The herald., 1895-06-15
A DEATH DEALING BOILER
Explosion in Fall River Costs
Several Lives
NO CHANCE FOR ESCAPE
Employees 10 a Factory Buried Under
Falling Walls
The Building Completely Wrecked and in
Addition to those Killed. a Large
Number Were Injured

Associated Press Special Wire
FALL RIVER, June 14.-The worst
catastrophe that has visited this city
since the Granite mill fire. occurred this
morning at the Langley harness shop. a
four-story building on Conkey street. A
new boiler explod ed in the basement,
blowing out the entire end of the struc-
ture and allowing the upper floors to set
tie into mass OF ruins.
There were about forty-six persons.
mostly women. at work in the shops, OF
whom only Henry j. Langley, the pro-
prietor, George Il. Davol, the foreman,
and seven other employees have been
rescued up to $3.50. The flames com nj uni
Gated with the ruins soon after the explo-
sion. The firemen made heroic efforts to
rescue the imprisoned workpcople.
Shrieks from the girls in the ruins were
mingled with the agonized cries OF
friends. Offices and houses in the vicin-
ity were turned into temporary hospi tails.
At 8 o'clock the BADLY charred and
scarcely recognizable body Of u woman
was taken from the ruins. The fire had
been quenched hut it was still shoulder
ing and the wo of rescue went on with
great difficulty. Machinist Tripp was
am monG those who escaped. A girl named
Jalb ert and her sister-in law. who
worked side by side on the third floor,
escaped, one unhurt and the other with
slight bruises. Miss Jalbert says there
was terrible report followed by a shock
The roof seemed to lit and then fall,
com pleJely demolishlng the building.
She and her slster-in-law were thrown
into the middle of the road. The latter
was badly cut about the face and arms.
The names Of the injured as far as
known are Alice Twomby, Matte Ber .
osiers, Leah Horton, Adee Dube. Ida
Engineer Trip, Foreman Warren. Mr..
Langley IS in critical condition. The
shock broke the windows of the Stafford
mill and injured several operatives. The
harness shop is total wreck, but the
flames are under control. The charred
remains of Robert Murray were recov.
cred. The Star Music hall has been used
as morgue.
At 10:3O O'Clock it was estimated there
were at least. thirty still in the ruins
The third body recovered was that of a
woman. 1t could not be recognized.
Mayor Green announced at IL o. clock
that ten persons were killed and three
were still missing. Only about thirty
persons we're in the building when the
explosion occurred. There are mum Der
of injured and several may die. The fire
Is now all out. but the building is badly
wrecked that the search of the ruins is
progressing slowly.
The list Of the dead is as follows: Adele
DUDE. aged 20; Leah Horton. aged II;
Adoph E. Bel!efrell, as; Robert Murray,
q.
Seriously injured-Thomas Barry. skull
fractured. face and body burned, will un .
doubtedly die; Matte Lurohes, bruises
and burns. fatally: William Russell, bad.
ly burned; Alice Trem blay, bruises and
burns; Ida Lepage. bruises. There were
twenty people in the building. Four
more were burned beyond recognition.
Twelve escaped with hardly any injuries.
Engineer Lepage was arrested. He
says the boiler was five year old and had
not been inspected for long time. He
says he put water In the boiler some time
before the catastrophe.
Thomas Barry and Matte Researchers,
thought to have been fatally hurt, are ex-
pected to recover. Medical Examiner
Dolan has not completed his report on the
explosion, but it is expected an inquest
will be held early next week. Engineer
Page, after being detained by the police
until evening, was released on his own
recognizance, as no charge had been made
against him.