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Show Explosion in Shoe I Factory Kills Many I Charred Fragments hi I the Morgue. I Believed That the Dead Will H Number Seventy-Five. Seventy-Five. Huge Boiler Explodes in a Big Plant in Massachusetts, With Awful Besult, I BROCKTON, Mass..- March 21.-2 a. m. At this hour tho remains of fifty-three persons havo been recovered from tho ruins of the Grover & Co. factory. Seven bedies have been Identified, but only three or four positively. Fifty-three persons ere known to be still missing, the names of thirty-one of whom have been ob-talned. ob-talned. Many others aro reported miss- ! ing, but It is considered possiblo that seme of them are at their homes in near- JH by towns. At this hour 23 survivors have been accounted for. The estimates of the I deed range from sixty to eighty, and of the Injured from fifty to a hundred. BROCKTON. Mass., March 20.-Tho ex-plosion ex-plosion of a 150-horse-power boiler in R. ll B. Grover & Co.'s large four-story frame i'l ahoo factory in the qampbello district, to- fH day killed scores of employees. Injured half a hundred others and destroyed prop-erty prop-erty valued at $259,000. Identified Dead. jjH 'SKiTOng1!? SERENA SI1A:o' I H com:, j. ray. "Il cnmanLSN' ERNEST, 39, former City Coun- ad't"1, FLORENCE A, bookkeeper, iM FITZGERALD, MISS. ' il HALL HARRY 11. LEAR1". NELLIE. ''1 MAYO. JEREONA. ncod 10. il PRAY, EMMA B. SMITH. GEORGE. ' TILEY, SAMUEL. A, foreman stitching room. H TUFTS, MARION. Missing Believed to Be Dead. AT WOOD, MRS. CLARA. ARMSTRONG. W. R. BURGESS. GEORGE. BERLE. LINUS. 1 SIVXS0"' JESSIE. of Whitman. . EMERSON. MISS GEORG1E. KITZPATRICK. MISS MARY. HALLETT. AL.MORAN. . - JIICKEY, SADIE. 'l MICKEY. LOUISE. 1 MURD. MISS WILLIE V. . ' 1 MOPl'IN. GRANVILLE. JOHNSON, ANDREW. 1 IH KELLEY, MRS STELLA. , . KELLY. KATE. LUND ELL. IJHOR. LOVEJOY. SAMUEL LEWIS. BARNABAS. IHjVJI LEONARD, MAMIE. .1 'HHI LINDBERG, HANNAH. LI.'NDELL. JOHN. MONK. ALDERMAN GEORGE' A. NELSON. A. F. O'CONNELL, MAMIE. hVJBJI PRAY. ARTHUR ROCKWELL. DAVID W.. engineer. SPRIGGINOS. RICHARD. SULLIVAN. JOHN N. 'H TURNER. J. VICTOR. Seriously Injured. BICKNELL. MRS. SAMUEL. 50. head and pplno Injured. BURGESS. MRS. AUGUSTUS, contusions; I jBjjl scrIou9. BAKER. MRS. LENA, jumped from win- BH dow. scalp cut opou. i'.HHI CHISHOLM. MRS. THOMAS, burn and ' JjVJ bruises. HHH CO.N'ROV. MAMIE, burns and Ijrulsc. CARLSON. CHARLES, splno Injured. COUGHL1N, NORA. 23, contusions of splno; HjBjl critical. HjBil CHURCHILL, . RALPH, Jumped from third IBl story, will' recover. iBHI CORLERS. NICHOLAS. 30: contii'lon?. iHVJjl DELANO, Mr. Emma, arms nnd head cut. HBjl DODGE. ELMER H.. compound fracturo of iH right lop, necessitating amputation; recovery IH doubtful EATON. CHARLES, Ices broken. OARVEY. JOHN J., 20; fractured rlb.o. HOWARD. MRS. JOHN. Internally injured by leaping from third story. H HAN LEY, P. J.. 42; contusion?. JONES. GEORGE, internal Injuries. LUX DELL. ANDREW, burns: condition k- rloun. H LVWRENCE. WALTER, hurt internally. LEWIS, WARREN, blown through window; badly Injured. H LYKORD, WILLIAM, East Brldgewator; , back Injured. H LIGIITFOOT. WILLIAM, burns; dantroroux. IH MULV1MILL, ELIZABETH, burns and IH bruise?. H M' DONALD. DANIEL, Internal Injuries. 1 M'CABE. MRS. J. 11.. Internal Injuries. M'SHERRY, THOMAS, -17, fractured rlb.i. M'SHERKY. DANIEL, head cut nnd bruise?. fM NOON AN, KITTY, blown throuch Window; IH fcrloUH. IH PIERCE, HERMAN, 40: burns; xcrlous. iBIH PIERCE. FRANK. IT; lacerated sculp. tH PIERCE, ARTHUR, 2S; left shoulder badly IH lacerated. 'liBIH PIERCE. ARTHUR, contusions; will re- IH ROLLINS, CHARLES, 31, ICaat Brldgewater. ROCKWELL. MRS. DAVIS, wlfo of ongl- nerr of tho factory; contusions: will recover. IH SHIELDS. MRS. JULL, North Ens ton; sc- rlouH body Injuries. 1 T1HCKNELL. MRS. SAMUEL, pplno hurt. WH1TCOMR. ELLA, ribs fractured. IH WETHERBEE. FOREST. ITT, fireman. Factory Beduced to Ashes. Tho cntlro Grover factory was reduced IH to ashes within nn hour after the explo- iH slon; tho three-story block across tho IH street owned by Charles II Dahlborg and IH live dwellings woro burned and several ''H other small structures damaged. Tho ll search of the ruins wns In progress the iH cntlro afternoon and was continued to- IH Camo Without Warning. il Tho explosion, which was followed by IH Ktich a sacrifice of llfo and entailed up-palling up-palling Instances of huipan suffering, or- cuitcu shortly after tho operatives had IH settled down to work for tho day and H I thout warning suddenly the air vibrated with the roar 01 an exyloslon, Prisoned in "Wreckage. At tlio snmo moment the largo wooden I f amo of tho factory, a four-story struc- tu-o, qnlvured and then the rear portion 1 f It collapsed. This section of the great I tiding had been transformed Into a mass C Iron and wood wreckage. In tho midst f which human bolrjj won pinioned. In another moment flro had broken out In tho debris and death by lire and suffocation suffoca-tion became the faio of scores of the opor-a opor-a I lvcs. ' Tore Through Building. V.lien U.o bollor exploded It passed up-v.-..d ilmoat perpendicularly, tearing a VTifjsaso as It went, Idlllng many on tho v.m. Aftsr rising high In the air It descended de-scended half the distance and then swerv-'ng swerv-'ng northerly cut Its way like some huge 1 -xJccti!c through a dwclllng-houso fifty feet away and pierced another dwelling further along1. Scenes of Horror. Scones o horror followed tho wrenching sport of tho factory bulldlnir. In the rear ine upper floors, weighted as thev wero with ncavj machinery, collapsed with a crash that was heard for hlocko. Men and women worklnc m departments of thl5 section, who were busy at their mi-cMiies, mi-cMiies, ba clmc but to turn In an attempt to leo after the fttst dull roar, when the floorlnp: smiJc bcnialh them and they were jvrrled 'o tho ground floor, crushed and bruised nmld tho mass of debris. JCn a Fiery Furnace. Many fell l;.lo e, veritable fiery furnace. In tho cectlonn of tho factory which remained re-mained standing tho 'operatives wore y.nilc-strlckcn us thoy sought to escape M-3;ij- fled down the stairways and rracaert, the stroot. Othors ran to tho n lTiovrs, tlfo lire -ofeenpes In- many cases nnv.ny Tbcen torn away by the oxploslon. Leaped From Windows. In desperation -many Jumped from tho sorond and third-story window xo tho ground and wcro dangerously Injured. Tho crush on the stairways resulted In numerous minor lnlurkvi iWrtckage Takes' Fire. Scarcoly had tho rear portipn of the structure collapsed when n to'nguo of llnme started up from tho holler pit and. reaching out as It ascended, communicated communi-cated vlth tho splinters of tho wreckage and Immodlataly afterward with tho standlnc walls. Soon the cntiro structuro was In flames. Roasted to Death. Instant death was tho fato of many who went down with tho Moors that collapsed. A largo number of men and women who were working near the supports woro r live after tho floora and walls fell. From theso unfortunates cries of agony and terror went up. Almost all had been taught between broken timbers, lighter wooden wreckage and heavy pieces of machinery. ma-chinery. A few persons succeeded in extricating ex-tricating themselves from the wreckage, but moro wcro roasted to denih. I Efforts at Rescue. By this time nenr-by citizens had arrived to assist the employees who escaped and began tho rescue of their fellows. This task becamo momentarily noro difficult and perilous, for the heat froir. the lire was almost unbearable. By the uso of long pieces of timber tho rescuers wero able to raise parts of the wreckage and thereby release some of the imprisoned men and women, and then, by rushing Into the smoke, pull them from tho ruins. Sacrifice and Heroism. Then It was that the acts of sacrifice-and sacrifice-and heroism were seen. One man whoso 1' gs wcro caught under un Iron beam cried to tho rescuers that they could not extricate 1dm and to help tho girls be-) be-) Ind him. Stretching out his arms he lifted several girls, one by one. and passed them to tho rescuers. Then the fire had him and ho died. Woman Bogs to Be Shot A woman who was entangled in a shoo machine cried out that she was dying and cemmanded the rescuers to attend the others who might live. She begged to be-ohot. be-ohot. Soon the llamcs enveloped her. Brave Priest Rescues Many. Among tho first to arrive on the scene was Rev. James O'Rourkc, curate at St. Margaret's Roman Catholic church, near the- fire. At the risk of his llfo ho removed re-moved seven persons from tho ruins bc-foro bc-foro the fire had reached them, and .was returning for tho eighth when ho fainted. Father O'Rourko administered the lost rites of the church not only to many Catholics, but to thoso who were eaved and somo who later perished, "Good-Bye" to All. I Many persons rushed Into the ruins and pulled out tho injured at the imminent rir.: of their own lives. Imprisoned operatives ope-ratives too far away for rescue, and who knew that their lives would last but i a few moments, spoke words of encouragement en-couragement to those who seemed nearer escape. Somo prayed aloud; others pleaded with tho rescuers to Bay "good-bo" "good-bo" to relatives. Spectacle Unnerved Many. The spectaclo unnerved many who wero trying vainly to get to tho victims and fomc turned away sick and fainting. Members, of tho fire department with ladders aided greatly In the work of rescue, but their time for work was short, '"or within a brief Interval tiro closed over the wreckage and the cries of the lm-J lm-J prisoned were hushed. Flames Cross the Street. In the meantime the lire was spreading from tho Grover factory. It leaped across ('almar street to a three-story brick block at tho corner of Mann street, owned uy Charles F. Dahlburg and occupied as fi hardware storo. and then to a wooden Judslng-liousc, a dwoillng-houso and small buildings, all of which wcro destroyed , From thu rear of the factory tho llames stretched ncross Denton street to two dwelling houses. Several Buildings Destroyod. B,y V,1'3. J,mo & ent,ro Are department and all tho police reserves wcro on tho I -cone, but with the high wind blowing tho flames could not be checked, and soon ! iXMCwCfl two olher dwellings. All these buildings were practically ruined, but at this point the firo waaa stopped, j Engineer's Homo Demolished. The house to tho north of tho factory through which tho exploded boiler -raahed. was owned and occupied by TJavld W. Rockwell, tho engineer in tinT Roller, who waa among tho Killed Tho house was demolished, tho roof being ripped off and two walls torn down. Miraculous Escape. kitchen move, had. a miraculous cscapo from death, receiving many cuts from , lylnr: bi b of the timber when the boiler j needed through the upper portion ofVhcr I outc. Mrs. "0.f"kwcll snatched up iicr wo children, who were uninjured, and started for thn home of tho rc-a-oHt relghbor. Mrs. Etta Hood. ma-eat , Boiler Burled In Home, She found this cottage had been nrac-tttally nrac-tttally rent asunder by tho boiler tho lwad of whlcn was buried in tho middle f tho structure. Tho cottage was thrown several feet off Its foundation, and I Mk X'ratt, who was in tho house, was knocked down and stunned, but recovered. Charred Bodies Found. Not until after noon was it possible to Lrgln a search of tho factory ruins Sei? eral charred and headless bodies wore ro covered near the boiler pit, and the bones of others were found. ; Treasurer G, G. "Wetson of the Orovor company estimated the loss on the iw lory at 00.0W and the loss on tlio othr JiMOoS - reS W!W P'aCCl1 at Four Hundred in Building. Tt may never be known Just how manv j PTgoia perished in tho wreckage j& ono knows exactly how many persons wero in the factory- Tho number lias been estimated at -100. but Treasurer Charles O. Rmorson said tonight that ho doubled whethor thr-ro were ho many at work. Two hundred and fifty survivors havo been accounted for. and at midnight the remains of fifty bodies had been recovered re-covered from tho ruins, tho search being continued all night. Burned Beyond Recognition. Fragments of human frames which possibly pos-sibly might belong to bodies olher than thoso enumerated havo also been found. Few of tho remains havo been Identified. Tho head In nearly every lnstaneo Is missing, and, except in rare instances. It was Impossible oven to distinguish tho sex. Many Unaccounted For. Chief of Pollro Boyden at a lato hour tonight to-night expressed the opinion thnt some of tho cmployocfi had not reached the factory fac-tory at the i.ime of the explosion, and that undoubtedly a number of thoso living liv-ing In near-by places wero Injured and gone home without reporting their Injuries. In-juries. Ho thought that many of those unaccounted for, more than ItO In number, num-ber, wero annum these. Engineer Missing. Thero Is no trace of tho body of David W Rockwell, engineer of tho plant, who was not cccn after tho explosion. It Is supposed thai ho perished at his post. An Inspection of tho wrecked boiler by the State boiler Inspector showed that there-wan there-wan a sufficient supply nf water In It Tho cause of the explosion is not known. |