Evening star., 1901-11-26
Boiler in Factory E1plodes and the
Building Collapses.
THIRTEEN EMPLOYEES we're KILLED
Upwards Of Forty Others More or
req
kess Injured.
LIST OF THE VICTIMS

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DETROIT, Mich, November 26.-The
boiler Of the Penberfhy Injector Company,
7th and Abbott Streets exploded at 9:15
o'clock. and from fifty to sixty men were
buried In the ruins.
The boiler was located in one end Of a
three-story bricki building "a by $50 feet
in size. That structure was instantly and
completely reduced to mass Of burning
ruin The only men on the first floor. which
was largely utilized as storerooni, were
the engineers, fifemen and some workmen
who were making alterations. All of these
were either killed or badly manned. On
the second floor were seventy-five finish
ers; on the third, were seventy-f1ve brass
molderS.
Just how many escaped from this build
ing Is not yet determined, but up to
O. clock thirty-efght injured had been taken
to hospitals and twelve dead bodies had
been gotten out of the debris.
The Dead and Injured.
Known dead-John Frey, Mike Ranger,
Steven Crisp and ten unknown dead.
The injured-Fred Kelin, Lewis Miller.
7. D. Crowley, VIM. Begeman, julius L.
Eibetreu, George Raymond, Del Raymond,
Michael Denanger,e George Reichlin, Max
Yurkewicz, Lewis Wilma, Willie Ager,
Frank Rowcawski. Herman Goldner,
John Heufiern, A. T: Gridley. Anthony
II.
John Heif1in. Herman Goldner, A. T. Gid
day, James Nall John Vogt, John Dingle,
Samuel kolpe, Bert Dixon, Ignatius Brock,
aged man, known at factory as mo Ca"
Machigal, Gus Galley.
The aged engineer of the plant was got
ten out OF the ruins at 11:30 O'Clock and
taken to Grace Hospital He was too bad
The foreman OF the works asserts that
several bodies will yet be taken out from
near the spot at which the engineer was
found. Several employees are missing
The property loss is estimated at $50, GOO,
partly insured.
How Building Was Situated.
The ruined building was separated from
the other portion, of the factory by an al
leyway. A portion of the wall Of the Sec
ond building was blown in, but none of the
inmates was seriously hurt. Samuel Riley,
the engineer, was taken from the ruins an
hour after the explosion He had been pin
ned under heavy shaft and beam, his face
was cooked by the flames and he was bad
this afternoofH, f but i unable, Of course, to
give any light on TIE cause of the disaster.
The usual scenes of weeping relatives of
central point in, the narrowing spectacle
were enacted. and for hours strings of
anbulances were busy carrying away the
victims :=ESH
: board OF pupflc WorkS employees worked
at removing the hot debris as rapidly as
possible, and a great crowd of spectators
was roped back from the vicinity. the in
terseetion of Abbott and 7th streets. The
bulk of the sufferefs were rushed to the
Emergency Hospital, four blocks distant.
The injuries ranged from slight to prob
ably fatal.
Hugh Guy, City boiler Inspector, says that
his office force Inspected Abe boilers in the
Pemberthy plant on July s5 and II last.
There were four boilers in the plant two
horizontals. and tteo uprights. They were
in use on alternate days and supposedly
were we'll cared 2prs. While the number OF
missing has narrowed somewhat this after
noon, it is certain that several bodies are
still undiscovered. ~ - a.f'r