Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-27
Injured at Hospitals.

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critical bad burns.
A. r Gldday, suffering from burns.
John Hoffiein, badly burned.
John Klinowicz, very badly burned;
will probably die.
Herman Goldner, burned about the
back.
Tony Walker. foreman of the mold
ing department nose broken and bad
ly burned.
John Vogt. bruised and suffering
from shock.
James Nall, back injured.
Sol Graupe, slight burns.
Bert Dickson, minor injuries.
John Dingal, injured about head.
Julius Liebeten, arm broken and
slight burns.
Edward Liebeten, boy burns.
George Kelsey, head badly cut.
Stephen Naehtigel, slight.
Ignatius Brock slight
Gus Galley, head and arms injured
William Knapp, head cut and suf-
fering from shock.
Bert Martin, leg broken.
I. d. Crowley, slight.
Louis Miller, slight.
Mike Deranger, burned about head.
William Ager, boy, several bad
burns and seriously bruised.
William Begeman, arm cut.
Confident Others Were Safe.
In addition To these, a dozen or
more of the employees who suffered
comparatively slight injuries. aside
from the shock, were taken directly
to their homes. Eighteen men and
boys have not as yet been located
either at their homes or at the hos
pitfalls. The five unidentified bodies ac
count for five of those, and the officers
of the company said they felt posi-
tive that the major portion Of the re-
naming Is were by last night at their
homes.
Last night great force of men was
searching the ruins by electric light
The Penberthy Injector company
plant occupied half a square at the
corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn
avenue 1t was composed of two
brick buildings, separated by "a 16-
foot alley
The explosion occurred in the rear
building. 1t is impossible to tell ex-
aetly how many men were at work
III the various departments of this
building when the explosion occurred.
but the officers insisted that the num-
Der was over SIS. There are four
boilers in the plant, two horizontal
ones, which furnished steam for the
ENGINES, and two vertical boilers.
which We're used solely to test in
jectofs. 1t was the horizontal boiler
that was in use which let go and
caused the awful loss Of life.
Explosion Came Without Warning.
The explosion came without the
slightest warning The floors and
ROOF OF the rear building bHIgad up.
ward and then crashed down with
their heavy loads of machinery and
foundry apparatus. Walls, roof ana
all droppea into q shapelesS mass Of
debris. Windows in houses for
DloeN around were broken in the con.
cussioa, and flying bricks filled the
nelShboring yards. A dense cloud OF
lust arose and as it settled it was sue
reeded by aenser clouds of smoke
and steam, and agonized cries began
TO come from the heap Of tangled
wood, metal and bricks. Those who
We're only partly buried frantically
DUG themselves out, and then as en-
ergetically turned to digging for
their comrades who were buried
mediately and the cry Of fire was
added to the suffering of the impris.
oned ones.
The alarm was turned in and
quickly responded to. Help of differ.
ent kinds speedily arrived.
Engineers Life MiraculousIy Spared.
The escape of Engineer Riley was
little short of miraculous. When the
boiler let go he was knocked to the
noor and one OF the smaller testing
boilers was blown over his PROSTATE
form In such a way that one end rest
cd on some debris high above him.
thereby forming a shield that kept the
falling timoers, bricks and machinery
from crushing him. He was taken
cut by reseuers
The escaping steam, however,