New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-30

three were seriously injured. 400 guests as we'll
as scores Of employees Of the hotel, were thrown
into a panic, and the hotel and annex that is
being erected on the south side were renacod
by FIRE that followed the explosion.
THE DEAD.
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ae7rh De-, farI-r vrsIls
THE INJURED
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I.7HRIT-s Jas fa-y-ens years ole. rla.,e-e- q "
ure q IRE rgar ier and rrsrual injuries
NcARE 1a-ss nineteen wears I'd. TIasterer. ~ "
West p nj --
right Ieg and faterual INJURIES. pill probably die
The injured men were removed To the New
York Hospital in ambulances while number
Of women guests and chambermaids who were
in the hotel when the explosion occurred. and
VINO tainted from fright were treated by pri-
waite physicians.
Intense excitement prevailed IN the hotel and
IN the neighborhood immediately following the
explosion. and panic stricken guests, alarmed
by the terrific report fed from their rooms ana
rushed down the stairs n the street.
soon after the explosion. when II was learned
that death. injury and FIRE had resulted. hurry
calls for arrbulances were sent into the New
York and Bellevue hospitals. while somebody
turned in "a Ere alarm. With the arrival Of the
roert was greatly increased and for some time
pandemorium reiEned.
The explosion. which vas caused by escaping
gas occurred between the ceiling q the tenth
and the floor Of the eleventh story, above room
80 - which has been used as the servants
sleeping quarters. This room was demolished.
as We're those directly above and below IT, The
FIRE was quickly eztineuisbed.
on the south side Of the hotel there has been
the annex directly opposite room No. -. Ownes
was ~ work The force q the explosion blew
out the wall separating the annex and the hotel
proper and owens was buried under pile OF
debris. meeting death instantly. The other
ylasterers who were working with him were
only few feet away. and their escape from
death was miraculous BUpp. the electrician.
was in room No. -. but how he managed 10
escape alive is something he Is unable 70 &C
count Tor.
Yesterday morning the odo- Of Eas was de-
tected i'm the upper floors Of the hotel and in
parts of the annex. and the plasterers advised
that an invest cation be made Bupq. 10 whom
was given the task % finding the leak. decided
that the pipe between the ceiling OF the tenth
s. 1rr and the floor Of the eleventh was either
broken or leaking. Tracing the strongest odor
~ 80 70 Room No - he cut away the
metallic ceiling there. and II was while endeay-
crfng 10 reach the pipe that the explosion oc-
Cured What caused IL is not known as neither
E2upu nor any Of the plasterers were smoking
and there were no lights anywhere near the
break.
Tho report was heard as far south as twenty
sf,-,be g. and as far north as Thirty-fouTth-st.
- ,,.fttfrl a few minutes there was great eN-
-iferreut irl the neighnorhood. ....,
captain Burfeind, Of the West Ihrtletn-st
.-stt5r who happened 70 be near by, sent IN
III f1- rba reserves. and although squads or
$3.50 +, check the crowds that blocked Broad
- car and vehicle TRAFFIC was coulpletely
49, ,lr and q was not unti hah an hour ia'e1
-, = ys~ moved IN either direction
Cso~ore~ Scholer who was suIffllonea, SD L-e
sns CAPTAIN Bu-feind made an lnyest sa l1l,
81. 800 nobody criuinally negligent zap
uLt -t-.-eef-s said that no arrests would be
made 49,. 1900, - che z-,a-5-oor1
Tpe-e was pathetic scene II me "a ~ ; ~
~ me l7-..--.e viewed the nangled body of
~ LLeie1s she tainted twice. ana TOT JlI1e
IT, 5Co-rran and the maVTon reared she No1i1
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