The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-30
EXPLOSION 7.
 KILLS MEN Boiler in Packing House Blows Up.
 BUILDING A TOTAL WRECK
Scores of Persons Receive In
 juries from Accident. !
Not Known How the Trouble Was Caused, But It is Believed That an Employe Was
 
 Careless.

Chicago, Nov. 9.-With q. deafenins re- port a boiler in Swift and companys plant exploded shortly after 10 o'clock this morning.
 Thirteen lives were sacrificed and scores of employees, visitors and others were injured. Huge boilers were sent through the roof of the structure to tell the story of the accident and it may never De known what caused the explosion. A careful investigation today. however. con vinced the experts that the explosion was the result of carelessness on the part of an employe. fhose own life also was sac rificed. Five minutes after the explosion nothing remained of the building but pile of twisted iron. brick and mortar.
 Sheets of flame sprang from the ruins and the spectators realized that 1t would he impossible to save the lives of those who were caught in the wreck. The ex- plosIon was of such force that adjoining buildings were wrecked, torn and twisted Men, women and boys at work Tn ao- joining departments were hurled through windows to the ground below. Many of them escaped with but slight oruises' but most of the victims were hurt to sucn an extent that it was necessary to re- move them to hospitals. tuners were taken to their homes.
 List of Dead.
 The list of dead compiled by the police and officers of the company follows;
 H. Arnold. colored; James Owens, color cd; A. Rachug. sewer digger; simon Tate ,colored; w. sO,Connor, sewer digger; E wright, colored w. Parks, foreman Thomas Holmes, engineer; Charles Webb eolored, freman; John Henry, colored fireman; Albert M Bushnell, purchasina agent; -- Cubat, mill wight; --- Schultz miliwright. .
 The injured are: :.
 N. Devore E. Francis. E. Minnick. l years old, messenger boy, will die; MT Ash. J. Franks, R. venable. J. Chan dier. w. T. Wells, N. F. Oliver, J. D Cooper. E., Olsen. J.. Angus. J. D.. og den, Moses Bergman, J. McArdle. Louii zirk, Herman Prelaste, John Walsh James M Walsh, Edward Jones. Rich ard Halloway. Peter steinback. Clinton la: George Ryan, Miss Elizabeth Cui len. Mathw Lynch, F.. Niendrof. A. Fer man, J. Wren Carpenter.
 Startling Rsinnors Afloat.
 Ii was runored that from 50 to 100 per sens had been caught in the wrecked building This report caused great excite ment and repeated calls were sent fol police and ambulances. While the hr' was still burning. police. firemen ane employees of the packing firms began dig ging in the ruins. Soon the mangled re mains of a man wero discovered Bodies torn. bruised or mangled, were taker from the ruins and sent to the morgues A boy, scalded from head to foot and bleeding from cults and bruises. stagger ed toward the office of General supsrin' tendent c. O. Young. The boy was MT Young's personal messenger. The lad had. however. been so badly disngured that MT. Young did not recognize him
 Many theories were advanced as to the responsibility for the disaster. but It i' not likely that the facts will ever be as certained. f.
 It is thought that the loss to Swift q Co. will amount to more than $5o0Oo.
 With the exception of the demolished boiler house, a small brick building, there is no damage that cannot be repaired within ten days