The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-06
FIREWORKS HORROR.
Continued From First Page

stand eighteen charges w'th safely.
Craig " en- on TO explain that therN wer
hut nine punCcr of ordinary ginpu "d"
in the cone. The ingredients IN the shel
10 make the, various colored fires, hc aid
were nitrate of stroftiuin, shsuaC. n eel
nitrate OF ba,yta, churdtc of potash, d VA
late Of soda and potash Both Crilg I h'
Nr. Pain very emphaticaly assured M
officials that there was not paI7icle q
dynamite used IN the making of the 3oinh ;
FIyE MoBrARs IL ROW
The casing Of the bomb and the p,wds
cone IL madeIi many lay @oi paper, hlIn
the Chinese ia shJon, which craig sad, .'orif
q shell stronger than iron,
Craig admitted IL was he VINO CAV" ti'
order 10 ia. miH-ing Italian to fire the bpl IT.
The mortar which burst was the first ~
row Of five, all Of the same SIZE ana SCI ipo y
five feet apart Non" If the other fou
iuoTtarS burst, but their contents were al
prrinatur.ly ST OH bv the first explosion,
a. were the contents of twenty G-lnch and
eight 3-nch muitars still further down the
avenue piecc Of the shattered mortar
went through the thick -t"e! cylinder ui one
~ the smaller receptacle.
uE.Rsr's Man AgRANGED the SHOW.
Inspector Brooks told the story Of the
polio, end Of the AFFAIR.
NO permit Mas needed. he said, be
cause the ordnance against fireworks was
suspended by the Aldermen during the
cainpaign. The resolution of suspension
provided INA HI'No'NH lihii' ~ w '"A'
under such RESTRICTIONS az the pohc" thought
fl to make. We understand 10y that that
Ne were 10 ph'NIde enough ponce W Mp
the crowd ~ r"h~nau'n ul', diC' ava! i'oi"
the explosive W ,lI ma. r,.,. !,
A circle Of Cighty-tNe policemen IN
command OF Sergt Brennan and Sergt,
Hammond. kept IN crowd back az least
thirty feet. Five minutes before the ex-
plosion, Serg Brennan asked one OF the
fireworks men II the pee PIE were iai Ii'ohs i.
away 70 be sai" ana rNr nan -aan we.
were. We g. our h"l'sc 'la' tllelo vas
- he hr"Nnrhs diNpijS nom man h"'x ~,
McGrath. VINO said he represented MI
Hears on me JotfHH -. -.., 49,.
Mr. ram sa,d ,hn' . ns hr t,oor.,
',EaS'h 10 Iu,i''s' wv NV N ~
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" W. an ." 80, ,,,',,af s,i,. All siid
H., l" ~ - - H.. onn,,any
-, NJ 49,, ,yn,,Id ~. hold r,.ponoiIln IN
any civil action. that might be brought
Later a r.prr-rutatiyr Of the company slid
'hnt me Pains could not IN any sense BE-
held responsible
~o prn.r>,E yrpstoy Of rus rR,Grr,y.
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III ,,',. IN, ,i,,'rae ~, n DIR r',J
az az iorra,n,a,i,'cs ng tha ,i5,,,goi un,..
sent 70 th. Coroner's and District Attorneys
Offices YESTERDAY morning heior" bus mees
hours to suggest that the proceedings oi
the day be kept secret. hey were ~
Somebody a. tLr pubic rTesnSi non
in the tOrOnor'- Otfi'" Recalled the accident
in the New York Central tunnel and the
frantic appeals of Hearst paper not TO
prosecute poor Engineer Whkcr, but 60
higher up
whats the matter with letting poor
Craig go and going higher up in this case"
somebody else suggested.
NOL.w TO PREVENT SUCH A DISASTER
Di.tric, s,7orrav J.ro,ne said. Il dom,
con.idnr ,he ,nidi,a - a rrnr,,.d sireot
tbe nrornr rlnrn for fireworks under any
n,,, in H. cssa ,Goro a.,,,,,
80 ha,o Tco,, ~, law, ON tIc e,hiac. hora,,.n
Of the ac,jon Of The Board of Aldermen
n D., - St,,,,l,,.,iI i.s - ,n -; -
dic,ion in tie mater. a. the law doe, mo-,
proyid. .reCifraliv for fireworks
yastorday, axa,,,inatinn 80 Tho p,h,
,or'na,,,,'sS ,,,1',,a.,t vas rrei;,,i,ar n
rha f1'nr,,ar,s ir,;,ast will hegin an To-.
L. ''''1|7' 80 va
H. ,,,or,l,-e ~ tho p,;, oo,,rorv hal
, ,aa,,nr, ,.'L,,,r ~ g. ubich ~ ~
-uad a .,a,o,,ent raiat;vs a Crsi,,'s rocori
go p.Uabui, IT,, a., saij i, ,hni.
",Ii I'na"I'u. ~ CO. or ~ 'itH
pootir, w. IT, Tha, 20 a,, 80
SetClloil Oh 'h' PihVe' INA. Was atleHu'u
10 by IN" gentleman WIN WhOn we ar
ranged for the display"
r,vvopvs oprrv.vcr .r.vc,
FlhhNohhS phDINANot rAhot'
one result OF the calamity will hs an i'm
mediate modification Of the civ ordnance
rriatine 10 lie discharge of frework. in
,,rI,Iio ,lao.. II,,lar.T Z, Las - ,,,
10 tho AIdarmon tn grant, Inv re-oln,i lon
remission for fireworks displavs in public
iborougbfar.. A. almost every meeting
,f Tho IlJer,nen such reeoIn,iCr. ara H..
,rnduned aid na.s,d uithout tho loas,
nltempt on ile par- Of the AId,Smnr IN cor
-ider the conditions under which the fire.
works are to be- displayed.
Most ~ IA" resolutions permit fireworks
:" be discharged in crowded tenement
districts ON ia" East SIDE. IN" reading
'i'rh draws one from the box and r"ads
-"ineWhd' IN this style
resolution sl~perding the fireworks
ordinances on the occasion Of ia" Chowdcr
party Of the -----..
When be gets a. far a this some Alder
man shouts Move il adoption and 1t
l. pa~sed then and there
-, Il. n ieadire-S OF he Aiderinen to suspend