Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-21
SIXTY LIVES LOST
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nose took up the work of rescuing
.ho;r fellow employees.
-. ,his time nearby citizens had ar
,..d 10 assist the employees VINO es-
"a first in the rescue of their fell
i This task became mOmentarily
.a ditf,cult and perilous, for the heat
,o,, the fire was almost unbearabie.
-. ,be use of long pieces of timber. the
a,ers we're able to raise parts OF
~. reckage and thereby release some
" III imprisoned men and women and
bv rushing into the smoke pull
~ from the ruins. Then it was that
If sacrifice and heroism developed
-,,a man whose legs were caught un-
-, an iron beam, cried to the rescuers
-bey could not extricate him and
- help the girls behind him. He
.a,,bel OK r. lifted the girls one by
in his arms and passed them to
.o rescIIrers. Then the fire got TO him
and he died.
vo,nan who was entangled in Il
-to. machine cried out that she was
l,.;ug and suffering and commanded
,Ls .escuelS to attend to others. She
,.o,,sd IN be shot. Soon, the flames en-
bfgisr'i ~
yalo,ed her.
,moug the first 10 arrive on the
scs,,o was Rev. james \. O'Rouse. Gu
r.,a at st. Margaret's Roman Catho-
n. church nearby. At the risk of his
NJ. no removed seven men from the
r,,;,e t4for.. he fire had reached them
and WAS returning for the eighth time
hon he fainted from the effect of the
ercol;e and the shock. Father O'Itouke
,.n, 10 the fire prepared TO administer
III. sacrament of extreme JUNCTION and
h. cave the. last rites of the church to
many Catholics, both to these who
,-are saved and some, who later per-
ishel.
A. NJ p NJ, four more bodies. two
nal-s ana two females. W r. found in
III. rufns. bringing tn" total Of dead
Up 10 ~.
Governor douglas. while expressing
deem sympathy with The stricken fani-
H., ard his horror If the disaster, was
obliged 10 decline tonight the request
for any comment upon the explosion.
f4ling that in doing 50 he might inter-
fore with the perog itiVe Of the city
authorities.
The explosion and fire vas attended
bv one mystery which the police had
not cleared up at late hour. This was
eals,d by the inexplicable disappear
ance of l$yn NJ lIsSfllweil. the en-
gineer. in schfir.A.- of fhc Grover plant
boiler. which exploded During the day.
Pcckwnll VAS reported rs badly injur-
ID and as having been taken to the
81, Il
A REPORT reached police headquarter;
that tn" man had died. Later on. how
ever. the. police could not locate his
body and it WIS believed that his in
Jury and death had oeen confused with
that If another person. 1t was reported.
tpcieh,, that Rockwell nad left the
city but city Marshal Boyden express
ed the opinion that the man had un-
foubtcdiy been Killed at the time of the
explosion and that his body was in thr
rains
Governor ". l.. Douglas. Rrockton'S
leading citizen. said that he was no;
pre- cared tonight. To make any state
ment ON the subiect of the disaster
which had bcfallcn the leople IF his
ri'v
special meeting. tonight. voted TO hold
sacsed concert to raise money for
the sufferers
City Marshal Royden said. tonight.
that the fusible ping of the boiler had
hHen removed and taken to Boston by
State Poiler INSPECTOR McGrath. II"
added that no arrests are anticipated
| ii the present time. The boiler is be-
ing guarded tonight by Il policeman
| and no one is allowed near it.
Piiiful in the extreme We're the
scopes. tonight. around the temporary
rI"reu" on Main street and at the
ruins of the fac tory. Men, women and
Children. many of whom stood vigil
throughout The entire day, were still
waiting, tonight. for IN opportunity TO
hn'ify booty. In many Instances
lnnilieS Srndrtted. one member going
IN TIE wrecked factory. another to the
urrSr" ana II third to the newspaper
"t''s Whrfe bulletins were displayed
until late hour. hoping against hope
i"at nj On" of these places they might
'tafn somcihing of a missing loved one.
" midnight. the hospitals reported
'''' 'l'l' Wis itb tlidHSt VI tiit
nircd patients. four of whom are on
lie dangerous list
Practically all the persons killed and
injured We're members of the Boot and
Shee Wookers' Union. Tonight Cen
"fal S"cretary-Treasurer c. l.. Baine
!" E"St"n, Sent Il message Statirg that
i"m today the injured will be paid 50
weekly until they recover. The fami-
les OF the dead will receive 500 for
etch person killed.
IN IN Interview, given to The Asso-
,ia'ed Press representative. tonight. by
NiS. David W. Rockwell, the wife of
.'e engineer of the factory. she gave
UT Version of the explosion:
when my husband left home, this
"'"rhing. said Mrs. Rockwell, "he
wis cheerful and in good health. For
Wv past few days. however. he has
ven irritable on account of the con-
N''ion of the boiler He has said many
.''Nes OF late that he had to put on the
"'nef a pressure it was unequal to. He
""u TO do this, he said. because the
"''S IN The factory required it"
EYE WITNESSES