The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-30
DYNAMITE BLAST KILLS GIRL.
40 POI Nd ROCK HURLED 4 mock
mrs HEK.
Holes Battered IN Houses and Fences Fiat.
tened Like Card IlOuses--I Laborers
Hurt ana Babies Have Hairbreadth
Escapes--POlice Arrest Contractor.

Hurt and Babies Have Hairbreadti
Escapes Police Arrest Contractor
Three people were injured. three houses
damaged and many window panes broker
| by blast set of by workmen at st. Ncholas
avenue and ls2d street late yesterday after
noon. Ryan i Levy contra otors, are eA'
cavating for row OF apartment houses &c
be erected at the northwest corner.
Just before the workmen quit work a
| heavy blast was prepared. According &c
the foreman il was properly covered. Whefl
1t was set of rocks and stones we're hurled
in all directions. They seemed to burst
from around the mass of logs that had been
piled over the blast rather than through It's
center.
Across the street, and one block above,
other workinen were building foundations
on the southeast corner Of lssd street and st.
Nicholas avenue. The rocks shot over
their heads. Next to the lot on which they
were working is row Of five private brick
houses, all with pretty flower gardens in
the rear. and directly on a line with the
volley Of the stones thrown by the blast.
Huge rocks were sent crashing against
these fences, going through the entire five
as if they had been built OF paper.
The first house 5s4 West lS3d street,
occupied by Frederick +. Maxim. a manu-
facturer Of hats at e2i Broadway, was
struck by huge rock at the second story
and a portion of the wall was battered down,
sending the bricks flying in all directions
The rock landed in the rear yard cutting
down grape arbors and peach trees and
running flowers.
In the yard Of the next house. which
is occupied by John Cockey. Minnie Jones
a servant. whose home il at 4?4 West Forty
first street, was sitting on the rear stoop
A rock weighing at least fifty pounds came
through the fence, striking her and break
ing both legs. She was sent to the D. Hood
Wright Hospital where she died at A. VI.
A baby carriage in this yard was smashed
to pieces by falling stones, The fourteen
months-old baby had been taken into the
house but a few minutes before. The
house and grounds were also damaged by
falling rocks.
At $50 West lssd street. occupied by G.,
d. HDlpoint. stones were sent crashing
against the rear walls and through the
fence.
In all the houses windows we're smashed
anu tne TusnoO tcTTOfStIlCheu
into the street, Several children playing
in fne yards had narrow escapes.
On ls2d street. between st. Nicholas
and Audubon avenues, Helen Maxwell was
walking along the sidewalk pushing baby
carriage. A large stone shot through the
canopy OF the carriage. 1t carried away
a part of the carriage, but left the baby
Big stones were found AZ far
over as Audubon avenue. Antonio Mo-
relic IS years OF age. Of 1872 Mulberry street.
and Patrick Flynn, laborer, were slightly
injured, Both refused to go to the hospital
and were sent to their homes
The police Of the West lS2d street station /
arrested last night James F. Ryan, one OF
he contractors, OF 484 West l6eth street, and .
Michael F. Mcmahon, foreman, OF 2729 !
Eighth avenue