Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-15
PEOPLE IN PANIC.
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panic seized the $50 inmates Of the aims
house and practically all ran scream
| ing into the field and seVcrai insane pa
| tieuts escaped. The chimney on the
| building was thrown down ana all the
| glass in the windows blown out, but as
heavy as the shock was it was not felt
| olljte as severely there as III the city
proper, where people, in belief that an
| r1rthuuakc had come, were SeZri with
| ;; desire to get out into the open. The
excitement in the aims house was end
Cd in a few minutes and the frightened
ueoDIe called back and the insane pa
ticuts rounded up by the attendants.
The next nearest building was the
Isolation hospital, hall q mile away, in
when there was only the custodian.
TIN. windows here were broken and Il
bol1Idcr hurled through the iir from
n. hole left on the site of one of the.
magaz;ncs, crashed through the door.
rhe fun force Of the explosion was felt
in the city proper. and apparently there
is not single large pane Of plate glass
left in business buildings. AS for pri-
vatc II SdencrS f,W escaped without
broken windows.
The damnG" seems to BE- confined en-
tircly 10 broken glass. ANA already ~"
Union Metallic Cartridge 60. mas given
nrtir" that property owners viii b.
cuEla'"l"atcd for damage Of this ma
tulo. Tins was tire policy Of the com
pa.Iy IL the time Of tn" last biz eXplD-
sion IL mis- city GA Aug. l. last. when
a lriluiig house Of the plaiit blew ~
with great force. Immediately after the
explosion the people "a Bridbvnprj
sctn'd certain that an earthquake had
visited them and the scenes were q,iit"
exciting fcr hundreds Of residents flcl
oct O.: d"srG IL their night cl"t hes '.1r-
.yln;s Il fcN- belongings. Mothers ear
.!cd I!icir crying infants intO the :strctS
sud made inqniricS. Tho pandcII"nilnn,
however, lasted INT Il short lime as
word Quickly went about tliat thor"
nal hccn an explosion. The people con-
tiuurd to BE- in = nerInIS state for sev-
rraI hours. being in fear Of other rxl,ln-
sons.
The city WAS carly flooded with in
uLirrs from other places tor uparticu-
!;:rs If the. dist uruancc which had more
Of q resemblance 70 an earthquake. Ia
Al parts Of TIE state word was sent
that the shock Was fcl; with force
enough to awaken people from sound
slunibcr. The first shock was SLOW one
and the second one Il jumblcd UP move
mcnt of the earth. At New Haven the
second shock was accompanied by Il
peal Of thunder sufficiently pronounced
to be noted by Mr.. Tarr, the weather
observer
He was awakened by the first shock
and thought il was an explosion OF dy-
Mantle but convinced that there lad
been earth trcmors by the reason of the
thunder with the second shock.
Supt. George c. Thorpe Of the Union
Metallic Cartridge Co, H. an interview.
.al! that the company's direct loss by
the explosion WAS confined to 5000
pounds Of powder and the damage ana
loss to magazines on the hill.
Four buildings Of the company were
ncWn 10 splinters while yiX others APP
prared 10 be shattered necesstating the
rebuilding Of nearly all of the group Of
10. Each building was SXl0 feet in floor
area. Supt. Thorpe says he is inclined
% tie belief that the explosions We're
caused by lightning. eve will stand
10! the loss On all glass and chmneys
sustained in this city, Mr.. Thorpe
said. ";tnd that loss alone | estimate at
5000
While not 4 person was injured as :,
result Of III" explosion it is believed
that Patrick Dohcrty. a section man.
employed on the New York, New Hav-
I'll < Hartford T. r. at Milford died
from the shock. Doherty was aroused
FROM his BED as his house in Milford
s;looi: and he rushed to the signal tow
II To ascertain tho cCuse Of the explo-
sion. When he reached the top Of the
stairs Inc fell dead on the floor 4 ply
stefan was called ANA his body removed
to ~ undertaker's.