The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-05


Surrounding Property Damaged
Dos ron. MASS. March Am eNplo-
sion OF eas which leaked from the TWO
sreat siN-inch mains which cross the SUBJ
way at tle corner of fremont and Boyl-
ston streets. Killed Sis. injured two pro-
badly fatally. and nearly htty other per-
sons. 900 1850 o.cior.k to-day a BOOM
siEe that of cannon. was followed by
smoke which secnel 10 arise from the
very bowels OF the earth and then names
shot upward auu bllzcl ln ihe midst of
The thorotshfarcs which there is more
travel than anywhere else in "a given see
tion OF ths city. HORSES lay dsid ON the
payemcrts. panic-alrickfn passengers
were cudrav0ring Co escape with iheir
lives from tho interior OF burning cars
and steam fire engines were on the scene
torrin4 TONS of water upon tnc rapidly
JIsappcarIrg cars. The glass in the build
ines were shattered alons fremont street
as far as LaGrause north, and beyond
fhe fremont Theatre 10 Washington
street and west along Go Park Square.
The ust of tic dead and injured As FAR
as asccrf uued. fouows-
Kuled-Res IS. A. Start. Eurson Tufts
Concce: g. ID. Biec.orp. conductor. Miss
a. 81 Matilda Bates. William j.. NhaL
son. BENJAMIN Downing. hack driver, j..
d. Slblcy. carriage driver
The iniured-Marv a. llipwol. a. IT,
Sargent. motorman. Miss Sadie b.. flcm-
inc. Annie Frank. James R. keWdon'
John y. O'Conuor. Fred ~. Declcy. Mrs.
s. A. Peck. Mrs. j. r. Wilson. Nellie
Jackson Sadie M. Brown. Charlotte j..
Main. s. D. Cuunneham. a. j.. Sher-
burno. John Ross. Wolf kophcr AdoIph
I.undin. Mrs Uorauo Bigciow. Miss
Alice Richardson. sam Morton, Mary l..
stone. Alexander Le.voisc. $. D. lhcA-
or.on. John d. Ncnes. Tony Byaeary,
Henry j. Kelley. Mrs. Charles $. Bates,
William MAyu0W d. W0Odcock, y. ID.
leuard. Nancy O'NclM Patrick Delaney
charles Newell. John Gill. Thomas
brown. j. Heuesay. Augusta Louisa
Wilson. Mrs j.. A. Beck. Anna Hard
,nr Charlotte M Nalr Philip Mooli
FRANK Tobcv. Thomas IT, Ford, Lucy
Doi4n All of the killed and injured re-
sided in this city or in suburban towns
The ,xpio sion care just as three cars
were almost $40 the ceNtre OF the FpAte
at tho corner Th first one ON iis way ILL
r.rtlv across fremont street on Boy lston'
,.hff. the third WAS close behind this tnc-
,rner. MIS- af.ofhtr car on EoFIrton wait.
tup for au opportunity o. tWu i.to IRE
fnnnt street. and behind tails were acN-
cral oth-rs.
Thc trst-uamcl car was precisely n the
centre when the explosion came ihe
,,nol. of the wooden work. which is used
as "a bridge over the deep ho.e al TINS
ror,t. was lifted With "a frehtiui roar
irto the air. carrying the hrsi-tamed
carr with it and taking along the TWO
horses of the second car. The other We
lIclc. were lifted into the air. Instantly
fhe air was filled with flying debris, ana
above the shouts of terror-stricken pe-
d.etr-ans could Doe beard the eroars ana
cries OF the wounded The first electric
car the one in which most of thc people
were X lied. fel back upon the track and
broke in halves THE portions imme-
aafolv burst into flames Then some one
sounded ia nrc-alaTm and calls for the ann
hularccs.
Within few minutes the Emergency
TfU.uiflI was ou tne scene. other ann
luarces followed ANA the nro department
responded promptly and cXtineuished the
flames a squad of $50 policemen were
insufficient fo keep back the thousands
of people who rush in from all sides and
Fl. was only hy giving ID false alarm OF
"a second explosion that they were axle
10 drive back the crowds and rope OF me
street Inc fremeu. police and laboief~
conveyed the dead 90 the morgue and the
injured o. the hospitals
Not only were 400 the window fronts
broken i1 tho neiehhorhood. hut from IL
jewellers windw precious stones. said TO
io worth $4,000 were scattered ahout the
street Tho foundation OF the hotel Pei
nam arc said to have been shaken badly
while every window display Boo The neigh
Horhood was injured more or less. II SIS
utterly impossible TO estimate the loss
SOB that direction.
Tho immediate cause of the explosion is.
81 course. uncertain. but the most gene
rarv accepted theory that 30 was stated
Iv "a spark from the electric motor az
tho Mount Auburn car ienitng the ga
which escaped from the old main That
runs alonc the south side Of Boylston
street.