The evening times., 1901-11-26
A HOLOCAUST
TN DETROIT.
Boiler Explosion Wrecks q
Factory Building.
PROBABLY FIFTY DEAD IN. RUINS.
Thirty-nine Persons Injured by Fire
and Falling Debris - Hospital
Basiaged by Anxious Rela-
tives Of Victims.

DETROIT, Nov. 26.-This city was the
scene Of Z holocaust today, when boiler
in the new engine room OF the PenberIy
Injector Company exploded. The crash
came at $50 o'clock this morning. The
addition to the plant at Abbott Street and
Brooklyn Avenue. recently erected, was
wrecked in the twinkIing Of an eye ana
many Of the one hundred employees in the
building were buried in the blazing debris
Fifty persons are believed TO have perish
ed
The list Of casualties so far as known,
fellows. Killed.
Samuel Riley, engineer.
John Frey, 12S Twelfth Street, fireman
Unknown man, body at J, w Maney-s
morzue.
Cut, bruised, and Burned.
The injured: William Knapp. seriously
scaIded and burned; Julius Lieben. Sc
riousIy burned: - Lieben, badly hurt
Stephen NavigaI. may recover; John
SchoenbCld, seriously bruised and burn
ed; P. D Crowley, MAJ recover; Lew
Miller, taken out unconscious; Bart Mar
WaskiIley, taken out unconscious: Au-
gust Handred, injured, not seriously;
William Ager, a boy, may not recover,
W T DerangeT. badly scald-
ed; Ignatius Brock, scaIded; Viii
liam Bergman scaIded and burned;
John Frick assis- ant engineer, badly
burned, may die; unknown aged man, IA
tally burned; Sam Kclpe. burned. not Sc
riousIy; Bert Dixon. very bady burned,
John DingeI. burned, John Vogt. badly
bruised and burned; James Noll seriously
burned and badly bruised; Anthony
Walker. nose broken and head lacsrated;
Herman GOldneT. badly burned; John
Hurfgin burned over entire body:
a P Gidday. seriously burned
Fred Klein. several scalp wounds:
unknown Pole. 519 Cleveland Street. bad
y hurt; unknown man, 222 East High
Street. seriously injured; Efie Davis go
Abbott Street badly injured about head:
Louis Donovan. 499 Myrtle Street, dan
geroUsly burned; Charles Amberiin. fore
man of tool room, badly cut about head;
George Raymond. burned and cut; Dell
Raymond, severely injured; Michael
Granger, cut and bruised: Charles Reich
in, burned, Frank BrOUcofski bruised and
burned; Winn Sherman, back hurt and
face cut, VIII recover Max ShebIe, burned.
Those in Ruins Probably Dead.
1t is believed that all the injured have
been recovered and that all who remain
under the debris are now dead.
The building was Of brick and the walls
were so disintegTated that they form a
solid mass over the bodies and Z has to
be removed brick by brick The ruins are
on FIRE and those who have not already
been smothered are likely to meet a more
horrible fate.
When the explosion took place the earth
seemed to rise and fall and for an instant
there was concussion of air that nearly
knocked down people block away
Shower of Brick and Mortar.
Then came a roar and the walls of the
engine raom gave way, darkening the air
for a moment with bricks and mortar
Almost simultaneously came the shrieks
Of the wounded and injured and the
frightened cries OF those who we're still
in the wrecked structure, while people
cane iOcking from blocks away but could
do little to help.
The fire department helped to rescue
those who could be reached in the debris
The explosion could be heard for miles
and was seen by some downtown. Bricks
and pieces Of the wreckage were thrown
blocks away from the scene
Hospital Doors BesieGed.
All the injured were sent to emergency
hospitals, and the doors are besieged
by the families and relatives
S. 0. Johnson, manager OF the company,
made this statement:
Probably Fifty Killed.
'I think that there are fifty killed in
all. The building that was blown Up con-
tanned seventy-hve employees. mostly men.
It was 54xIGO feet. and Is a complete
wreck There were seventy-hve employees
IN the other building-6 -60x100-and some
of them are hurt. The company has
S7O.GG0 fire insurance and some boiler in
surance- The building that was wrecked
by the explosion was worth $6,000-''
The Cause Yet \ Mystery.
Boiler Inspector Hugh Guy arrived a
few moments after the explosion He
says he cannot tell the cause of the ex-
pIosion at this time. The building con-
tanned two horizontal boilers and one
upright boiler. One Of the horizontal
boilers is partly exposed and shows
large dent
HEAVY. sNoW. DELAYS TRAFFIC