Cañon City record., 1907-11-28
Two Killed
At BIb,okside
Explosion at Brooks, Kills Two and
Injures Seven-Peop1e Were Prepar-
ing for a Wedding and Christening.

possibility Of another explosion. The
slightly injured helped themselves
out. Under the cooking stove, man
gled and burned, they found the body
Of Dominick Del Pizzo. He was quite
dead. Moschetu still lived when they
brought him out, but died on his way
to the hospital.
And the baby. the little olive-skin-
ned Italian sunbeam that was the
reason for this dynamite being on the
scene, escaped with hardly q scratch.
The child and the young DiNobile girl.
were in a rear room Of the house. The
girl was able to make her way out
when the crash came. although the
dynamite was only a short distance
from her. They went back into the
rear room for the baby. The little
fellow was buried In lath and plaster
and was bawling most Justify. but he
was unhurt and is now happily un-
conscious of the trouble. He Is living
at the home Of kind neighbor.
The dead are:
DoMENIC DEL PIZZO. aged 45
years; leaves wife and family in Italy.
He had been here two years and was
an employe OF the Colorado Fuel &
Iron company.
EUBALDO MOSCHETTI. aged 3s
years; leaves wife and family in Italy.
Had resided in Brookside for ten years
The injured are:
out, bones OF nose broken and face
otherwise greatly disigNred. Her case
Is critical. little hope being entertain
ed for her recovery. She 10 IS years
Of age.
TON TlSSONI. back and limbs bad
~ bruised and lecerated. scapula is
forced back upon the lungs. IL 80
years Of age and recently married.
ALPHONSO BRUNNETTI. serious
Internal injuries ~ well ~ lacerations
on back and side Is 26 years OF age
and unmarried.
FRANK TISSONI, contusions about
the head and abdomen. Is 35 years OF
age.
LOUIS MERLlNO. lacerations and
bruises on lower limbs but no bones
broken. Is about 20 years OF age.
MRS. JOHN DE LAUA. slight con-
tusions about the arms and chest.
ANGIE DI MOBILE. face badly
burned and lacerated. but will recover.
She Is Is years OF age.
Burnetti. Tissoni and Rose DeLaua
are at DR.. Graves hospital. Today
their condition is reported unchanged.
Although a number OF people here
heard the report OF the explosion at
Brookside but little attention was paid
to II as its location was unknown and
its destructiveness unrealized. The
first announcement OF the unfortunate
AFFAIR was conveyed in telephone
message to the once OF DR.. r.. f.
Holmes, formerly a resident OF Brook
side and for several years past the
Colorado Fuel 4 Iron company's ply
siclan at that place.
DR.. Holmes, however. was not in
the once when the telephone bell rang
and his wife answered the call and
learned the. details Of the awful AFFAIR.
She ut once dispatched a courier In
search OF her husband, who was found
at one OF the barber shops where he
was getting shaved in anticipation OF
Sunday. As soon as he learned the ur-
gency OF the call upon, him he hastened
back to his once and provided himself
with a case OF surgical instruments
and such restoratives as he thought
might be needed and taking his wife
with him a. An assistant, sped away
in his automobile to the scene Of the
explosion.
The Red Cross ambulence. with Chas
McKissick a. driver and John Shaw,
Jr.. OF the A. e. Wilson undertaking
establishment ~ his companion, left
here about $50 O'Clock and fifteen
minutes later were at the DiLaua
home. II was q record run for such q
vehicle, but, happily. was made with
out accident The dead wagon with
Clarence Hawley In charge left here
shortly after the ambulance and re-
turned to Canon City couple Of hours
later with the body Of Domionic Del
Piaxso. which was taken to Wilson's
undertaking rooms to be perpared for
burial. The body OF Ubaldo Maschetti