Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-29
THREE EXPLOSIONS
SHAKE NEW YORK.
Occurred in Wholesale Drug Store Many
Buildings Wrecked Number OF Killed
and Wounded Unknown.

gasfruetlVe explosions 80 N-'
% I.,. occurred a little after noon
80 Ia the building occupied by Tar
., a. company wholesale druggists
-. o,sanwich and Warren streets The
-. M, the explosion wrecked adJoln-
tuDdines and the Irving bank
80 tbe street. The station Of the
V,b Avenue elevated railroad COM
.ryat Warren street was badly dam
- and the road was blocked so that
a. .r Doe impossible 70 resume traiiic
~ .oroe hours, The police report that
number OF people lost their lives ~
,t. explosion. but up 20 o'clock no
d.,d bodies had been recovered from
,ss ,1ired buildings and It was impos-
sbre az that time TO make anything IKE
an accurate estimate Of the number OF
lvss lost A great many We're injured
and were taken to the nearest hospitals
~. bpudlng was on fire about five
,rirutes before the explosion occurred
and there were "a number OF hieneu
~Flr ,be walls blew out and 10 Is feared
.,g, some 0f these were killed. Inc zee
,.-,s as t0 the occupants Of the build
H.. Including about Us working girls
n1 conflicting, but IT Is believed tlal
tfe greater number OF them escaped
T.p5rt that Chief Cruger and htteen
men of the lre department were lost
could neither be confirmed nor denied
upto3 o'clock The property destroyed
included nearly am entire block
The Hrst death officially reported was
chat of Dennis sullivan, a laoorer. lie
Was injured IN the explosion ana dled
iD the hospital. IL ls believed the loss
" life wul not be as heavy as hrst was
feared u is stated by an eyewitness
that a.l the people To- the Home Mal9e
restaurant adjoining the wrecked build
Inc a.cageI With the possible exception
ola .gW NJ the help Do the back portion
being caught
Afsls u. M. the FIRE was still burn
ins but M that time il was believed
90 bo under control
UNKNOWN INJURED.
Il VIII never bee known how many
persons were Injured. AT the hospital
many persons had their Injuries cared
ion and LETT without giving their names
None but the less serious cases at the
hospital have as yet been heard from
Those unconscious and dying We're
taken into wards and there cared for
No returns have yet been made 20 the
hospital officers from any Of these
wards For o block all around the
hospital there was @ crowd In wild con-
fusion Both men and women were
hysteriCal and Il was very difficult TO
get information from anyone.
About half past twelve today Lower
New York was startled by a booming
sound which IL developed was an eX-
p0si0n In the building occupied by
Tlrant d. Company. wholesale drug
gis,s. The hre department immedi-
atgly responded 70 a call but had not
reached the scene when three addition
al explosions occurred, more violent
tLau the first A column OF debris ana
smoke and flame was shot upward 300
feet Persons In the vicinity say they
cav human bodies thrown up IN the
column Of debris when the explosion oc-
CURED -Four explosions occurred In
rapid succession. The Sixth avenue
elevated railroad structure Is demol-
ishei al that point Windows for
blocks around were demolished by the
conclusion. and houses across the street
were probably damaged, Calls were
sent for 1mbulanCes.
FIRE ALARMS.
Five alarms Of fire were turned in.
At o'clock 10 was said that there
were fully 100 persons In the building at
the time OF the first explosion and few
II any of them had time 10 escape.
Harry Ross. q young man, was stand
ing on the corner when the explosion
occurred, was blown ten feet. When
he picked himself up he said he saw
bodies lying through the air and land
ing iu the flames. Three fire horses
were cut bE n se and VIII prob
ably have TO be shot. The FIRE engine
was almost completely demolished by
falling walls
1t was said that 100 Of the employees Of
we building were girls. They were on
inherent floors when the FIRE broke out
ana me explosion occurred. II Is hard
70 see how these girls could have es-
ssapel, In restaurant next door to the
urIB STORE there were about 200 people
tauns their luncheon OF these many
were injured and IL Is reported a score
-, ,I more Ot them lost their lives. Up 10
t-'4o nm. eleven injured persons had
LesH laken 90 The New York hospital
me me police reserves from Old Slip
SnuIeh street OAK street and Elizabeth
street stations, were called out
THE FIRST EXPLOSION.
The first explosion occurred at 121g
Pm and TOOK the roof OIL the building
Ne explosion sent debris flying through
we AT ana into the street. where dozens
u persons We're Injured All the ambu.
GneeS from hospitals south Of Fifty
scene.
a l'ihographlng establishment close "a
saIIaHts place caught fire and IN,
names spread 10 the Irving bank. and
~ '"' buildings across the street The
ntIfen street station OF the Ninth
AFen-e Elevated road. directly In front
VI lnet drug establishments was com.
p-'eIy demolished and number Of per.
Us VINO were standing upon II waiting
w train were blown 10 the streets
nlhoul any serious injury Some wu.
men escaped from the station by walk
ab ine plank az the edge Of the track
t.ai buildings az the rear OF IN,
.eh store We're blown down The flames
ga WIN wonderful rapidity, wher
1No blocks from Chambers TO War
zen and from Washington 10 GreenwIct
'',. .is were soon on fire
,,.oI4An NJ Elliott. OF Brooklyn, was
.."ls on the roof of the seven story
oll.-'ng at 90 West Broadway. a BLOCK
qUHl a half away from the explosion
e says The force Of the first explosion
NJ directly upwards for a matter of
r.l,F ieet when the column OF debri.
sp'sal and fen downward. il took ths
NJ ON the building and he could hear
W. . yI'e' and screams OF persons. Three
sNNules later the third explosion which
h. sNd was the worst Of all. came
tnook the building where he was
ana debris ZEN about Il.
FlREMEN BLOWN TO DEATH
,,souceman Calvin was IN the immedi.
we Vicinity 81 the Gre ,rhnr ~. g..