The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-05
THE SUBWAY
EXPOSION.
IcoNTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.


VINO nau Deen carried into stores anO
doorways proceeded rapidly.
While the rescuers were trying ia
reach the wrecked cars the fire appar.
atus and ambulances were coming from
all directions. together with officers from
Station 4, only few rods away. II
seemed ticklish work to rush boldly into
the wreck. owing to the danger from
electricity. But the people got over their
fright and rushed back to the fire, only
to be pushed back by officers, to allow
the flremen to work effectively. Ambu-
lance blankets and stretchers were in
use instantly, and groan went up as
the first form was picked up from the
wreck in blanket. A few minutes la :
ter four firemen came from the wrecked
car with another form, which had Just
been reached. All the crowd could see
WAS pair or torn and biackened feet,
which were visible at one end of the
blanket. 1t was evident this victim was
a woman, and that she was dead, and
moan of pity went UP from a hundred
hearts.
The rush Of people TO the scene after
the explosion was tremendous, and it was
by circulating q false report of other
threatened explosions that the crowd
left the immediate vicinity The police
were then enabled to rope off fremont
and Boylston streets in both directions
and the fremen and laborers pursued
their work unhindered.
The remaining trolley wires, which
momentarily threatened to fall on the
workmen, were removed by the West
End employees, and traffic, which, at this
point is the heaviest in the city, was di.
verted through other streets BY {
o'clock the debris had all been hauled
out over the hole and active work to-
ward restoring the streets to their nor
nal condition had begun.
The fire in the subway burned persist.
emily and fercely. The water poured
upon 1T seemed to have little effect, al.
though the knowledge that more bodies
were somewhere beneath the demolished
Mt. Auburn car spurred the firemen to
heroic efforts.
Rev. William A. Start met his death
just as he was about to board the i'll
fated Mt. Auburn electric The force
OF the explosion blew him to the side.
walk. where he was picked up in a
fcarfully shattered condition. dying in a
few moments. Rev. Mr, start was bur.
sar of Tufts college and was born IN
Camden, Me-, March l. 1897. He gradu-
ated from Tufts college in 1862, and in
1855 received the degree of A. NJ. He was
secretary of the Massachusetts Univer
salist convention from 1877 TO 1894, and
in 1895 was made bursar of Tufts col
lege.
Guilford d. Bigelow the conductor OF
the Back Bay car, one of the killed, was
about 81 years Of age, and had been In
the employ of the company since April
1886. Mr.. Bigelow was a widower II,
leaves two daughters.
Just over the point Of the explosion
was herdic driven by Benjamin Down
ing and occupied by William l.. Vinal
Both were killed instantly. The herdic
was blown into the air, and came down
a mass Of rubbish. falling into the debris
OF the Mt. Auburn car
William J.. Ninal was private secretary
10 Thomas w. Lawson of Lawson, Weld
enfield & Co, and had been associated
with Mr.. Lawson in a confidential ca.
pacity for number of years.
benjamin Downing. the driver who
met death with Mr. inal, was q we'll
known cabman on State street. and a
friend Of the man he was driving, before
whose Office he had his cab stand He
WAS single and 45 years old.
Within a few feet Of the herdic was a
coupe. driven by Delano II. Sibley and
occupied by Miss Amelia NJ Bates and
her sistes, Sarah Bates. Both ladies
were bound down town from their homes
on Arlington street The coupe was
demolished. and Sibley met the same
fate as Downing, while Miss Amelia
Bates was Iaost horribly mangled. Her
sister however escaped severe injuries
In a most miraculous manner. but her
friends think the shock will Kill her.
S!biey was married
Property Loss.
The property loss will. t is thought,
reach 100000. 1t is impossible 10 est-
mate with accuracy the business loss
es that result from the disaster Not
only were all the windows broken i'm the
reghborhood. out From one jewelers.
window precious stones, said To he worth
$4,000, were scattered about the street
and store. The foundations OF the Hotel
Pelham are said to be shaken badly.
while every window display i'm the neigh
borhood was injured more or less. In
the window of Knapp. dealer i'm precious
stones, in the Hotel Pelham, there were
several loose diamonds. valued at several
hundred dollars each, lyins on piece of
paper. OF the 16 stones i'm the paper.
only four have been found. while the
sidewalk was scattered with opas ru-
bies and other precious stones. several OF
which are supposed to have been picked
up before the police guarded the stree,
in front of the window. In the art store
OF the Masonic temple. on the corner. Err
rico Bros stock was injured badly. the
loss being estimated at $4,000. Only two
windows were left in this building while
there are but three or four i'm the upper
stories of the Hotel Pelham. Those who
suffered the loss Of stock i'm their win
dows. as well as the plate glass. were:
The different state, city and gas off,
cials, under whose supervision, directly
on indirectly the changes in the location
OF the different gas. water and electric