residcn
of the neighborhood against the disastC
ne Bitter Feeling Against France.
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