New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED
TWO BOILERS EXPLODE WITH TERRIFIC
FORCE.
PIECES OF BOILER-PI4ATE HURLED IN ALL DiHEo
TIoNs-r1IE PAssAIc RoILING-MIl1L


r1oNs-r1IE PAssAIc RoILING-MII4l.
BADLY DAMAGED.
Paterson, May (SpeciaD.-One man was hlieo'
three Injured and property damaged 10 INC eAtohe
OF about $4,000 at the Passac rolling-mili AZ +i'
o'clock this morning by the bursting OF TWO ooe's,
which were situated In tho centre OF battery OF
fourteen The whole plant. which Is one OF tho
finest OF its kind In the country. was badly shat-
tered and several hundred people are thrown on.
OF employment The man who was Killed was:
CAUSER Edward. OF No $40 Paxton-st twenty
five years old unmarried 49,
He was working in place of his father. VINO was ILL.,
The injured were:
DE vRIES Emil. of Railroad and California aves''
forty years old bruised and burned
ROSE Charles, OF No ~ East Twentieth-st thir,
ty-nve years OLD bruised about the head ana
sHERI OCK. William, OF No 1872 Jackson-st forty
years old: married: badly burned. bruised anu
cut.
These four men were the only ones IN tho mill
when the accident happened. They were keeping
up the fires for the days work Ten OF the boilers
were in use They had been inspected recently ny
insurance people who said they were In good con-
d,tion New Hues had been put up only snort
time ago
Charles Rose. who narrowly escaped ceh'n' Bay
that Causer was cleaning the boilers whch he "e"'
70 look at tho steam Indicator. and found IL regis
tero, nftv mounds This WAS insufficient 10 run inc
dvnamos and he went back to the engine-room 10
tell Causer to get up moro steam Rose iet' 'a"se'
I'm front OF the boiler and went 20 trim some lamps
/, the stecl-beam room. He was at his Work on
n ladder when the explosion occurred lie was
hurled inward against beam. and was rendered
unconscious ,,, ,...,,. rls hody
was found many feet away from the boiiefs' pau's
mangled and With his clothes burning;
sherlock who is nj St Joseph's Hospithi ana WIo
was al first reported dead. VAS employed ~ a NJ
man and was working next 10 one or "" uo'Ie.5
rrhirh hlIrs, He was hit by the dying deur's an
r,,r,cd Under n mass OF ruins He managed To cra"i
out unasslsted and went to his homo. ana was re-
moved to the hospital later. ,. - ..o.htr,
The report OF the explosion Itself was soins hIiS
that could he heard for miles around. ana tne i"ip
NJ the shock shattered many pano5 OF gas III w
ne,ghhOrhood. There were a hummer ot con. q"
on a trcstle which runs into tho niilyart 'He ..
those cnrs was nfied on the track pi,cs q.
holer-plate weighing nearly half ION was uilN'i
through an engine. steel plane ana biNh vi" ~
and landed ahou; one hundred yard' bsNoln ~
uau Another niece OF metal hurled over IN"
The boilcr-rnom where the explosion occurred;
VS. an immense ,nngle Of metal AMI shatterci
wood Big steel Orders were broken IN plccss M,
twisted into fantastic shapes. inc poiers VINO" "'
moi hurst were badly wrecked .,
When the insurance mon fnish thclr lhVehtoIHs
ord take photocraphs Of the boiler tho company
viii .ut n large gang at work clearing away inc
Presiaont Cook expects 10 have the plant In ORDER
within a fortnight and will cndeavor 10 Ill I'll
order. which he has or hand on tme