The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-06
CORONER WILL
INVESTIGATE
Someone Responsible For Madi-
son Square Calamity.
TWELVE LIVES WERE LOST
SEVEN LEGS AMPUTATED AT
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-Complete re-
Y vised lists today Of the dead
and injured victims of the dis
astrous explosion of = fireworks in
Madison Square last evening show that
twelve persons were Killed and about
eighty injured. Several of these are
probably fatally hurt and many others
are today in a serious condition. The
following is the revised list of dead:
Policeman Dennis Shea.
William r. Varile aged i.
Nathaniel Dingley, aged 13.
Harold Roblee aged r.
Joseph Heber. aged 80.
Unidentified man, aged 20.
Albert Kaemtif, IT.
William Feeney, aged i,
W. S. McAvoy, aged Is.
Camille GuissantO, aged 2.
George Landau.
Job Weiner, aged Is.
Informal Inquest.
An informal inquest was held today
preparatory to the formal inquest set
for Friday.
The ten prisoners arrested in eonnec-
ton with the calamity. including the
men in charge Of the fireworks were ar
raigned today. The charge against them
manded to the county jail.
1T is a case of absolute criminal neg
leet, saie Coroner Choler, before whom
the case was taken. 'One Of the NOR.
tars was set off and IT was pointed at q
row of other mortars in a line There
was a defect in the bottom of the mortar
and il leaned towards the others, which
were set off by the fire ball thrown
toward them"
Scene at the Morgue.
The scenes at the hospital and at the
mofgue following the terrible crush after
the explosion in Madison Square were
beyond description. 1t is estimated that
5000 people were in the square at the
time. Probably 10000 OF these were
-rA her
plosion occurred, and while they were
scrembling TO reach places of safety,
knocking one another down and falling
over park benches, 10000 others were
massed on the opposite side of the park
where they were viewing the election re-
turns which were thrown upon a screen
before the sky scraper known the
'Flatiron building." The persons in this
portion of the park were apparently
slated over the returns and supposed the
explosions which rent the air were a
part OF the programme. and were totally
unaware Of the tragedy being enacted
so near at hand until a detachment of
police forced its way through to make
room for the passage of the men bearing
the mangled remains of their comrade,
Patroiman Shea.
Dead Carried OF.
Instantly a terrible calm swept over
the crowd and all interest in the returns
Immediately died out As the long line
OF patrol wagons and ambulances carry
ing dead and injured filed through
thousands lined the walk and gaZed. awe
stricken, at the eonveyances. Five hum
dred persons gathered outside of the
morgue and other hundreds came ana
went during the night, seeking among
the unidentified dead for relatives and
friends whom they had lost during the
terrible crush following the explosion
Thousands Of persons gathered at the
hospit9i gates among them many wo-
men. The scenes around Bellevue were
the most exciting in the history OF the
institution, nearly the entire force being
At work owe. the injured. Sixty-tive
emergency surgeons and physicians. for
~ visiting surgeons and physicians and
200 male and female nurses, together with
every attendant at the hospital, were
summoned for immediate duty. Many
amputatsons were found necessary.
Many Amputations.
At the hospitals the injured were re-
ported as being in a fair way toward re-
covery, with the exception OF Mortimer
Butler. who became unconscious after
the amputation of one Of his legs, and is
not expected to recover; and Frank
Leisten. one of the men engaged in set
ting off the fireworks, whose death is
Seven legs of the victims of the fire
works explosion were amputated at
Bellevue hospital today. Besides the
operations on hands and feet and for
burns. Many of the patients underwent
several operations and some lost both
TIE coroner held John Craig in $4,000
bonds on a charge of manslaughJer IN
the first degree Mr.. Craig, il is alleged.
was IN charge OF the explosives at the
time of the accident
Two boys who were carrying boxes of
explosives were sent TO the house Of
detention by the coroner as witnesses.
All the rest Of the ten prisoners We're
discharged.
The coroner said there were seven
bombs. An attempt to shoot off the first
failed. he said. hut it detonated and this
caused the explosion of the other bombs.
There were ten bombs and four mOrIars,
weighing $50 pounds each