The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-27
TEN PEOPLE KILLED.
Tons OF M alsad NJ aia, Psurad Up,
on Helpless Victims.
HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES.

and Caused ah0 Tartibla
D asfrucslon % SLfs
and Pr.pariv.
Ten mon wero burned to donth and
four injured BY an explosion Of gas a.
tho Soho furnace Of Jones s. L,ushlip,
In Seeond avenue, near Brady etreot,
Pistsburg, Pa, Thursday. The OK
plosi9n VISA oauaed by . slip in tho fur
naoe, tho gss and asmes belohipg up
ward through tho bell, The mon wero
on tho furnace platform, So fees above
the ground. Thpro wego 10 mon on tho
furnaco when tho explosion occurred
F!fteon Of them wers oauaht in tho
asmcp. Two Of them escaped with
slight in1arica. The o!her four were
tho fesasr men employed as top flIors
aud escApedfwithous jury.
The explosion was caused by the Gas
beoomips x encaucd in 4 crast OF oinder
forming at tho bottom Of tho fucaaaa.
a Whool barrow containing orc hai boon
sent up to tho men and whom thoy went
to dump 1t into Tho bsll Of tho fupnaaa
they pushed it over too for and it roll
cd into tho hopper. The barrow weigh
cd 9OO pounds and was too hoavy Tor
tho mon to raise The 15 laborays. all
Hupgarians, were then sont an to "a.
eint them. Had it not been FOR the
barrow aoaidone no one would have
baon hurt, "a tho regular mon know
how TO protoot themselves at suoh tipics
~ similar explosions arc OF frequont
ooourronoo.
| Tho explosion occurred in one Of the
big blast furnaoeg. Tho mon were at
| work at the top Of the furnace over 1870
feet from the ground. Gan, which had
accumulated in the furnace, oxplod I'd
and tons OF molten motal and slsg were
thraWn ovor tho unfortunate men on tho
top OF tho structure. All tho mon made
rush for the elevator, but it had gone
dorm and there wan no escape. To-
Jump meant certain death, and TO re-
main On the platform MAS Just rs GER
tnin doom. II A as
Tonos Of motion metal and f.mes
foil upon the mon and burned nino Of
them to death. Their bodies fell to
the roof Of the mill, 85 foot below,
every bono was bfoken aud an unreooR-
nizablo naas Of human aosh. 5-,e
Ordinarily only three nasa work on
top OF tho furnace, but this morniag
about 0.16 O'CLOCK ono Of tho heavy
lirpn wagons used ii taking I'D tha
Lore To- The tsop Of tho furnace got atuok
ss'a sAe } tsi )
mon went up, but th9y gould not move
the wagon and moro wont up, until
tho number reaohed Ia. It was while
they werc trying to set tho wagon re- !. $
Leased that tho fatal explosion took
place. All the mon at work on top Of
tho furnaces were Slavs and Poles.
Bye witnesses say that it was the
most horrible sight tboy over witness.
cd. They cay that when tho oxploaion
took place thero wsy ono groat loud
report and the heavens were illulni.
nated with o ohees OF flsme, showing
the mon on top of tho furnace run.
ning about, geyticulstiDg wildly. The
hsmos and hot metal looked like a
Volcano in action. Flve Of the man
were blown of tho top OF tho furnaoo
and strange as it may seem, theuo men
aio tho ones that aro still living. The
others hung on tho railing, aome on
tho outside, oehers on the inside, until
thoir olothing was burned OF. Two
Of tho viohms hanging on tho outside
hold on, AID remainod tonaciousIy
olinElpg to the railing until their fin.
gors woro burned off. They then fell
to tho yoof Of the mill, doad. Seven
OF the victims Were found dead on the
platform Of the oupola.
These were completely denudsd az
clothing by the AAmea and their bodiea
| Ttro butned almDst 10 a oriop. i5
Huadredp Of predestrians on Ssoond
avenue had narrow csoapeo from deatf
When Inc expiOsi0n occurred. Tons 0f
ore, ooko anG hos ciRdsra, aoIne vega.
Ing almost Three p0uDd, ralned dowr,
on Secoad avenue emo many had 30
run INTO houses and stores for prs
tcction C.r No 1863 of the Hon estyad
alvIsloh vas passing just as tho time
the gas lot go. Tho ouke md othar
Matcrial falling on the oar, which had
40 passeuGtrD aboard, oauseo panic
ana NaIy jampsd off aud moro would
have followed had nos tho oooIneetj
OF the oond9Gtor hayod thom. Mono
of tho passengers was in tho loaat in
jdred, but all WeIo badly toared.
OV6s two toas OF tho debris fell on
Second avenue and foroo Of so nlsn
Wan put 70 work to citan it off the
tracks. Tretfio wsaimpe6sl, but within
o hale hour sfaer tho accident oil ths
tracks woro cleared, Tho people rasid,
Ing about tho furnace and Tor blooks on
ether eide were badly frightened,
They rushed from their homes and q
fow minusaa after the roport had
sounded throughous Soho Thousands Of
people gathered about the furnace.
ElTwo Of tho victims uero found ii
she stock yards Of tho plant, $50 yards
from sho fusnaoo. They Yoro HORRIBLY
burned, but had thoy not boon / hey
would have been killed by suoh forco.
Msery bono In their bodies aoemod 10
BIO broken. 8. ,s5 y
Tho most distressing feature Of tha
accident was tho burning Of a man
named Ffsnkowiea, He Uas sean by
tho Thousands Of psople on their way
so work to run to Tho platform rAilinp
and 1aan fuk n kha a}r 5s IT 4, xr.a y q j., ~