New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-22
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
THREE ITALIANS KILLED AT NEW
ROCHELLE.
THE CARTRIDGES HAVING FROZEN THEY TRIED
TO THAw THEM OUT AT A BONFIRE. WITH

THE CARTRIDGES HAVING FROZEN THEY TRIED
TO rHAw THEM OUT AT A BONFIRE. WITH
THE USUAL RESULT.
Three italian laborers were blown up and al
most instantly killed by explosion OF dyna-
mite cartridges at New-Rochelle yesterday after
noon The victims Of the explosion were Frank
Broke. aged thirty-two; John Rose, aged thirty
five and Antonet Prello, aged fortyeight, mar
red.
The men. with about sixty other Italians under
the charge of James Avery have been for some
weeks excavating near Dean-st., on the New
York and Hartford Railroad tracks for new
freight station The three Italians were to blast
the rock with dynamite cartridges. They took
three cartridges out Of the box which in all
contained twelve pounds of dynamite. They
found that they were frozen. and going on top
of the bluff forty feet above the other workmen
dug hole in the earth and lit fire to thaw
them out They placed the cartridges near the
blaze and sat down TO wait until they were
thawed out. Suddenly the cartridges exploded
Preo was blown sixty feet into the air and
his body was torn to pieces. One leg and portions
of his flesh were lodged in a tree, while another
leg and arm were blown across the tracks be-
low and the clothing stripped from the body
Frank Broke was thrown across the embank-
ment against the side of house He was also
torn and lacerated. Rose was hurled into the air
and landed several feet away.
Preio was instantly killed. but when the
ether men were picked up they were still alive,
but unconscious They We're taken to the New
Rochelle Hospital, where II was found that they
could not live more than few moments The
Rev. Father Kener, of st. Gabrers Roman
Catholic Church. had arrived just in time to
administer to the dying man the last sacrament
of the Church.
The remains Of Prello were taken to Davs's
Morgue.
When the explosion occurred 1t shook the
buildings in the village, and could be heard in
Mount Vernon and Larchmont 1t scared the
other Italians who were working below, and
some Of them blown off their feet, but
none was injured. The foreman with the
the explosion occurred
Coroner Barning, Of Mount Vernon, will hold
inquest on Monday. Foreman Avery says
that the Italians were to blame themselves for
the accident. as they told again and again
not 20 thaw out the cartridges with fire. Avery
arrested. and taken before Justice Lang
don, who committed him in the custody Of his
lawyer NJ. j. Tierny. until after the inquest
The explosion shattered hundreds of windows
in houses In the neighborhood Two houses
owned by Michael Parker were badly damaged,
windows being blown out, doors pulled from
their hinges and siding torn off Parker's
family were In the house, and when the
posion occurred Miss Mamie Parker was thrown
TO the floor by the concussion, and dazed. She
not seriously hurt Parker's loss will be
several hundred dollars. large apartment
house owned by Matthias Bantel, a mason and
builder. was also damaged. by having windows
and sashes blown out and ceilings torn down.
Several windows in the office Of the Chicago
Beef Company blown out. and several
windows in the colorcd church broken. box
car standing on a switch lifted from the
tracks and it landed five feet away