Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-23


men were killed by the explosion of
gas in an excavation at Gold and Front
streets. Brooklyn. today
The explosion tore the street to
pieces for rods on either side and
twelve men, who were working In an
excavation for big sewer pipe were
buried by the debris. which fell in
upon them.
Samuel Trout, who lives near
| the scene of the accident lost his life
in attempting to save woman who
was passing through Gold street at the
time of the explosion and fell into the
trench Trout was caught by the
flames from the blazing gas main and
roasted alive The woman was drag
ged out of the trench and saved by
boy.
| through Gold street for the installa-
tion of thirty-six inch sewer pipe
| The excavation was to be nearly forty
feet deep and as the laborers re-
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| shored up by large timbers. With
| Charles Schiffmeyer, city inspector of
sewers, who was overseeing the work
| the men were working at the bottom
of the trench when an accumulation
accidentally broken during the course
of the work, exploded with tremendous
force. The supporting timbers were
\ ripped away and the high dirt walls
toppled over on Schiffmeyer and his
men.
A large water main also was broken
by the force OF the explosion and a
| perfect torrent of water began to squirt
| up through the mass OF wreckage,
| Almost side by side these geysers
roared the flames from the gas escap
ing from the broken main. Firemen
and workmen from the city water de-
partment and from the gas company
worked desperately together in an eff
fort to check the flow of gas and water
and TO relieve the men who had been
imprisoned There seemed little hope
however, that any of those who had
been at work at the bottom of the
trench could have escaped death. as
their bodies were buried under tons
of earth.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Two trunks
containing a large part of the ward
robe of Edwin Booth, the actor, are
to be sold at auction December 4. The
trunks, since Booths death fifteen
years ago, have been preserved by his
daughter Edwina D.--Mrs. !. j. Griss-
who is soon to make her home abroad
PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 20.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Mccarthy yesterday started
out to block the marriage of her
brother, Patrick, to Ida Crowley, and
she certainly did. In SO doing she
landed in the lookup trice, whipped
her brother once, Miss Crowley twice
Miss Mary Brockany. the marriage IL
cense interpreter, once, cuffed two
male license clerks few times, as
well as chased Rev. Father Lawrence
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where he had innocently gone to sign
as the ward for Miss Crowley.
Last night Mrs. McCarty got out of
the police station and again declared
she will break the legs off Pat and
Ida if they try to marry tomorrow
while the pair of lovers have appeal
ed to the police to protect them.
Mrs. Mccarthy says her brother is
engaged to another girl, but Ida says
she doesn't care.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2O-The Cunard
Croker, the former Tammany chief or
board, docked at o'clock this morn
ing. In connection with Croker's visit
1t became known that Charles +. Muir
: ply, at present one of the Tammany
leaders, had left the city and gone
to Mount Clemens for a rest. He will
; not return for some time. This Is
Richard Croker's first visit to the
! United States since 1905.
DENVER, Nov. 20.-Before today.
session of the American Federation
3 of Labor is over the opponents of the
political policy of the leaders vii
{ charge that the action of the conven
ton in indorsing the campaign fol
Bryan and its recommendation tba
members of the executive council re
sign If they cannot support the coun
. ellis candidates for political office. has
e taken the Federation away from 1t!
e original purpose and made 1t politica
and not trade union organization.
e DENVER, Nov. 20.-A number of in
t dictments were returned In the fedora
court today against persons charged
with violation of the postal laws IL
the promotion of fake mining schemes
: The names will be kept secret unit
4 the persons under indictment are ar
I rested.
/ LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 2O.-Griei
r over the death of his emperor caused
Gee Chung Chut well known mer
chant and politician of Chinatown, tc