The evening world., 1894-05-21
BIG BOILER EXPLODES.
Seven Men Hurt, Two Of Whom
May Die.
Mass Of Iron Crashes Through the
Roof Of a Stable.
Another Fragment Went Through n
Wall Into a Sleeping Room.

A fifteen horsepower boiler, used to
supply steam to the drills with which
Contractor w. U. Myers is making ex-
cavations on Eagle venue between One
Hundred and Fifty-sixth and One Hun
dred and Firty-seventh streets. exploded
at ITO o'cloc this morning. Seven men
were injured. two perhaps fatally. The
| lanes OF the injured men are
MICHAEL CANNON. driller. Of Hoffman street
and Kingsbridgs road. left thigh fractured and
severely scalded.
PATRICK ToHER. drlller. of One Hundred
and Eighty-fourth street and Third avenue. badly
scalded about face and neck.
JOHN CROWLEY. engineer. b3 Courtlandt ave-
nue., left thigh fractured. scalp wounds and face
badly scalded.
CHARLEs ToRALL. laborer. OF One Hundred
and Eighty-seventh street and Arthur avenue.
scalp wound and badly scalded.
HENRY WILLIAMS. laborer. scalp wound and
bruises
Engineer Crowley and Driller Cannon
were taken to the Harlem Hospital.
Little hcpc Is entertained Of their recov-
cry. The other injured men had their
wounds dressed by ambulance surgeons
and were sent home.
When the explosion occurred the men
were Just about to start work for the
day. Engineer Crowley, in fact. had his
hand on the valve ready to turn the
steam into the pipes which fed the drills
when the crash came.
Driller Cannon was near by, but both
he and Crowley were picked up forty
feet way. from the place where the
There was a gang Of twelve men al
together engaged In making the eA.
%cavation. which is to be the site OF
house just back of the brewery, The
twelve men were thrown down by the
concpssion. All the windows in the
Those who were on the spot and es-
capped injury 5o,,y. say that ant t fnl,y HpP P@ f hait
oof of the brewery stable, 300 feet away,
making a hole 10 feet in diameter
through the roof and the two floors un-
der 1t, landing on the ground floor In
the aisle between the stalls In the sta
BILE.
There were twenty-four horses in the
stable at the time. among them two OF
Mr.. Ebling's valuable trotters. None
Of the animals was hurt. Hostler Fritz
Schmidt. who was standing, within ten
was slightly cut by flying splinters.
A piece Of iron weighing fifty pounds
went through the side of John Deitsch's
house, 75 Eagle avenue thirty feet
landed in a room where Deltsch's
brother, Charles, was asleep. The mis-
fore falling to the floor; John Deitsch.
who is foreman of Engine Company Al.
ran out and sent in an ambulance call.
Another piece OF he .r9 front Te OF the b lorss
and knocked the plastering off the par
lor wall.
about 100 pounds. knocked the chimney
Off the house Of Emil Goth. who lives
next door, at 7sj. The boiler door landed
In hon sne s ss ST. Of AIMS rs;; L avenue. hG 60 fees
on the second floor Goth's two chill
dren, Eva. four years ana Larry; SIX
from their bed, and were found rncon-
scious by their mother.
The contract to excavate the site for
Mr.. Ebling's house is sub-let to Con-
tractor W. L.. Myers by Contractor b:
l. Murray. Contractor Myers couldn't
he found to-day. but Mr.. Murray came
to the scene Of the explosion shortly
He said that the boiler had been tested
last Monday and found by the In
nit was granted to carry, ninety-hye
pounds Of steam. How much steam En-
gineer Crowley had on at the time or
the explosion cannot be learned until
he returns to consciousness.
Policeman Quick. of $40 linton avenue,
attached to the T~wenty-ninth Precinct
| station, was the lTSl Ilhl III nv s.''N
after the crash, He at once. sent In a
fire alarm from the corner, of St. AIMS
avenue and one Hundred FIFTY
sixth street.
Herman Werssker lives. He is a col
lector employed in the brewery. HIS
daughter Freida was just leaving the
h SniSs,0 on o mST Tay s. She ST was blown back
into the house ana landed In the front
hall.
Easle avenue and one Hundred and
FIfty-sevcnth street is forty feet from
where the boiler stood. IT Is occupied
by Police-Scrgeant Ryan, OF the Grand
Central sub-stltion. Hls dangl.er fnliy
was standing in front OF the house ana
was thrown to the sidewalk.
Charles Reichman, a collector Tor the
brewery, occupied the mex mousse r Hi
stores stSEis high. A big piece of the roof
Next door, AT 10 Eagle avenue. Henry
Maurer, lives. with ms tamt,S; oanH
struck the top OF the house aenollsh'hs
a window and a section Of the roof.
or, the other side Of the street: next hnH
one-story frame. a piece OF iron went
through the side OF the house, leaving a
hole two feet square; There was no
The n~eighbors had a great deal TO
say about the condition of the boiler,
They insisted that II had long been
unsafe, and that two weeks ago a
work, saying he did not care TO risk
his life. 1t Is said that he afterwards
made a complaint TO, the Boiler In
spector, who examined the boiler last
"A representative OF the Boiler In
spector was sent to the scene. but he
; refused TO talk.
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