New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-20
THREE KILLED BY BLAST.
MINGLED IN FIFTH-4TE.
Many Seriously Injured By ErpIo-
sion at altman Building.

An explosion of dynamite in the excaVa-
ton for the new Altman building, in the
block diasonalIy opposite the Waldorf-Astorla'
at 5th-ave. and 34th-st.. killed three men ana
injured several others yesterday morning. Two
NJ the men killed were blown to pieces, frag-
rrents of their bodies being hurled more than
two hundred feet from the point of explosion
The head and shoulders OF one OF these men,
after being lifted high in the air, fell on man
who was on the sidewalk on the south SIDE OF
3zth-st and injured him severely
All the men killed and most of those VINO
ware injured were laborers employed in the
excavation Barenzilio Caiogerio. an Italian
of East 2Sth-st., and J. Gonneau, FTenchnlah'
Of Fsvonne. n J.. were blown to pieces The
third man killed was Irishaan whose name
was not known He was No. 1868 among the
lahorers employed by the ORourke Construc-
ton Company. which has the contract for the
excavation Although he killed instantly
by the explosion his body escaped mutilation-
THE INJURED.
Among the men injured are the following:
IMARIA jacob No sss East fractured legs and
arms: taken to the New-Iork Hospital
ANDERSON. A W. superintendent for the O. Fourke
9F Tnarary S' Lexins tOnsve. 12d
DEAN Joseph Ne SEC gSst ti $151f fractured legs ana
by piece OF rock and by portions OF aosrlo &
and remained at work
LINE Jen No $50 West 54th-st; scalp wound and con-
y = 60 eon itG so1sss of BODY.
i5s to left Side and to body; Bellevue Hospital
ROPE IoF sas Rsf.T 78a E0sB6s BROOKLYN ie'
THOMPSON Richard No 182 west e2d injuries to
left eye ana face cut
The explosion sent fragments OF rock flying
Of rnrl-
through the roof of the rectoTy adjoining the
Incarnation Church at Madison-ave. and Both
st and wrecked a bed from which C. ?. JACK
son SEXTON Of the church. had just ARISEN All
other fragment wrecked the iron balcony on Ine
rsrlor floor OF the house Of w r. I. Jones at
No. ISL Madison-ave.. and still another ven
-l,rouzb the roof Of the stable at No. 80 EasI
35th-st Windows of several houses IN maolsoil-
ave. 34th-st and 35th-st- were broken. ,5.r
SUPERINTENDENT Anderson was placed uhlei
arrest at the hospital and the police also arrest
ed Joseph J. Rooney, Anderson's assistant, anu ~
Jacob Metzger the bn nTisoners
were held in $1,000 bail each for appearance
before the coroner. +,. r1ocI-
houn6ei ty 9Th ard Madison aves ana o4In
and Both SITS. except the building on hr o &c
91t6oe2t The KnoedIer building was not dam
aged by the explosion Post & McCoru' Inc So.
eraI contractors for the new bulidlng, are M
Contractors against whom the HouSesrnlthS anu
Pri5gen1en's Union started strike seNeIdl
weeks ago. -, a,i,a 20
An investigation yesterday led the ponce 10
believe that the explosion was due TO the care
Iessness of the workmen In the excavation a, a.
aoirt IF the EXPLOSION a hole was drilled
IN the rock in slanting direction. three weeks
ago for a blast to lift part of the rock anu q
dynamite cartridge was inserted by 81
oversight the cartridge was left there une1Ploo.
ed. Yesterday morning Calogerio set ms sleaIii
drill at work at the same point anu II - eup =
posed the drill reached the hidden ,a
exploded it. Both Calogerio and his helpeI,
Czonneau were standing close TO the drlil WHEN
the explosion occurred. ., z, +,,e
The boiy of the man not identified during rre
afternoon proved to be that of Thornas ALc1aI IL
eo-Tv+S,.s Years old of No. "A West 59th-sL ne
had been a drili foreman the job Not hagl N
reached home for supper usual aI1er ms uaS :
LaSI sba family became worried, and a son
John was sent to the Morgue He hah 70 Hei .
himself TO look at the mangled BODY remain H.i
unclaimed but at once declared It was bls La' F
He took the body home after the necessary Aoi
r7sIjties had been complied with