Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-05-02
TORPEDO FACTORY
BLOWN UP
A Terrific Explosion at Cleveland,
Ohio, Which Resulted in the Loss
: of Several Lives and the De-
struction of Considerable
Amount Of Property.
FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE DEBRIS,
BUT WAS SOON Ex1In6UlSHED

| Cleveland, o., May 2.-The Kohl tor
pedo factory at Case avenue and Crane
street, blew up shortly after noon to-
day, resulting in the loss of several
| lives. A large number of persons are
reported injured. The explosion was
terrific and the factory was completely
demolished. Several nearby buildings
We're also destroyed and windows broke
en- throughout the entire neighborhood.
Fore broke out in the debris imme-
diately after the explosion and a gen.
eral alarm was turned in. The flames
were soon brought under control, how
ever and the fremen turned their at
tention to the rescue of the victims.
Later reports say that at least doz-
en- people We're killed and possibly
many more and from so to rs injured.
There are said to have been fully 30
employees at work in the factory at the
whom were girls. 1t is said, that no
trace can be found of those employed
G. Kohl, son of Silas Kohl, the owner
of the factory, was at work in the Of
flee when the explosion occurred. He
was blown out into the street and bad
ly injured. An entire family residing in
a house adjoining and directly north Of
the factory, was blown to atoms. There
We're three in the family occupying the
house, all of whom are missing. Their
names have not been learned. Up to
o'clock, about 30 people had been mov-
ed to hospitals and a score of firemen
and policemen were at work in the
ruins searching for the dead and in
jured victims. From 200 to 500 houses
in the vicinity of the factory are badly
shattered and wrecked and the vim
dows within a half mile radius were
blown out. Thousands of people are at
the scene of the disaster and nearly
every ambulance in the city is in SER
vice.
Up to late hour this afternoon 1t
was impossible to learn the exact num-
ber or the names of the victims of the
explosion. So much excitement prevail
ed around the scene of the disaster that
definite information could not be Sc
cured. The police ana fire officials
were, however. inclined to believe that
reports concerning the number of kill
ed and injured We're exaggerated. They
said that all told. probably 30 persons
had been taken to the hospitals. or
these, probably from six to ten will die.
from their INJURIES. Up to this hour
only one dead body, that Of an un-
known woman, has been taken from
the ruins. 1t is believed that a number
of others will be found when the de-
bris of the factory Is removed. The ex-
plosion Is said to have been caused by
one of the employees stepping on some
powder on the floor of the factory. The
list of the dead and injured as far as
known is as folows
Dead: Mrs. Goblin, died en- route to
the hospital
Injured: Mrs. J. P. Miller, Miss Fan
ME Leipsic, two unknown women, un-
known man, two boys about 8 or 8
years old, and two small children. All
are unconscious, having been stunned
by the explosion.
Others injured are: Mrs. Anna Stone
and two children, Mrs. A w. HorWitz,
William Cole, son of the proprietor OF
the factory, who had his left arm
blown off; an unknown boy aged TO-
and an unknown man aged 25. The lat
ter will die.