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

i"usht them part or the celebration and cheered
as they admired the lights of brilliant colors
darting here and there through the trees and
shrubbery. They first knew Of the accident
when dead man was carried past.
On the stoop of the Bishop house. at No. II.
stood Frederick Thourot. the caretaker his wife
and two children, and four friends A number
OF other people crowded on the stoop to witness
the scene When the first bombshel exploded
three boys who had been standing in front of
the crowd at the curb were blown through the
mob and on the stoop. They were so torn that
pieces Of their bleeding and burned flesh were
thrown about the stoop and on the people who
were standing there. Thourot was despatched
and as the women and men realized what the
horrible looking blood stained objects were sew
eral tainted
The boys who had been blown on the stoop
were William Feeney. twelve years old of No
'S'" Fourth-st.: Matthew Connolly, twelve years
old. of No. % West Twenty-fourth-st. and Milton
Rooiee ten years old. son of the proprietor of
the Hotel Bartholdi the Democratic leader of
the XVIII Assembly District They had
been out together 10 see the show When the
bodies were examined their flesh was torn and
bones mangled. and pieces of plate glass were
found stuck in their chests
The body Of Dennis Shea. policeman OF the
bridge police. who had been standing in front
of the shells. found down the street near
Twenty-fourth- badly torn. At the Morgue
later a piece of iron one inch wide and seven
inches long was found stuck in his heart
II was when Policeman Shea was carried dead
through the crowd on the other side that they
found what had happened Then all the fire
works stopped and the bulletin boards were
deserted People rushed over TO help take care
Of the injured and the excitement was at the
highest point for hours after that.
The shrieks Of the maddened wounded. fee
ing mob. along with the whizz and reports Of
the fireworks in the first terrible moments of
the calamity were awful. People rushed they
knew not whittier When the first rush of the
people had been made it was found that there
two in the middle of the street and four on the
house side. The crowd rushed over the street
and over the bodies
The shells dropped seemingly everywhere
They fell into the crowd along the trees and
down the street
sCHoLER EXPLAINS ACCIDENT.
Coroner Scholer made a partial investigation
OF the explosion and issued warrant for the
arrest OF John di Mundio of coney Island.
1t is absolute criminal neglect" said the
coroner One Of the mortars was set off and
it was pointed at a row Of other nortars in a
line Of them. There was defect in the bottom
Of the mortar which was set off and it leaned
toward the others, which took fire from the fire
balls thrown out by the mortar that had been
ignited."
Inspector Brooks ordered the arrest of Mr.
Pain, the fireworks proprietor but up to PAS
o'clock this morning he had not been found.
Windows were shattered in the houses Of
David Wolfe Bishop. No. II; Mr. Iselin. No H.
and John r. Hegeman. president Of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, No. 10 In
that house Mrs. Curran. the caretaker. was sit
ting at the basement window. When the ex-
plosions occurred they shattered the glass in
twelve windows in the house and the glass in
N'-N Icil over Eer. cutting her
badly. She fell unconscious and she was car
ried upstairs and put to bed. No. p is occupied
by family named Palmer, and at the corner is
the Park Darlington Apartment seven-story
house Every pane of glass in 1t was shattered.
There was a general rush from the Manhattan
Club when the explosions took place and the
members watched the wild scene
Dr. z. c. Joyce. of No. LOIS Tremont-ave
discovered a man with his leg blown off, and he
seized a policeman's club. made tourniquet of
the strap, and tied up the mans leg
Policeman Reagan. Of the Third Precinct. was
badly cut about the back. the explosion having
struck him in the middle of the shoulders.
A number Of the injured persons went away
and others were taken away by friends.
All the upper story windows in Twenty-ttird
st. near by were broken.
BODIES TAKEN TO STATION.
Shortly after the explosion a dray filed with
fireworks arrived in Madison-ave from the
works Of the fireworks manufacturer in Brook
Ign. but instead of being unloaded several dead
bodies were placed on the wagon and were
taken 10 the nearest police station.
The late home of Mrs. Catherine Lorlard
Wolfe was despatched with blood A police
man found a piece Of bone lodged among
the vines the outside of the house Several
window panes were broken. and the curtains
are spattered with blood
-Four boys were blown to pieces who were
watching the fireworks from the stoop of No
IL Madison-ave One Of the boys was William