The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-03
TIE BOILER EXPLODED.
Six HsU York People Hurled Into
Eternity.
A DOZEN OTHERS WERE INJURED.
Fronts Of TWO Houses blown Oat of
sisht-Awfui Scenes I'm . street In
New York City-Causs OF tho lex
piosion.
A DOZEN OTHERS WERE INJURED

NEW York, Nov. 3-The boiler In tho
drydock. East Broadway and Battery Rail-
road company's shops, burst yesterday
afternoon. One end Of the building was
smashed, six were killed and more than
dozen persons more or less badly hurt.
The wrecked boiler was blown clear
across the street 100 feet. and striking two
tenements like an enormous battering
ram, broke down the wall to the third
story. Ten minutes before tho explosion
occurred scores of children were playing
on the broad sidewalk in front OF the now
wrecked building. picking up grain
spilled from the feed wagons which un'
load there. and dancing and carrying on.
The children were from the parochial
school Of the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception near by. Their homes were In
the surrounding tenements. At o'clock
the teachers' bell summoned them back to
their tasks The last of them had not
passed through the school gate when
tremendous explosion shook the building
to its foundation and sent teachers and
children rushing to the street.
Wreck and Desointion.
When the dust cleared away. a scene OF
wreck and desolation was disclosed. The
east end OF the drydock railroad company's
three-story stable had collapsed. The four
story wing east of it stood. but hole was
knocked through the partition wall that
divided il from the fallen boiler houses.
The street was Uttered with broken bricks
and lumber. The tenements across the
way looked as il they had gone through
bombardment.
The fronts OF two houses had disap-
peared. Where they lad been was rag
g,d hole. A dying horse kicked In its
death struggles in the middle OF the
street. In the gutter lay one man appar-
emily dead, and in the doorway Ct the sa-
loon where he had been struck down,
another with a broken head.
Here and there, everywhere. wounded
and bleeding men and children were
crawling away from the unkn own peril,
grasping with feeble hands in the pave
ment and the dirt. Ambulances came
half n dczen-in answer to a summons,
and the wounded and the dead were picked
up and carried away. A man, who ran
around wringing his hands ard shouting
in anguishcd tones thst his brother was
killed, was led away BY the police.
Tho Dead and Injured.
When o survey OF the field had been
made the police list showed the casualties.
The dead: Thomas Hsssan, Samuel Nc
Mullen, Joseph Quinn, 22 carpenter; John
Gillespie, stableman; John Armstrong, en-
gineer; William Royal, 20, engineer.
Injured: Patrick Sheehan, 27, married,
driver, fractured skull; James Harland,
20, married, stableman, fractured thigh;
Michael Brennan, 90, single, laborer, arm
fractured; Charles Bresliu, 81, married,
stableman, fractured skull; George L.
MARITIME, 80, married, cardriver, skull ffac-
tured; Thomas Powell. 40, mechanic; Will
lam Egan, 25. married, laoorer, severe con-
tusions.
A mum her Of others, including several
children, were struck by flying wreckage
aud slightly injured How many horses
were enRulfed 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 loss Of property is about
$4,000.