Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 20, 1910, Page 1

Ten Persons Killed And 125 Injured, Many Seriously THREE MILLIONS PROPERTY DAMAGE Electric Spark Ignited Gas Accumulated from Broken Pipe in Auxiliary Power House of New York Central Road—Surface Car Hurled from Tracks Into Auto|i: —Concussion Filled Streets with Prostrate Men and Women—Whole Blocks of Buildings Left Without 2 Window—Traffic on N.Y. C. Tied Up Several Hours. New York, Dec. 19— The Very heart #nd backbone Menhatian ivland Jured, and property the Ql(all vt from $2,000,900 to 35,.- l‘o-workmln.vhom- are belleved to have perished, the 126 mm““lflr n fice is under way. York Central railroad ceased entirely for some hours and was disorganized for the re of the day, but the new station Wself, now in process of construction, was not damaged. The Dead. Nicholo Guluecl, laborer. Patrick Jordan, labores. E. B. lLivermore, Pullman car iw &) ector. . McMarrow, laborer Edith Odner, Mary BE. Pope. Charles Hoberts, expressman. Frank Flagg, watchman. John Ryan, laberer. The Injured. The injured inciude laborers ana other employes of the railroad, pedes- trians, bystanders and others in the vicinity of the accident. A paseing curface car carrying seven passengers was lifted from its trucks end hurled inte an automobile runuing alongside. Four of the eeven passemgers were killed outright, but the chauffeur of the motor car was only cut and bruis- ed. Of the nearly 100 im hospitals, the are most seriously injured: Unidentified woman, fractured skull fractured skull and etta Abrahamson, fractured siull g ooy fractured ekull wu‘hi « Ppeliceman, burned gfi Cunningham, burned. man_ intermal injuries. Brokea Pipe Cause of Explosion. For some hours #t was believed that Aynamite alone could have wrought euch and pulverizing havoe, Jate in the afterncon Fire said he was convinced t the whole explosion was due 10 3 of alr and {lluminating gas, weed in rallroad cars, touched off by an olwtrh spark. The gas had scommuieted in the suxiliary power- house from & broken pipe snapped off by & rURawWAy ear. The force of explosion ran north and south for two miles along the rocky ridge that is the backbone of the island, and east and west laterally Foundations were jarred, out of plumb, win- in by the thousand. eame crashing down on the I:-ds of thoss beneath, and the pave- nents were Ittered with pulverized glass that topped the shoe soles. * Christmas Displays Destroyed. The full amount of the property éamage ir as yot unavailable, and ma axceed the rough and conservative es- umate of $500,000. The loss to the New York Central Rallrcad company in- cludes the physieal damage done to the powerhouse, which was utterly wr-ogd; the dJelay to construction work and the damage done to cars standing near the powerhouse. The Joss 1o shopkeepers and property-own- ers in the vicinity will spread over a wide range of items. Christmas dis- plays were blowa bLackward into tbe gbops. sucked into the street, or cut 1o ribbens by firing glass. Whole Llocks of bulldings were @ow, like sightiess masis. Hew the Accident Occurred. As pearly as can be determined, §s how the accident oceurred: A irain- load of empty passenger cars hauled an electric motor, In charge of Al- rt Seagroett, got out of control brakes, crashed into a sieel and rete buffer post, snapped the post apd rammed & pile of lumber be- hind the post into a tow and one-half inch gas main, coanecting with the taps from which the tanks of the pas- sengee cars are charged at 110 pounds to the square inch. By the testimony of the mtorman and that of Johm J Quinu, & bricklayer working on main powerhounee, adjolning the aux- Slmry house, the time of the bresk ir the pipe is approximated al a few ments afiar eight eclock. Two ol stopped by the Jar set ihe time of explosion ftself at $22 In the inter- the broken main had amyple t slenographer 15 peur high-pressure gas into the ower levels of the auxiliary pn\uv— When workm. set 10 clearing the strewed lumabder, it s as sumed that one of them dropped a pleel tool aeross the third rail, there was a fiash of electiicity and the great | reservolr of acoumulated gas explode: What happened then will never be adequately told. The roof of fire house No. 2, directly acress the street the powerhouse lifted hke a carpet A shower of mertar &nd splintered ti began to rain downm om the pavemenis In an instant the sireels were filled with Prosirare m and women, by the shock of the detomation and the rush of alr. They sat dazed where magt bricks. fell, picking slivers £ Drug Stores A moment more and crowvs besiegel the drug atores begzing for oid and elamoring Tor felephoues. Then the dattering gongs ol ambulances Legan te reckel beiween the tal! buildings The tensmenis 10 the easi of Lexing am svenue poured thousands iuio the streels Whole houses were emplied 1 & twinkllug. The 1all facudes of many Tashionable hotels in the oighborkood ware spoited with the | facen of Ralf-dressed gussis, shaker frowm Ahair sleep, peeviig rom broken windons Black-robed priests fron €1 Patrick's edral nearhy and »hite-conied stance sureeans passed cqo hotl . kindred errands of consglation and omf Prank Smith (he chmuftear of *wuu;mu ft without a win- | this | of | the | from that all the universe was hurtling through the air in eplinters.™ Trolley and Auto Hurled Together. The worst focus of death was at the spot at which the troliey car and the sutomoblle were huried togeiher, The seven passengers were dwmnped 1o the underside of the car in a tangle of ironwork, sharp fragwents of glass and brokem papels. Miss Mary Pope was caught by the Bead between 2 rtenchion and the overturned automo- bile beneath and crushed to death Three other passengers, all men, wer: overwhelmed with wreckage and diec before help could reach them. Twenty feet away, Miss Edith Off_ ner, 28 \em old, & stenographer in = magazine office, on her way to work was speared through the head by = flying joist. Policeman Toomey had just signallec to the trolley car to stop and was leading two little girle acrosa mh street by the hand. One was torn from bhis hand by the first blast of air an the other by the rebound. The second girl, Mery Gilman 12 years old, hac her right Jeg torn off by a flying frag- ment of jron ralling surrounding the Lexington avenue station Workmen were digging at the ruin: all pight, looking for the four miss- ing workmen and Assisiant District Attorney George Lavelle, ACCOmMPAnico by Guy W. Culgin an engineer of the building department, comtinued zr investigation far into the eveningz. The railroad officials have agreed to aliow the car that smashed the bumpers to remain where it ie until photograghs are taken. | A member of the building depari- | ment said tonight that though a num- i ber of structures in the zone affect by the explosion were in a shak dition, mone was on the point of col- lapsing Active Opposition to Re-Election =t Senator Ledge. Lynp, Mass 19.—Governor- elect Eugene N. opened here to. might his second series of meetings it his campaign against the re-election of United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and in his opening reiterated his yvrevious statements that he himself 1 ot a candidate to replace the senior Bemtor “It isn't a gquestion of whether a republican or & democrat shall fill this vacancy,” said Mr. Foss, “it is purely & gquestion ts to whether the man shall measure up to the re- | quirements of the times B of the people.” Alabama Deputies Scouring Woods for Saiter F-mly. Ala, Dec membe"s of the S gToes and another nee under, arrest in clash |28 posse of d#put,es who are scouring me woods and the remaiming smembers f the Salter family The amus«d of having shot Jack Shiriey !.anfl wounded Jesse Pate and Frank | Willlams, white citizens ni:m Harvard Seni Cambridzge Vl"rn or class election of its tees and off A Sweetzer o | varsity { Chicago, | Ore H C McRay of ciase day Pars comm were placed Schocl Teacher Inherits $100.000 ‘fi‘;u-.l ¥, &0 orphan the public schools of beca e possessor br the terms Mrs, Josephine Ahbot { Mrs. Abbott, avho was reg he wealthisst women in 0.pon »ft an estaie worth 3§75 $50 60D Massachusetts Postoffice Loeted. Mass.. Dac. 14 —Burglars postoffice here eariv today safe and escaped with ce of the explosion com- sma woode! T Ih&L Daing esti- i= belisved that the the towm in an aute: police are worki: Loan Co. Convicted of Usury. Philadelphia, Dec 4. —Arth I3 of the Reliance the first persom to he victed in this state under a dec lassos MonEr losn Gffices w) s rates are Charged s & ly Tuses Was ssLlsdioed today [a fine of $500 a: ook an sppea! | Official Dinner at White HNouse Dec A~The first of [ ihe saasor { | company | Washington the official dinners of the president aand Mrs T tonight the viee Sherman Resides inet amd Speaker Cannoy Prewenl @ Rumber e on Saturday 20, 1910 e —————S PRICE TWO CENTS f Cabled Paragraphs }mrs On The Gva-fid\ Cetirio ket negr Gefie, Swedon and~w9n¢ M Dee. 19, ~Tie Clam MacKinnon, passing in #ignalied that she M rescued in Hves Jost Mexican Border PUMORS OF FIGHTING WELR PEDEPNALES CONTINUE %m.aflmwmemvurum e & e orwegisn schouner ¥ et noee | s it Church ‘in toe east was orgagived io | Plymaouih, land, Dec. 19, ew York HAHIW‘—AW can stexmshipy Hwa- kopmund, which ioet her rudder snd became unmanagesile off Ar-Men, :mua, was toked inie this port 10, . Lighon, Deec. 39.—The eruiser Almi- ranto Reis left for Mudeira todsy car- rying a sirong force of wrines go pre- BEVEN WILLIONS IN WMONEY OR- The Mwm;»oam; of Brest, France | DERS FROWM NEW YORK. eplorisined the American biuejacketls | 2 great scule, Gooflpo 2 Johmn zfln—ra of the Methodgist Episcops gied in Ciocippar] | -4 | tressurer “nurch mnmwsorroum GIFTS | ° TRAIN STALLED AT LA JUNTA Tre Wew Jersey Central Termine ST X vent fOrther outibreaks on the iElands | Stat 4 : Sobe 1| i < " in m, Pa, was comploete. | and z corps of physicians with medi- | Slesmer WMauretania BSailed Ssturday | Doton in & 2 meris . cifles and Tood 1o combat tne dholers i Jy Geggroyed by Sire American Passergers Securse Foot »t epidemic. Rioting hus occurred there | With s—Nearly Every | .| Clinses Best —Libersl Ofers reoqttly owing o the stringent mess- | o - i 3"9"{“ '9'“,] - y- %Cy. bt': Wostam sl —Lisars by the authorities 19 stop vuntry Remembgred. l" ot Y, et e for Espert Trainmen the spread of «hulers. Berln, Dec. 19— Regarding the re- ported rejection by Great Pritain of Germany’s claime for compensation 1o Germans for losses sustzined as 2 ye- #ult of the Boer war, the Cologne Ga- 7zetle expresses the hope thai the mat- | The Duchess of Orieams unferwent 3 times are | an operstion for appendicitis at Woud - ma Yorton, Eversnam Xew York, De 14 ig store si the Christme sersons living abros tions or friends fo tifs ing from tie azmo 1 who ha covnr Ioney { The \,vm..d VM Mb c Corpuration nt of 13 the exngi tit I other pr e on half Anglo. treaty. The paper sug- | y)‘u.‘., fi,,,‘_‘s. 196 P sLopped ! * N Ray Wy - ffov_rtéa)e &fiyde' Was Burned o "" peste %’»"&’ilfi“fifii " ;&y::j— | master Morgen show thut from Dec. || Desth, 2 comi we wae using cetcming it o tioma] o Gee - | 55 ghe sadfine ‘of Th Sor Ws | fire e fire to & otiing 2 o8 tnere i€ 2 erally when internationa) guestions on | yunte. Satures -~ s | i : £ ese Testuurer witicn _Amer be properly submitted to arbitration. money orders, . re -r,,”.,,,.‘ 8. Eismen, = e :«"'y»"» T —— value of 37,025 54%.13 e ‘e ‘y,, News Service BARGE CHREWS BAVED. | Sow Tork « o ¢ iis Sonas o dti | souptrs Twe of Tow Went Down—Other | g fus rniers . woriding L ; ie e ders Beatrice L. Turnio wime 10 We 2 Barges Arrive at Boston. | Britain be 2 duugs ky P of woney .Vn | w geles o Boston, Dec. 19—~Wikhy the srrivel in | came peoriod Lo B - Boston late yesterd: of the barge u addition 1o ( y Binghamton, in tow of the fug 17 ings registored z Thomas Chrowder Chamberiin b “ writer, the mystery safroundi w26 g8, heve gone 3 of gevlogy in t nivers & faile of the crews of ‘ihe harges o1 2y orders issusd $1.6 ¢ we n and = The Emperor of Chins Has Pe‘vn" regte = conettEtio Hime The Christmas Spirit setmak s SRR - is defeated if holiday shopping becomes a burden e crogt of 2 b . :P:’.: AN and a bore. oo o i P Ldvertising. Buy while you have leizure to make your selections in comfort and with judgment. K.B. The Bulletin’s advertisers wast 2 word or twe with you! artigement ir one of the . 0w ® s 2 o - — i ! ! i - ! Make the most of today ! i ] g i i ! samton and 411 the barge hough the Cape C he ba Le same iow Scranton and May of the tvg 'V’a,rza. Thursday night's blizzard the tow TRIAL OF MaN vroke, the Majywood - D her crew saved by WG S F MAYOR Seranton nzhamton Gailagher Wil Be Arraigned to sew and a search was begux them as S0OB s } on ¥ri ar a.f""‘ru'rr* \"‘h“ ‘eached mL crew on bz RESULT OF ENGLISH ELECTIONS. Calculations of Unionists Upset—E®Hort | Powers of | Will Be Made to Curtail Lords. Had Appropriatec Cert#f a: $80C War cate | | Longon, De No Stumping Tour for Woodrow Wil | v e Somon son. Ve uec Bar on Hign Schos Rochester Puts n* New Tork en with him hae CONFIRMED AS MONSIGNOR | Rev. Edwars F. F | Sumpr Healvoke Mass, twenty-fifth a rais Pieasanty “ e No Foundation ¥or Earthouaks Rumor Fight at Biluefieid Suspenson of B Watkins N ¥ by { twrned the Nash oann — S iy Solicitor General Swaorn Straned Neart Playing Basketbal Was) ng Deec ° Frog W Dee N . the o awye v N Al the Gnja N istice ¥ . . | basing Nere | We gwm n wh apagi gl hes wpie mimdne Gow BBd mece 'm»un.—nw J.--u-a—;,;...nl.