Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-29
MANY WERE INJURED
While Some Of the Victims Are BADLY
Hurt, II l. Not Relieved Any VIII
Die Property Destroyed Is
Estmiied $1,000, 900.

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ty reached boy the flying debris and the
vibration Of the shock
The irregular square formed by the
Murray H.ll hotel on the west. the
Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital and
the Grand Union hotel on the east.
and the Grand Central railroad sta.
tion on the north was the scene Of
the explosion The buildings named
sustained the great damage but the
area extended for several blocks in
four directions
The killed were:
Cyrus Adams. cigar man at the Muir.
ray Hiu hotel
James Carr, a waiter employed at
the Murray Hin.
Lawrence Helm. OF Ansonia. Conn.
]. Roderick Robertson. OF Nelson. b.
G.
Ralph II. Thompson. assistant engl-
neer
Thos. Tubbs. master mechanic for
contractor Shaler.
The list OF injured IL an exceeding
By long one but most Of those in IL
have only cuts caused by dying glass.
None are believed to be seriously
hurt
The sunken approach TO the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
avenue line cuts through PARA avenue
and the shaft for the Rapid Transit
subway was run down beside II az the
intersection Of East Forty-hrst street.
The street railway approaches were
housed over with superstructure
used for the operating plant Of the
Rapid Transit contractors. Tempora-
~ occurred II tore a great gorge In
the street. demolished the temporary
buildings and part OF the superstruc-
turo and sent a mass Of earth, splinter
ed timber and twisted iron high In
the air. Much of 10 went batering
against the front OF the Murray Hill
hotel and although the walls and main
structure of that building stood the
shock nearly every room in the front
Of the house was wrecked.
The Manhattan Eye and Ear hospi-
tai on the east OF the avenue. Jared
nearly as bad and had 20 be abandoned
by the management The Grand Union
hotel lost all Of its windows and glass
partitions. and practically every front
window In the Grand Central station
was shattered The great clocks on
its front towers were blown from their
cases Thousands OF windows. some
OF them seven blocks from the tunnel
shaft fell In fragments Il was the
shower Of broken glass and falling |
debris that injured the greatest num-
Der.
The cause Of the explosion and the |
quantity OF explosives that blew up are !
not definitely known. Several causes
have been advanced One was that a
fre started near the powder room and !
that Master Mechanic Thomas Tubbs
lost his life In a desperate attempt 20
Quench II before Il reached the deadly |
fume. Another Is that Is started from
a spark produced by a stray current
Of electricity 4 third placed he blame
upon blast In the tunnel stu an
other gave a gas explosion from cleo
trical contact In the trolley conduit In
the street railway subway Several
men who were very close 20 the shaft
escaped. while others hundreds OF feet
away were knocked down and seriously
Injured
Ina Shalcr. engineer In charge OF the
work az Park avenue. John Bracken. a
foreman. and Martin McCrath. an as
5istaut foreman. were placed under ar
rest and charged with homicide VIM.
b Parsons. chief euhueer of the Rapid
Transit commission. said that Shaler
was one Of the most competent and
careful engineers be ever knew
The damage may exceed 81 600 001
The FIRST estimate on the Murray liill
hotel placed the loss az 100000 but
ater the hotel was abandoned as un-
afe II the building is condemned I
he loss on 10 alone will approach ST.
200 600 The damage 20 the Grand
Union was estimated az $4,000. and
hat TO the Manhattan hospital at s25.-
)OO The loss AZ the Grand Central |
station was entirely IN glass. as was
hat of the one hundred or more other
buildings affected by the explosion.
so estimate was made OF the losses
sustained by the Rapid Transit con.
ractOrs.
There was n clash In court In the
.fiernOon between District Attorney
Jerome and Coroner Golddenkranz. re-
ulting In the formorsbeing struck In
he face. and when almost a free fight
occurred.