The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-30


died from Injuries received in the explo-
sion of a tubular boiler in the engine
house OF the MoorewOod Lake Ice Com
pany, on the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad. a mile and half
southeast of Pittsheld, this morning
More than twenty-five men were hurt
fourteen of whom were taken 10 the
House of Mercy Hospital
The Dead.
WILLIAM DUNN.
EDGAR d. ALLEN
JOHN RAYMOND.
LEO FERNANDEZ
GEORGE ALBERT BENCE
WYATT MOORE.
ELMER L ELDRIDGE.
FRED BOUTHIER
ARTHUR pEPOON'
JAMES McMANUS.
ABELINE CALICO.
GEORGE HOUGHTAbING.
JAMES CALICO.
GEORGE WARD
MARTIN f. SMITH,
One unidentified body.
The Injured.
joseph Patten, scalp wound
T. =. Moore face burned.
George ". Nye. injuries not serious
Robert Hall scalp wounds
Michael T. Kinney, injuries not serious
Alyron Burr Injuries net serious
Charles q. Kean. cut about the faoe
Augustiu Johnson. head CIT and shoulder dislo-
Gated
Fred Bouear. entire body burned condition 50
rious
Henry Tower. blood vessels rlpturea condition
critical
Charles S. Barber. serious scalp wound.
Ad0lpa Love, condition critical.
The police theory OF the explosion is
that a new safety valve which had been
installed was choked in the pipe lead
ing from the boiler 10 the valve and
that whereas the gauge was set for only
forty pounds, the boiler may have been
carrying go pounds when it blew up.
A special meeting Of the city council
was held this afternoon. which voted au-
thority 10 the mayor 10 furnish imme-
date relief 70 the families Of the killed
and injured.
Crane Goes to Relief
Senator W. Murray Crane, Of Dalton,
on hearing the news OF the accident.
drove 20 Pittsfeld and conferred with
Mayor MacInnis with regard to relief Of
the families Of the dead and injured The
Senator and the members of the Crane
family in Dalton Immediately subscribed
eltfHt, atiia prominent tlllEFNS OF ElLNNLrlu
a sum which tonight reached nearly S.
600. The property losses 20 the ice com
pany is $500.
The Morewood Lake Ice Company
claims that but two Of the men killed
were on their pay roll. The remainder
had gathered at the ice house for en-
ployment, which was 70 begin with the
operation Of the engine for hosting ice,
for which the wrecked boiler was 10 fur
nish steam. None OF these men, with
the exception of Engineer William Dunn,
sixty years old. and Fireman George
Ward. who We're among the killed, had
been engaged for the harvesting
This statement by the company is sig
nificant 1t means that in the event of
damage claims against il the company
viii set up that they are not respOLsi-
BILE for the loss Of lie of the other four
teen victims and the score injured.
Nearly Hundred Present.
The explosion took place about 9:45
o'clock. There were in the boiler and
engine house at that time about twenty
men. Every one OF these men were either
killed or injured. Outside were gathered
between sixty and eighty men. They
were either leaning against the building
or in groups waiting for the boiler to get
up steam sufficient 10 start the hOisS
No man lives 10 tell what happened in
side the building. Survivors outside the
boiler house say that suddenly they were
lifted from their feet and hurled into
space. A defamation was heard in Pitts
field. To those on the spot il seemed as
il the force of the explosion was mostly
upward
The building, 20 by 40 feet, was com
pletely severed. Two of the side walls,
the roof, and the heavy boiler and engine
went into the air. Big pieces Of iron
were hurled go feet. Pieces Of the boiler,
carrying death with them. shot out as
from a machine gun. ripping the sidings
into slivers and tearing off legs. arms.
and mangling the bodies Of the workmen.
The tracks of the railway, forty yards
away, were Uttered with wreekage. In
injured men ran shrieking from the death
scene.