New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-21
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
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s5naar in charge of the boiler, who was aaohs
the killed The house was demolished, the rooA
being ripped Off and two walls torn down NArS
Rockwell who was sitting by the Kltcheh s'oFe'
had a miraculous escape from death, RECEIVING
MANY cuts from flying bits OF tnnper~Wheh tn'
boiler crashed through the upper portion Oh heA
house. Crawling through the mass, Mrs ROCK
,TeII snatcbed up her two children. who were un-
injured and started for the home Oh the Hear
est neighbor Mrs Eta Hood
HARD TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPLOSION.
s,nerntendent Charles Emerson. who was in
charge of the factory, said tonight that ne was
at a loss to account for the explosion
Mrs David w. Rockwell. the wife OF the en-
sfreer at the factory whose home was wrecked
by the flying boiler. said:
when my husband left home this morning ne
was cheerful and in good health. For the past
few days, however. he had been irritable on ae
count of the condition of the boiler. He had
said many tunes of late that he had 10 put on
the boiler a pressure il was unequal 10: 61e
had to do this; he said, because the "orK III INC
factory required it.
I was in my kitchen about five minutes De
fore the explosion and happened TO looK over
at the factory. At that time Dave was SIT
ting on chair near the window of the boiler
room That was the last saw of him. I turned
my attention to some household duties ana a
few minutes later there was a terrible crash.
was thrown to the floor, and portions OF the
roof and ceiling fell down upon me. old not
wrecked my home.
when Mrs Rockwelrs statement was shown
to Mr. Emerson Of the Grover company. ne
said that the amount of pressure on the boiler
wa. matter in which the factory officials did
nc interfere. He said:
Rockwell took his orders in this matter from
the Hartford Boiler Insurance Company, and
If he overworked that boiler, he did II without
our knowledge. We do not even know why ROCK =
we'll used the old boiler this week instead OF
the newer one, ana don't suppose we wiz
ever find out for believe the engineer is dead
Treasurer Emerson. of the Grover company
in a second statement tonight, said that the
boilers of the plant had been inspected within
a month. He said that plans had been made
as to the future of the Grover company or with
reference to rebuilding.
Early in the evening. when Medical Examiner
Paine had made a careful denomination of all
the bodies at hand he announced that it was
certain that forty-tnEee bodies were represented
by the grewsome collection He could not say
how many more were represented by the frag-
ments also recovered. or whether they belonged
to the list of forty three
Mayor Keith tonight decided to call meet
ing of the joint City Council for tomorrow
evening to take such action as would be consid-
cred wise in view of the calamity. He said that
he had received word from the officers of the
United Shoe Machinery Company that he would
get a check for $1,000 to be expended at his
discretion for the relief of the families Of those
killed injured Mayor Keith personally dl-
rected the search for the bodies and made ar
rangements for it to continue through the night
He said that he would put to work tomorrow
force large enough to have the work completed
before sunset. The joint shoe council held a
meeting this evening and decided to start re-
lief movement. The council voted to contribute
$500.
HEROIC WORK OF CITRATE.
The Rev James A ORourke, curate of St.
of
| the first to reach the scene From his house.
near by. he saw the building trembIe and then
burst into flames. He rushed to the factory and
helped in the work of rescue. Father ORourke
: raid tonight:
I PINNED beneath heavy pieces of machinery,
timbers and twisted coils of pipe, were many
| oh, so many-poor men and women suffering ter
| rible agonies. In order to reach these imprls-
| oned sufferers we had to crawl through the
| debris. and with the aid of large timber we
| raised the wreckage which held fast several men
| and women. In this manner and by brute
! strength we pulled out seven employees. By
| this time the flames were almost upon US. and
| we were about to fee for safety when poor
| fellow begged that last effort be made to save
| him. Three of US grasped the man by the
| shoulders and arms and tugged and pulled, un-
| til suddenly he cried: My God, my leg is pulled
| Off
| at was terrible especially SO because. mo-
rnent later, with our clothing scorehed. we were
ordered away by the chief of the Fire Depart
ment. and we were reluctantly compelled tc
leave the poor man to his fate Just before leav'
| ing saw at least fifteen Of the imprisoned sui
! ferers, some already suffering untold agonies
| from the flames, which were actually cooking
| their flesh, and others watching with terror.
stricken eyes the fate of their companions
| knowing that a moment two would bring Il
them similar suffering, and then death"
Brockton is one OF the chief manufacturing centre
of mems shoes in the world and is near the centr
Of the shoe manufacturing district of w-England
| 1t is in Plymouth County, Mass, about invent
| miles from Boston and in 1900 had little owe
| 10000 inhabitants. 1t is the home of Governo
| Douglas.