The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-20
MANY KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
Another Terrible Disaster
at PittSburg Today.
FOUR BOILERS BURST 1t SAME TINE.
Two Manufactures and q Private
Residence Wrecked by the
Accident The Number of
Dead Not Known.

PITTsBURG- Pa, Dec. 20-Feur boilers
in the ten-inch bar mBI Of Park Bros
Diamond Steel Plant. Thirtieth Street.
exploded at 4:15 O'Clock this morning.
causing great loss Of life and injuring
many.
The exact number OF dead is not known,
but 1t is thought there arc Eve, at least.
Twelve OF the injured arr az the Western
Pennsylvania Hospital
Three of the dead are at5sl,e moTgae.
Mil Completely wrecked.
The mill IS a complete wreck, and the
debris is piled from 50 to 70 feet high.
The boiler works Of the Mcneil Com
pany adjoining the Park plant were also
destroyed.
It is feared that many dead and injured
are yet buried under the Rreckage.
At Alb O'Clock this morning the night
crew was just about to turn ever the nill
to the day force. when four Of the bat
terry OF eight boilers Ies 20 with terrific
report.
There is not a straight piece of iron or
steel left in the entire building.
Panic Followed ExpIosTon
The mill had sixty men On each turn,
and it is thought almost 12e men, both
crews. were in the plant at the time Of
the explosion.
When the boilers exploded a panic eu-
sued and the men fought their way to the
street. The injured and dead were found
under w-eekage and in the mill yard.
where they had fallen IN heir race for
life
The No. 8 ten-inch mill faces Thlrtletb
Street, and was big iroucIad structure
built en- a steel frame Il extended TO
Spruce Alley and along. that for geo feet
Adjoining NiII Injured.
In the rear Of the plant On the Twenty
ninth Street side is the big boiler works
Of James Mcneil.
one Of the boilers went through Park
Brcs. MILL and crashed into the Mcneil
plant almost demolishing IL
The only man in the Mcneil plant eas
Rufus kordiI.I, night Wateh-2an- He gss
knocked down ard badly brEfsetss-
Another OF the boilers went Trough the
roof OF the bar mill ard soze.i through
the air across Thirueth Street. and crash
ed into the residence OF Re5ers Price, at
No. S Thirtieth Street
Private House wrecked
It went through the brick wall and fell
TO the cellar, wreeking the house. Price
and his family were asleep, but escaped
injury.
The ether two boilers we're blown TO
pieces. and it was these that caused the
destruction Of the mill
The police, hremen, and ambulances
were quick 20 arrive ana The work of rcS-
cue began
Gruesone Task.
It was 4 gruesome task. and the cold
wind made progress slow and painful
It seemed as though the place was car
peted with human bodies. Ore by one
they were carried out into the open A
Of the shock and were soon able TO go TO
their homes.
Twelve were found to be in a serious
condition. and were removed 10 the West
Pennsylvania Hospital
So far as known the injured are Jacob
Caesbrioky, Alex Wavolorlc, VaIenkie
Penviskie, Albert Gefikie. Peter Meik.
Thomas Elliott, Isaac Washington, Munro
Larkin, William steinba1zh. John Nc
Closkey, Robert Street
Three dead were taken TO the morgue
They have not been identified.
It is known that others of the work
men are missing. Their bodies are under
the mountain of twisted steel that now
marks the scene of the accident.
Many rumors are in circulation as 10
the number Of missing.
The clerks in the mill oflee say two
are still unaccounted for.
Death List Nay Grow.
Others place the LIST as high as thirty.
This can only be determined by the re-
mova1 Of the debris.
Many persons are at the mill this n.srn-
ing seeking friends and relatives among
the employees of the mill
No person at the plant knew now many
were dead From the way lhe employees
acted tra Inference is that the extent of
the disaster VIII be create than now ap-
pears. The police roped OF The streets
about the plant to keep szay the crowds
Despite the zero weather at least ) Geo
people are gathered about the place
watching the men at work on the cebris
searching for the bodies