The herald., 1897-05-24
MANY MEN
MANGLED
By Collapse of Mark Han
mas Furnace
THIRTY WORKMEN ARE BURIED
THIRTY WORKMEN ARE BURIED
UNDER TONS OF COKE, IRON
ORE AND COAL
A New Yorker's Lighted Match Care
lessly Thrown Away Gives
Rise to Fatal Fire

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW CASTLE, Pa, May 23.-This
morning the big Rosena furnace in this
city, owned by Senator Mark Hanna
and ex-senator Cameron, let go and the
next instant heavy volume Of coke.
iron ore and coal came crashing through
the roof of the casting house, burying
in the neighborhood Of thirty men under
the debris.
Manager Refs was taken out with the
skin hanging in shreds from his hands
and arms, and his legs were terribly
burned and bruised. The others injured
are:
Samuel Moody, burned and bruised
all over the body.
Mike Petro, head cut in half dozen
places and bruises and burns about the
hands and arms.
William Hanna, head cut, arms almost
severed by falling sheet iron.
Joseph Love, head mass Of cuts, lay
ing the skull bare in three places.
Frank S. Hard, body badly cut, legs
bruised, back burned and arms terribly
burned; probably fatal.
"A half dozen others were injured, but
the above are the worst cases.
A second accident of the day happened
about thirty minutes later. 1t was a
cave-in at the big 7O-foot cut of the New
Castle Traction company that is making
a track to the new Cascade park.
Michael Kurdy was buried under at
least seventy-five feet of sand, gravel.
clay and rocks and was dead when taken
out.
Peter Herinsky was terribly crushed
about the shoulders and hips, but will
probably live.
LIT A MATCH
NEW YORK, May 23.-Two persons
were killed and three seriously injured
in a fire which started shortly after
o'clock this morning in the four-story
and basement brownstone building at
149 West Twenty-third street. Several
persons narrowly escaped death. The
dead are:
Mrs. Catherine Mossway, SS years old;
died at hospital from suffocation and
burns.
Beatrice Mossway, years old, daugh-
ter of the former, suffocated in her
room.
The injured are:
Mrs. Mary c., or Carrie, Bowles,
boarding house keeper at 2S Hollis
street. Boston, dangerously hurt.
Miss Macdonald, slightly burned on
the face.
F. S. Phaps, slightly burned on face.
The building was occupied for both
business and dwelling purposes. In the
basement is an all-night eating house.
The Weser Piano company occupies the
first floor, and the upper part of the
building is a furniture establishment
conducted by Mrs. Carey. Before the
firemen reached the scene the building
was filled with flames. The hallway
from the first floor to the roof was in
flames and escape by the front was cut
off. Panic seized the inmates of the
house. While a tenant named Lamont
was crawling the narrow sill TO reach the
adjoining house. the body of a woma n
struck large sign which hung on the
outside of the building and to which he
clung for support. The sign was torn
from its fastenings and fell with a
crash to the street. The woman was
Mrs. Bowles, who had precipitated her
self from the third floor to the street be-
low when she found that egress from tn,
house by way of the stairs was checke i
by the flames. She was picked up and
taken to hospital. Lamont did not fal!
to the street.
On the top floor the widest sort of
panic had seized the tenants, among
whom were Mrs. Mossway ard her
daughter. Most of the tenants, includ-
ing Miss Macdonald and Mr.. Phaps,
had escaped to the roof.
Mrs. Mossway, who lost her life, was
sleeping with her little daughter when
she was aroused by the smoks. She ran
into the hall and gave the alarm and
then went back after her daughter.
When she started to return the smoke
and flames drove her again to her room.
She attempted to open the window, but
it did not yield readily and she broke the
glass with her hands. The window
would not open, and even If it had there
would have been little chance for her, as
it is protected on the outside by iron
bars. When the firemen searched the
house they found the little girl dead IN
bed, the mother lying on the floor blis-
tered by heat and almost dead from
suffocation. She was removed to a
hospital. where she died three hours
later. Late in the afternoon Mrs. Bowles
recovered consciousness at the hospital
but no hopes are entertained of her ulti
mate recovery. She arrived in the city
three days ago from Boston on a shop
ping tour. She Is about 35 years old.
The origin of the fire is not known
but 1t is believed that belated tenant
lit match in the hallway to see his way
and carelessly tossed the stfll burning
match away. The fire started at the
foot of the stairs and the light wall
acted as a fiue to carry the flames to
the roof instantly. The damage was
about $4,000.
FIREMEN INJURED.
LOUISVILLE, KY. May 23.-The old
power house of the City Railway CON-
pany at Seventeenth and Walnut streets
was burned with it's contents this morn
ing. Half dozen firemen were caught
under falling wall, while fighting the