The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-22
BOILER EXPLOSION
A Four Story Building Blown
up and Several Killed.
REBELS IN CUBA
They Issue an Enthusiastic Pro
elamation, Giving Great Hopes
Of Success.
Threatened Race War In the South Her
Eighty Fourth Year-ManitOba
School Matters-A Qurrrel
Over Chickens.

FALL RIVER, Mass, June 14.-The
| worst catastrophe that has visited this
city since the Granite mill fire, occur,
| red this morning. In Langley's har-
ness shop, q four-story building, on
County street, a new. boiler exploded
in the basement, blowing out the en-
tire side of the structure and allowing
the upper floors to settle into mass OF
ruins. There were about 45 persons,
most of them women, at work in the
shop, of whom only Henry j. Langley,
the proprietor, George E. Davol, the
foreman, and seven other employees
had been rescued alive up to 9:30. The
flames communicated with the ruins
soon after the explosion. The firemen
made heroic efforts to rescue the inn
prisoned work people. Shrieks from
the girls in the ruins were mingled
with the agOnized cries of friends.
Every physician who could be recog-
nized was sent at once to the scene.
The officers houses in the vicinity
were turned into temporary hospitals.
At 9 o'clock a badly charred and I'M
recognizable body of a woman was
taken from the ruins. The fire has
been quenched, but it was still smoul
dering. and the work of rescue went
on with great difficulty. Machinist
Tripp was among those who escaped.
A girl named Jalbert and her sister-in-
law, who worked side by side on the
third floor, escaped. one unhurt, and
the other slightly bruised. Miss jail
bart says there was terrible report
followed by shock. The roof seemed
to lift and then fall, completely de-
molishing the building. She and her
sister-in-law were thrown in the mid
die of the road. The latter was badly
cut about the face and arms . The
names of those injured 80 far as known
are: Alice Tremblay, Matte Derosiers,
Leah Horton. Adele DUDE, Ida Lepage,
Henry Langley, George f. Davol.
Engineer Trip, Foreman Warren.
Mr.. Langley is in a critical condition.
The shock broke the windows of the
Stafford mill and injured several
operators. The harness shop is a
total wreck. but the flames are under
control.
The charred remains of Robert
Murray were recovered. The Star
music hall has been made q morgue.
At 1920 it was estimated that there
were at least ~ persons IN the ruins.
The third body has been recovered,
and it was that of q woman. Tt could
not be recognized. e-.- ass+--.,es --.-~
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
FALL RIVER, June I4.-Later--
Mayor Green announced that 10
persons were killed. Three are still
Only about 30 persons were
in the building when the explosion
occurred. There are q number of
injured, and several may die. The fire
is now all out, but the building is 80
badly wrecked that the search of the
ruins is progressing slowly.
The list of dead is as follows, Adele
DUDE, aged 20: Leila Horton, Il: Adol-
phe Bellefuell, As; Robert Murray, 81.
Seriously injured-ThOmas Barry,
skull fractured, face and body burned,
will undoubtedly die: Matte Doroches,
bruises and burns, fatally; William |
badly burned; Alice Tremblay,
bruises and burns; Ida Lepage, bruises. |
There were 20 people in the building.
Four were burned beyond recognition. |
Twelve escaped with hardly any in |
uries. Engineer Lepage was arrested. |
He says the boiler was five years old |
Ind had not been inspected for a long |
line. He says he put water in the !
ooiler some time before the catas-
;rophe.