New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-05
BOMBS KILL FIFTEEN.


Ntncent's Hospital; doing well
WORTH Alfred "a. No IFS West Thirty ,b,-s =, . 90,
fsred from shock
ZISGENTII.A. Lorenz twenty-four years old If No
aSs East Thirty hfth-st aoerated wound Of the legs
YAHUN Samuel, thirty eight years old iabor.r Of No
30 Third
Al colored boy thirteen years old chest stove IN
Three unknown terribly injured and not expected "a
Unidenfihea Toy fourteen years old. unconscious
Unknown man about thirty years old. will die
The accident occurred at time when a
crowd estimated at forty thousand had gath
cred in Madison Square. eager to obtain election
returns, % see The American and Jour-
nails" display of fireworks and 10 witness the
airshp ascension Of Leo Stevens from the roof
Of Madison Square Garden
Just northwest OF the Madison Square Pres
byterian Church. and in front of the home of
David Wolfe Bishoo. at No II Madison-ave.
three groups of twenty mortars had been set.
and in each mortar was a bomb varying in
diameter from three TO nine inches Each bomb
VS. connected with a three-foot fuse The inten-
tion was that the bombs should be fred sepa-
rately al intervals. a few feet south Of the
pointed toward Twenty-fourth-s were dis
charged few minutes after 10 O'Clock. Sparks
from the rockets fell in streams on the fuses
Of the bombs. The conclusion due 10 the ST.
multaneous explosion Of several bombs toppled
over many others. There were three tremen-
dous explosions as the different groups Of
bombs caught IRE
The crowd was gathered about the cleared
space in which the fireworks were in a dense
rectangular formation. extending I'D the steps
of the adjacent houses on the east side of the
avenue
THE BOMBS RAKED THE CROWD.
The bombs raked the crowd in all directions
The air was full of falling fire. Burning pieces
Of half exploded FIRE balls set FIRE 10 clothing.
and pieces Of iron from the burst mortars
hurled among the people. The crowd was
packed so densely that there was not second 10
escape. Many persons were lifted off their feet.
There was great wall from the crowd. and a
sound of tinkling glass from the broken win
dows
An instant later the panicstricken people
sought safety in flight starting 10 rush across
the park westward But their progress was
blocked by rows of benches. Those behind
pushed those in front on the benches. Some
tried 10 jump over them. and. tripping fell
These were caught by the crowd. which
trampled over them. borne on by its own mo-
mentum and the people pushing behind. After
the park was cleared by the police hundreds OF
Nnole Of 1nOS
were found on the paths Of the park. and the
edges Of the benches were stained with blood
Many women. who had run into the benches in
front Of the mob, were found crouched behind
them unconscious.
Police reserves were hurried the scene from
al the surrounding stations Fifty-fve visiting
physicians and surgeons. forty-ive emergency
doctors and several score of nurses were sum-
Inoned Bellevue and the New-York Hospital
led in the work Of rescue. The scene OF the
explosion had the appearance Of a battlefield.
One man had had the entire side Of his face
shot away by the impact of a bomb On the
stoop Of No II lay little Harold Roblee and
his playmate. Wilson. dead -Four policemen
lay on the asphalt at Twenty-fourth-st-. one Of
them dead. two badly injured.
The police at once began the work Of placing
the responsibility. Nine arrests were made Of
the men in charge OF the fireworks display
along Madison-ave.
Those arrested we're Frank Leistman, OF
Greenfield, Long Island. mortar igniter; Jo-
seph Miller. Of Eleventh-ave. Brooklyn; Ed
ward Smith of No. 5l9 sixteenth-st. Brooklyn
whose duty it was TO keep oversight on the
display: Charles r. Harms. Of Sheepshead Bay
the driver of one Of the trucks which fire.
works were found: Herman Rather, Of Brook
Ign. a driver; Charles Holman. driver: Jo-
seph Fullum. No. II Windsor Place; William
Ridley. Of No. 6l5 Sixteenth-st.. Brooklyn; AL
fred Schwartz of No. 252 Fulton-st.; James
starum, Of Reeves Place. Brooklyn. The men
were employees of PAINS Fireworks Company.
at Parkyile.
Harry Temple was the superintendent IN
charge Of the display He will also be placed
under arrest. the police say.
thirteen inds piece Of iron casting from a
bomb mortar was found in front Of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. where it had fallen harmlessly in
the crowd
The accident occurred just al the time when
the searchlight on the fiatiron building was
shifting from the southern direction, that meant
Colers victory. 20 the north for odells victory.
The men arrested were locked up I'm the West
Thirtieth-sf station charged with criminal
eject in causing the explosion
The sixty exploding shells. carrying death and
destruction in their paths. were heard all over