Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-03

MAKING AWFUL DESTRUCTION
fs.e Prs~oas w<rs KiIi-sa. M.ny Others
ss5ared and Mach Property
Destroyed

NEN IonE, Nov. IA boiler In The
stables % the dry dock. East broadway
and the Battsry Surface Railway con-
paay AZ Fogrfeenth street and Avenue
h. exploded al ! o'clock to-day and tore
up The building. causing death and de-
struction- The section % the buildiag
10 which TIE boiler Vas located collapsed
The boiler isW across the street and
struck the double tenement. No. 55i
East Foarteen,h street just below the
frat story. The side % the building Vas
crushed IN Three men were instantly
killed and nearly ascors were injured. saw
erai Of whom have since died The killed
are. joseph Quinn. Samuel NeAallen.
Thomas Harrsn. John Gillespie and
William Royal The missing are: Jaues
Armstrong. the engineer. believed 20 he
under the ruins. residence not known.
The injnred are. Charles Bresiin. frac-
tared skull. Patrick Sheehan. fractured
skull: James Harlan. bruised. Michael
brennan. fractured arm; Michael Nc
D00Aid. fractured arm, Georgs l. Mar
tine. shock. Thomas UNell. compoond
fracture of law, William Egan. skull
fractured; John Peters. leg broken,
Annie Gailagher. badly bruised; Myrtle
Gallagher. bruised BY flying debris, John
Bohie. batly bruised
Boller Flcw Acres the street.
The explosion came with the quick
ness OF thought and probably no one
gali ever know lts exact cause. Like
shot tie boiler was lifted out of the
stable and few s-rcss the street. IL
81 ~ -
With a shock that shook the whole
block Windows were smashed every
where ia the vicinity. Screams from
the scores % wounded rang out wildly.
Women With chiidren IN their arms
rushed IN a frantic panic % the street
and cloud OK dust aud pieces of Nsild-
ing material shot high into the air. IL
Sas not until several minutes had gone
by before anyone could realize what had
happened firemAn John j. Henry
va. passing up the street a block The
shock lifted him from his feet. lie
rurned and seeing what had happeaed
sent out an alarm Before the engines
came a second alarm was sounded and
then came hurry calls Tor amoulances
BY the dozen.
Three Persons Killed Instantly.
Nee struggling with wounds that in
souls cases we're fatal ran through the
streets and dropped everywhere. There
we're three who never novel Thomas
Hassen. who was standing in front Of a
rahing Just across from the stables. a
correF q the boiler struck him on the
body and skull and sent him flying
twenty feet in the hall. He never
bfeathed again A piece u flying tim
Der struck Picken on the head and Re
reser moved from where be had fallen.
Samuel lcNuii.n was standing IN the
street. A piece os stone weighing fifty
pounds struck him aud killed him in
stantiy. The two little Gallagher chill
drcn. Annie and Msch1si. were playing
in the street il 'front.' Of their home
Fragments og brick struck them and
they fell bleeding from a dozen WOUNDS
No 53i - double tenement On the
grouad foor John knhl has liquor
store. aud on the vest ssele % the hall
way john Peters has httls grocery.
Wrecked a BulIdIng
The end % the boiler struck the up-
per corner q the liquor store. Euhls
bar vas dsuoiished The loRer section
of the building was carried away and
with IL fell the whole front q the sec
ond story RuhIs family live there. but
fortunately not ono Il its members were
IN the house AZ the time. kuhi was
standing 40 the rear % his bar. away
from the window when the crash cane
A piece ~ timber struck him IN the
back and knoc,scd him down lie was
not seriously iniufed
Peters Na- also in bis store AZ the time
wkea mass q brick struck him on tho
left leg. csrry a. away some Il the flesh.
AZ No. 81 there Is Chinese laundry
The Nin i0W@ herr were crushed in aad
The interior was demolished Next door
Wi.Iiam Dart has a barker shop Dart
was shaving q customer az the tigne anI
was knocked .iaEu The customer vas
tarovn from the chair and ran % The
street slmost saiothersd uiih dust ansl
lather Two car horses stood to front
OF the door ard we're Killed. 1he l0ue
TsaseaEer in tas ear escaped gniniureI
Surgeons Kept Busy.
Fifteen minutes sfies the explosion a
hundred fseuen aud dozen an bulance
surgeons VEN on toe scene. The afe
men found 10 fafns 20 fight but Tho
surgeons had fnslr hands FULL They
vert rusbing around every here Tor the
~oUrdes we're lyirg af an points. Three
% inr unioftuHatrs did rot need their
attention The others bad their wounds
bound up ard TIE s.nhniancss tcok them
awsy g. fnc hospitals The 8rea,en vent
% work or The runs ike TfoianS. The
ueu emriofsd IN The roursuys offire
add The men IN the vicinity volunteered
fh-ir All and soon fhe rains a tas stanle
we're dotsei 9ith men AZ frat Il vas
heiievrsl that tie tNa men Who ran the
engine Armstrong and Royal wefs 10
thsre. An koor later it vas faund that
ons 81 tsls UNCONSCIOUS rlsu who serr
tak>n q Feiieeue wifh hia heat cr,lshed
va Enra1 He iied there hall hour
sltes neing laid IN the wsra
ps.fv of q Ho~tter Found
Wssa rrst fhe wark ~ clearing away
the ruirs began. toe xroans that rsr.e
fran fenrath thena. toid the rescaers
thst ~rtaa cre vas there ard II The men
wan errkr,i BARD and vel needed any
s,iro art that sa< sufficient After an
hcur raj voue BY mass ~ broken
lumh~r Fs= carried away ard the
deah body - bor.e waz dis.
eiosed p.rse - RIPE wss It'd q,
i. snd . eas frsSg-d into the street.
The reweVti - tn- horse resulted N
snother horsble discovery. Directly
aadsv ne spot vhsrs the horse had iain
th- mar foond The uanried bo3y of
Jaaa Giiicspte. = hos.isr. Gilsespie's
face wes haroiy rscs 9nisahie Sergeant
~ sshiegten Auiir ~ ne t.,si~~ insrrc
tior harrau says tae expls-.ea uae
csusrd ~ A. e~rrpr-ssurN Engineer