New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
Many FIREMEN HURT.
Collapse Of Building Buries Nen IN
Burning Debris.

Through an explosion at a fire that de-
stroyed the hardware factory OF Wiener & Co.
No. 81 Mechanic-st.. Newark, yesterday. two
hremen lost their lives and nearly a OF
others were badly injured. among the hurt being
Chief Engineer Kiersted. Battalion Chief Nor
gan. three captains and a lieutenant. The list
OF the dead and injured Is as follows:
THE DEAD
BIEYHIE Jacob fireman Truck Company No 3. trsot-
the Sospitsi
CRANE wiIIan b; fireman s Ensine ce@p,sy 10. q
Mehaers Hospital
THE INJURED
BEEBE. Charles E. hrs1aan Ensins comgany 80 10:
BsTnsSsss HS,7.'ai 80
20 5s aSi aPi ana saF s' ss'
compound fracture Il ef' ieg: taken TO city Hos
CAREY. william J.. fireman Ensne Company No. /.
about head. and
DoNAHoE. Patrick J lieu!ensE, Enstne company % 10
rushed iaSsa ss6 % 81 F' Me1s. f! Hospital ,i h'a O'
over rieb; eye by falling board
iss s by sas s fiS sa hs ns
KIRCHER. Jacob r. fireman Engine Company No. 10;
r.YoNs Richard j. nreman Engine Company No. ::
fracture at base OF skull taken TO ST. Barnabass Hos
MORGAN Roeort F. chief: both legs strained
bruised, carried to his home
and bruised.
PETERSON. Henry c. fireman Engine Company No q;
bass Hospital
RE1rr Fredertoh A. fireman Engine Company y B..
taken to 81. DaTnabas Hospital . . .. u.
base OF skull: died in ST Miehsels Hospital
SMITH George H. Engine Company No I; back
sTAHI. Edward fireman Engine Company no ,; left
suSge cs o9tfn taeG G't to Wi 81 MSs. iH qsHf aosS
WOLF Theodore captain Engine Company No. }: badly
bruised. taken to his home
The factory was five story and basement
brick building Early yesterday n watchman
saw a jer of fame shoot out of a third story
window and communicated with the Fire De
partment When the first OF the engines
reached the scene the flames had burst through
the windows and the interior seething
furnace OF fire Battalion Chief Morgan. who
was the first officer to arrive. sent in second
alarm.
When the wate- was turned the flames
broke through the roof Ffrenen mounted the
roofs OF adjoining buildings to play the
flames with their hose. Six men, with two
lines of hose. climbed upon a shed OF the En-
pire Gear and Top Company, 10 the west Of the
burning building and directed their streams
against that side. In front of the shed and of
the burning factory nine men. including
the CHEZ and several officers.
The department had been at work not more
than ten minutes when there was sound of
an explosion, followed by the crash of falling
walls and machinery. The west wall fell on
the shed and into the street. The six men on
the shed disappeared under the debris. while
some OF the firemen in the street were almost
covered with brick and mortar. Bricks were
hurled in all directions.
Chief Kiersted directed the men in charge OF
the hose to hold their posts and while two
thirds OF the firemen were wording In the ruins
the others were battling with the flames. In a
few minutes the forms Of several of the en-
tombed fremen were revealed. They were in
the street III the mean time aInbuances had
lteen telephoned for The injured men were
laid on blankets until the ambulances carried
them TO the hospitals. The rescuers had to ex-
ercse to prevent the falling of the remain
ing wallis which were bugng out from the first
TO the third floor.
Two of the men in a dying condition
when found. Battalion Chief Morgan was on
the roof with the others. and had time to run
to the edge and jump down to the sidewalk when
Captain Bercaugh on the roof of another
low building, and was pinned down by fall Of
brick. His leg broken by a heavy stone
window ledge.
collapse could not have been caused by an ex-
piosion, there was no material I'm the build
ing of a character to explode. Japan used
on the second floor but the fire had not pene-
trated there and that floor was net wrecked
The property belonged to the Wiener company
1t is thought by the firemen that q quantity of
naphtha, kept In the building for use In japan
ming. had blown up.
A SON TO MR.. AND MRS. w. r. HEARST
washington April IA son was born tonight
to Representative and Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst
II tho hfyh liver would take one of Bohn's Iax-