The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
Iniured I'd the Hospitals.

The injured at the hospitals are: Sam
uei Riley, engineer, condition critical; A
7. Gidday, burns; John Hofaein, badly
burned: John Klincwicz, very badly burn
ed, Will probably die; German Goldner,
burned; Tony Walker. foreman moIding
department, badly burned; John Voght,
bruised: James Hall, back injured; Saul
Graupe, slight burns; Bert Dickson, minor
injuries; John Dingal, injured about head;
Julius Leben, arm broken and slightly
burned; Edward Leben, boy, burned;
George Kelsey, head badly cut; Stephen
Nachtget, slight; Ignatius Brock. slight;
Gus Galley, head and arm injured; Will
liam Knapp. head cut; Bert Martin, leg
broken: 7. D. Crowley, slight; Louis Mil
Ter, slight; Mike Duranger, burned about
head; William Ager, boy, severely burn
ed; William Begeman, arm cut.
Dozen Taken to Homes.
In addition to these a dozen or more of
the employees who suffered slight injuries
were taken directly to their homes. Eight
cen men and boys have not as yet been
located. The five unidentified bodies ac-
count for ten Of these and the officers Of
the company say they feel positive that
the majority Of the remaining fifteen are
by tonight at their homes.
Tonight a great force Of men is search
ing the ruins and the work will not be
stopped until every foot of the debris has
been explored.
The Penberthy Injector Company's
plant occupied half a square of ground It
was composed Of two brick buildings, sep
arated b. a sixteen-foot alley. The rear
building, in which the boiler was located
and which was destroyed, was three
stories in height, ffty-four feet in depth
and one hundred feet wide The boiler
and engine room was located at the
northwest corner Of the building on the
first floor. Also on the first floor was the
department for testing the output Of the
plant. The finishing and brass manufac-
turing department was located on the
second floor, and the third floor was de-
voted to the foundry. It is impossible to
tell exactly how many men were at work
in the various departments Of this rear
building when the explosion occurred, but
4 the company officials insist that the num-
Der was not over eighty-fve. There were
four boilers in the plant-two horizontal
ones winch IllulSueO steam IOr the en-
gines, and two vertical boilers, which
were used solely to test injectors 1t was
the horizontal boilers that were in use
this morning which caused the awful loss
of life.
Awful Crash Comes.
The awful crash came without the
slightest warning. Those in the front
building said it seemed like the concus-
sion Of an immense cannon. The floors
and roof Of the rear building bulged up
ward and then crashed down with their
heavy loads Of machinery and foundry
apparatus Walls. roof and all dropped
into a shspeless mass Of debris. Win
dows In houses for a block around were
broken by the concussion, and flying
bricks filed the neighborhood. A dense
cloud Of dust arose and as it settled and
was succeeded by denser clouds Of smoke
and steam agonized cries began to come
q from the heap Of tangled wood, metal
Ind bricks. Those who were only partly
buried frantically dug themselves out
and then as energetically turned to dig