Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-15
DEATH FLEW FAR AND WIDE A Boiler ExpIodeS at Fall River
 With Awful Effect. F0RTY-FIVE IN THE BUILDING And t Is Impossible to Tell How Many Lost
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FORTY-FIVE IN THE BUILDING
SSsoDS TO THE HORROR OF THE SCENE
Most of the Inmates of the Shop Were Girls. They Had No Warning Whatever. It Was Boiler That Had Not
 Been Inspected in Years.

Fall River. Mass, June 14.--A terrible catastrophe occurred this morning at the Langlys Loom harness shop, on County street. A new boiler exploded in the basement of the two-story wooden build ing, blowing out the entire end of the building and knocking the supports from the side and allowing the upper floor to settle into the ruins.
 Forty-five persons were at work in the shop and only nine are known to have escaped alive. Among these were Henry J. Langley, proprietor; George E. Davol, foreman. and two girls named Cham paigns and Desrosiers.
 Flames communicated with the ruins The f1remen made heroic efforts to rescue the imprisoned work people. Shreks from the girl in the ruins mingled with the agonized cries of their friends who hurried to the scene when the catastrophe occurred.
 MT. Langley is in critical condition and was removed to his home for treat ment. The shock broke in the windows of the Stafford mill and injured several operatives. The building Is a total wreck, but the flames are under control.
 At 9:30 o'clock the badly charred re- mains of Robert Murray were taken out. Star Music hall has been made a morgue, where Medical Examiner Dolan, with other physicians, Is installed
 The engine was situated in the north west corner of the building, and was of fifty horse power.
 It is estimated that at least thirty peo- pie are in the ruins
 The firemen and citizens are working like heroes, but the building Is so com pletely wrecked that the work of clearing is not advancing rapidly. The third hnAxr hn nf hafI mt of the ruins at 9:50 o'clock. The body could not be recognized.
 Ambulance calls were sent out hur- riedly, and physicians sent at once to the scene. The offices and the houses in the vicinity were turned into temporary hospitals. The fire was quenched. but Is still smouldering and the work of res- cue will only go on with difficulty. About fifty persons were employed in the shops --the greater percentage. women. Ma cbinist Tripp was among those who es- capped; also girl named Jalbert and her sister-in-law, who worked on the third floor Others were slightly bruised. The Jalbert girl says none of the girls or men know what happened. There was a terrible report followed by a shock The roof seemed to lift and then fall, completely demolishing the whole build
 ing.
 Later Information. The police have been able to account for all but three of the people known to have been in the Langly building, which was wrecked by boiler explosion this morning. Fonr dead bodies had been recovered up to Il o'clock-Lelie Horton, aged IT; Adele Dube, IS; Robert Murray, q, and one man who has not yet been identified.
 Thomas Berry. aged 15, and another unknown man are dreadfully injured and may not recover.
 The three who are missing are sup posed to be in the debris. The engineer Le Page, has been placed under arrest at the instance of the medical examiner He has since told the police that to his knowledge the boiler had not been in- spected since it has been in use. At 11:15 the flames were completely extinguished, and hundreds of volun- teers were at work overhauling the ruins in search of missing people