Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-21

/ Will die. All Of the killed and injured
were Hungarians, except James Harri-
son. the foreman.
The names Of the killed were:
Steve Haruela. cut in twain, 30 years
Old; leaves wife and two children.
James Luckay. IS years old, burned;
4 leaves wife and four children.
Joseph Copp, burned, 30 years old;
single.
john Meka. burned, % years old; sin
gle.
John Prokopoyec, burned, 25 years
OLD; single.
John Grucha, burned, 80 years DID,
single.
Oi the injured, it is thought FIVE viii
die. Their names are:
John Warha, inhaled the flames;
/ married two children.
/ John SkOuda married.
Mike Jura, married
/ Mike KapenOs. single.
andrew Drobne, single.
These men were uightfully burned.
The following were seriously -AJufeu'
but VIII recover:
4 JJlu N"SdsN!'
john Zbro.ay.
James Harrison.
Unknown man.
4 Unknown man.
Two of the injured died after reach
b fvr t1p bOSDf-9l making the number of
/ dead eight lne -nJuIeI were OuIueV
So oaay aS TO oe DeS ono IT'os ''---'l' ',.l
/ ,ne ldenl',y OF 1ne J"o WIZ 4to1 De ANU" u
/ uh,I tle oocles ana s"cu pIopoIo-oH9 ol
-4e c-o,A-hs lnal remain IAO@0' d
/ F-e"eu oy lAeT Ii-tu0s.
/ The explosion was due 10 q hang IN
/ the furnace which was suddenly loosen
/ cd and dropped into the molten metal be-
+ low. generating an immense quantity of
/ gas SO suddenly that it could not escape
by .le ordinary means, ana the eXplo-
+ sion followed.
B The terrible loss Of life is due TO a Pc
+ cuIar cause. "A Ie" mihu-es oeioIS lAe
eAiio9i9H occurred one o4 I-e 1op "llTi
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A sang OF 10 mon III cII,lse ol 1a''leS
l.'-l 'So"' WAS sent "e OICe W 1Ne 'op VI
/ .-e furnace 10 remove --5 oos-Iuc'.oA, ",
/ AL ere cl17.'l cIJ""eu di ouuu DHe oe4i
/ OF .-e furnace reno 'iH5 1He maternal
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a relief crew was quickly organized
| and went 10 the top OF the furnace,
where lay fifteen men, bleeding, torn,
/ burned and dying. The flames and
U nlAA.'A' sum 'N.Attttl 8 tN4ti i-Ae Att-
mace and the work Of rescue was dan-
/ gerous i'm the extreme but, covering
their hands, faces and heads with
cloths. the rescuers went bravely to
work. The injured men We're an
/ burned from the waist up, as they we're
all leaning over the mouth on the fur
mace when the explosion occurred
Three men died before they reached the
I bottom of the elevator shaft. and the
/ other six died between nYe and eight
o'clock This morning
AS fast as the injured men We're
taken from the furnace top, they were
removed to- an improvised hospital IN
/ the company$ office, and the company 8
staff physicians and mecG Gai ana from
| NcKoesport and Piusburs summoned.
Five of the men were so badly burned
and injured that the physicians did
not deem il necessary to remove them
to any hospital as death seemed in-
eviteble i'm few hours. and no hospital
could relieve their suferings. Two OF
the men who We're ON top OF the Iur,
mace. whom they reached the ground
were revived. and there being some
hope fer their recovery, they were