New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-05

mantled house led me to enter, and !
was followed by Father Henry, who
wished to ascertain whether there were
any persons in need Of the last rites of
the church. After US came Patroman
Patrick SimOns. We managed TO get
out three women and seven children
from the first two floors.
One woman. who was clothed only IN
a nightgown, wrapped in blanket and
carried to the street. Then we were
driven back from the house by the pc
lice reserves. who took charge Of the
work of emptying the building of its
terrified tenants. A few minutes later
the fire department arrived and began
to remove the debris in the halls and
on the trembling stairways, so that the
work of rescuing the tenants could
progress the faster"
Children Rescued from Building.
Ben Stein, who lives with his sister,
Mrs. Charles ID. Cohen, and her hus-
band in ono Of the apartments on the
ground floor. said that he was at break
fast in the kitchen when the explosion
shook the building. After helping his
sister and her two young children TO
the street, Stein carried out .hc two
Youngsters of Mrs. Freedman, the land
lady, who leases the house from the
Taxpayers Realty Company.
Stein was assisted by Patrolman Max
A. Greenbaum, of the Bathgate av. pre-
cinct in The Bronx, who was passing
the house i'm a trolley car when the
roar of the explosion was heard. TIE
shower Of bricks, mortar and broken
timbers barely missed the car in which
the policeman was passenger
The work of clearing the house was
ACCOMPLISHED quickly, and the homeless
were taken to the East lO4th ST. sta
ton. A few were taken into the homes
Of neighbors and friends in the rlcin-
ity.
At the police station Deputy Police
Commissioner Rubin directed that the
mothers and children be glveen fem
porary accommodation IN the dormi-
tory. Later Mr.. Rubin sent out and
purchased food for those that we're
hungry. In the evening the homeless
families were sent to various institu-
tions. most Of the women and children
being taken to the Montefore Home.
Ten ambulances from Mount Sinai
Rcception, Flower and Harlem hos
pitals were hurried TO the scene OF the
explosion after the accident, and for
two hours the physicians dressed
minor wounds and injuries. Only
three persons were found to have been
so seriously injured "a TO necessitate
their removal 10 hospitals.
These were Mrs. Mary Denetroulous,
sixty-eight, who was taken TO Flower
Hospital. suffering from bruises and
internal injuries; Antonio De Angelo,
thirty-four, who was removed 10 the
Harlem Hospital, suffering from IN
luries TO his spine and a severe scalp
wound, and Peter Cassimento, forty, OF
1877 Prospect av., The Bronx, who has
a fracture of the skull and internal
injuries.
Man Under Debris Four Hours.
Cassimento was in small store
sepe rated from the demolished tene-
ment building only by party wall:
When the explosion occurred the wall
rave way and portion Of the flooring
fell, carrying Cassimento with y INTO
the basement of the tenement house.
There he was found four hours after
the explosion, buried under a mass OF
debris and bricks. A gas range, when
had fallen in such way as TO pen OIL
Il small breathing space, prevented MN
from being SmOthcTed 10 uchIh'
A bird cage, containing tiny canary,
was blown through window on the
third floor and hung suspended from
broken piece Of scantling. The police
found the bird uninj ured.
Two hours after the accident Bor-
ough President Marks arrived with his
secretary, Ralph Folks. With engineers
from the Department Of Buildings and
oth. RS from the Public Service Com
mission, he looked over the scene. The
building engineers announced after
their inspection that the foundations
Of the buildings were uninJured and
that all that was necessary TO insure
temporary safety for passersby was 20
shore ND The front wall Of the house.
The Public Service engineers confined
their inspection 20 the planklng which
bridges the subway excavation at tins
point and upon which the surface CT
tracks Of the Lexington av. line are
laid. They pronounced the bridging
uniniured aud Btrcetcar trafiic along
the avenue was Immediately resumed.
when Acting Captain Jones, inspec-
tor Cahalane, Deputy Commissioner
Rubin and detectives from the Central
Once made search OF the ruined
house last night they found in the
wreckage on the sixth floor a number
Of steel tipped cartridges and loaded
revolver Of the magazine type. They
also discovered blackjack and rem
nAnts Of the fatal bomb =.
These remnants consist OF threds OIL