Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-29

swept through the lower part of the tene-
ments. 1t cut off all possibility of escape
/ through the entrances to the building.
Some of the stunned and bleeding tenants
managed to crawl to the windows and
make their escape in that way.
The explosion was heard all over Long
Island City. Large plate glass windows
were shattered as tar away as four blocks
from the scene of the explosion. Just
across the street doors were blown off their
hinges, counters overturned and persons
Knocked senselesS Scores of persons were
injured in this wav of whom the authori-
ties have heard nothing. Two blocks and
half from where the explosion took place
stands ive-storv brick store and building
and tenement. The shock tore out every
light in the top of the front floor.
All of the killed received fractured
skulls and were horribly cut BY glass The
injured were all badly cut bv the broken
windows. The district where the explosion
occurred is the most thickly inhabited sec
tion OF the city.
The Dead and the Wounded
When the excitement had somewhat
abated, prompt search was made for the un-
fortunates, resulting as follows:
DEAD-Mary Grayden, Henry O'Brien. Mrs.
Rocco John Hopkins, Nicola Lodano.
PARTIAL LIST OF WoUNDED-Mrs. Julia
Henry. cut in the throat, head and hands by
glass and received q severe shock: Peter
McEntee, head, legs and arms terribly cut
and several bones broken: Mrs. Mary Maher,
cut about head and arms; Daniel Maher, cut
about head and body and lost left eye: Mary
Creighton, lostan eye and terribly cut about
the head, will probably die; Edward De-
laney, skull fractured. both eyes injured,
will probably die; Petro Rocco, cut about
head and body; Joseph Way, back pune
tured: Minnie Davren, serious injuries to
head and body; John Davren, cus about
head and face; John w. Dnyren, cut about
head and bands; Miss Matilda Ryan, cut
about head; John Purcell, seriously injured
by fallin< timbers; William johnson, cut
and bruised on head ard body; James Muir
ply, cuts on head; Mrs. Mary Rogers and
son, John Rogers, both badly cut about
head: Max Hayes, seriously cut on back OF
head; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilday, cuts on
head: Mrs: Kate O'Brien, face aWl hands cut;
Palmer, herd and hands cut: Mrs. Stein and
dau Lhte", years old, both seriously cut and
the child lost one eye; Alderman James
Comisky, head cut.
Many Blocks Were Damaged.
The flames spread rapidly, and before the
fremen got them under control nearly the
whole row of buildings was gutted. The
damage was not confined to the fats. For
halt mile in every direction window panes
in the stores and houses were blown out,
falling upon the heads of m anv people pass
many were cut and otherwise injured.
Scores OF men and women could be seen
rushing to the drugstores and doctors
offices to have their wounds attended to.
The sidewalks were covered with broken
glass In many of the stores articles were
thrown from the shelves and counters.
At least 20 families were rendered home
tess, most of them losing furniture, cloth
fng and everything they possessed ex cept
the few things on their backs. A two-story
frame building used as a refrigerator fac
lory by Sylvester Gray, directly opposite
ihe tunnel shaft, was almost demolished,
were brick building adjoining the tunnel
lot, owned by Frank McMann, and another
by Isaac Van Riper. The row of flats was
owned by James Daven, President of the
Board of Assessors. His loss is estimated
at 5000. The buildings were insured
against fire for $500. The other losses
will aggregate $40, 600 more.
One of the men working in the tunnel
when the explosion occurred said they felt
the shock and thought the shaft had COL
lapsed. 1t was nearly half an hour before
anv of them would venture to investigate
and ask to be drawn to the surface.