The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-05
NEW ORLEANS HORROR
Many Lives Lost by Explosion
and Fire Pathetic
Incidents.

A terrible explosion occurred at two
o'clock this morning in the grocery and
ship chandlery OF Charles J. Saiathe,
corner of Decatur and Ursuline streets,
opposite the lower end OF the French
market, entirely demolIshing that and an
adjoining saloon, The Fishe1men's Elk
change" and burying a number OF peo-
pie In the debris, which at once took
fire. The number of dead IS not yer
known ait this hour e A. Nd, as the
debris has not yet been thoroughly
searched. AT the time Of the explosion
the street in front of the building was
beginning ito fill up with market people.
A number of wagons were on Decatur
street, and on the sidewalks and In the
markets small knots of men were get
ting out their goods and trading for their
daily supplies.
Their trade was cut short by a muf-
fled sound that came from across the
street, and as they instinctively turned
expecting an explosion, the walls lifted
and came down with a crash on all sides.
TIL force of the explosion was terrible.
Drivers were hurled from their vehicles,
and the wares on the market stands We're
blown to the four winds.
The explosion is thought to have been
ga. eaussed by ~9pows en ,s;a ny OF
on hand by Salaths for sale to hunters
and fishermen, who make their head
quarters in the neighborhood of the
The following people are known to have
been in the two buildings at the time
two children. Eddie. aged ten. and Lily.
Felix Rigaud, barkeeper.
An eighteen-year-old boy, who is mss
ing E-
Emile Boulet, proprietor of and who
slept oyer the saloon, and VINO escaped.
quenters of the saloon, who are supposed
to ave been in there at the time.
Constantine Itro. fruit s~tandkeeper.
OF these. the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Salashe, clasped IN each others arms,
have been recovered: also the body of
.Dmlle Boulet and Constantine Itro were
blown clean out into the street. bur
We're not much injured.
Gnmaldi and Mike B:rl are believed to
be in the ruins
Eddie salashe. aged ten. and Lily. aged
bruised. bHf not seriously hurt,
1t is believed many. more people are
buried in the ruins. besides the above
SahoonReeper Boulet says:-"I believe
there are a number of persons buried in
the ruins OIL JHG SalpOt.4 DIS II was Inc
custom of a number of persons employed
about the market to come into the saloon
between midnight and the hour of going
time to BEGIN their labor. 1 have OTTER
seen ten or fifteen in there at one time"
The injured. SO far as known are
wagon; blown from his seat and Struck
violently against a post; right leg severe
ly lacerated.
jured about head; rendered unconscious;
injuries very painful, but not neees-
sariiy dangerous.
c caarle Iao 1Sb5a Paer'ef rw eTFe W years ars Ae oid;
skull crushed.
Lily and Eddie saiathe, aged five and
ten years; slight injuries about head.
C~onstanftne Dtra. So years old. FISH
stand: mead rushed.
J.. Vallenti. stand keeper, fish mar
ket; caught under falling wall and sus-
Gained sever injuries about the head.
The twelve-year-old son of Frank AL
ballier, who was sitting on a wagon
N FRONT of Fisherrnea's Exchange: re-
ce:ved severe cut IN the head; viii re-
cover.
When the fremen reached the scene
all quarters under the debris. Water
was pumped on the ruins, and a large
force q men started to work to clear
away the debris over where is was sup
posed The bodies lay.
Archbishop Jansen and a number of
his clergy were among the frsE on the
scene. Inc ShpiOSlOH Was ulStlilClLy
| hoard at the diocesan house, only a few
/ Blocks away, and they hastened to the
| scene to render what assistance they
| could.
The booies of Michael Bril-, Felix Ri
gaud, ~barkeeper, and Jas. Edwards, have
been recovered from the ruins.
Edwards was an oyster luggerman,
and supposed to have been sitting In
front of the saloon when the explosion
| occurred.
This makes SIX bodies SO far recoy-
cred. 8
The work of searching the ruins is
still going on. 81