The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-05
Fatal Accident at the Hud'
son Electric Light
Company's Works
Today.
ONE MAN KILLED, TWO INJURED
Carelessness Caused the Big Wheel
to ExpIode-A Horrible
Death.

One man killed and two badly injured
together with damages amounting TO $780,
Geo, were the results of an explosion to a
fly wheel at the Hudson Electric Light
Company's plant in Fifteenth street, Ho-
bollen. early this morning.
The dead and injured are:-Carl Ander-
son. engineer, No. 1.227 Park avenue,
killed; VIM. Coggswel, helper. No. Cos
Washington street, injured about the
body and arms, removed to st. Mary's
Hospital; Martin Cline. helper. No. III
Clinton street. injured about the head
and stomach, taken to the hospital.
A great force of men were at work
this morning removing the debris and re-
pairing the damage to the building and
machinery.
1t was shortly after $3.50 o'clock when
residents of that usually quiet neighbor-
hood were startled by what appeared 10
be a crashing of timber followed by
low rumbling sound. Peerirs out OF
their windows they found the streets IN
darkness. The neig1borhood is usually
brilliantly lighted at night, and it soon
became known that an accident mad TAX
en- place at the Electric Light works
When a News" reporter reached the
scene he found the members OF NO.
Engine Company in the big engine room
searching for the engineer and his as
sistants. All three of them were miss
ing. Superintendent Bonita, who nad
been summoned by telegraph, procured
several torch lights which materially as
sisted in the search.
FLY WHEEL EXPLODED.
With the aid of the lights the cause
of the accident and extent of destrue-
ton Were ascertained. The roof of the
building directly over n the exp explooe9. ny ny
pieces of the wheel, some OF tnem 50
heavy that several men could not lffI
them, had been driven in every direc-
passed through the roof of the bu1ldlng
were found in the street $50 yards dis
One great block of iron, weighing sew
eral hundred pounds, struck an iron
girder which changed its course, other
wise it would have bored a hole in
opposite side of the street.
While the representatives Of the COM
damage done to the building and mach
nery, the firemen were searching Tor
the injured men. Belts and pieces of
broken machinery lay about in heaps
Finally Cogswell was found He had
been thrown from bridge. and. was
found wedged in behind a portion Of ma
e6ns9 e6nsTg c4ae feT lhy Feet uGGn atat ns 0a'N m
The place was thoroughly searched but
no trace of Anderson, the engineer, .IWas,
obtained. Finally the firemen located
him. His body was seen dangling from
the girdde9rg so,s Il 5hs es551ngIi aTfIr1, DEATH.
The unfortunate fellow had been
struck by one Of the peesiS pdefi5 Of tie space space
smeared with blood showed where he
had struck. In falling he was caught
The man was completely disemboYeled.
city Physician Simon sent the body to
the morgGe and bad the injured men sent
to St Mary's Hospital
Superinten6ant Bonita said that the ex.
plosion was due to the carelessness Of
the engineer A heavy pressure had
been put upon the wheel in order to
meet an expected heavy traffic ana a,is ne
Mr. Bonta explained, permitted the
wheel to run away; or ers1a attain nontra1 sgeh a
hgh speed as to be 5eyon6 gsi con1rei To-
dav. but win be in operation again to-
night. Anderson, the dead engineer;
was married man and leaves seyeral
children.