The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-03
a BOILER SPREADS DEATH.
Six or More Lives Lost and Many Per-
sons injured in New York.

New York Nov. 2-Six men killed,
others supposed to be dead under the
ruins, dozen persons injured, several
horses dead and property damaged to the
extent of about $4,000, is the sum total of
the havoc wrought by the explosion of
boiler this afternoon. 1t was in the sta
bles of the dry dock, on the East Broad
way and Battery Street railroad on East
Fourteenth street, between avenues A
and B.
The following is list of the dead so far
as known: John Armstrong, an engineer;
Thomas Hassen, a laborer; Samuel Mul-
lin, driver; John Royal, lampman;
Joseph c. Quinn, laborer, and Charles
BreSlyn, laborer.
THE INJURED.
OF the injured this is but partial list
as many who were hurt disappeared from
the scene.
Michael Mcdonnell, aged %, at Bellevue
hospital, both legs fractured below the
knees.
Patrick Mcdonnell, aged 2S, both
thigh bones fractured, and bruised about
the body.
Mrs. Jacob soIdinger, cut by flying
glass.
Annie Gallagher, badly bruised by fly
ing debris
John Peters. cut by flying glass.
John Ruhl struck by falling timbers;
I'M uries not serious.
Myrtle Gallagher, cut by flying glass.
John Reinfrank, cut by glass.
THE EXPLOSION.
The explosion occurred about l o'clock,
and those employed in the stables, who
lived near by, had just returned from
lunch. In that portion of the stables to
y-b biclo tho ay1olnriOU HunH about
fifteen men were at work, mostly on the
ground floor. The building is three sto-
rIes and of brick, banking up corn
and grain. Without warning "a terrific
crash was heard and the air for 100
yards in every direction was filled with
bricks, timbers, iron and debris of every
description.
WRECK AND DESTRUCTION.
A great volume of escaping steam
roared and hissed above the tumult. In
a short time, however, it had exhausted
itself, and through veil of dust could be
seen picture Of wreck and destruction.
The entire fronts of the two stable
bH4dmgs, R0s.-5 535~ and 537, had been
blown into the street. The second floor,
on which was banked hundreds of tons of
fodder, fell, going through into the cellar.
Next the roof fell. The destruction of
the building was complete and terrible.
The building opposite, a iye-story
tenement with two stores and eight
dwelling apartments, all occupied, pre-
sented strange appearance. Directly in
front of the window of q saloon, kept by
John Ruhl, lay the boiler, 1t was of the
Lowe patent make, manufactured at
Bridgeport, feet inches in diameter, by
~ feet in length.
There was scarcely a bulge in its sides
The riveting showing that the immense
cylinder had been torn out at the roots.
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Sergeant Washington Mullin, of the
boiler inspecting bureau, says the explo-
sion was caused by over-pressure.
Engineer Armstrong, it is said, was not
licensed to run a boiler of the pattern
that exploded. 1t was a Lowe patent
boiler, and he was only permitted by law
to run a tubular horizontal boiler. Arm
strong was employed in the Corlears
street stables of the railroad, and had
only come up for the day. Far into the
night gang of laborers were at work
clearing the wreck away. The bodies of
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