The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-11-30
About Forty Victims Taken to Hos.
pitfalls, Many of Whom
Will Die.
Believed Many More Bodies Are Buried
Under the Pile of
Debris.
Terrible Disaster Occurs in the Pen.
berthy Injector Company's Plant
Cause Not known.

one end of the structure in which they
were at work. OF these 10 are known
to be dead and the bodies of several
others are known to be beneath the
debris.
The boiler was located in one end of
a three-story brick building, "a by $50
feet in size. The structure was in
stantly and completely reduced to a
mass of burning ruins. The only men
on the first floor which was largely
utilized as store room, were the en-
gineers, firemen and some workmen
who were making alterations. ALI of
these were either killed or badly
manned. On the second floor were
rs finishers; on the third floor were Is
brass moulders. Just how many es-
capped from this building is not deter
mined, but up to ~ o'clock 3s injured
had been taken to hospitals and 10
dead bodies had been gotten out of the
debris.
Second Building Damaged.
The ruined building was separated
from the other portion of the factory
by an alleyway. A portion of the wall
of the second building was blown in,
but none of the inmates were seriously
hurt. Samuel Riley, the engineer, was
taken from the ruins an hour after the
explosion. He had been pinned under
heavy shaft and beam, his face was
cooked by the flames and he was badly
injured. He was, however, stfll alive
Tuesday afternoon, but unable, Of
course, to give any light on the cause
of the disaster.
Sad Scenes.
The usual scenes of weeping rela-
tives of employees struggling to get
close to the central point in the har-
rowing spectacle were enacted and
for hours throngs of ambulances were
busy carrying away the victims.
A gang of public works employees
worked at removing the hot debris as
rapidly as possible and great crowd
of spectators was roped back from
the vicinity, the intersection of Abb
bott and Seventh streets. The bulk
of the sufferers was rushed to Emer-
gency hospital four blocks distant.
Their injuries ranged from slight to
probably fatal.
List Of Dead and Injured.
The list of dead and injured thus
far ascertained is as follows:
DEAD-John Frey. Mike Ranger. Steven
Crisp. ten unidentified bodies.
INJURED-Fred Klein. Lewis Miller.
L'Iebetreu. George Raymond. Del Ray
mond. Michael Denanger. George Reich
lin, Max Yurkewicz. Lewis Vina. Willie
Ager. Frank Rowcafski, Herman Gold
ner. John Huefern. A. T. Gridley. Antho-
ny Walker. John Schedule. William
A. T. Gidday. one unknown man. James
Nall. John Vogt. three unknown. John
Dingle. Samuel Kolpe. Bert Dixon. lgna-
titus Brock. aged man, known at factory
as mo. CA Burt Martin. August Hen
draen. Stephen MachigaL Gus Galley.
Boilers Inspected.
Hugh Guy, city boiler inspector,
says that his office force inspected
the boilers in the Pemberthy plant
on July and II last. There were
four boilers in the plant, two hori-
zontals and two uprights. They were
in use on alternate days and sup
posedly were well cared for. While
the number of missing had narrowed
somewhat Tuesday afternoon, it is
certain that several bodies are still
undiscovered.
Getting Track Of Missing.
President johnson, of the Penber-
thy company, is making q systematic
search for the employees by sending
messenger boys to their homes to To-
cate them. Mr.. johnson said to the
press that there were two small test
ing boilers in the plant, also one 100
horsepower upright and one 100
horsepower tubular.
II am satisfied" said he. that 1t was
the latter which exploded. The boilers
were tested regularly and 1t was only a
week ago that the boiler-tester compli-
mented US on our careful engineer"
The property loss amounts to $780,.
600; insurance, $4,000.
The first words of Engineer Samuel
Riley, who lies in Brace hospital in a
dying condition. were:
"How did it happen? Everything
was all right with the boiler and en-.
CINE so far as knew"
The fourteenth body was taken from
the ruins within the last half hour.
More Bodies Found.
Two more bodies have just been re-
covered from the ruins. They were ly-
ing side by side under section of the
roof which had fallen in. They were
so badly burned as to be unrecognjz-
able.
MIR HAT