The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-05
TWELVE ARE DEAD
Terrible Accident at the Celebration
in Madison Square Last
Night. .+..>s ~,
Mortars Are Discharged Into the
Crowd and Half Hour
:. Panic Results. Ill.

New York, Nov. 5.-Complete revised
lists to-day of the dead and injured VIC
Tins of the explosion" of fire works in
Madison Square last evening show that
twelve persons were killed and about
eighty injured. Several of these are prob
ably fatally hurt and many others are to-
day in a serious condition. The follow
ing is the revised list of dead:
PQLICEMAN DENNIS SHEA.
NATHANIEL D1SGLE Jingle; 10 Is $e years $40 DID,
H I6sE;III I KoBLE, II years old
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, 20 years old.
A M1tE1nM K fnnEH9 u !E Years old.
CONCIEL0 GAPPRENTo.
GEORGE LANDAU.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY, Is years old.
An INFORMAL inquest was held to-day
preparatory to the formal inquest set for
Friday.
The ten prisoners arrested in connec-
ton with the calamity including the men
in charge of the fire works were arraigned
to day. The charge against them was
homicide, and the men were remanded to
the coroner.
The Earlier Reports.
New York Nov. BY premature ex-
plosion Of fireworks In Madison Square
last night, eleven persons are believed to
have been killed and a number seriously
injured.
The explosion took place among the fire.
works that were to be set off to celebrate
the announcement of the election returns.
The report was so heavy that windows
were broken in the houses around the
square.
Five hundred extra police were ordered
out and the work Of caring for the dead
and taking the more seriously injured to
the hospital was carried on with all pos
sible speed.
At least 10000 persons We're in the
crowd that was thrown in frightful panic.
Nine men in charge Of the fireworks were
placed under arrest.
The densest portion of the throng that
packed the square was gathered along
Madison avenue.
Along the border of the square facing
the avenue were arranged three groups
OF cast-1ron mortars, twenty In each
group, and loaded with heavy bombs
A few minutes after 10 o'clock the first
row of mortars was touched off, but be-
fore the discharge took place, one of them
fell over on it's side and the next instant
the bomb was shot into the thickest crowd,
where it exploded and hurled the people
into heaps.
The fall Of the mortar and the ocncus-
sion of the explosion knocked down the
rest of the mortars and volley Of huge
projectiles plowed through the crowd.
group of twenty mortars, about 100 feet
further up the avenue, discharged their
contents into the crowd, and a moment
later the third group. evidently ignited by
the showers of falling sparks, exploded in
the same manner
In the panic that ensued thousands ran
blindly across the square, tripping over
the seats and benches and, falling, were
trampled on. .
For half an hour the widest confusion
reigned.
Scores of injured were scattered
about the avenue and the square.
Among the dead was a policeman who
had been standing close to the first NOR
tar, and whose body was frightfully man
gled. '''.'.. -
The coroner has issued warrant fol-
the arrest Of John Dimundio OF Coney
Island, who is alleged to have been in
charge of the fireworks.