Americus times-recorder., 1902-11-07

While Vast Multitude Was Watch
ing a Pyroteohnio Display and the
Election Returns at Madison Square
Garden Fearful Explosion Occurs.
New York, Nov. with list OF
IL persons killed and "A injured be
fore him, Coroner Scholer has inau-
gurated an investigation of the eX-
plosion of fireworks in Madison Square
last evening. Eight men already have
been locked up, charged with criminal
neglect, and the coroner has issued a
warrant for the arrest of John Di-
mundio of Coney island, who is al,
legged to have been in charge Of the
fireworks.
1T is a case of absolute criminal
neglect" said the coroner, 'one Of the
mortars was set off, and it was point
ed at a row of other mortars in a line.
There was a defect in the bottom OF
the mortar, and it leaned toward the
others, which were set off by the
flreball thrown toward them"
District Attorney Jerome, who was
at the Union club in Fifth avenue,
not far from the scene of the explo-
sion hurried to the scene, and after
an investigation, ordered the arrest Of
the men in charge of the fireworks.
He had the prisoners taken to police
headquarters together with the unex-
ploded fireworks. Inspector Brooks,
Of the police department, also
ordered the arrest of the man
in charge of the bombs, but he has not
yet been found.
man in charge of the bombs, but he
mas not yet been found.
The district attorney said: ''Dy-
Mantle bombs should not be allowed
In such a public place. have no
doubt that permit had been issued
for the exhibition, but rigid invesri-
CATION will be made. Steps will be
taken to prevent anything like this
occurring in the future"
List of Dead.
"A revised list of the dead follows:
Patrolman Dennis Shea, of the
Brooklyn bridge squad.
William G. Penney, II years old,
nephew of Major w. H. Buck, of this
city.
Harold Roblee, II years old, son of
Milton Roblee, proprietor of the Bar.
tholdi hotel.
Nathaniel Bingley, IL years old.
Joseph Arber, Il years old
Five unidentified white men and Il
negro men.
The scenes at the hospital and at
the morgue following the terrible
crush after the explosion in Madison
Square were beyond description. i
Is estimated that $4,000 persons were
in the square at the time, Probably
10000 of these were massed around
the point where the explosion occurred
and while they were scrambling tc
reach places Of safety, knocking one
another down and falling over pagl
benches, 10000 others were cheering
from the opposite side of the park
where they were viewing the election
returns which were thrown upon {
screen before the new skyscrape,
known as the fiat iron building" Tn,
persons in this portion of the parl
apparently were elated over the re
turns, and supposed the explosion
which rent the air were a part of tn
programme and were totally unawar
of the tragedy being enacted so nea
at hand until a detachment of polio
forced their way through to make roor
for the passage Of the men bearing tn
mangled remains of their comradt
Patrolman Shea Instantly a terribl
calm swept over the crowd, and a
interest in the returns immediateI
died out.
Procession Of Death Wagons.
AS the long line Of patrol wagon
ambulances and other vehicles, carr.
ing dead and injured, filed throus
Twentyhfth street for Bellevue ho
pital, the thousands lined the wal
and gazed awe-stricken at the CO.
veyances. Five hundred persor
gathered outside of the morgue, an
other hundreds came and went durir
the night seeking, among the unide
tilted dead, relatives and frient
whom they had lost during the teri
bic crush following the explosio
Thousands Of persons gathered at Il
hospital gates, among them many W
men. The scenes around BellevJ
was the most exciting in the histoi
Of the institution.
Nearly the entire force was at wol
over the injured. Sixty-fve emerge
cy surgeons and physicians, 40 yisi
ing surgeons and physicians and .,
male and female nurses, together wit
every attendant at the hospital, WI
summoned for immediate duty ST