Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-06
CRIMINAL NEGLECT.
CORONER DESCRIBES CAUSE OF
MADISON SQUARE CATASTROPHE.
REVISED LIST OF VICTIMS.
rnousand. caxe .Awe-stric.scn at
Tong Line of pntrol wagons ms
The, File Through Streets Laden
with bend aud Injured.
MADISON SQUARE CATASTROPHE.
REVISED LIST OF VICTIMS.
thousands cnxe swe-strickcn nj

NEW YORK. Nov 5.-complete revised
lists to-day of the dead and injured VIC
tins OF the explosion Of fireworks ~
Madison Square last evening. show that
twelve persons were killed and about
eighty injured. Several of these are
probably fatally hurt and many othefs
are in a serious condition
The following is the revised list o.
iead:
Policeman Dennis Shea.
William r. Earcle, fifteen years ola.
Nathaniel Dinghy. thirteen years old
Harold Bodice twelve years old.
Joseph Heber.
r,nidentifed man, twenty years old
Albert Kemptf, Jr
William Penney. twelve years old
William S. McCavoy. sixteen years old.
George LANDAU.
Unidentified boy, fifteen years old.
Camille Gussante rs years old
Joseph Wernock. 10 years Old
An informal inquest was held to-day
nreoaratory TO the formal inquest set Tor
Friday.
The fen prisoners arrested in conncc-
lion with the calamity. including the men
in charge of the fireworks, were arralgn
ed to-day. The charge against them was
homicide and the men were remanded TO
the coroner
III is a case Of absolute criminal neg
iect," said the coroner. "One OF the NOR
,ars was set off. and il was pointed at q
row of other mortars in line. lhcre
was defect in the bottom of the NOR
tar. and it leaned toward the others.
which were set off by the fire bail thrown
toward them.
Eoistrict-Attorney Jerome, who was at
the Union Club. in Fifth avenue not lar
from the scene of the explosion, hurried
20 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. togetheT
with the unexploded fireworks. Inspector
Brooks. of the police department also
ordered the arrest of the manufacturer
Of the bombs. but he has not Yet been
found.
The district attorney said:
Dynamite, bombs should Lot be allowed
In such public place. l have no DOUBT
that a permit had been issued for the eS-
hibi1ion. but rigid investigation Will De
made. Steps will be taken to prevent
ANYTHING like this occurring in the fu-
ture."
Two unidentified coored men,
The scenes following the terrible crush
after the explosion in Madison Square
were beyond description. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 persons were in the square at
,he time Probably 10000 of these were
massed around the point where the eX-
plosion occurred. and. while they were
scrambling to reach places of safety.
knocking one another down and falling
over park benches. 10000 We're cheering
from the other side of the park where
they were viewing the election returns
which were thrown upon a screen before
the new sky-scraper. known as the Flat
Iron building.
The persons in this portion of the park
apparently were elated over the returns.
and supposed the explosion which rent
The air were a part of the program and
were totally unaware Of the tragedy be-
acted so near at hand until a taciment
of police forced their way through to make
room for the passage of men bearing
the mangled remains Of their courade,
Patrolman Shea.
Instantly a terrible calm swept over the
crowd and all interest in the returns i'm
mediately died out
LINE OF PATROL WAGONS.
AS the long line or patrol wagons filed
through Twenty-fifth street for Bellevue
hospital, thousands of persons lined the
wa TX and gazed awe-stricken at the con-
veyances. Five hundred persons gathered
outside of the morgue and hundreds Of
others came and went during the night,
seeking among the unidentified dead, rel
atives and friends whom they had lest
during the crush following the explosion
Thousands OF persons gathered at the
hospita! gates, among them many wo-
men The scenes around Bellevue were
the most exciting in the history OF the
institution. Within the hospital the entire
force was at work on the injured. Sixty
five emergency surgeons and physicians,
forty visiting surgeons and physicians,
and 200 male and female nurses. together
With every attendant at the hospital,
summoned for immediate duty.
Sixteen OF the best-known surgeons in
The city and l15 extra nurses hurried to
The institution TO perform operations.
Many amputations were found necessary.
AT the hospitals the Injured We're re-
ported as being in a fair way toward re-
COZ cry, with the exception Of Mortimer
Butler, who became unconscious after the
arnputation OF one of his legs and is not
expected to recover; and Frank Leisten
tne Of the men engaged in setting off the
fireworks. Lcisten'S right leg was blown
of and his chest badly mangled His
death is probable.
Two boys, who were CARRYING boxes of
explosives. We're sent to the House of De-
iehuon by the coroner. The rest of the
Ten prisoners We're discharged The coro
&er said there We're seven bombs. An
attempt to shoot off the first bomb fail
=, he said, nut it detonated and thus
seused the explosion of the other bombs
>-raig said the first bomb was properly
exploded and he thought an explosion or
rases must have caused the accident
mere We're ten bomps and four mortars
@eighing fifteen pounds each, he said.
Seven legs OF victims from the fireworks
explosion We're amputated at Bellevue To-
day. Besides the amputations, there were
dozens OF minor operations on hands and
feet for burns. Many of the patients un-
1erwent several operations and some lost
Doth hands.