The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-27
TEN PEOPLE KILLED.
Tons Of M aisad Metal psurad Us.
on HaIpiess Victims.
HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES.

HORRIBLE DEATH soENE8. /
APitssbu G Gas Furnace Exploded
and oalaad sha Tartibia
Destruction o. }Lfo
and Proparsv.
Ton men were burned to donsh and
four ipjnred by an explosion Of gas at
tho Soho furnace Of Jones 81 L,ushlD,
In Second avenue, near Brady ntreot,
Pi'tsburg, Pa, Thursday. Tho OK
plotian wss oaused BY q clip In tho fur
naoc, tho sas aud fantes beioh;Dg up
ward through tho bsll. The mon wers
on tho furnace platform, 85 9ees above
the ground. Thpro wero 10 men n on tho
furnaco wheo tho explosion occurred
Flfcon Of them wsrs oauaht in tho
asmon. Two Of them escaped with
slight injarica, The olher four we're
the regular men employed as top fllors
aud apedwithous Injury.
The ex plosion was oausod hy the gas
becoming eaosHed in a erast OF oinaor
forming at tho bottom Of tho fucaaoa.
a WhcolbarroY oontsining orc had boon
sent up to the man and when thoy went
to dump 1t into Tho bsll Of tho furnaoa
they ruahod it over too for and it roll
ed into lho hopper The barrow waiRh-
cd SUI pounds and Waa too heavy FOR
tho men TO raise The 10 laborors, all
Hupgarians, were then aent up to as
eiat them. Had 1t not been for the
barroH aooidonS no one would have
been hurt, as tho regular mon know
how to proteot themselves at suoh times.
as similar explosiona sro Of frequent
ooourrenoo.
Tho explosion occurred in one Of the
big blast furnaoeg. The mon were at
work at tho top OF the furnace over 100
foet from tho ground. Gas, which had
accumulated in tho furnace, exploded
and TOM Of molten metal and slsg were
thraWn over tho unfortunate mon on the
top OF tho structure. All tho mon made
rush sor tho sioTA.o., but ]. had gene
down and there wan no escape. 10
jump meant oertain death, and to re
main en- tue platform Was Just aY GER
tain doom. b II
Tonos Of motion metal and hames
foil upon the mon and burned nine Of
them to death. Their bodies fell to
the roof CT the mill, 85 foot below,
every bono was broken aud an unreoog.
ni2sblo mass Of human gysh. ,.
Ordinarily only three men work on
top OF tho furnace, but this morning
about GIG O'clock ono of the hsay ..
lirbn wagons uaed ia taking up thsi
I! ofs /: st 70 tho top tho furnace goSssuek
sens We stS q a5:g ehs
mon went UP, but they could not 81 niovo icSs
the wagon and moro wont mp, until
the number reaohed Ia. It was while
they woro trying to get Tho wagon yc-
leased that the fatal explosion took
place. All the mon at work on ton of
the furnaces were Siavs and Poles. .8g
Eye Witnessed say that il was the
most horrible sight tboy ever wi.ness4
cd. They cay that when the explosion
took place tAoro was ono groat loud
report and the heavens were illulni.
mated with sheet OF fame, showing
tho mon on top Of the furnace run.
ming about, gestioulating wildly. The
hsnles and hot motal looked like a
volcano in action, F,vo Of the man
wers blown OF the top OF tho furnace
and Birsnge as 1t may seem, the6o men
sio tho ones that are atllt living. The
others hung on tho railing, somo on
tho outside, oshers on the inside, until
thoir clothing was burned OF. Two
OF the viohma hanging on tho outside
hold on, AID Yemainod tonaoiousIy
olinglpg to the railing until their i'm
Gors woro burned of. They then fsll
TO the yoof Of the mill, dead. Seven
OF tho yiotims Wero found dead on the
| platform OF the oupola.
These were completely denudsd of
clothing BY the flames and thoir bodicu
Wtro butned almosb 10 q orisp.
Hundtsdp Of predestrians on Second
avenue had narrow csoApoD from death
Whon the piosi0a occurred. Tons Of
ore, coko ana hos oindsrs, some we & o.
Ing almost throa pound rAlnsd down
on Secoud avenue nna many had TO
run mao houses and stores for pfs
tection Csr No 369 of the Homestoa
diyislon Was pSssing juas 90 tho ,ims
the gas loo go. Tie ooRe and o.hor
tustcr,al failnS on the oar, shioh had
20 passsnStru ABOARD, oauseo panio
and 4ahy jampsd of and moro Nould
have followed had nos Tho ooolness
OF the conductor saved them. Nono
Of tho passengers Was in the loast in.
jured, but all aeIe badly soared.
|. O9er two tols 0f the debris fell on
Second avenue and forco of so msn
was put 10 work to oitan it of tho
trAcka. Traits 5uaaimpo6ad, but within
q hale hour sfaer tbs aooident all Tho
trscks wore olasred. The people repid,
ing about the furnace and Tor blocks on
| eisher eide were badly frightened.
They rushed ffom their homes and 4
few minuses aftes tho reporb had
sounded thsoughous Soho thoussads oi
people gatherod Abous the furnace.
| ClTwo OF the victims uero found IN
tho stock yards Of the plant, $50 yards
from the furnace. They woso horribly
burned, but had they not boon they
would have been killed by suoh 8 foroo.
Nsefy bono In their bodies poomed to
bo broken. n y d .Il D 4.
The most Distressing foasure os ths
aooidens WaD the burning Of q man