The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-15
THIRTY LIVES LOST
Explosion Of Naphtha in a Large Har-
ness Factory.
SHOCK FELT FOR BLOCKS
The Engineer Story of a
Girl Who Worked In the Build
lighthouses Close BY Con-
verted Into Hospitals.

Fall River, Mass. June li.-IIenry
Langley's harness shop. a four-story
building, was blown up by naptha this
morning. Forty men were working
there at the time of the explosion. only
six have thus far been taken out of
the wreckage. The fire department..
police and doctors in the city are al
the scene.
II was the worst catastrophe that
has visited this city since the Granite
mill fire. In the Langley harness shop.
four-story building on County street.
a new boiler exploded in the basement.
blowing out the entire end of the struc-
ture and allowing the upper floors to
settle In the mass of ruins There were
about i5 persons, most OF them women
at work in the shops. OF whom only
Henry j. Langley, proprietor; George
f.. Davol, foreman, and seven other
employees. had been rescued alive up
to $3.50.
Flames communicated with the ruins
soon after the explosion. The ilremen
made heroic efforts 10 rescue the inn
prisoned work people. The shrieks of
the girls In the ruins were mingled
with agonizing cries of friends. OIL
cers' houses In the vicinity were turn
ed into temporary hospitals. Every
physician who could he reached was
sent at once to the scene. At . o'clock
the badly charred and scarcely recog-
nizable body of a woman was taken
from the ruins. The fire has been
quenched. hut il is still smouldcrng.
and the work of rescue went on with
great difficulty.
4 girl named Jalbert and her sister
in-law, who worked side by side on the
third floor, escaped. ore unhurt and the
other with slight bruises Miss Jalbcrt
says there was a terrible report, fol
lowed by shock. The roof seemed
lifted and then fell. completely demol-
ishing the building. She and her sis
ter-ir-law were thrown into the mid
die Of the road. The latter was badly
cut about the face and arms. The
names of those injured ms far rs
known. are: Alice Trembly. Matte
Derosiers, Leah Horton. Adcle Doubc.
Adle Page, Henry Langley, George l.,
Devol, Engineer Tripp and Foreman
Warren. Mr.. Langley Is In critical
condition.
The shock broke the windows Of the
Stafford mill and injured several opcr.
atives. The harness shop is y tota
wreck. The flames are under control
The charred remains Of Robert Murray
were recovered. The Star Music hal
has been made a morgue. At 1913,
o'clock 1t was estimated that ther,
were at least 30 in the ruins. The third
body recovered was that of woman
II could not be recognized.
Mayor Green announced AT II O'Clock
| that 10 persons were killed and thret
still missing. Only about 80 persons
were In the building when the eXplo
| sion occurred There are number oI
| injured. and several may die. The FIR,
| Is now all out. but the building rs $,
badly wrecked the search Of the ruin!
is progressing slowly.
The list Of dead is: Adele Doube
aged 20: Leila Horton. aged II. Alolpf
r. Bellefuella. aged i5: Robert Murray
aged 2l. Seriously injured: Thoma!
| Barry. skull fractured. face and hody
burned. will undoubtedly die: Mattl,
Derosiers bruised and burned fatally
William Russell. badly burned: Alic'
| Trembly. bruises and burns. lda Lip
age. bruises There were many pcn
ple in the building. Four were burnc,
beyond recognition. Twelve escape,
with hardly any injuries. Engine
Lepage was arrested. lie SAYS IN
boiler was FIVE years old AMI had no
been inspected for long timo. H.
says he put water in the boiler som
| iirnn hefnre the ratastrnnhp.