The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-01-31
PLEG DYNAMITE Els CO.
Eight Persons Killed and a Hun.
dred Others Injured In
New York City.
LARGE BUILDINGS BADLY DAMAGED.
j. Roderick Hascrts. Of Nelson. u. O,
KILLED In Ills Room at n Hotel
Lamp Posts Knocked Down and
Many Pedestrians ut by Fiyins
Glass.


Many Pedestrians Cut by Fiyins
Glass.
New York, Jan. 2s.-The reserve
supply of high explosives stored Ct
the Park Avenue shaft Of the Rapid
Transit tunnel. now In course Of con.
struction. blew up shortly after noon
yesterday. The giant blast killed
eight persons. injured n hundred 9th.
ers aud seriously damaged all the
property reached by the flying debris
and the vibration of the shock.
The irregular square formed by
the Murray hin hotel on the west.
the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital,
and the Grand Union hotel ON the
east, and the Grand Central station
ON the north, was the scene of thr
explosion. The buildings named sus
tanned the greatest damage. but the
area affected extended for several
blocks in the four directions from the
center.
y. Rodcrick Robertson. of Nelson.
u. G.. was killed. by debris hurled
with the force Of artillery into his
zoe NJ the Murray Hill hotel. lie
was general manager In Canada far
tho british coIumLi, C,Il pi,tJs q,
Iimi,.d and a ,,on,u,.n, lit. -,
a.. o.n,..an. - - ~, ~.
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vac " '''''"Hnu" anu ica'es u Wluow
hhd i""F children
Inc Hunken approach To the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
Avenue lines cuts through Park ave.
uue. nnd the shaft for the rnnidtrnnsi
sub.wny VIVA RIM Jo,y, b,sIJ, Il, m,
IN. i,,,rs,c,,,, ~ r., p,.,,-a.-.
s,ro., m -,
g.. - ' "iP''"'"
"" '',r WIN u s"P'rs'ruc-
'u'' "s'u Tor 'ne operating plant OF
'"e '"P'u transit contractors lcni'
P''"'' ""'"inBH Tor storage pur-
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NV wv" Gnu mass "i carth, spin
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~ ~ ""'" ~ u went pntirring
t 'n' iI"h' " 'ho Murray hiii
h",''' ana although the walls and
"'"" H''u''"'' "' 'h"' o"''u'ng STOOD
MARY every room, IN the
Th. ~ "' vas "r'eheo'
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f" ~ '"S' H'u' ~ 'n' avenue
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""Nr w" F'"Hs partitions n prac-
"r'"l c''rN 'r"n' window III the
,'"'''' H'a'i"h was shattered
R''"' ''"'"s "h us front tow
"''r "'""h from their eases.
VI W'h""WS' some "i them
~ "'''NS 'I"m ,h' tunnel smart,
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"''" s'"sH NV" i"'ilhg debris
."i'''" TUG Rr'"'cs, number
marcy '"' explosion oc'
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'""' " n"n'r'" persons were IN the
NUN Whl,'"H room OF the Grand Cen
~ s'",'"h' some ot these were
"E"''E INJURED ny pits OF glass,
r""' '''N'' sellers were cut abpu'
,",'r "'""' an" arms win h Hying
''nI'N'
me c''rIeHl force IN Ii executive
n",o's OF u g York, New Haven
" hartford rnilroad, which occupies
Tue "n"r "n''r ia" hrst' In the east.
W" wing OF tue depot, were thrown
'"""' ~ ihc shock chief Dis
'.'n'r "' w. WILSON, u his four as
slstnn'H' wh" were directing thc
so,,,,i h,,,J..1 1T. ""''"N
for. we're scro,ch.d tn a..
ylnss. Inn, did ma, Iooy, raj. It's
even when they could mn, s.. ,tair
instruments bccnus. of m, smo,a