Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-01
Other MangIed Bodies
Are Relieved To Be
Under Wreck of
Buildings.

dead or injured to their residences. Panic
relgned for a time among the tens Of
killed and injured reached as high as 90
for a time.
There re al least four persons missing.
and Il Is ecd that they viii be added
20 the death roll Fifteen persons have
been removed 70 the hospitals. the MAORI
u 50 badly injured that they viii die. The
correct total Of the dead and kajured can
not be completed until the ruins have been
cleared away
List of the Dead.
The dead.
THOMAS HOLMES. chief engineer Of
the bullding
PARK. foreman Of the laborers.
JOHN OWENS. water tender.
= EDWARD WRIGHT. foreman ice plant
ANDREW BURKE
n W. WEIGH
JOHN d OGDEN
NJ T. ASH.
THOMAS CuBAT. millwright. employed
BY Libby. Mcneil & Libby.
EDWARD PARKER
CONNORS.
CHARLES WEBB. fireman.
". DERCENDER-
GEORGE TATO. colored-
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAN.
ABRAHAM RAUGHUG.
A. II BUSHNELL. assistant purchasing
agent
me injured:
NJ r. Obiliber. colored. hands. face and
legs burned: condition serious
Wells, aged %. right leg fractured.
Joseph Gambler. colored. fireman. head
cut and burned
Richard Venable. coIored. % years old.
J. d. Cooper. coIgred. s.
Frank Wells. both legs broken
William Bonthier. hip crushed.
James McArdle, 2. injured internally;
condition serious
Missing.
Charles staap. engineer ice plant
BENJAMIN Cummings. employed in boiler
Charles weeks.
Charles Scott
Many Badly Hurt. 49,
In addition 10 those named there are
many Others who received painful inju-
ries, but are not thought 70 be danger
The timekeepers for Swift & Co. say
that g persons were In the building at
the time OF the explosion. This number
includes regular employees. However, IL is
known that other employees OF the COM
pany were in the building at the time;
how many is a question that has not been
settled
Boiler Inspector James c. Blaney was
at the yards within half an hour after the
explosion He declared that he win be
able soon 10 place the blame where il
rs
that the explosion was caused by one
Of the boilers being permitted 10 run too
low with water.
Charles Staap. was In charge Of the
boiler that first exploded
He was within few feet of the boiler,
according 10 all accounts. with six other
men. when. with a force that shook the
great buildings IN the yards 10 their very
foundations. the boiler blew I'D.
Bodies Blown to Bits.
One OF the six men who stood in front
OF the boiler had his head blown or
The others were 50 badly crushed and
ecaIded that Il was with the greatest diff
ficulty that they could be identified.
The force OF the first boiler exploding
connected with the other thirteen and
they exploded one after another.
The air was filled with flying pieces %
iron. brick and twisted steel
One boiler was blown high In the air
and hurled 50 feet across the street into
another building.
Twenty ambulances and as many pa
troll wagons were called into service and
removed the dead and injured 10 under
taking rooms and hospitals.
To add 10 the scene Of terror, clouds
OF escaping steam enveloped the build
ing Then too. flames shot upward from
q dozen different points in the debris
Firemen and policemen rushed into the
midst OF the carnage. carrying forth the
dead and injured
Wreck Catches on Fire.
The IRE which had gained some head
way. was attacked from a dozen diff
ferent points by the fremen. After a
comparatively short time. the flames were
under control
The clouds OF steam continued to cast
a heavy curtain over the ruins, greatly
retarding the work OF rescue.
When the first hour OF excitement had
passed. Inspector LAWN. with Swift off,
cials. started 20 direct the clearing away
OF the mass OF brick. twisted iron and
asas-
I'VE have not the slightest idea how
the accident happened" said Superinten-
dent Young. The loss OF property IS
light. as do not think we viii suffer a
loss OF more than $4,000 cannot tell
the number OF dead at this time. I have
heard the number estimated at from a
dozen 20 sixty. think % about the right
number. However. am hoping that I
am too high on this estimation. The
injured list win be long
I'VE hope 20 put the blame Of accident
where IL belongs; we viii assist the boil
er inspector in every manner possible
Adjoining Building Wrecked.
A building occupied by voucher clerks
was within a hundred feet OF the explo-
sion. part Of the boiler was hurled
through the roof Of this building and
crashed down in the midst OF the clerks
Many OF them were injured. Frank Wells
a clerk. was the most seriously injured
The building in which the accident hap
pened is in the center OF the packing dis
frict. Thousands OF men and women were
At work within hundred feet OF the ex-
pIosion. Many women tainted in the
dinayslt Offices.