Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-05
EIGHT MEN LOCKED UP.
They are Charged With Crimi-
nal Neglect.

nal Neglect.
Explosion at New York Last Night
Has Already Caused Twelve Deaths
Manufactures of the Bombs Used
in the Celebration Will Also Be Ar
rested
New York. Nov 5.-With list Of
twelve persons killed and seyenty-four
| injT<ad before him, Coroner Scholer
| has inaugurated an investigation OF
| the explosion of fireworks in Madison
! square last evening. Eight men al
ready have been locked up, charged
with criminal neglect, and the coroner
| has issued a warrant for the arrest of
John Dimundio of Coney Island. who
is alleged to have been in charge of
the fireworks.
1t is a case of absolute criminal
neglect" said the coroner zone of
the mortars was set off and it was
pointed at a row of other mortars in
a line. There was defect in the bot.
tom of the mortar and it leaned to-
ward the others, which We're set off by
the fire ball thrown toward them
District. Attorney jerome, who was
at the Union club in Fifth avenue. not
far from the scene Of the explosion,
hurried to the scene and after an in
y6Etigation ordered the arrest Of the
men in charge of the fireworks He
had the prisoners taken to police head
quarters, together with the unexpIoded
fireworks. Inspector Brooks Of the po-
lice department also ordered the arrest
OF the anufacturer of the bombs, but
he has not yet been found.
The district attorney said: sDyna-
mite bombs should not be allowed in
such a public place. 1 have no doubt
that a aspermit had been issued for the
exhibition, but rigid investigation
will be made. Steps will be taken to
prevent anything like this occurring in
the future
A revised list Of the dead follows:
Patrolman Dennis Shea of the Brook
lyn bridge squad.
William G. Feney, 12 years old.
nephew Of Major w. FL. Buck of this
city.
Harold Roblee, 12 years old. son of
Milton Roblee, proprietor Of the Bar
tholdi hotel.
Nathaniel Bingley, 13 years old.
Joseph Arber. 21 years old.
Five unidentified white men and two
unidentified colored men.
The scenes at the hospital and at |
the morgue following the terrible crash |
after the explosion in Madison square I
We're beyond description. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 persons were in the
square at the time. Probably 10000 of /
THESE We're massed around the point /
where the explosion occurred, and /
while they were scramb7ing to reach |
places of safety, knocking one another
down and falling over park benches.
5o,OoO others were cheering from
the opposite side Of the park where
they We're viewing the election returns /
which We're thrown upon screen be-
fore the new skyscraper known as the
FIatlron building The persons in
this portion of the park apparently
were elated over the returns and sun
posed the explosions which rent the
an Were part of the program and
were totally unaware of the ira gedy
being enacted so near at hand until a
detachment of police forced their way
through to make room for the passae &c
OF men bearing the mangled remains
of their comrade, Patrolman Shea.
Instantly terrible calm swept over
the crowd and all interest in the re-
turns Immediately died out AS the
long Line of patrol wagons, ambulances
md other vehicles carrying dead and
injured filed through 25th street for
Bellevue hospital, thousands Of per-
sons lined the walk and gazed awe
stricken at the conveyances.
Five hundred persons gathered out-
side Of the morgue and other hundreds
came and went during the night seek.
ng, among the unidentified dead, rela-
Ives and friends whom they had lost
Turing the terrible crush following the
explosion. Thousands of persons
gathered at the hospital gates among
hem many women.
The scenes around Bellevue were
he most exciting in the history of the
institution. Within, the entire force
vas at work over the injured Sixty
i've emergency surgeons and physi-
:ians, forty visiting surgeons and ply
'icians and two hundred female
lurses> together with every attendant
It the hospital was summoned for i'm
Mediate duty. |
Sixteen of the best known surgeons |
n the city and one hundred and fifty |
Extra nurses hurried to the institution
9 perform operations. Many ampu-
atoms were found necessary
At the hospitals the injured were re-
ported early to-day as being in a fair i
vay toward recovery with the excep- j
ion of Mortimer Butler, who became :
unconscious after the amputation of j
me of his legs and is not expected to
ecover and Frank Leisten, one of the
nen engaged in setting off the fire.
works. Leisten's right leg was blown
If, his chest was badly mangled and
lis death is probable.