The sun., 1904-11-03
DYNAMITE SHAKES MT. VERNON
FORTY HURT BY EXPLOSION IN
NEW HAVEN n. n. CUT.
Two Likely to Die and Italian Workman
May Have Been Blown Up-Damage
Widespread. but Not Great-Much
smashing OF Giass-Three Arrests.

Widespread. but Not Great-Much
smashing OF Giass-Three Arrests.
MOUNT VERNON, n T., Nov. 1.-Two
clses Of dynamite, l0) p ruuds in all, which
were TO be use in connection with the
New York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Comp ny's improvements now under
way in Mount Vernon, exploded shortly
after O'Clock this afternoon, .injuring
forty p,rsons, shaking up hundreds OF
others and doing 1000 worth OF damage
to pp pary
Twenty-Five hundred panes Of glass, 1t
Ia estimated. were broken by the explosion,
which was felt within a radius OF ten miles
II lndreds of Mount Vernonites thought
that the city had been visited by an earth
quake but when they learned 1t was dyna-
mite explosion they rushed to the scene.
Chief OF Police Foley sent out general
alarm to the entire p lice department.. All
phi sicians in the city were summoned al
they cared for the injured.
Two are likely to die OF their injuries.
They are Robert Meares, four months old,
and Mrs. Fred Stubbings, 80 years old,
who are in the Mount Vernon Hospital.
An Italian, known as No. iS, employed by
the contra ctors to watch the dynamite
ma gazines where the explosion occurred,
has not been seen since the accident. 1t is
not known whether he was blown to atoms
or ran away from fright.
Others seriously injured are: Fred Sill
man, New Haven Railroad street left side
Of head, face, and eye cut Abram Fried
man, So South Bleecker street, head
hurt; Mrs. Abram Friedman. head
cut; Mrs. Mary Tily,'4s South Bleecker
street, shocked; Robert M. Meares,
South Beecker street, head hurt; Miss
Mary Meares, face and head cut Mrs.
Martinnengo, 80 South Beecker street,
shocked Mrs. George A. Haslow, rs South
Bond street, head hurt; Mrs. Nicholson,
20 South Bond street, shocked; Mrs. Archi-
bald Hutchinson, 20 South Bond street.
head badly cut Mrs. Anna Firman, 43s
West Lincoln avenue, head cut.
The place at which the explosion occurred
Is under the Bond street bridge which
crosses the railroad tracks and connects
SouthMount Vernon with the west side. This
is one of the most densely populated spots
in the city. A lighted cigar or cigarette
dropped from the Bond street bridge is
supposed TO be Responsible TOT the ex-
plo ion.
1t s thought that the dynamite stored
in the smaller magazine caught fire in
this manner, and that when the blaze
reached tho exploders which were in the
sane n naSazine. they set off the dynamite.
7 his is the theory advanced by the city
officials and police. The railroad con-
tractors AMI the men employed on the
work say they don't know how 1t hap
rencd
He'd TIE accident occurred three minutes
earlier the Boston efpress. bound for
New York, might have been blown to
pieces The train, which runs through
Mount Vernon at the rate Of forty miles an
hour, had not passed under the bond street
bridge more than three minutes before
the magazine exploded. This train is
heavy one
The force Of the explosion wrecked the
Pond street bridge and damaged many
house, in the vicinity. The area of damage
is widespread, extending from South
street to North Tenth avenue and from
We=' Third street to beyond Mount Vernon
avenue.
In The houses on Pearl street windows
W RI broken and in one instance a young |
girl was badly cut with broken glass. In
,ortlandt street, windows were broken
things thrown to the floor and pieces OF
the ceilings were thrown down. Women
were frightened and in many instances
COWS was shattered for blocks.
Roundsman Patrick Gilroy. who was
abed at the time in his home on Short street,
was thrown out on the floor by the ex-
DlCSlDf. MS NHr NdS ipdklIlk piss Une
kitchen and was knocked down. They
are both suffering from shock.
William F. Ryan, 3S years old foreman;
Daniel Wing, "A years old, foreman, and |
James f. Bunting, contractor, of Flushing,
J.. l.. were arrested by Chief of Police Foley. |
cha rged with violating S ,ction $3.50 of the
Penal Code. This section fixes a penalty
for the unlawful keeping of explosives.
They were admitted to bail.
The work in the railroad cut Ia being
done by the Egl,e Bunting Construction
Company Of Boston, which has been at
work since early last spring putting up
the heavy we'll which is to support the
bank. The cut is widened for four tracks.
Com ssioner Of Public Works William A.
Nilrs issued permit on May 20 to Eglee |
+ BrrtinF, to store dynamite subject to
the city ordinance along the railroad COM
rany's property. The contractors filed a
tonG Of 5000 as n guarantee OF good faith |
Commissioner Miles says that, according to
his agreement, the contractors were per- |
mite on the work at one tine. On one |
occasion, hr says. ne found fourteen boxes |
ana he made Supt. Malcolm remove II to
Yonkers Ga, sl
After to-tay's accident, fourteen cases
Of dynamite were found in a magazine
within 200 feet Of where the explosion took
place. Commissioner Miles made this dis |
covory ard ordered the explosives removed,
which was done Tho dynamite was again |
taken to Non'ors Miles SAYS that il the |
sccoTd TnnraV ~ had exploded the loss Of
life would have been great.