Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-28

sives Tar in excess of the amount per- mitted by law were stored for use in the tunnel
 Despite the terrible results of the ex- ploSiOn reasons are found for public congratulation that it was not worse. It occurred few moments after noon. Had it been just bit earlier scores of workmen would have been swept to death by the blast A little later and the dining room of the Murray Hill ho- tel, that was literally riddled, would have been filled.
 That no car was near the immediate scene of the disaster is considered al- most miraculous. At that time of the day cars ordinarily run on a headway of thirty seconds, and, although the dynamite that exploded was stored in a fiimsy shanty standing less than ten feet from the southbound track, no car was near enough in Park avenue to sustain material damage.
 New York, Jan 2S-The work of clearing away wreckage and repairing buildings damaged by yesterdays tun- nel explosion was resumed at daylight to-day. Large forces of men were eIn- ployed at the Murray Hill and Grand Union hotels, at the Grand central station and at the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital. It was expected that week would be required to put the nos pital in proper condition to make safe the return of the patients who were removed to other institutions yester- day.
 All of the hospitals to which injurett persons were taken after the explosion reported that their patients were doing well. Many who had suffered mostly from shock were able to get to their homes to-day.
 New York, Jan 2S.-W. R. Bristol of NIeridep, Conn, who was at the Mur- ray Hill hotel at the time of the tunnel explosion yesterday, and who received scalp wounds and cuts of both hands, IS in St Vincent's hospital not seriously injured. He was improving this morn- ing.
 Torrington. Jan 2S.-Lawrence Hine of this place, who was killed in the New York explosion, was the only son of A. P. Hine of the Coe Brass Co Of this place. He had been taking spe- cial treatment at Bellevue hospital for injuries received in football last fall and yesterday was to have been his last visit to the institution.
 Several Waterbury people were in New York yesterday when the explo- sion occurred at the Park avenue Shaft of the Rapid Transit tunnel, and while some of them were badly shaken up and one badly cut on the face, still none of them were seriously injured. Miss Susan O'Neill, the attorney, had just boarded a car at the time oppo- site the Grand Central, and was for tunate enough to be out of the way of the flying missiles. Her brother Frank was not quite so fortunate, however, as anyone can see by his appearance to-day. When the shock came he was leaning against the desk at the Murray Hill talking with the clerk, when both were tossed about like feathers before a high wind and thrown to the floor with great force. MT O'Neill's hands were scratched with pieces of broken glass and some of the debris was hurled against his right cheek, cutting it so badly that the wound required eight stitches. He was attended by Dr Denton and was about town to-day looking like man that had just fig ured in duel contest and had felt his adyersary's sword against his cheek. Blood flowed from the wound so rapidly that his clothes were be- spattered with it, and when he arose from the floor and looked at himself in a mirror he thought he had been struck by case of razors. He says people started to run in all directions and that the. commotion was so great no one appeared to know what to do or where to go.