The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-15
A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
FOUR KILLED. THREE MISSING AND
FOUR INJURED.

Harness shop mt Fall River the
Scene of the Disastcr-The Building
Comes Down All I'm n Heap After
the ENplOsIon-Sevrntee Persons
ImprtsOned In the Ruins-Fire
Breaks Ont In the WreckaEe.
Fall River. Mass. June IA catastro-
phe which created the greatest excitement
in this city since the Granite mill fire oc-
CURED this morning at the Langley Loom
Harness Shop on County street. three
story wooden building owned by Henry /.
Langley.
A 5O-hOrse power boiler exploded in the
rear part OF the basement. blowing out the
sides OF the building. knocking away the
supports and allowing the upper floors to
settle into a mass Of ruins
Fire started in the ruins and began to
burn briskiy. The firemen made heroic ef-
forts to rescue the imprisoned work people
OF whom there were IL The shrieks from
the girls In the ruins were mingled with
the agonized cries Of their friends. who had
hurried TO the scene when the nrst news
OF the catastrophe spread. Ambulance
calls were sent out hurriedly and every
physician who could be reached was sent
at once TO the scene. The offices and the
houses in the vicinity were turned into
temporary hospitals.
At o'clock the badly charred and scarce
ly recognizable body of woman was
hauled from the ruins. The fire had then
been quenched, but was still smouldering
and the work of rescuing could go on only
with difficulty.
Up to noon the work OF search and res
cue was carried on amid great excite
ment and at that hour Il was found that
four persons had been killed three more
missing and four had been seriously IN
jured. tte
The killed are: Leila Horton, aged II;
Adle DUDE, aged IS: Robert Murray aged
p Adolph Belefeuille. aged 80.
The missing are: Angelina Mccoy, An
gust SENEGAL and Philip smith.
The injured are: Thpmas Bury, aged
IS; Matte Desroches, Joseph Huttal, and
Mary Partridge.
Two were probably fatally injured, and
of the missing ones little was known at
noon. The first reports said thirty had
been killed and 1t was not until the list
was given out by the bookkeeper that
anything definite could be determined,
The explosion shook every building
within a half mile. IL wrecked the star
ford Mill windows on the east side, and
In less than three minutes every opera
tive was out of the building.
There is a great deal OF wreckage among
the mill machinery. The force OF the
explosion was enough TO send bricks
through the whole width Of the mill,
from the east to the west sides The
boiler was torn apart In the middle and
the furnace part was blown into the
building
The narrow escapes were numerous and
marvellous. II is quite certain that seven
deaths al least will result,
Mr. Langley says the boiler was only
three and a half years old. Napoleon Le-
page, the fireman and engineer escaped
without injury. There was plenty OF water
in the boiler, he says lie has been ar
rested. The total pecuniary loss Will be
about $40, 900.
The engineer says the boiler had not
been officially inspected I'm five years so
far as he could remember, although 1t was
repaired not long ago. He has been an
engineer for eight years.
Fall River, Mass, June IA. 10 p. m.-The
police report of the explosion given out
tonight shows that there were seventeen
people in the building. OF this number
four were burned 10 death, seven were
more or less injured, while The others es-
capped with more than a severe shock. or
the injured Thomas Bury is in critical
condition.