New-York tribune., 1902-01-28

they could for fear Of another explosion An
hour after the wounded cared for the
marks of the improvised hospital had been so
completely swept up that a stranger would
have gained no idea OF what had been going
on I'm sorry Mr. Adams who sold cigars in
the basement, killed He was fine old
man. about seventy years DID, very pleasant and
popular. He was married. and lived at No. SO
Hamilton Terrace Manhattan"
Charles D. Mitting of Brooklyn, standing
at Fortieth-st. and Park-ave. at the time the
explosion occurred
CRASH OF WINDOW PANES.
Il noticed many women were sitting in the
Murray Hill Hotel windows" he said. 'They
seemed to be sewing. and because of the dark
day had moved close to the window panes.
noticed the same fact in the Pioneer apartment
house, opposite the hotel and also along Park
ave. toward Thirty y-ninth-st. Scarcely had the
geyser of smoke lifted to the tops of the build
ings about when 1 heard upon all sides the
crashing of thousands of window panes upon
sidewalks. The clocks in the Grand Central sta
ton towers dropped out of their sockets. All
the windows in the broad facade were absent.
People rushed about If they knew nothing
of what they were doing. Many of them had
been overturned by the rush of air A crowd of
perhaps thousand people collected within
few moments.
1.-The ambulances and police arrived quickly.
AS they drove up could see scores of wounded
hurrying to nearby drugstores for treatment.
didn't stop to look into the big hole where the
dynamite had been. but ran into the hotel. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome was in the room of Mr..
Robertson who killed, when arrived there.
The room complete wreck. The body was
greatly affected by what he saw. When I
reached the barber shop servants were assisting
Mr.. Ross. guest, who was injured while Rob
ert Reiloff. the barber. shaving him. The
shop wrecked"
AT the Grand Union Hotel. three men in the
billiard room, which is not hundred
fett from the place of the explosion, were
thrown with violence against the billiard tables
The coat of one who was severely bruised was
cut in many places. Other narrow escapes were
reported at this hotel
Simeon Ford. one of the proprietors said that
the damage to the hotel would amount to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 which did not in
clude the damage to several valuable oil paint
ings.
MAD RUSH AT THE MANHATTAN.
The scenes inside the Hotel Manhattan just
after the explosion were thrilling. Guests who
were in their rooms pancstricken into the
corridors. The elevators were unable to
commodate more than portion of those who.
terrified wanted to reach the street or office be-
lieving that the explosion had happened In the
hotel
In the big dining room. fortunately. there were
not many people, but they all instantly left
their tables and rushed out into the big lobby.
where they anxiously inquired of the office
clerks the cause of the shock. The most the
clerks and employees could assure them was that
the explosion not in the hotel.
This somewhat relieved their anxiety h,lt IN
the case of those who were in the dining room
1t killed their appetities, and the occupants Of
the deserted rooms fingered around the lobby, or
went out into the street to ascertain the cause
and location Of the explosion.
The hotel suffered principally through the COL
lapsing Of twenty-five of its plate glass win
dows. although much bric-a-brac was destroyed
in many of the rooms. the value OF which
not be even approxmated at the present.
The windows that suffered most were the big
plate glass windows in the dining room and the
cafe in the basement, and as all of the win
dows, when they collapsed fell outward into
the areaway, cut off from the street by an iron
railing, 1t was said at the hotel that no one was
injured.
John S. Mcdowell, the horseman was at
Fortieth-st and Madison-ave. at the time Of the
explosion. He helped to care for some OF the
injured.
Il noticed particularly the splendid work of
Policeman No. 3.031." he said. He did all he
could to help unfortunates. 1 him take off
his coat and wrap it about a who was
not warmly clad"
MR.. PARSONS INVESTIGATING
William Barclay Parsons. chief engineer of
the Rapid Transit Commission, was an early
visitor at the scene of the explosion. Asked to
say something about the disaster, he replied:
Il came here to find out what has happened.
can say nothing until am through with my
investigation"
H. H. Vreeland president of the Metropolitan
Street Railroad Company, said that he was
thankful car was within range of the ex-
ploding dynamite
There was a car on Forty -second-st and one
in the tunnel, the Thirty -fourth-st. en-
trance" he said. "a few of those in the Forty
second-st. were cut from falling glass They
hurried away before the conductor could get
their names"
Father a. f. Sheedy of st. Agness Roman
Catholic Church, in East Forty third-st. was
near the Murray Hill Hotel when the dynamite
exploded He consoled many of the wounded.
Fire Chaplain Smith was one Of the first to
arrive.
There several small fires in the hotel,
caused by the explosion. One was in the cafe.
II was promptly extinguished by Engine Com
pany No. 90, Captain Harry Hauck the first
company to reach the building.
M. S. Nagel, chief engineer of the Murray Hill
Hotel was in the engine room in the sub-cellar
Of the hotel when the explosion rent the air
He says that II lifted him off his feet until his
head struck the ceiling. Sebastian Smith, a