Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
Quantities Of Explosives Were
Stored in Street Over Rapid
Transit Tunnel.
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED.
Great Number Injured by Shower Of
Falling Glass-Murray Hill hotel and
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Damaged 20 They Were Aban-
doned-Loss 81, 5000


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New York. January +"-Ah expo
sion III the lark avenue smut VI
the rapid transit tunnel in TINS city shortly
after noon to-day caused the death OF eisht
persons, at least huhdreu were INJURED
ana serious damage was uoie TO properly
including the Murray nm motel MattHat
tan Eye ana Far nosPl'A' hIdH" tIiiot
hotel ana Grand central stauoh on EaSt
42d street
j, Robert Robertson OF Neoon, B' -
was killed ny debris huileu INTO MS IooIn
In the Murray I'M hottl. ne was seHel"i
manager Tor Canada oil IN" hiltish , o'uii-
bia Gold fleldS company liilteu ne Mu'
q Scotchman ana leaves d WHO" anu Lour
children.
The approach 10 inc street runway 1".i
mel used by the Madison avenue lhe c.i'9
through Park avenue ana the shall lor tne
rapid transit subway was run uo"h peSiuo
II at the intersection ol S'dSt So 81
The street railway approach W"s houssu
over with a superstruc'ue useu LOT NV
operating pant Oh 'he Iapiu u'ls'. ooIl-
tractors. temporary buildings lor storaso
purposes were thrown up asalns' VIC ~"
Terstructure at the NOUN 81 INV Si'"i' an"
there the cNplosloh occuII'u ~ ", '
great gorge III the street uei'l" uS"'N NV
temporary bundlng ana part OF gu. F"i
structure ana sent mas -. GU H. .P"''.
tered umner ana TWISTED IRON Hi-H IL, .,t,
ar MuCh II IL went "a '| '.''' 49,,
front OF the Murray ~! - ",'" '' ,
the walls ana mann struC.ure VI '''',- '.t ~ a.
ing 'tood me shoch heallN cNt' y''' 80
inc ilont or tnc iIouso vas
The Manhattan Eye ana E"r nosP't"i
on the east SIDE OF the avenue n"u ~ po
"nandohed' ne WlhuvNS' slosS "a
IONS IN Hrail' oiiioI I.otel "'t ,r 'i''''
central StatlCh were SHd'terru' ne 81
LOCKS on me 1ront lowers W tr,s S,",,2,.
we're hloWh from lh'lr taS's' lnouSd'"9
CT windows, some oi them seven plothS
q ON the tunhel smut were 'IohTn a'iu VI
shower OF "r"heh sIdSs anu ldl't"S ueuil
INJURED Il great huihpei % PNop'' iNV,
"N"I pIo dII'oudhSc anu sur se"" III 'll
dlstrcl We're qoickY on tle srenc anu
huh'erS Oh 'he l"Jorc" "eic i''''N 0''
The cause of the explosion is not def
,'oco .dvancad but il win nrohahlv TAN,
49,, oSicioI ino,,ir,, to cle,r tho ,nattec nm
r,t,a Wet nIai.ihI, ,yas MAT ~ fir" startrd
,,aar tho pou,d - room, in v,I,icl, - oilar
~ ~ dvnamito vas Stored If il he
,io,.od 49, nJastor Norb,ric Ivjlli,,r
Tuibe was Killed after making a desnerate
atto,,nt 70 ouench tho tir, II, fore il roach
"a ~ oxn,osivn
Distr,ot Attorroy 1orop,o visited the
80 a. o,co ,rd co,,,,,,o,,cod a., irvo.ti
rat,an III evomirod uitrosso. who +o,J
ean1;ot,n, storiae ,,,d .s - r..,,l, IT,,
chaIar I9e,,noar il, cbarco of tho ,,orl, a.
pari, o,1annn Iobr pr,ci,., a foreman
ava ,T,rtin ntcCra+b an assistant Tor
49,, 49, ,,iaoe5 ,ndor a,.rnst barr.d
With homicide
rrho damora may, oxcood &, ooo ono III,
6rst estimate on tho Murray IIuI hotel
,,lacad tho Ioee ~ s7no on but later fine
hotel was abandoned as unsafe. II the
,,jIi anrroacb q coo mo IN. DAMAGE 70
.ha Grand Unior, was oettn,atod ~ Zoo
ana +bat to N1orbatto,, bosnit.l at co. ono
rrba ioss ~ ,ho (,rord C,en,,.,I .tatio,7 Wa
a,tiroI,, !, oioes 90, w. tta+ % tho tco
~, ,,oro o+hor bniIdinrs offcctcd Nv. tho
oxrios,o,, No ostiroato was made Of IN
19sso, s,,s+oirod h,, +l,o r,,,t, tro,sit con
trootors ~
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Moses Epps' VINO was powder man IN
charge OF the shantS Where the explosion
occurred Is at Flower hoSplta4 suffering
from confusion ana Shock' lie sdld that
ON gong To IN" shailty ABOUT noon ne
found "A candle when ne mad left hghted
on sheit lying on the moor OF the sh"htN
ana some paper when was ABOUT 1t was Oh