Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-04
8! TELEGRAPH.
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
asny More injured by Boiler Explosion at
new York City.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-At about / o'clock
yesterday attern oon u boiler in the stables
Of the drydock, E,st Br a1way and Bat
terry surf4ce road, at f Ist Fourteenth
tt:eet ami Avenue B. exploded, causing
st at and destruction, The section Of the
building in which the boiler was located
collapsed
4 The wrecked boiler was blown clear
across the street 100 feet, and striking two
tpnements like an enormous bstterinE
ram. broke down the wall 70 the third
story. Ten minutes before the explosion
occurred scores # c itiien " ere play iDg
IN the broad s'dcvalk in front Of the now
xfr-k,d huilding, picking un grain
spilled f ON the feed wagons which un.
bad there, and dancing and carrying on.
The. children were from the parochial
sca1tf6f the Church Of the Immaculate
ConQBitiou near by. Their homes were in
The Mhpunding tenemen's. At o'clock
.he teachers tell summoned them back TO
their tasks. The last Il them had not
passed through the school gaze wnen a
+ mendous explosion shook the building
to It's foundation and sent teachers and
children rushing to the street.
A Complete Collapse.
When the dust cleared away. a scene Of
wreck and desoIation was disclosed. The
Eat end Of he drydock railroad company's
hrec-story stable had collapsed. The four
tory wing east of it stood. but hole was
knocked through the partition wall that
divided it from the fallen boiler houses.
The street was Uttered with broken bricks
and lumber The tenements across the
way looked as if they had gone through
bombardment.
The fronts Of two houses had disap-
peaied. Where they had been was rag
&, d hole A dying horse kicked in its
d, ath ,trucges in the middle of the
.tieet. In the gutter lay one man appar-
Gully dad. and in the doorway Of the sa-
loon where he Ind been struck down,
another with broken head
Here and there, everywhere. wounded
md bleeding men and children we're
crawling away from the unkn own peril.
gras ling with feebls hands in the pave
ment and the dirJ. AmbulaDces came
half a dozen--in answer to A summons,
and the wounded and the dead were picked
up and carried away A man, who ran
around wringing bis hands aud shouting
in anguished tones that his brother was
killed. was led away bv the police
Names of Victims.
When a survey of the field had been
made the police list showed the casualties.
The dead: Thomas Hassan, Samuel Nc
Mullen. Joseph Quinn, y. carpenter; John
Gillespie, stabeman: John Armstrong. en-
gneer: William Rpya, ., engineer.
Injured: Patriek Sheeban, y. married,
a driver, fractured skull; James Harland,
20. married, stahleman, fractured thigh;
Michael Brennan, 3, single, iaborer, arm
fractured: Cbarl,s Bres.in. q, married,
stableman, fractured skull; George l..
MARITIME. 81, marrird, cisririver, skull fac
tured: Thomas Powell, 40. mechanic; VIII
lam Egap, -, married, laDorer, severe con-
tusions.
mum her OF others, including several
children. were struck by flying wrecka2e
and slightly injured How many horses
were enau fed in the wreck when the
building fell is unknown. Seven were
shot two hours after the collapse. They
were all more or less injured. How many
are in the ruins Is yet to be ascertained.
The cause Of the explosion WAS over
pressure. The les, Of property is about
$50, 90.